Defending champion Dean Storey once again paddled his way along the Bream Bay coast to victory in the 2010 Jackman Waterman Classic.
Mangawhai Surf Lifesaving Club hosted the annual event, which saw 30 competitors from across the region race the 12km, either on a paddle board or surf canoe, from Waipu
Cove to Mangawhai Heads in near perfect conditions.
Last year, Storey, a Mangawhai club life member, won the inaugural Classic, and repeated the effort after dominating the open men's paddleboard race, leaving the field behind and finishing in a swift time of one hour 33 minutes. The leading female was Muriwai's Emma Wilson, who clocked in at 1:49.
Waipu Cove lifeguard Jake Moffat took out the under-19 paddleboard division with his time of 1:52, while the host club's Pete McInnes cleaned up in the master's section, crossing the finish line one minute under the two-hour mark. Waipu Cove Surf Club's women out-did their men's team, beating them across the line in a time of 1:43 to win the women's surf canoe race, with the men crossing six minutes later, taking out the men's class.
The Jackman Waterman Classic was started as a partnership between Mangawhai Heads and Waipu Cove SLS clubs last year, to provide an event which promoted traditional lifeguard attributes of fitness, endurance and perseverance. It was named in honour of Dave Jackman - a Muriwai-based old boy, who is internationally renowned as a big-wave surfer, lifeguard and true waterman. He has a strong ties with Mangawhai SLSC, through its Lifeguard Longboard competition.
