A few weeks ago, Julius presented us with a very entertaining, yet serious talk about his near death experience when he suffered a heart attack whilst competing in a Surf Boat race and his subsequent development and production of 'Super Lifesaver', a board game, specifically designed to teach children the principles of beach safety and resuscitation. Last Wednesday, Julius agreed to jump in at short notice, due to our scheduled speaker being unexpectedly unavailable. And again, Julius entertained us with his experiences of competing with a huge number of different Surf Clubs in his specialty of Surf Boat Racing. Opening with a video 'Surf Boat Carnage' - see picture above, titled 'Novice Rower' (click here to view it), he demonstrated the perils competitors face. [Perils? Let me call it Mayhem!] "And they call that fun? What's wrong with kids these days?!?" Julius joked. He had started competing at the tender age of 16. As a member of the Torquay club, on the famous Bell's Beach on Victoria's south west coast, his team won a State title. For the next 50 years, Julius kept competing all over Australia, in later years in the Masters categories (aged 44+); numerous times in the national titles. In 1999, competing with the Kurrawa Surf Club on the Gold Coast, the World Titles were fought on Manly Beach (it is unknown whether Tony Abbott was there too... ☺). Of particular significance was that in that year, his daughter Kate competed and won the IRB Rescue Race championship and was inducted into the Hall of Fame for winning multiple world titles.As is by now customary with Julius' presentations, question time went way over time. "Do Surf Boat racers suffer back injuries?" was one question: "Not just back!" replied Julius. "The rear-most position in the boat is also called the "Nutcracker" seat... ☺"