Surf conditions were both challenging and exhilarating for the second annual Seahorse Nippers Festival as participants from surf clubs the length of the Queensland Coast joined together with supporters and family members at Noosa Main Beach last Saturday morning.
Forty-six participants and 87 supporters including 60 from Noosa took part in a series of beach events including a modified boot camp, obstacle course, wheelchair flags races and piggy back races.
Water events were reduced to wave activities but participants were all smiles as they relished their time with their life saver supporters in the high tide and surging waves.
Noosa Seahorse Nippers founder Steve Mawby said the kids did well, negotiating the shallows and feeling their way through the currents and the waves.
Club participants travelled from Port Douglas, Ellis Beach, Sunshine Beach, Peregian Beach, Alexandra Headlands, Dickie Beach and North Burleigh to the festival with ages ranging from 5-33 years.
Other highlights of the event included presentations and the chance for participants, supporters and family members to come together.
“We try to create an opportunity to increase their circle of inclusion with surf life saving, an opportunity to network, to showcase the work of volunteers,
have discussions with families and surf clubs to address these types of activities in surf life saving,” Steve said.
The event was a great success but could not have been achieved without the dedication and efforts of Noosa’s Seahorse Nippers Team and everyone else involved in putting the joint program together.
