All you fiends who frequent the Southern breaks of Tasmania know Nicole. She is in the lineup before you no matter what time you arrive and her dedication and enthusiasm to bodyboarding in Tasmania makes us all look pretty damn lazy.

Summer on the South Coast has been a bit of a mixed bag. The usual summer haunts have failed to produce anything of quality except for one... Remarks can be creditied with saving many of the states bodyboarders from going insane. An unprecedented amount of sand in the bay has led to many epic days with crowds at a minimum (on some occassions). Very shallow banks and plenty of bounce have been keeping the devoted very happy over the hot summer days, with several "best ever" calls being thrown around. The usual gang of shralpers have pretty much been living down there over summer. Two of the states finest drop knee men, Jim Barwick and Paul Harper have been killing it. Jim has been on fire, taking off on anything that comes his way and impressing the pants off anyone who happens to witness is flawless skills and style in the tube. He has also just purchased a new board, ask him about it. The prone men have been inform aswell. Mr Consistent, Jez Faulds, has been tearing along with Charles Ward, Nick Mole, Geoff Swain, George Webster, Matt Howden, Stu Boggs, Chris Eddo, J Bizzle and the rest of the gang.

Waves had been fairly scarce around the South Arm stretch of late but a few sneaky sessions have been keeping the fellas happy. Rebounds had a few good days in the 2-3ft+ range with a good crowd taking advantage of the numerous peaks on offer. Sam Lennox, George Webster, Chris Edo and Simon Treekle were the stand-outs.