ISA WSG OFFICIAL RESULTS...

Trinidad and Tobago officially placed 25th at the World Games, beating Jamaica, Sweden, Ecuador and Guatemala.

Accomplishments of note were Chris Dennis ranking 41st in the World Individual Ranking, and Alan Davis 81st. Chris was the best ranked of any Caricom based surfers.

Although the SATT team had a very positive showing at this event, we have identified several key areas for improvement and will be working on these in the coming months to prepare for the ISA WSG 2009 in "warm" Costa Rica.

Look out for Team Trials beginning in January, each month for 4 months. We will have a complete team picked by the and of April 2009.

Special thanks to Beacon Insurance and the Ministry of Sport for their continued support of the SATT.

MASTERS TRIALS RESULTS

The 2nd Masters Trials was held at Salibea, Toco on 2nd November 2008. Held in contestable 2-4ft clean waves, we had a good showing.

Results:

Under 45
1. Alan Davis
2. Che Lovelace
3. Lawrence Morales
4. Mickey Phillips/Warren Rostant

Over 45
1. Andrew Cabral
2. Larry Coelho
3. Sherrard Spiers
4. John Torry

DAY 4 UPDATE!

Riding on a high created by Alan Davis' victory in Repocharge Round 1 yesterday, Chris Dennis dominated his Repocharge Round 2 heat this morning. He scored a 7 and an 8, and then finished with a sick little air on the inside.

Seen below is ISA President Fenando Aguire, Hiding under Jason's Dreads! Enjoy...


Alan Davis cutting back in Tricky Conditions.
Going vertical whenever possible...
Chris Dennis, making something out of nothing...
And drying off his board at the end of the heat!

WORLD SURFING GAMES OPENING CEREMONY

Members of Team T&T, Jamaica, Argentina, with ISA President Fernando Aguire.
TEAM T&T with TEAM PUERTO RICO - "CARIBBEAN PUNCH"
ISLAND PEOPLE!
TEAM T&T with ISA PRESIDENT FERNANDO AGUIRE.
CONTEST SITE FROM THE PLANE!
BACK OF THE BUS.
FULL TEAM AFTER SANDS OF THE WORLD CEREMONY...

STAY TUNED FOR MORE AND CHECK WWW.WSG2008.COM FOR LIVE ACTION TODAY!

World Surfing Games Kicks Off...

The opening ceremony for the World Surfing Games kicks off this afternoon at 5 pm (Portugal Time) ... 12 noon in Trinidad. It will be broadcasted live on the internet from www.WSG2008.com !

Be sure to check it out! Heats have been drawn up for the event and the updates on times can be found at the same website. Stay tuned for more information!

TnT MASTERS

The journey to the World Masters Championships 2009 kicked off on Sunday 7th October in Toco with the first of five trials. Conditions were classic at Salibea, with waves 3-5ft and the occasional head high set. The slight offshores provided beautifully shaped waves and attracted over 20 spectators in the water, who not only had a front row view, but enjoyed the scraps that were on offer. 

After the spray cleared and scores were tabulated, Andrew 'Quincy' Cabral won the over 45 division and Che Lovelace claimed top spot in the 35-45 category. Thanks to all the surfers who cleared the lineup and respected the SATT's decision to hold the trials at Salibea. We  look forward to more participants at the upcoming events.

The dates for the remaining Masters Trials are as follows:

Sunday 28th Sept.

Sunday 19th Oct.

Sunday 9th Nov.

Sunday 30th Nov.

The locations will be determined closer to the date based on swell forcasts. Anyone interested please contact any of the Masters competitors or SATT executive.

Current Standings

35-45

1 Che Lovelace

2 Lawrence Morales

3 Sherrard Spiers

4 Warren Rostant

45+

1 Andrew Cabral

2 Andrew Millar

3 Stuart Abraham

4 Craig Evelyn

5 Larry Coelho

6 John Torry

National Team Update

There has been a change to the National Team heading to the World Surfing Games in Portugal come October. Justin Tang will be heading off to university in Canada later this month and has decided to relinquish his position on the team as he feels he would not be prepared for the event. Therefore the next highest ranked surfer, Chris Dennis will be taking his place.

 Justin earned his spot on the National Team with solid, consistent surfing throughout the year and will be missed. His replacement, Chris is one of our most experienced contest surfers and his current form, having just won the National Championships in July, makes him a welcome addition to the team.

Open Men

Jason Apparicio, Alan Davis, Keith Lewis and Chris Dennis

Women

Micheline Ferreira

BodyBoard

Daniel DeGannes

Kyle Gonzales

Longboard

Jason Apparicio

Womens BodyBoard

Micheline Ferreira

National Surfing Championships

Photos by Abraham Diaz

SATT ANNOUNCES TEAM FOR WSG 2008 in PORTUGAL!

OPEN MENS
(1) Jason Apparicio
(2) Alan Davis
(3) Justin Tnag
(4) Keith Lewis

Alternates:
(1) Christopher Dennis
(2) Shane Hennaman

WOMEN OPEN
Micheline Ferreira

LONGBOARD
Jason Apparicio

BODY BOARD
Daniel de Gannes

BODY BOARD WOMENS
Micheline Ferreira

JUDGE (Proposed)
Johnathan Torrey

MANAGER
Warren Rostant

COACH
Andrew Awai



See image for final ranking of surfers.

CHRIS DENNIS NATIONALS CHAMP! LOVELACE MASTERS THE MASTERS!

BATTERY ENERGY DRINK NATIONAL SURFING CHAMPIONSHIPS 2008

FINAL RESULTS

UNDER 14 OPEN

(4) SAMMY MILLER

(3) DYLAN ABRAHAM

(2) ROSS CABRAL

(1) ISAIAH ALEONG-BAKSH

WOMENS

(4) NADINE JOSEPH

(3) SAMMY MILLER

(2) SHADIK DAY

(1) MICHELINE FERREIRA

BODYBOARD

(3) ROSS CABRAL

(2) KYLE GONSALES

(1) DANIEL DE GANNES

JUNIORS (>18)

(4) STEFAN LUECHIN

(3) CHRISTIAN BERNARD

(2) ONIELL COA

(1) DARIO JORDAN

MASTERS (<35)

(4) SHERRAD SPIERS

(3) ALAN DAVIS

(2) WAYNE HADEED

(1) CHE LOVELACE

OPEN MENS

(4) JUSTIN TANG

(3) ALAN DAVIS

(2) JASON APPARICIO

(1) CHRISTOPHER DENNIS

NATIONAL TEAM OPEN QUALIFIERS

(4) KEITH LEWIS (3) JUSTIN TANG (2) ALAN DAVIS (1) JASON APPARICIO

PICTURES AND MORE COMING SOON...

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.

Alan Davis throwing buckets on his backside, was defeated by a mere 0.2 points in the final.

Keith Lewis, SATT President, posted his first local contest victory since a Junior Title in 1996.

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!

OVERSIZED!

GET YOUR GUNS OUT!

The sign of things to come... One of the biggest swells we've seen in recent years is on it's way to the Caribbean, so look out for updates on how it all pans out.

Grab your biggest board and get ready to charge!

Las Cuevas Beach Cleanup a Success!

MYSTIC HEMP and SURFING TNT teamed up for a beach cleanup at Las Cuevas. Although the turnout was a little lacking, the effort by the attendees really made up for it. We were able to fill up the tray of my Hilux 4 times with the amount of rubish removed from the beach.

Amoung those in attendance were SURFING TNT head judge JOHN TORREY and his kids. Seen here in the photo are Keith Lewis (SURING TNT president) and TROY HADEED (MYSTIC HEMP founder and owner).

As an added bonus, as if rewarding us for our effort, the BOWL at the end of the beach turned on all day and provided excellent relief in the form of head high, clean, grinding lefts and rights! An awesome day all round.

We hope that ALL members of SURFING TNT will make the effort to attend and participate in our next beach cleaning venture!

ALAN DAVIS IS THE 2007 SURFER OF THE YEAR!

Better late than never...CONGRATULATIONS TO ALAN DAVIS ! on being the SURFINGTNT SURFER OF THE YEAR 2007! He is seen here collecting his trophy at our AGM.

For those who made the effort to be there, we were suprised and moved by an unexpected speech from ALAN that was very genuine and included him thanking all the surfers in Trinidad for keeping him motivated and being the reason he keeps doing what he's doing...

ALAN was also CSN overall champion for 2007...KEEP IT UP ALAN!

LEWIS ST.JOHN WINS CSN SAN SOUCI PRO!

This weekend the 2nd Annual CSN SANS SOUCI PRO was held in very good surf conditions at Beach Break, Sans Souci. There was an excellent turnout with competitors from T&T, Barbados, Jamaica and Martinique all competing for the prize money at stake.

Lewis St.John surfed very well to oust last years champion Chris Dennis and take first prize. Dennis got second place. Lewis also won the Juniors division. The final results were as follows:

Mens Open
1. Lewis St.John(BDS)
2. Chris Dennis(TTO)
3. Thibault Breneol(GLP)
4. Mark Holder(BDS)

Junior Division
1. Lewis St.John(BDS)
2. Bruce Mackie(BDS)
3. Jesse Jarvis(TTO)
4. Oneal Coa(TTO)

Womens Division
1. Ametza Nicholls(BDS)
2. Danielle Ohayon(JAM)
3. Jade Nicholls(BDS)

JASON APPARICIO WINS FIRST SURFINGTNT NATIONAL TEAM TRIALS!

National Team Trials kicked off on Saturday 16th February in challengin conditions at Beach Break, San Souci. Sixteen competitors took part and in the end it was Jason Apparicio that came out on top.

Results:
1) Jason Apparicio
2) Chris Dennis
3) Bryan Ramcharan
4) Jesse Jarvis

The next two trails will be held on Sunday 13th April and Sunday 4th May.

Nationals will be held on July 12th & 13th, 2008.

We look forward to your continued support...