Cold Water Classic: Adam Melling Wins in Scotlan
It feels pretty amazing. I just didn’t want to come second again that’s for sure,” said Adam Melling, who was runner up here last year to Adam Robertson. That sword is the best trophy ever,” he said. “Last year I was so envious of Robbo getting that. It’s going up on the wall for sure.
It is the third time in a row that an Australian has won this competition - following on from Nathan Hedge and Adam Robertson. Continuing tradition, it was also the third year in a row that the competition saw an all-Australian final.
The Gold Coast’s Luke Munro had earlier defeated French surfer Joan Duru in the first semi final of the evening on his last wave in the dying seconds of the heat. In the second final, Adam Melling from Lennox Head had another close heat against yet another Australian Blake
It was a long day starting with a 5am call, an 8am start, and a 35 minute final heat kicking off at 8pm, but no one was complaining. As the day progressed and the Cold Water Classic Scotland reached the final rounds - the wind magically died off, and in contrast to the surf reports the swell built.
The Australian-strong crowd of surfers supporting their friends from the reef were having trouble containing their excitement not only at the surfing on display but also at the quality of the sets coming in to this world-class left hand reef break.
“It’s been great to have the finals day in the best waves of the event,” said contest director Matt Wilson “We have achieved the grand final at Thurso East which is exactly what we wanted.”
It was definitely wild – with howling winds and hailstones integrated into the competition. There was no doubt that it was cold as the surfers covered themselves head to toe in the latest wetsuit gear and the spectators braved the winds in ugg boots
, and outfits more often seen in the mountains than the sea, to watch all the action. And of course it was the most Northern surf contest on the planet.
As one of five competitions in the Water Classic Series, Adam’s win puts him at the top of the Cold Water Classic Series ranking – the winner walking away with a prize of $50,000.
With two events now completed in the Series –
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However, news that Kate Moss's impending autobiography is to be published by Virgin Books, is an excitement that clangs like a fire engine. Partly because Moss never gives interviews, so there's so much to hear. Partly because as Branson put it, "she has led a celebrity life to the max". But mainly because of the teeming unanswered questions, exposition on any one of which would easily be worth the £1m she is rumoured to have been paid.
1. Without being vulgar, it would be good to know absolutely every detail on the dating and general molestation of Johnny Depp. We're never gonna get a straight answer out of Vanessa Paradis, are we?
2. I would like to know exactly how Jefferson Hack made his big advance ... like, he's an interesting fellow, but how, as a civilian, do you approach a supermodel, and then persuade her to stay and bear your child? I'm sure if we could unlock his strange charisma, it would be a good basis for a pyramid selling scheme.
3. Again, without being vulgar, can we just have some clarification on the Sadie Frost/Jude Law Danny Goffey/Pearl Lowe/ Rhys Ifans/Sienna Miller threesome - not sordid details, just schoolyard stuff - who liked who the most, if there were any threesomes, who got left out, or whether it was more like a six or sevensome?
4. Just en passant, what amusing, bitchy things did Stella McCartney say about Heather Mills?
5. Did Kate really like Ugg boots
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6. What's the state of Pete Doherty's life? Is it like any junkie's - food on the floor and dead insects in glasses? Or do celebrity junkies have a dejunkifying service they can pay?
7. Did she snog Philip Green in Topshop, just to be friendly?
Baby Petal sleeps through
A shopping trip with a newborn in tow is not the most easy of activities.
But luckily for Jools Oliver her adorable baby Petal slept tightly throughout their short outing to pick up some baby clothes today.
The latest arrival to the Oliver family was kept safe in her car seat as Jools took her into a branch of the
With big sisters Daisy and Poppy at school, and proud father Jamie at work, it was just 34-year-old Jools and month-old baby Petal on the trip.
Jools, who has never tried to conform to the celebrity stereotype of yummy mummies, dressed for comfort.
She teamed her velour grey sweatpants with sheepskin Ugg boots
, and a pale blue top.
Jools and her chef husband are planning to have yet more children and Jamie has previously said he would consider adopting a son to balance out his 'oestrogen-filled house'.