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Earth Hour Night Surf from Nic Reeves on Vimeo.

Earth Hour is a global WWF climate change initiative where everyone is invited to switch off their lights for one hour on March 27 at 8.30 p.m to show their support for action on climate change. People across the world from all walks of life will turn off their lights and join together in celebration and contemplation of the one thing we all have in common – our planet.

Big Rock Boardriders decided to host a night surf between those hours to show their support.
Music by Dunedin musicians Junk Shop Star www.earthhour.org

Spring Bling - The Movie

Big Rock Boardriders' Spring fun day. A bring your Bling surf day.
unfortunately the surf was crap. but as always the best is made of a situation, and the Spring Bling rap Comp was followed by a human powered speed event.

Stormy Spring Bling

Murphys law, organise a surf fun day, and the weather packs up. The dedicated Big Rock crew arrived at the top domain Brighton at noon to a mush-burgered out Brighton break with strong chilling winds. As I type this i just can't understand how the weather report tonight came up with Dunedin being 14 degrees?
Consensus was to move the event around the corner to back beach.
Only five went out for a surf, and due to the un-fun nature of the weather and surf it was decided to revisit the Sping Bling event in a months time when the weather had settled a bit. We did however hold a mini comp and gave out the second place cards, and will save the trophies for the next event when more people could come and take part.

Above: Rob catches a bomb. Top left: surf conditions on the day. Top right: Lambie tucking in.
Below: Jimi, Jay and Glenn. Bottom: Timmy luingley entertaining with me filming

As all Big Rock events do, things got a bit twisted and the Pre-Surf Rap was held at the end with some entertaining and worrying performances. This morphed into a skate session and a human speed camera test which got some local residents out of their houses and hovering at their gates to watch the show. (short film to come)

Winners:
King ICE - Jay Tzu
Queen ICE - Nic Reeves
Grom ICE - Jimi Crooks, runner up Rob Millburn
Bling Board - Glenn Drinkwater
Bling Gears - Nathan Lungley
Best Bling Rap - Jayin Tzu

Spring Bling Day - Fun Surf

Being that Spring is about to sprung Big Rock is throwing a
'Bad Taste' Bling Day

So dust off your gold chains, and gangsta gear,
bling up your ugly boards and bring your kook skills.

Prizes for Best:
Blinged out Board
Bling Costume
Pre-Surf Rap
Golden Lady
Golden Grom
Iced Wave
Kook Wave

By request there is even a special heat for over 30 women!

Where: Brighton Top Field Domain
When: August 30th 12 noon

Entries taken on the Day, bring your own lunch.

Fun Day

'No real reason' get together for big rock boardriders
1st Febuary
10am
Brighton domain (up the top field)
We will have a BBQ to cook some food, bring some bangers or a salad to share.

Come along for a paddle around and hopefully a few waves.
maybe
Bring a board you don't normally ride and swap with a mate
or body surf a few.

Learner Fun day - 10th January

After two weeks of gorgeous sunshine and relatively small to flat surf.. saturday morning turned on a dull overcast sky with some funky wind and wave action.
We met at the Brighton bottom carpark outside the Brighton Surf Lifesaving clubrooms.. and while waiting engaged in an impromptu game of Hacky Sack.
A few went and checked around the corner hoping for better surf conditions, and it was decided to move the event there. Below, looking out to the new venue.


Above getting changed to go out. Well it was pretty clear after a short time that maybe the original spot was better for the new members and learners, so a slow exodus happened back to Brighton beach, where a great time was had as the conditions picked up with some unique backwash wave action in the small bay.