It’s almost a month to the day since I did a short write up on the Shark Island Challenge. We haven’t forgotten about it, nor have we lost interest. The riders are still hanging around town on stand-by, but Mother Nature refuses to deliver the goods.
The month-long waiting period for the Shark Island challenge, which started June 14th, will end in two days. And I must say… the forecast doesn’t look good.
Luckily, the waiting period has been extended. Officials now have until August 5th to allow the ocean to provide contestable waves.
The extension is great news for those interested in the Shark Island Challenge, but it is certainly frustrating that it has come to this. In the past month, Cronulla (and most of the NSW coast) has failed to deliver waves over three foot. Adding to the frustration is the fact that the Island and the East Coast saw pumping waves for a good month or two in the lead up to the waiting period.
Local contestants Sam Strachan and Shaun Pyne managed to relieve their thirst for waves with a short trip to South Australia last week, and by all reports they scored three days of amazing waves.
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