Monthly Archives: February 2014

2014 DROP IN WAVE COMP

CWA Drop in wave event ..Wednesday the 26th of feb provided all the ingrediants necessary for a great DROP IN wave contest,- 20 knots, good sized waves and 25 riders ready to smash, slash, float and carve it up.

And so at the crack of 6pm all hell broke lose as the riders headed out for an epic expression session to show there skills to the judges and maybe make it to the TOP 8.
Aerials, dodging and some awesome wave riding soon dominated the ocean vista in front of the judges tower (aka, da sand dunes).Lucas and John Thyne were first to make the cut followed by Aaron, Jason Tweedie, Karl, Alex Bec, Matt Dimock and Jo Scorgie.In the windsurfing final we had Al Taylor from Groundswell tearing it up, Taylor Boyd also getting plenty of wave action and being cheered on by his fans ( his mum was there).That left […]

Canterbury Windsurf Champs – FEB 15/16

Canterbury Windsurf Champs – FEB 15/16

UP DATE –  Racing on the sunday , light winds. Managed to get a few rounds under way & some results.

Results Mens

Chris Dimock – 10.5
Terry Beentjes – 10.8
Dan Willemse – 25
Mark Fisher – 28
Benjamin Davie – 65
Mike Sinclair – 71
Taylor Boyd – 75
Dave Nicholl – 82
Mark Cahill – 89
Mark McGegor – 92
Joe McGregor – 93

Results Womens

Annie Crombie – 5.6
Browyn Ward – 18
Rachel Low – 26.

Juniors

Benjamin Davie
Taylor Boyd
Joe McGregor.

The annual Windsurf champs are this weekend and will be held at Lyttleton harbour, as the tides are no good on the Estuary.

Below is the link to the notice of race and the entry form, if you would please bring this along on Saturday for the skippers meeting at midday in our Gazebo at the rigging area.

http://www.cwa.org.nz/wp/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Notice-of-Race-Canty-Champs-Windsurf-2014.pdf

http://www.cwa.org.nz/wp/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Entry-Form.pdf

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2014 NZ Windsurf Slalom Nats Results

After 2 days of great racing in Dunedin, Laurence Carey & Gareth Wood were tied on first place . Victory went to Laurence after count back, Laurence with 3 second places , Gareth had 2 seconds & 1 third .

NZ Kiteboarding Nationals, CHC 2014

The Easterly wafted in on Thursday , which allowed a couple of heats for the juniors, but most of the action happened on Friday.
In the end, Friday produced a solid Easterly which allowed all the essential heats to be run .
Top three OPEN :
Open
1st – Marc Pierre Jacobs
2nd – Geoffrey Waterson
3rd – Jackson Mills

Junior
( Sponsored by Groundswell $1000 CASH )
1st – Lukas Walton-Keim
2nd – Alessandro Del Moro
3rd – Adam Cookson

Legends
1st – Olly Brunton
2nd – Bradley Rossi
3rd – Blair Cooke

Womens
1st – Danielle Durrant
2nd – Su Kay
3rd – Tici Fettermann

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