Shark Island Challenge 2024 | Official Highlights, Interviews and Winner Announcement

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  • Опубликовано: 28 сен 2024
  • On a sunny Sunday in the heart of Cronulla, the world's best bodyboarders gathered to take on the notorious Shark Island. A challenge it was, with 10-12 foot sets washing through and riders relying on knowledge, gut instinct and pure survival mindset to make it through the heats and into the semis and final.
    Ultimately, that local knowledge paid off with Andrew Lester - on one arm after a particularly spicy wave in the semis - and fellow local Ben Sawyer making the final a two-horse race. With the title safely back into local hands, all that was left to do was get to Kurnell Rec Club for the announcement of the 2024 Shark Island Challenge champion.

Комментарии • 91

  • @seangreenhalgh7921
    @seangreenhalgh7921 3 месяца назад +58

    Now lets do the west coast, Box challenge! 🔥

  • @matthart722
    @matthart722 3 месяца назад +7

    Thank you bodyboarding!

  • @troyaurio36
    @troyaurio36 3 месяца назад +6

    Why was Kingy not in it? He's the former champ. I still have that vhs vid.

  • @coquiguerr3
    @coquiguerr3 3 месяца назад +2

    Thanx and Congrtas 2 Ben , Team Coquí Bodyboarders from South Puerto Rico

  • @andrehilariophoto
    @andrehilariophoto 3 месяца назад +1

    Let's fucking go ! This is bodyboard ! Thank you everyone involved to make an event like this... Like old times. Waiting for 2025 !

  • @NickBarth
    @NickBarth 3 месяца назад

    Great event and great coverage. I was frothing all day watching and this tidy wrap up of the event got me frothing again. Well done everyone!

  • @mikeelmes3096
    @mikeelmes3096 3 месяца назад +1

    Yep awesome coverage this video is fantastic

  • @KINGHUSKII
    @KINGHUSKII 3 месяца назад +3

    Andy “one arm” Lester the real winner! 🫡

  • @kennyboyer6011
    @kennyboyer6011 3 месяца назад

    Where was Noah Deane?

  • @lw5383
    @lw5383 3 месяца назад

    Fun to watch the highlights … next time we need the OG Island crew - Nugget, Percy etc!

  • @SnailsPacer
    @SnailsPacer 3 месяца назад

    Well done organisers and contestants SIC 24 was rad

  • @pierremarqua2564
    @pierremarqua2564 3 месяца назад

    Well done to all involved, epic wrap up to an epic event

  • @FMB123
    @FMB123 2 месяца назад

    2:48 I'm gonna call that the "Wheelchair". 😂♿️

  • @commissioner791
    @commissioner791 3 месяца назад +1

    Great event but where was bullet and the DIMPLE 8TX

    • @godisbollocks
      @godisbollocks 3 месяца назад

      I had an 8tx, bought it in 1995. Such a cool board. In 2020 a guy bought it from me for more than I paid for it 😊

    • @Tsar22
      @Tsar22 3 месяца назад

      Bullet, dang that man knows boogin

    • @commissioner791
      @commissioner791 3 месяца назад

      I had three of them a blue one a red one and a purple bullet 8tx..fast as but they crease when landing big airs. Was in Forster NSW in 99. Checking blueies at dawn. Saw a guy on a lid out by himself take off disappear for five seconds and get spat out. Sped out there and the guy was bullet and I was on a bullet 8 tx. CLASSIC. Double axe handle HOBART

  • @Matt.E9480
    @Matt.E9480 3 месяца назад

    Lester looks older than Stewart and my knees hurt 🧓

  • @JoaoPaulo-pd4nw
    @JoaoPaulo-pd4nw 3 месяца назад

    🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾

  • @Godckr1
    @Godckr1 3 месяца назад

    that was sic! pun intended🤙🏽🤙🏽

  • @Tsar22
    @Tsar22 3 месяца назад

    Waoo sew cewl

  • @Mjparker_2014
    @Mjparker_2014 3 месяца назад

    It’s miller time and that trophy is from temu

    • @Tsar22
      @Tsar22 3 месяца назад

      Shop like a billionaireeee

  • @jaycee571
    @jaycee571 3 месяца назад

    Is it just me or has body boarding not progressed

  • @Stankikass
    @Stankikass 3 месяца назад

    Better than the IBC

    • @manueldiaz5074
      @manueldiaz5074 3 месяца назад

      I don't agree...the cameras cutted the wave view, bad angles and few replays..the IBC guys are doing a good job

  • @lui_7648
    @lui_7648 3 месяца назад

    shame it wasn't all time island...

  • @m_thebox
    @m_thebox 3 месяца назад

    Not impressed at all . Why is Jared Houston so different? Who’s this Ben sawyer? Where’s BP?

  • @TakingSquash833
    @TakingSquash833 3 месяца назад +10

    Loved the event. Well done to everyone involved. Bring on 2025.

  • @garthlinton6760
    @garthlinton6760 3 месяца назад +6

    From what I saw just then, Andrew Lester had the deeper barrels

  • @josephparko
    @josephparko 3 месяца назад +10

    Great live coverage. Shit conditions. Never hold the island comp on a south swell again. Lester should of won

  • @paulypauly2062
    @paulypauly2062 3 месяца назад +5

    this is really sad. I watched some of the live feed and got bored after 30mins..
    Shit waves, shit tricks, this doesnt hold a candle to a crappy WST event.
    Nothing is coming close to bodyboarding like it was in the 90's I'm sorry.
    Shout out to The King Mike Stewart!!!!

  • @Someguy_8e2
    @Someguy_8e2 3 месяца назад +3

    Yeah Benny, congratulations! Such a sick comp, hopefully next year conditions are epic.

  • @HI-pi1er
    @HI-pi1er 3 месяца назад +7

    Shit comp 3 average island waves all day should have held it this Tuesday .

  • @cxmx4984
    @cxmx4984 3 месяца назад +1

    Lester should have won lol bens got the style of a goober

    • @FMB123
      @FMB123 2 месяца назад

      Agreed. The white hair probably deducted a few points. 😂

  • @KaosRising
    @KaosRising Месяц назад

    Luke o Connor commentating the only man who has surfed every swell from birth and has never once produced a single good move is commentating! SKIP!

  • @mitchellhall1661
    @mitchellhall1661 3 месяца назад +1

    Great job by all involved. Love seeing the sport still trudging along

  • @eamonsherry2185
    @eamonsherry2185 3 месяца назад +1

    Understand the reasoning for the call, it wasn't ideal conditions, but it was solid and there was a decent turnout.

    • @SportingNewsAustralia
      @SportingNewsAustralia  3 месяца назад +1

      That's a fair assessment

    • @jayveethreefive5214
      @jayveethreefive5214 3 месяца назад +1

      South swell was never going to be much different to what they held it in
      And Sunday meant more spectators and better return for sponsors

  • @lemonbitters4559
    @lemonbitters4559 2 месяца назад

    Nice 4 to 6 feet max. If thats "8 foot and building" then I actually am 12 foot tall. Pretty average for typical SI contests

  • @timjenson6858
    @timjenson6858 22 дня назад

    Sickest day ! Great video highlights have watched so many times

  • @beepeesscee
    @beepeesscee 3 месяца назад +1

    what was the average age of competitors?

  • @raalf22
    @raalf22 3 месяца назад

    esse é o bodyboard que gosto de assistir, IBC tem muito que aprender ainda....

  • @nathanjaffajeffrey6075
    @nathanjaffajeffrey6075 2 месяца назад

    O fuck yeah only a surfer knows the feeling ❤

  • @baggiohama
    @baggiohama 3 месяца назад

    mythical 👏🏻👏🏻🔥🔥

  • @swibwi
    @swibwi 3 месяца назад

    looks a bit mushy

  • @maybemore2010
    @maybemore2010 3 месяца назад

  • @aitorperezer
    @aitorperezer 3 месяца назад

    Epic contest 💪💪

  • @devinricke9411
    @devinricke9411 3 месяца назад

    Boom! Great job SIC 2024! Keep bodyboarding core!!

  • @richardelliott8352
    @richardelliott8352 3 месяца назад

    now that's what I call a dang surf film. just impeccable presentation.
    although stand up board riders get all the glory , these guys are doing things that are simply impossible with other equipment, and possibly other people. .

  • @corey8677
    @corey8677 3 месяца назад +1

    Shame the conditions were average. Should've waited...

  • @seblivefloormanager
    @seblivefloormanager 3 месяца назад

    Huge gratitude to the event organisers and sponsors. So good to see this comp firmly back on the map with fantastic coverage ❤ 🎉🙌🤙

  • @mikeelmes3096
    @mikeelmes3096 3 месяца назад

    Doom eternal soundtrack mick’s riff pty ltd

  • @sanpedroez3367
    @sanpedroez3367 3 месяца назад

    The event was GREAT start to finish, look forward to another next season.
    Thanks for the hard work

  • @torto9868
    @torto9868 3 месяца назад

    This is the events bodyboard needs!!!

  • @jgbirds
    @jgbirds 3 месяца назад

    Thank you, really enjoyed the comp! Can you do it again?

  • @mariosoares1504
    @mariosoares1504 3 месяца назад

    This is a real bodyboard event!

  • @smalltowninnewmexico
    @smalltowninnewmexico 3 месяца назад

    sick comp. go Benny

  • @davidmr6334
    @davidmr6334 3 месяца назад

    Felicidades por esa final epica!!🎉💪 Se echaba de menos Shark island ❤❤😊

  • @calwoody
    @calwoody 3 месяца назад

    Boogin is back

  • @hugh_w
    @hugh_w 3 месяца назад

    Great event, well done all ✌️

  • @mtbjack9663
    @mtbjack9663 3 месяца назад

    beaus a cat

  • @bodyboardx5931
    @bodyboardx5931 3 месяца назад +2

    Why did they even hold it on a Straight south swell??!?! NE or SE/ESE Is the way to go, come on SIC! Hopefully, shark lives up to the hype next time and they hold a longer waiting period.

  • @benveitch5863
    @benveitch5863 3 месяца назад

    Well done team!!
    Great media package. Sick event.
    I bet ‘25 SIC will be mental.

    • @SportingNewsAustralia
      @SportingNewsAustralia  3 месяца назад

      The swell direction just had to be a biiiit better and we were on. Still, massive turn out. Can't wait for next year!

  • @aaronnolan6998
    @aaronnolan6998 3 месяца назад

    Mitch Rawlins should have got an invite

    • @Yahuah780
      @Yahuah780 3 месяца назад

      Apparently his schedule was too busy for him to go

    • @Tsar22
      @Tsar22 3 месяца назад

      Don't agree, he's a half crusted beet up pawn star who will never step to Hardy's level

  • @mitch1455
    @mitch1455 3 месяца назад +1

    Most of the local cronulla riders shouldn't of been in the comp there is plenty of better riders in Australia to throw in, That was a perfect example of it's not what you know its who you know .

    • @reddysteddy2195
      @reddysteddy2195 3 месяца назад

      SIC has always been locals vs invitees, where have you been?

    • @mitch1455
      @mitch1455 3 месяца назад

      ​@@reddysteddy2195 I don't care if you come from Mars no one wants to see car detailers, mechanics and landscapers that can't do anything other then kinda ride a barrel when there is quality riders ready to go

    • @reddysteddy2195
      @reddysteddy2195 3 месяца назад

      @@mitch1455 except everyone but you, does want to see that. That's a you problem.

    • @mitch1455
      @mitch1455 3 месяца назад +1

      @@reddysteddy2195 alright mate, go back onto your vintage bodyboarder page with the rest of the handicaps .

    • @jackbaker9693
      @jackbaker9693 3 месяца назад +1

      @@mitch1455haha there was literally 4 local guys in there 😂

  • @fgcas5963
    @fgcas5963 3 месяца назад

    Full crap