IT was around four months in the making, but Port Macquarie Bodyboarding Association was back at Town Beach on Sunday.
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The club held their first competition since the COVID-19 lockdown in March and it was young guns Tallis Keft and Riley Meehan who starred.
While the smaller wave conditions made things a little more challenging, club president Dan Little admitted it was better conditions for their younger riders.
He said it was "good to be back" despite only having two-to-three feet of swell on offer.
"Sometimes it's not about the size of the waves because the smaller ones at the weekend suited all our younger surfers," he said.
"Sometimes when it's bigger it doesn't suit them as much so they had an awesome day," he said.
Keft was too good in the junior age division while Meehan was victorious in the cadets.
"The conditions meant there weren't any major scoring waves, but Tallis and Riley got in the high sixes and sevens," Little said.
"The main focus was on the kids getting back as a bodyboarding community and getting everyone excited for everything coming up."
The club's annual David "Goose" Gosby Memorial contest will be run in September, while another competition will be held in October.
"There was a lot of energy involved on Sunday and it felt like everyone was enjoying being back and helping out," Little said.
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