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Toby Martin Wins Australian Opens titles. ( And over 35's!!)

2010-09-24T00:55:00.000-07:00

28 August, 2010

Former World Tour competitor Toby Martin (Dee Why) netted the day’s biggest haul of Australian titles, netting a win in both the Open men's and Over 35 men’s Finals. In a passion filled final, Martin scored an 8.35 on the final buzzer to beat Western Australian legend Dave Macaulay (Gracetown), who earlier in the day won the over 45 men’s final, 15.85 to 15.15.

Martin now has a trifecta of Aussie titles, having won the over 28 men’s final in 2008. “I’m a pretty emotional guy, but that tops that,” said Martin. “The emotion to need a big score and come back and get it was awesome. I don’t know if it gets better than this. That open Australian title doesn’t come around that often.”

(courtesy surfersvillage.com)

2010-07-26T00:14:00.000-07:00

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2009-11-15T23:24:00.001-08:00

The History Of Surfing . Com
Is up bt running slowly. there is a sample gallery though which is worth a look Here

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Soon, this blog will update activity and research from The History Of Surfing. You will hopefully be able to check here for everything from ancient history to links to latest contest results.

DYSF Translations

2009-04-12T07:26:00.000-07:00

DYSF's website at dysf.info is now available in both Japanese and Portugese Translations.

2009-03-14T22:40:00.000-07:00

DYSF Wins 3rd Place at Jim Beam Tag Team National finals.
Saturday March 15th 2009. Against the best teams in Australia and more than a few pro surfers, Dee Why Surfing Fraternity's team of Toby Martin, Isaac Buckley, Dean White, Dean McColl and Danny Sheather pulled out all stops winning their Quarter Final,Second place in their Semi-final and Third in the Final:
Results were Werri Beach 1st, North Narrabeen 2nd ( they were first the past 2 years running) Dee Why Surfing Fraternity 3rd and Snapper Rocks 2 Team were 4th.
A great way to head towards our historic 50th year. Congratulations to all!

2009-03-11T22:11:00.000-07:00

DYSF will be among Australia's top 16 teams competing at the 2009 Jim Beam Surftag National Final, this Saturday 14th March 2009, 7.30am check-in at North Narrabeen Beach, Sydney .Come along and support us. If things go as planned DYSF's Quarter Final heat will be at 10:00am.
Jim Beam Qtr No. 3 - 10.00am
RED Yallingup WHITE Snapper Rocks 1 YELLOW Ulladulla
BLUE Dee Why The competition will be fierce but the guys were on fire at the NSW finals. Good Luck Crew!
(Live webcast from 8.00am . click: http://www.globalsurftag.com/surftag)

2009-01-24T22:53:00.000-08:00

Sunday January 25th 2009. Dee Why Surfing Fraternity's team of Toby Martin, Isaac Buckley, Dean White, Danny Sheather and Dean McColl totally blitzed their heat today picking up the bonus points for first in as well as first place against teams including surfers like Tom Carrol from Newport PLus, Norah Heads, Eloura ...at the quarter finals of the Jim Beam Tag Teams at North Narrabeen. Semis and final with Dee Why up again at 10 am tomorrow morning.,Go DYSF!!!!
Tuesday january 27th: The team put on another brilliant effort for the quarterfinals yesterday but the inconsistent swell hampered everyone a bit and we narrowly missed advancing to the event finals,beaten by eventual winners Bronte who probably deserved extra points just for the paintedbluenakedfrogjumping. Maybe we need to work on that?

2008-12-21T23:32:00.000-08:00

Ocean Earth Teenage Rampage. International Finals , Curl Curl Australia - Sat 27th to Tues 30th December 2008

Next Weekend, Sat 27th to Tues 30th Dec': Annabel Barrat will be competing in the International Finals of the Ocean Earth. Teenage Rampage. at Curl Curl after qualifying for the draw with her 2nd place at Newcastle (from probably about 8am Saturday). Come down and give DYSF's keenest competitor of the year some support!! Go Annabel!!!

2008-12-07T00:03:00.000-08:00

ISAAC BUCKLEY WINS SECOND PLACE IN VQS CRUSTACEOUS TOUR PRO-AM

Saturday November 22nd 2008.
CONGRATULATIONS ZAC!!

2008-11-15T06:12:00.000-08:00

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2008-10-04T05:29:00.000-07:00

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2008-10-04T03:55:00.001-07:00

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2008-09-25T07:11:00.000-07:00

Once a month,
We make history.

( Swell permitting. )

Dee Why Surfing Fraternity - D.Y.S.F. - is the Oldest Surfboard Riders Club in Australia. What makes us part of Australian and International surfing history is that we continue to compete every month in a spirit of sportsmanship and friendship whenever possible (when it's not possible we just compete like a bunch of leggy-pulling snakes out to win at all costs).
So anyway, we're not just part of history, we make history every time we hold a contest. Beat that!
DYSF's own history is a long, proud and often hilarious one, which sadly has not always been properly archived. We hope this blog helps to rectify that and like to think this page is merely a small, hesitant step towards recounting a history full of great waves and times. And so: "It all started when Matt, Jack and Leroy realised that this could be the last surfing trip they'd ever go on together until the Big South Swell that would once again bring them all together and change their lives for all time ..... oh ... hang on, that's the script for Big Wednesday ..... o.k. ..., well let's see ..... here's some copy loosely translated from the DYSF 40th Anniversary booklet : "Dee Why Surfing Fraternity was formed in March 1961 which makes it the oldest surviving board riding club in Australia, if not the world. The formation of the club was the culmination of a long series of events triggered by the arrival in 1956 of a group of Californian lifeguards. They brought with them the new, lightweight Malibu surfboards and modern Australian surfing really could be said to date from their visit. Among those inspired by the surfing of these visitors were John Dessaix and Doug Andrew who by 1957 had begun surfing Dee Why on hollow plywood copies of the Americans board. In 1958 another group of Californians visited including the legendary Phil Edwards, photographer Bob Cooper and Rennie Yater one of the most influential surf designers and innovators of the time. Great friendships were qucikly established with local surfers, including the late Bob Evans founder of Surfing World magazine, who brought the Americans to Dee Why. Bob Cooper and Rennie Yater along with local surfers, Barry Cardiff, John Dessaix and Bruce McManustook,soon headed off on what was to become an historic "Surfari" to the north coast .
By this stage the balsa in the malibus had been replaced by polyurethane foam and in a major breakthrough for local surfing, Greg McDonagh began making what were probably the first Australian fibreglass and foam boards at his Brookvale factory. The lure of surfing was by now beginning to draw some of the local surfers away from the Surf Lifesaving Clubs which until then had been the centre of their beach activities. The freedom of the new sport compared to the regimentation and discipline of the surf life saving movement was a lure hard to resist. Some, like Doug Andrew and Barry Cardiff, simply divided their time between the two. By 1959 Dee Why was firmly established as the centre of surfing on Sydney's northside. Doug Andrew led the way with real purpose at The Point and was the first surfer to take-off inside "Suck-Up". Midget Farrelly and Kevin Platt were regular visitors from Freshwater and a very young Kevin Brennan made the occasional trip over from Bondi. Other locals included John Cormack, Warwick Phelps, Bruce Ellison, Chris Cannings, Bruce Coppard and Phil Rose.
Many of these surfers were riding Greg McDonagh's new fibreglass boards and were discovering for the first time the awesome and certain destructive power of the rocks at The Point. It was the power of the waves though, which kept tempting them further and further inside. 1959 was also the year that Doug Andrew won the very first Australian Championship of the modern era at Collaroy before he was lured back to surf life-saving where he also enjoyed huge success in competition. Doug also won a very early Bells Beach Surfing competition - a true "Waterman". By 1960 surfing was booming and the new board factories that had sprung up in Brookvale could hardly keep up with demand. Crowds increased exponentially that summer as kids and their new boards descended on the sands of Dee Why. The time was right, winds and swells seemed favourable and after some old friends and familiar faces got talking, Dee Why Surfing Fraternity was suggested, seconded and very quickly started.
The founding group,tent including John Cormack, John Dessaix, Glenn Martin, "Love Dog McManus", Chris Cannings, and Ed Cornish, had established themselves firmly at Arthur's Corner where Howard Avenue meets The Strand.The first meeting of Dee Why Surfing Fraternity in March 1961 adopted the black swan, large flocks of which frequented Dee Why lagoon, as the club emblem. Other clubs sprang up quickly including North Narrabeen, Maroubra, Manly and Windansea. Dee Why and Maroubra had a particularly close relationship in those early years as they shared a similar hard core surfing culture. The first competition though, was against a keen group from Collaroy who were in the process of forming a club. At the second committee meeting it was decided to write to Long Beach Boardriders in California, where Phil Edwards was a member, to establish a sister club relationship. The letter was written and appears to have been posted but what came of the idea is unknown.(And anyway, they came and went, we just keep on chargin'!.- ed.)
The First Committee
President: Midget Farrelly
Vice President: John Dessaix
Committee: Greg 'Tamba' Taylor, Ed Cornish, John Cormack, Doug Andrew, Bruce Mc Manus.
The First A Grade
Competition Team
Midget Farrelly, Chris Cannings, Peter Cornish, Henry Addison, Bob McTavish, Phil Camey,Doug Andrews, John Dessaix, Kevin Platt, Dave McDonald, Phil Rose,
Glenn Martin.
The story continues. We're looking for information: photo's ( we can scan and return)articles, press clippings, tall stories and dollar bills both old and new - anything you think might be of interest to help us build a comprehensive, permanent archive of DYSF history and memorabilia.Come back soon - If I get more wine I'll keep typing.©dysf2007 mail to:dypete@dysf.info
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2007-09-15T04:11:00.000-07:00

Once a month,

We make history.

( Swell permitting. )

Dee Why Surfing Fraternity -  D.Y.S.F. -  is the Oldest Surfboard Riders Club in Australia.  What makes us part of Australian and International surfing history is that we continue to compete every month in a spirit of sportsmanship and friendship whenever possible (when it's not possible we just compete like a bunch of leggy-pulling snakes out to win at all costs).
So anyway, we're not just part of history, we make history every time we hold a contest. Beat that!
DYSF's own history   is a  long, proud and often hilarious one, which sadly has not always been properly archived.  We hope this blog helps to rectify that  and like to think this page is merely a small, hesitant step towards recounting a history full of great waves and times. And so: "It all started when Matt, Jack and Leroy realised that this could be the last surfing trip they'd ever go on together until the Big South Swell that would once again bring them all together  and change their lives for all time ..... oh ... hang on, that's the script for Big Wednesday .....  o.k.  ..., well let's see ..... here's some copy loosely translated from the DYSF 40th Anniversary booklet : "Dee Why Surfing Fraternity was formed in March 1961 which makes it the oldest surviving board riding club in Australia, if not the world. The formation of the club was the culmination of a long series of events triggered by the arrival in 1956 of a group of Californian lifeguards. They brought with them the new, lightweight Malibu surfboards and modern Australian surfing really could be said to date from their visit. Among those inspired by the surfing of these  visitors were John Dessaix and Doug Andrew who by 1957 had begun surfing Dee Why on hollow plywood copies of the Americans board. In 1958 another group of Californians visited including the legendary Phil Edwards, photographer Bob Cooper and Rennie Yater  one of the most influential surf designers and innovators of the time.  Great friendships were qucikly established with local surfers, including the late  Bob Evans founder of Surfing World magazine, who brought the Americans to Dee Why.  Bob Cooper and Rennie Yater along with local surfers, Barry Cardiff, John Dessaix and Bruce McManustook,soon headed off on what was to become an  historic  "Surfari" to the north coast .
By this stage the balsa in the malibus had been replaced by polyurethane foam and in a major breakthrough for local surfing, Greg McDonagh began making what were probably the first Australian fibreglass and foam boards at his Brookvale factory. The lure of surfing was by now beginning to  draw some of the local surfers away from the Surf Lifesaving Clubs which until then had been the  centre of their beach activities. The freedom of the new sport compared to  the regimentation and discipline of the surf life saving movement was a lure hard to resist. Some, like Doug Andrew and Barry Cardiff, simply divided their time between the two. By 1959 Dee Why was firmly established as the centre of surfing on Sydney's northside. Doug Andrew  led the way with real purpose at The  Point and was the first surfer to take-off inside "Suck-Up". Midget Farrelly and Kevin Platt were regular visitors from Freshwater and  a very young Kevin Brennan made the  occasional trip over from Bondi. Other locals included John Cormack, Warwick Phelps, Bruce Ellison,  Chris Cannings, Bruce Coppard and Phil Rose.
Many of these surfers were riding Greg McDonagh's new fibreglass boards and were  discovering for the first time the awesome and certain destructive power of the rocks at The Point. It was the  power of the waves though, which kept tempting them further and further inside.  1959 was also the year that Doug Andrew won the very first  Australian Championship of the modern era at Collaroy before he was lured back to surf  life-saving where he also enjoyed huge success in competition. Doug also won a very early Bells Beach Surfing competition - a true "Waterman".  By 1960 surfing was booming and the new board factories that had sprung up in Brookvale could hardly keep up with demand. Crowds increased exponentially that summer as kids and their new boards descended on the sands of Dee Why. The time was right, winds and swells seemed favourable and after some old friends and familiar faces got talking, Dee Why Surfing Fraternity was suggested, seconded and very quickly started.
The founding group, including  John Cormack, John Dessaix, Glenn Martin, "Love Dog McManus", Chris  Cannings, and Ed Cornish, had established themselves firmly at Arthur's Corner where Howard Avenue meets The Strand.The first meeting of Dee Why Surfing Fraternity in March 1961 adopted the black swan, large flocks of which  frequented Dee Why  lagoon, as the club emblem. Other clubs sprang up quickly including North Narrabeen, Maroubra, Manly and Windansea. Dee Why and Maroubra had a particularly close relationship in those early years as they shared a similar hard core surfing culture. The first competition though, was  against a keen group from Collaroy who were in the process of forming a club. At the second committee meeting it was decided to write to Long Beach Boardriders in California, where Phil Edwards was a member, to establish a sister club relationship. The letter was written and appears to have been posted but what came of the idea is unknown.(And anyway, they came and went, we just keep on chargin'!.- ed.) 
  

The First Committee

President:  Midget Farrelly 
Vice President:   John Dessaix 
Committee:   Greg 'Tamba' Taylor, Ed Cornish, John Cormack, Doug Andrew, Bruce Mc Manus.

The First A Grade
Competition Team
 

Midget Farrelly, Chris Cannings, Peter Cornish, Henry Addison, Bob McTavish, Phil Camey,Doug Andrews, John Dessaix, Kevin Platt, Dave McDonald, Phil Rose,
Glenn Martin.

The story continues. We're looking for information: photo's ( we can scan and return)articles, press clippings, tall stories and dollar bills both old and new - anything you think might be of interest to help us build a comprehensive, permanent archive of DYSF history and memorabilia.Come back soon - If I get more wine I'll keep typing.©dysf2007 mail to:dypete@dysf.info

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2007-09-12T00:43:00.000-07:00

Once A Month, We Make History.

Dee Why Surfing Fraternity - D.Y.S.F. - was established in 1961 and is The Oldest Board Riders Club in Australia. What makes us part of Australian and International surfing history is that we continue to compete every month in a spirit of sportsmanship and friendship whenever possible (when it's not possible we just compete like a bunch of leggy-pulling snakes out to win at all costs).

So anyway, we're not just part of history, we make history every time we hold a

contest, beat that!