WAIRARAPA MOANA ISSUE SIX: TUAONO JUNE 2007
PHOTO COURTESY SLIDE MAGAZINE
Young Toes Hanging Ten
Wairarapa Moana descendant, Mount Maunganui surfer, Antony McColl, is proving longboarding is not just a sport for aging surfers.
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Antony started out on a short board but changed to a longboard. He loves the feeling of a longboard. It can be slower, depending on the waves, but it’s just always fun.
Some people reckon it’s just for old guys but you can have so much fun. Antony thinks they just get annoyed because he gets more waves than the short boarders.
Antony has been competing for a number of years and has won the Blue Revolution Longboard Classic at Sandy Bay in Northland. The classic is part of a series of five competitions that culminate in Gisborne.
He surfs whenever he can, sometimes twice a day if the waves are good. That’s his training – surfing as much as he can because you don’t know what the conditions are going to be on the day.
He was second overall in the under-18 longboard in 2004 and fourth in 2003.
Antony wouldn’t have been able to achieve what he has without the support of his sponsors and employers.
A member of the Hang 10 junior team, Antony got into surfing in 2001. He borrowed a board from a mate at first, then bought his own and progressed through to longboard.
His favourite waves are found at Mangawhai Heads, Meat Works, Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Matakana Island.
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