NZ Windsurfing News

Spring is in the air and the CWA membership pack is in the post - sure signs that the Annual General Meeting is just around the corner: Wednesday September 1 from 7:30pm, at the Ferry Speights Ale House.

On the agenda is the usual spring clean of the committee, and while many on the current committee will be standing again, here is the opportunity for you to get involved and put your name forward to help shape the local windsports scene.

Examples of our recent achievements range from obtaining funding for learner windsurf gear and storage, to organising successful events and workshops, and maintaining enhanced access for members at The Estuary Windsurf Area and Naval Point in Lyttelton Harbour.

There's also a draw for financial members to win a FREE CWA CAP or BEANIE, plus we have a limited run of CWA TEE SHIRTS at a SPECIAL AGM price of $25.

Just $29 each (or $25 at the AGM)

Any colour so long as it's black, main graphic is on the back in white or blue, Ladies S/M/L, Men S/M/L/XL.

The fine print: SPONSORED EVENTS: Yoda Competition, South Island Cup, Kitesports Challenge, Windsurf NZ Nationals, Canterbury Kitesurf Champs, Canterbury Windsurf Champs, Kitesurf NZ Nationals

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Order from Home> Contact Us, or by attending one of our monthly club nights.

Just $20 each.

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Got something to say about the shape of local wind sports? Then get involved at the CWA Annual General Meeting on Wednesday September 1 2010, from 7:30pm at the Ferry Speights Ale House. It's all good.

 

Got something to say about the shape of local wind sports? Then get involved at the CWA Annual General Meeting on Wednesday September 1 2010, from 7:30pm at the Ferry Speights Ale House. It's all good.

 

CANTERBURY CHAMPS Open

1. Anthony Hopkins, 2. Jackson Mills, 3. Alex Bowater

Junior

1. Anthony Hopkins, 2.  Jackson Mills, 3. Alex bowater

Women

1. Brianna Boyd, 2.  Sandy Upston, 3.  Kim Bunt

Masters

1. Scott McLeod, 2.  Matt Clayton, 3. Karl Soulos = Alex Bec

Legends

Julian Sanderson

CANTERBURY CHAMPS Open

1. Anthony Hopkins, 2. Jackson Mills, 3. Alex Bowater

Junior

1. Anthony Hopkins, 2.  Jackson Mills, 3. Alex bowater

Women

1. Brianna Boyd, 2.  Sandy Upston, 3.  Kim Bunt

Masters

1. Scott McLeod, 2.  Matt Clayton, 3. Karl Soulos = Alex Bec

Legends

Julian Sanderson

CWA kite results 2009-2010 CANTERBURY CHAMPS 1st 2nd 3rd Open

Anthony Hopkins, Jackson Mills, Alex Bowater

Woman

Brianna Boyd, Sandy Upston, Kim Bunt

Junior

Anthony Hopkins, Jackson Mills, Alex bowater

Masters

Scott McLeod, Matt Clayton, Karl Soulos, Alex Bec

CWA kite results 2009-2010

 

CANTERBURY CHAMPS

1st 2nd 3rd

Open

Anthony Hopkins Jackson Mills Alex Bowater

Woman

Brianna Boyd Sandy Upston Kim Bunt

Junior

Anthony Hopkins Jackson Mills Alex bowater

Masters

Scott McLeod Matt Clayton Karl Soulos = Alex Bec

Legends

Julian Sanderson

 

YODA CABRINA WAVE CLASSIC Wave masters

Open Woman Junior

1st Karl Soulos 1st Kim Bunt 1st Jackson Mills

Freestyle

1st Matt Clayton 1st Branna Boyd 1st Alex Bowater

 

YODA MASTERS

Martin Harris, Kerry O’brien, Alex Bowater,Jason Tweedie

 

MOST COMMITTED

William Fitzgerald

 

MOST IMPROVED

Open woman junior

Jonas Egnelius Kerry O’brien Anthony Hopkins

 

HARD OUT

Martin Harris

 

GOOD BUGGER

Craig Hopkins

 

MOST IMPROVED WAVE RIDER

Mike Dibb

 

SPEED

Mathew Dimock

 

CLUB CHAMP

Mens -- Jackson Mills

Womans -- Brianna Boyd

Anton's report of the final day of DefiWind 2010!

This was the last day of the 4 day competition. The wind early on in the day was as strong as at the end of yesterday. But since this was the last day I decided that I needed to go out. The race director announced that it would be only one lap around a 25 km course rather than two laps. Everyone cheered.

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A slow start today. In spite of an early start the boys are still wrecked from the day before and the villa was creaking even before Paul put the coffee pot on. Our view from the window looks over the beach and we can see a few hardy souls already on the water at 0800. By 0850 Anton, Paula and james have downed the cereal, grabbed all the gear and are heading to the beach...

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After last year’s quiet days the 2010 event has been a real eye opener. Big days on the water make the big nights a little less appealing is the main observation.

Briefing at 9 and then the race 90 minutes later...

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Day One at Gruissan, Defi Wind!

James Dinnis arrived in Marseille after a bruising trip from New Plymouth, New Zealand – Auckland – LA (via Venice beach??) – Munich then on to Marseille. Like any good travel story this one had its dramas from the start. The Premium Air New Zealand check-in was the site of the last minute repacking of 217kg of gear all destined for a one way trip to France. As always the Air NZ guys were rockstars. 36 hours later Team Carbon Art arrived in France to be met by team rider Vincent only to find none of the gear had arrived...

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Carbon Art is excited to announce the release of the 2010/11 wave range.

An extensive amount of work, testing and tweaking on the waves of Taranaki and Maui has gone into our entire range. All three of our wave shapes have been fully refined to give you better performance and more benefits than ever before. The sheer smoothness of the Wave Vee (WaveV) puts you in control 100% of the time, the power and responsiveness of the Wave Single Concave (WaveSC) is more than impressive and the varied style of turns the Wave Thruster (WaveTH) offers is a huge amount of fun.

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The 2010 IFCA Slalom World Championships for Youth and Masters was held last week on the almost mythical spot of L’Almanarre, at the foot of the Gien peninsula near Hyères on the French Côte d’Azur.

With only one day of slalom training on my new boards and sails my preparation going into the championships was far from perfect. This made the gear choice under the IFCA “slalom 42” format even trickier, considering that Almanarre can see the widest range of conditions ranging from strong side-on shore mistral to gusty off-shore “vent d’est”. The forecast was for the week was for building off-shore winds on the first day, and uncertain lighter breezes for the remainder of the week. I decided to register the new SL75pro and SL66pro, with 8.4, 7.6, 7.0 and 6.6 Maui Sails TR6xt’s.

We had a strong fleet, with more than 50 masters and grandmasters registered and a couple of former French and world champions like Gerald Pelleau and Pierre Moretti from France, Markus Poltenstein from Austria and Marco Begalli from Italy. Sailing in his own front yard, living French windsurfing legend Eric Thiémé (remember the indoors in Paris Bercy in the 1990s...) whose windsurf centre is located right on the beach of Almanarre was also present.

In 2010 Carbon Art are proud to support the Midwest Speed Quest, and would like to thank Craig Bergh who has been excellent to work with and Carbon Art look forward to further developments - news report below about the MSQ in 2010.

The MSQ would like to thank everyone who has participated in past years, and invite everyone back again in 2010. We have been working hard all winter long to make this Event even better.

The speeds recorded in this Event can be compared with speeds recorded anywhere in the world. We work closely with the Team at GPS Speed Surfing in Holland. These guys support all forms of Speed Sailing, including GPS Windsurfing, GPS Kiteboarding, and GPS Ice Sailing.

The "Economic Stimulus Package" was a success in 2009, and shall be repeated again in 2010.

The MSQ event shall run from April 15th to October 15th, 2010 on an open schedule. Pick a windy day that fits your schedule, and come on down. Let us help you with discounted Lodging and Great Food.

We have the best demo gear in the world for use by the visiting racers.

Please visit the MSQ Web Site for complete information: www.midwestspeedquest.com

2010 Wave Nationals
Bring on the wind...

Easter weekend began in similar fashion to the last few years with perfect warm summer weather gracing our skies. However for wind addicted windsurfers, this was the last thing wanted. Friday was called a lay day, with competitors being released to make their own fun. Most chose to go surfing, SUP’n or fishing.

Saturday the conditions were little better (i.e perfectly calm hot and sunny) and a sausage sizzle was held at Weld Road for the competitors and friends. A light NW breeze picked up late in the afternoon in time for a free sail at Kina Road north break, but too late for the competition unfortunately.

Sunday the competition was on hold at Pungarehu waiting for the forecast south easterly wind to arrive. Unfortunately the wind did not arrive until 6PM too late to run any competition heats.

The wind blew 30 knots overnight, then by the 10AM briefing at Pungarehu had dropped to below the minimum required for competition to be held at that location.

You may have noticed that we have had the site updated. There have been quite a few changes and some more planned as the developers add in the finishing touches - thank you.

So what is new?

1. Freight discounts for overseas orders.
2. Add-on options.
3. New Secure Payment options.
4. Sign up / Create an account / wishlist.
5. How to Order FAQ

Find out more!

Where in the world are you and what is happening in the UK?

We have been trying to make head roads into the UK, with our most recent being wave sailor Jack Hunt stepping up to be a CA Team rider, having been a CA Rider for many years. Welcome on board Jack! We would like feedback or comments on what UK riders need as an incentive to consider buying or trying a CA board?

Travel news: James Dinnis with a selection of CA Boards will be in the UK in May 2010, just after the Defi in France - interested in getting a board, but want to test one first, this is a great opportunity to book a demo. (We might even build a board for your request, and if you like it, you can buy it at the demo).

Hidden away in our site there is a really cool 'Request a Demo' page, find it here. Feel free to request a demo, and if we have a local rider who has the right gear for you to try we will do our best to hook it up right away - and in the case that you are located miles away from a CA Rider, we will keep your details until we have found a way to get a board to you for a demo, or alternatively we suggest that you take us up on our 'Buy it, Try it, Keep it or ... Return it & Get your money back! Guaranteed' offer. It works very well.

Have feedback to this news/question, comment on the forums here.

You may have noticed that we have had the site updated. There have been quite a few changes and some more planned as the developers add in the finishing touches - thank you.

So what is new?

1. Freight discounts.
   Finally a system that works out freight discounts on the fly. Discounts are applied to the freight component for multiple orders (the savings is equal to 20% off total freight for 2 boards, and 50% off total freight for 3 or more boards).
2. Add-on options.
   We discovered that we have the ability to offer some excellent extras and have them ship for free (with the purchase of a board), so we have created an extra area.
3. Secure Payment options.
   We now offer 3 payment processes; manual transaction (bank deposits), credit card (visa and Master Card), and PayPal.
4. Sign up / Create an account.
   If you do this the site will remember where you are from and automatically show you the prices that match the country that you live in. Being a member also has the benefit of being part of the community and asking questions and giving feedback with other CA riders.