JUNE SWELL LINES

New swell lines has been uploaded to You Tube.

Click on link below to take you direct to June Swell Lines.

>TAKE ME TO JUNE SWELL LINES NOW.

MAY SURFCOAST SWELL LINES SHORT MOVIE

Surfcoast Sizzle has uploaded a movie footage of swell last week.

To play movie:click here!!

http://surfcoastsizzle.blogspot.com/

Mushy and Robbo to slug it out for a 2010 Rip Curl Pro wildcard.

L-R Mushy & Robbo

Last year Adam Robertson showed us all what can be done by securing a wildcard into the Rip Curl Pro.

In case you've forgotten Robbo surfed through the trials, qualified for the main event and ended up coming 2nd to Parko in the final.

This is not the first time a wildcard has had a great result. In 2001 a 19 year old, Mick Fanning won the event as a wildcard.

Since then Fanning has gone on to win 2 World Titles.

This year the importance of the wildcard slot is magnified with the new, one WCT rating system.

In the past if you were a WQS surfer competing in a WCT event the competing surfer would not get any points to add to their overall year tally.

If the new system had been in place last year, Robbo's results would have elevated his ranking in the WQS substantially putting him in a position to possibly qualify for the 2010 WCT.

This year WQS surfers will not have to wait until 2011 to qualify for the WCT, but could qualify by mid year 2010. So it is very important for all surfers top get a good start to the season.

Robbo in the "Vic the Place to Be Trials" 2010 can he do it again?

There are 19 other surfers who would be very keen to eliminate him and stop him from going one better this year.

One who is, is his mate, local, Nic Muscroft former 2009 WCT surfer, attempting to re-qualify.

Nic will certainly have the fire in his belly to re-qualify. Has bucket loads of experience on his side to do the job.

16 Victorian surfers from the Pre Trials Event held Sunday 28th March. 4 of which will progress through to the Vic the Place to Be Trials, made up of 8 surfers held held Monday 29th March where they will battle it out for the one wildcard spot.

There are 3 wildcard spots for the event. 2 have already been allocated.

#1 16 year old Gabriel Medina from Brazil. Fresh off the back of a string great results, one of which was a 6 Star WQS win in Brazil.

Lets not forget Newcastle's skinny 16 year old Nicky Wood winning the Rip Curl Pro at Bells in 1987. It's only impossible until someone does it.

#2 Stuey Kennedy from Lennox Heads. This year Stuey is out to prove he's got what it takes to mix it with the best of the best.

By his own admission he would have been disappointed by his early exit as a wildcard from last years event. 12 months more experience on the grueling WQS. Making a WQS final in his first year on tour. The highest placed Aussie in the Billabong World Pro Junior event at Narrabeen early January this year under his belt, we'll see a different Kennedy

#3 The Victorian Trials wnner...who will that be? I guarantee you one thing, who ever it is, it will be an experience they will never forget. Surfers to watch Adam Robertson, Nic Muscroft, Jack Perry and former WCT surfer from Phillip Island, Glyndon Ringrose. Having said that, don't discount any of the trialists. They've all been given an opportunity for good reason, they all RIP!

The Girls!

Surfing Victoria has allocated four spots for the Pre Trials.

Amy Stewart (local), Nikki Van Dijk, George Fish, India Payne. The winner of the Pre Trials will surf against Tyler Wright in the Ford Fiesta Trials for a wildcard into the Rip Curl Women's Pro.

SURF COAST LOCAL SPOTTED ON HAWAII'S NORTH SHORE

Local Surf Coaster Cahill Bell-Warren spotted at Rocky Point on Hawaii's North Shore.

No matter where you are, Surf Coast Sizzle will find you.

Photo by legendary Aussie surf/waterman photographer, now living in Hawaii - Sean Davey.

Check out his fantastic work on

http://seandavey.com/wordpress/

ANOTHER 17th IN PORTUGAL FOR MUSHY

The heat started slow with both surfers throwing down scores around the two mark.

Martinez snags a barrel on his forehand and gets the first real heat score of 6.50.

Mushy falls on his next two waves.

With around 12 minutes remaining Martinez finds another forehand barrel and scores 7.67.

Mushy's in combo-land.

Martinez holds priority. Mushy paddles deeper looking for a right. The previous heat Bede Durbidge scored an 8.67

on a great right hand barrel. Nothing seems to be working in Mushys favour. A quick in and out right.

Back on the lefts he picks off what looks like a great wave. First turn, throws up a critical upside down vert reo

and quickly into another, but unfortunately his back foot slips. Scores 3.97 essentially for one turn.

This wave would have put him back in contention if a little bit of luck had been on his side.

Picks off another left but doesn't offer much scoring potential. 3.67 for two turns.

With Martinez holding priority, Mushy resorts to a successful Slater tactic, and sneak waves under opposition priority.

Time runs out, in what was a slow heat for good waves.

Another 17th for Mushy's collection.

MUSHY'S JOURNEY TO THE WCT

Victorian surfers qualifying for the ASP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP TOUR, are few a far between, so when Jan Juc local, Nic “Mushy” Muscroft qualified for the 2009 tour there were a few celebrations in town.

"Mushy's" surfing journey started when he was 8 years old, when dad, Denis would take older brother, Nigel, surfing. Nic would tag along, but at the time, was more interested in building sand castles rather than surfing.

Born in Geelong and living in Bambra, the Muscroft boys went to “Deans Marsh Primary School”.

The closest waves to Bambra were at Fairhaven. It was along this stretch of coast that Mushy learnt to surf.

He joined the “Otway Boardriders Club” along with his dad and brother, and it wasn't long before he was winning the Cadet and Junior divisions.

In the late eighties the family made the move to Jan Juc.

The weekends in the Muscroft family were typical of an Aussie surfing family. Away competing in State rounds, or the newly adopted “Torquay Boardriders Club” contests.

Mushy continued to win. Finished year twelve at Oberon High School and then focused on his surfing.

After finishing in the top 10 of the Pro Junior Series, he jumped on the WQS merry-go-round.

In Hawaii 2006, after six years slugging it out, he came agonizingly close to qualifying for the WCT, but fell one place short.

2007 Mushy was first alternative for the WCT tour.

Hawaii 2008 was his big break-through and he qualified for the 2009 WCT.

The 2009 season so far, hasn't gone as well as he would have liked. Injury setbacks and just plain old bad luck, have slowed his ratings progress, but there have been positives along the way that justify his position in the top 45.

Nic has the Hawaiian leg of the WQS and WCT tour to look forward to in November and December.

Having tasted success in Hawaii before, it's a golden opportunity for him to take advantage of Hawaii's big powerful waves to climb up the ratings and re-qualify.

We wish him the best of luck and will be cheering him on from the Surf Coast.

Bustin' fins on his first new surfboard.

Oberon High School state champions team member.

Hawaiian poster boy!!