Bronte Surfboat News

Greetings all, 
One thing you will find in a surf club is the prevalence of nicknames. Often someone is known only by their nickname to the majority of the club. Especially the newer members.
It took me a whole year to figure out that the man they call Zippa, is actually called Bob.

Now, to the video below.

Ocean Thunder is unique; the race does not finish in the water. The athlete in bow (usually) must jump out and run up the beach through an allocated gate, around 30m away, to win the race. There are plenty of opportunities for mistakes, mishaps and mirth.
You would be forgiven if you thought you were watching the birth of a baby elephant, or footage from a warzone. 

You bear witness to the birth of a nickname. Once called Tom, now and forever: Jumbo.



On a side note, we actually would have won most of the races that day if there was a finishing line in the water.
The running races were a different story.