THE PHILLIP Island Boardriders’ 2024 Cat Bay Classic ran at Anzacs over Saturday and Sunday (March 9-10).
Longboard Captain Andy McHenry and his team for pulled together a massive weekend, with 50 athletes surfing over two epic days of surf.
The new judging format saw each athlete surf three rounds, with their top two waves from each round totalled for six waves for their overall score.
This essentially meant everyone was surfing against everyone across all heats all weekend.
Results:
Junior Male: Oscar Hughes (16.20)
Junior Female: Savannah Bennett (8.23)
Style Master: 1st Liam McCafferty (27.37), 2nd Brian Thompson (16.99), 3rd Andrew Lidsey (18.11)
Top Female: 1st Ebony Maier (24.61), 2nd Jaz Helsinger (20.80), 3rd Nala Taylor (18.50)
Top Male: 1st Andy McHenry (29.46), 2nd Liam McCafferty (27.37), 3rd Matt Krummins (27.33)
Open Winners: 1st Andy McHenry, 2nd Liam McCafferty, 3rd Matt Krummins
Best Nose Ride: Jack Dell-Rennie
Best Cutback: Andrew Lidsey
Aussie Mongrel: Chooka (Warren Fowler)
Rip Curl Phillip Island were the major sponsors, with local artist Zev Landes creating all of the Cat Bay Classic graphics, and Archi Sign creating the custom trophies.