World speedo record attempt

[coastguytony]

Hey guys, i live on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.
A local radio station ( 92.5 Gold FM) is aiming to have the longest line
of guys in speedos ever assembled!
It's being held on Saturday, 31 March 2012 @ 10am @ Kurrawa beach -
it will be like heaven on earth! They have loads of lifesavers, sportsmen etc
all lined up to participate.
If any of you can make it, come join us - will be a great event & hopefully a
great boost to speedo wearing on the beach!!

[Beach4WDer]

I'm in Perth so will just have to offer my moral support.

I hope it goes well and gets heaps of positive publicity.

I guess you'll be posting some pics here soon afterwards?

[coastguytony]

I plan on taking loads of pics, but don't know how to upload them to this site?! That's why I don't have pics on my profile!!

[Beach4WDer]

Have you read the FAQ at the top of this page

Feel free to ask specific questions

[DaveSpeedoEvans]

Tony,

That sounds like a hoot - shame I won't be back in Australia in time for it.

I'd definitely love some pics if you take any - you can email them to me and I'll post them for you if you like - davespeedoevans@hotmail.com


Dave

[coastguytony]

Hey guys, I've just been told I have to work on Saturday - ugh !!!
Is there anyone else on the Coast can take pics? Hate to see such a
great opportunity wasted.

[DaveSpeedoEvans]

Any word on how this went coastboytony?

I tried searching for it and didn't find anything.


Dave

[Justin88]

Any word on how this went coastboytony?

I tried searching for it and didn't find anything.


Dave

From what I can tell, a young lifesaver named Mathew Barclay, 14, was found drowned that day at the lifesaving competition, so I'm guessing it was canceled or postponed.

Here's a newspaper report: http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/t ... 6312926396

I could only find this post on the Gold 92.5 FM Facebook page.

""Simone Cook --Y dont u make the biggest speedo line a tribute to Mathew and get all of the surf clubs involved so we can smash the record and always rember the record was 4 a good cause think this would be a good tribute 4 the young man.""

So it looks like it was a tragic day.

The report says he was the third lifesaver to drown in this location. Someone posted that maybe the lifesaving officials should take a look at what they're doing that so many young men have died.

[DaveSpeedoEvans]

Justin,

Thanks for posting that information - what a terrible thing to happen.

Out of respect I won't comment any further in this forum or on my sites.


Dave

[Justin88]

He was so young and so cool.

[coastguytony]

I know - it was an awful weekend for us on the Coast. Such a shame, a wonderful young guy killed in a tragic accident in the surf. Calling off the world record attempt was the only right thing to do - none of us here felt like having any kind of fun.

[aussiebumfan]

Just to let you know that the lifesaver events will no longer be held there after pressure to have them moved. This s the third death at the each during competitions. I would ave thought that one death would ave been enough, et alone three.