LiQUiFY Magazine October 2014 | Page 175

Each division of this now prestigious event attracts the finest of regional surfers, and this year was no exception, with those great surfers encompassed by a BBQ-in-the-park atmosphere, quite reminiscent of a traditional Hawaiian-style approach to a surf meet. The tempting smell of fresh grinds and the sounds of laughter and friendship consume the space throughout the event. Mid morning a humpback whale glides into the line-up, gracefully negotiating its way shore-side of the ominous shark nets and sharing the line-up with a few more-than-accommodating competitors ... such blissfully relaxed surfing framed by the bluest of waters and abundance of fresh nature. LiQUiFY | 175