19th Annual St.Lucia Billfish Tournament.

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October 2, 2009

19th Annual St.Lucia Billfish Tournament.

Chris Dennis Wins 3 In A Row!

Chris Dennis is now completely dominating the SATT National Team Trials circuit! This Sunday he successfully won his third event in a row at Beach Break, Sans Souci. He has claimed his spot on the National Team to represent Trinidad and Tobago at the World Surfing Games in Costa Rica this August!

The National Team Qualifiers are as follows:

1) Chris Dennis
2) Jason Apparicio
3) Che Lovelace
4) Alan Davis

Alternates:
1) Shane Hennaman
2) Shawn Rostant

RESULTS Trials #4

OPEN MEN

HEAT 1
1. SHANE HENNEMAN
2. ANDREW AWAI
3. ANDRE STEUART
4. KEWAN LANDRETH-SMITH

HEAT 2
1. SHAUN ROSTANT
2. MIKEY PHILLIPS
3. CHAD HAMELSMITH
4. MICHELINE FERREIRA

HEAT 3
1. SIMON CABRAL
2. ALAN DAVIS
3. DOMINIC PERCY
4. SEAN MORUF

HEAT 4
1. JASON APPARICIO
2. CHRIS DENNIS
3. CHE LOVELACE
4. KENDELL FRANCIS
5. BRYAN RAMCHARRAN

SEMI 1
1. CHRIS DENNIS
2. SHANE HENNEMAN
3. ALAN DAVIS
4. SEAN ROSTANT

SEMI 2
1. JASON APPARICIO
2. CHE LOVELACE
3. ANDREW AWAI
4. SIMON CABRAL
5. MIKEY PHILLIPS

FINAL
1. CHRIS DENNIS
2. JASON APPARICIO
3. CHE LOVELACE
4. ANDREW AWAI
5. SHANE HENNEMAN

SATT TRIALS #3 2009 RESULTS … The Road to The World Surfing Games…

This sunday Trinidad and Tobago’s National Surfing Champion 2008, Christopher Dennis, continued his winning form by securing his second victory in a row at SATT National Team Trails #3, held at Beach Break, Sans Souci.

Replicating the form of on-fire ASP surfer Joel Parkinson, who also won his last two events back-to-back, Chris has all but fully secured a birth on his country’s National Team for the second year in a row and is likely to be representing the Red, Black and White come July 31st in Hermosa, Costa Rica at the World Surfing Games 2009!

Conditions at Beach Break, Sans Souci once again turned on for the field of competition, proving why it’s considered the most consistent surf spot in the twin island state. Both Juniors and Open surfers had an opportunity to compete in their divisions.  The results were as follows:

OPEN MEN

ROUND 1
HT 1
1. Che Lovelace
2. Sean Rostant
3. Sherrard Spiers
4. Simon Cabral

HT 2
1. Jason Apparicio
2. Shane Henneman
3. Kendell Francis
4. Kiwan Landreth-Smith

HT 3
1. Chris Dennis
2. Mikey Phillips
3. Kevin Seetai
4. Simeon Cupid

HT 4
1. Alan Davis
2. Bryan Ramcharan
3. Ryan Chin
4. Tristan Richardson

SEMI 1
1. Chris Dennis
2. Che Lovelace
3. Bryan Ramcharan
4. Shane Henneman

SEMI 2
1. Alan Davis
2. Jason Apparicio
3. Sean Rostant
4. Mikey Phillips

FINAL
1. Chris Dennis
2. Jason Apparicio
3. Alan Davis
4. Che Lovelace

JUNIORS MEN

HT 1
1. Jamie Phillips
2. Stefan Lue Chin
3. Craig DeFreitas
4. Findley Howard-Stevens

HT 2
1. Dario Jordan
2. Christian Chin
3. Matthew Milne

FINAL
1. Dario Jordan
2. Christian Chin
3. Stefan Lue Chin
4. Jamie Phillips

NEXT TRIALS ON 17TH MAY 2009

LOON-A-TICS “GO-NUTS” ON NORTH COAST MISSION!

The Crew of Sport Fisher LOON-A-TIC scored epic surf and fun fishing on it’s second mission to an undisclosed remote Beach Break / Point Break combination surf spot in Trinidad’s uninhabited north coast region.

A reconnaissance mission two weeks prior provided the necessary intelligence for a successful re-visit during a peak swell that was predicted to be 5-7 ft NE @ 10 second periods.  The 1Hr 20 Minuite voyage was hard fought through swell and chop on the North, but after passing La Fillete point the ocean calmed significantly, leaving just ground swell exposed.

“Better than Expected!” was the sentiment of the day.  The waves at this highly under-surfed beach break were on fire this day, offering big, powerful, barreling waves over a shallow sand bar.  There were lefts and right and a couple of the crew reported getting spat out of some sick barrels.  Very little is known about he consistency of surf at this spot, however after two missions it is obvious that it gets much better with increased swell size.

Once everyone had taken a fair beating from the pumping surf, the crew of the LOON-A-TIC bee-lined directly north to an outside wreck in search of lunch.  Quickly digging out a nice 20lb Kingfish, the crew trolled towards home and prepared a fresh batch of Savichi.

National Surfing Championships

Photos by Abraham Diaz

BATTERY ENERGY DRINK NATIONAL SURFING CHAMPIONSHIPS 2008!

The SATT’s most covetted title will be challenged and we will be crowning National Surfing Champions in various divisions.

All surfers must be paid in full for SATT membership in order to compete. Registration ends Friday 11th July, the day before the event. There will be NO BEACH ENTRIES!

Registration online is extremely easy, simply e-mail onamission420@yahoo.com with your name, age, gender, and the events you would like to compete in.

REGISTER NOW!

El Presidente Wins his First National Team Trials!

The Third and final National Team Trials for the World Surfing Games 2008 took place in good contest conditions at Beach Break, Sans Souci, this past Saturday. After this event, the final opportunity to compile qualification points for the National Team will be at the SURFING TNT NATIONAL SURFING CHAMPIONSHIPS 2008, taking place July 12 &13th, 2008.

At this weekends event, SATT President Keith Lewis won a local contest for the first time since winning the Junior National Crown back in 1996, at this very location. He narrowly outscored local surfer/shaper ALAN DAVIS by 0.2 points to take the victory. JASON APPARICIO secured 3rd place, partly due to poor wave selection in less than epic surf during the final. SHANE HENNAMAN made yet another final, showing great consistency, and was rewarded with a 4th place for his efforts.

RESULTS:
1) KEITH LEWIS
2) ALAN DAVIS
3) JASON APPARICIO
4) SHANE HENNAMAN

Jason Apparicio was very solid through the event, but could not find the waves in the final to seal the deal.

Trials #3 Postponed to Next Saturday, 10th May @ 8am!

Due to unsurfable conditions on the coast, Trials #3 has been prosponed to next Saturday, May 10th @8am. We will be starting extra early and surfers who are not on time will miss their heat and be eliminated.

We have a forcast of solid surf for saturday so it should turn out to be a great event. This event will be Mobile in the Toco Area, Taking advantage of the best possible surf conditions.

We look forward to seeing you there.

TRIALS #2 IN DAMIENS A SUCCESS !

Following the “Man” of his era (Slater), JASON APPARICIO goes 2 for 2 after the second event of the year, putting him well ahead in the SURFING TNT ranks for 2008!

Fresh off a trip from Indo, it appeared as though the “Barrel of his Life” in G-Land helped the old veteran find/continue his winning form.

Serious rain on sunday morning threated to shut down the event, held for the first time in Damiens on the North Coast, but all the hard cores made the effort to come out and the event turned out to be a great success.

We were blessed with very good contest waves in the 3-5′ range that were quite powerful and tricky at times. The event also had the best surfer turnout thus far for a trials in 2008, totaling 16 competitors.

Justin Tang, a Damiens Bay regular, was able to find a gem of a barrel in his semi-final heat, posting a near perfect, highest score of the day. Fellow “north-coast rat” Alan De Verteuil made his first appearance in a Trials Final, securing 3rd place. Riding a variety of borrowed boards, Shane Hennaman’s luck appeared to run out in the finals, he took 4th.

In the end event results were as follows:

1) JASON APPARICIO
2) JUSTIN TANG
3) ALAN DE VERTEUIL
4) SHANE HENNAMAN

NEXT TRIALS IS SUNDAY, MAY 4th IN TOCO @ 9 a.m. See You There!

Justin Tang Airs out his fins on his way to second place…
Jason Apparicio smashes an unsuspecting lip to win the event.

WELL DONE MASTERS!

Big Respect to the Masters crew that represented SURFING TnT this March at the ISA WORLD MASTERS CHAMPIONSHIP!

Among the highlights were:

• Andrew Millar being mentioned for winning his first round heat!
• Alan Davis being featured on surfline.com for a photo shot of his during a heat.
• Che Lovelace also being mentioned for the sick shot seen below, during a heat!
• SURFING TnT securing 13th place overall, beating the UK, Mexico, Sweden and Guatemala!

Well done fellas! We look forward to continued support from the SurfingTnT Masters!

Alan Davis “Defying Gravity” accoring to surfline!

Che Lovelace with typical smooth style…

The crew liming on the beach…

TRIALS #2 & BEACH LIME / BBQ / MUSIC !!

On SUNDAY 13th APRIL, SURFINGTNT will be hosting the SECOND NATIONAL TEAM TRIALS for the WORLD SURFING GAMES in PORTUGAL this OCTOBER.

We are encouraging surfers and beach lovers alike to join us at DAMIENS BAY, BLASHISSEURS. Surfing will begin at 10am sharp. There will be music, and open BBQ pits provided. So bring your food, your drinks and your friends for live surfing action.

Please monitor this website for updates as should we not get the contestable waves desired for the set date, we will have to relocate the venue of Trials #2 to another location in the Toco area.

WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU THERE!

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