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spud: Well what we basically need is a relay of surfers from Putaruru to Dunners and back to bring this board on it's tour. We have peope all over NZ, but we need to know where, soo sign up here soo we can plan a route.
Dmand put his hand up for a spin at Mangas.
TheRealGroovn suggested "assuming we can each get bits of good video footage and photos along the way, phoam... can you do the editing to stitch it all together? Can I volunteer to write the narration? This will be a really fantastic project."
hunty offered an Auckland to far north leg.
waves "Can do Pukekohe to kaitaia. Def keen to have a crack at some clubbies on orewa bar " dumbbell offered photography and video work for the upper SI
Father Ted made some suggestions " I'd be keen for a spin while it's in the 09, I'd happily paddle it out Forestry Pt given 1/2 a chance and a reasonable swell. Otherwise a wave or two at orewa when it's there would be cool, I've always thought you could have loads of fun on a really long board there, maybe try a tandem or two. I could airbrush a logo or something on it to commemorate the pilgrimage if someone wanted to come up with a design."
kat " Roy, any chance you could bring it through to Tauranga to start its journey? If so I would love to have a go and could probably get it up to the first Aux drop-off (Pukekohe?) - unless there's a Raglan rider out there wanting a go..............??"
paul cannon " im in, cyclone season, ill have a crack at some holow rivermouths, but i want it for a month if thats okay, we got prettylong waiting periods"

13th November Roy declared: What we have decided to do is this: we are going to send the Pipeline Challenge board which is finished (just needs the fin installed ) as it's going to take a couple of thousand to get it to Hawaii and the way it's going it looks like it's going to be too late fundraising wise to get it there for this winter on Oahu. If it goes next season that gives us about 12 months or so in NZ for it to do the rounds. So the upshot is that the board will be ready next week, and if the Spud is agreeable we can send it your way Kat to start the ball rolling.
HSJ - " 1. What colour is the board, so i can co-ordinate my bikini?
2.RG We have got to do the tandom standup on the board!! (on one of our epic chch waves), that way you can steer the beast!
3. I can prob help or share petrol with demand for the chch-dunners leg. Or depending on timing, could quite possibly do the length of the country drive to bring it back.
4. The waist leash was a joke aye??"

spud 13 November 2007 17:58 " Okay so it looks like the tour is starting on Dec 1 in Tauranga, where Kat will take it to Auckland. Hopefully Jabes or somebody can take it out to the West coast, and perhaps someone to take it up to Shippies. Then I'd say it's back to Auckland, down to Rags (we need someone who lives there) From there it would be good to get it to Taranaki. maybe Nimad might be able to hook it up with somebody. From there it's to Welly via Horowhenua (C3PO?), then to Kaikoura, CHCH, Dunners, Catlins. Maybe even a paddle on lake Wakatipu? It would be wicked to see it in Greymouth/ Westport, then back to Welly, Castlepoint, Napier, Mahia, Gissy, Whakatane and finally back to Tauranga.

Roy is being pretty trusting in allowing this to happen, so maybe we should arrange for insurance cover in case something bad happens to the board. We need the itinerary locked down with people we can trust to look after the board. We all need to agree where it's going to be stored and how it's going to be transported so that it doesn't get trashed.
I reckon photos at every step of the way would be good. Plus I like the Pink wettie idea. Perhaps someone could get hold of a pink rashie that could follow the board around."