OTAKI

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PIHA

Piha was the last round of the national championship surfcross and going into the day the position of NZ champion was still up for grabs. A solid 5-6 foot swell promised to challenge all the crews. Racing started a little late due to a couple ... read more

COOK STRAIT

Round 2 National Endurance Race The Cook Strait crossing has only ever been raced once before in 2007. In subsequent years the weather has resulted in cancellation. This year however the weather gods allowed a window of opportunity enabling 12 crews to line up ... read more

LYALL BAY

Round 5 National Surfcross 19 Race teams from the upper half of the North Island, one from Hawkes Bay and one local hit Wellington for 2 days of racing centred on Lyall Bay. The Wellington round of the national champs is always very social with ... read more

WAIMARAMA

With injuries and broken boats taking over the club we saw only a 6 boat turnout for Waimarama 2010. However less boats does not mean less action. The first incident went to Demon Energy who finished the second heat with a large hole ... read more

WAIPU COVE SURFCROSS

Round 4 National Surfcross With battered bodies from the day before 23 racers were greeted with a 1.5m even and glassy surf at the start of race day. Due to a spring tide racing commenced at the later time of 11.45 but a crowd of ... read more

WAIPU COVE ENDURANCE

Round 1 National Endurance Race The Waipu Cove endurance race was the first of 3 tabled endurance races for the 2010 series. The overall national Thundercat championship placings are determined by cumulative points from the best five surf races plus 1 endurance. With this ... read more

WAIHI

Round 3 National Surfcross At long last the first 2010 East Coast surf emerged specifically for round 3 of the Thundercat nationals. Crews arrived at Waihi beach to be greeted by a solid 2-3ft surf with the odd 4-6ft set. Game on!! Racing commenced at 11am playing to ... read more

MT MAUNGANUI

Round 2 National Surfcross Despite the carnage on the previous day crews worked overnight to ensure 23 boats were on the start line at 11am on Monday. The weather was vastly different from the previous day with drizzle and 30km onshore winds generating a 1m wind swell ... read more

WHANGAMATA

Round 1 National Surfcross 22 of the 23 entered boats for the national series turned up to a brilliant sunny day in Whangamata but no surf! Conditions were flat with light offshore winds which meant the lightweight crews would definitely be advantaged. Race director Gary Morrison outlined his ... read more

ORIENTAL PARADE

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PAIHIA HARBOUR SWIM

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KORU KIDS CHARITY DAY

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RAGLAN

13 boats turned up to Raglan for a great days racing. Smuggler took out first place with Jungle Coffee and O2 Move tied for second. ... read more

TE ARAI

Despite all day light drizzle and surf comprising a 1 foot shore break, 13 Boats enjoyed a good social day of competitive flat water racing. Winner of the day was the super lightweight crew in Smuggler followed by Jungle Coffee and the dark horse for ... read more

AUCKLAND HARBOUR SWIM

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BROWNS BAY XFEST

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WAIMARAMA

A sunny day and a beautiful beach greeted competitors at Waimarama in Hawkes Bay for round 2 of the WGTN club racing. It was the first time Thundercats have raced at Waimarama and it proved a good trial run for Waimarama Beach Day early next ... read more

PAUANUI

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WANGANUI

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MANGAWHAI

Nineteen boats entered for the second round of the Thundercat club champs at Mangawhai. Surf of 1m made up for the initial overcast weather and racing commenced at 11.30 after some difficulty securing the buoys within the surf line. The first few heats were relatively uneventful except ... read more

PETONE POKER RUN

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TITAHI BAY

The first club day of the Wellington season got off to a great start...eventually. The first race was restarted numerous times after the coey from Get funkd evacuated his boat rounding W buoy. Following the trend both pilot and co-pilot of Lasermark went for a ... read more

OREWA

The first event for the 09/10 season kicked off in heavy rain at Orewa Beach on Saturday September 12. Fourteen boats entered and were ready to go home or to the bar at 9.30am in view of the heavy rain. However in true Thundercat fashion ... read more

TAUPO ENDURANCE

Winter Thunder in Taupo definitely lived up to its name on the weekend with crews having to battle the challenges of the cold from before the race even began. Tips for those that have never tried to prepare for a race at neg 2degrees: - ... read more

NZ VS AUS

After 3 amazing days on the sunny Gold Coast, the NZ team convincingly took out the win by over 1000 points. The first 2 days were Surfcross, which our kiwi team loved. Big surf was something we hadn't had to deal with for a while, ... read more