Leslie at the Pinnacles Caravan Park may be able to help you if you can't find it on Google.You could send her an email. She was gonna show me the vid one day , but was taking too long to load, so I missed out on seeing it. J

About third week of Nov usually

You can also try WWA as the draft calendar for next season was being voted on or tabled at a meeting recently

I wonder if somebody could draw the actual run path ?
and what are results of the winner ( average speed and peak max speed ) ?

Well thanks guys .have found more info. Robbie Radis won last year
60 kms /hr it was choppy and the final run was done on the 26th november
I'll be there this year. if not to race .Sail . drink eat .sleep It howls up there .Have you ever tried to shake off a dolphin .he dragged my arse off .At cervantes .Bloody good pizzas up there .

the gibbo said...

Do people still "windsurf" wow

Yes. They do.
And it's much better now since all the total tools and dropkicks seem to have moved over to kiting.

Mark _australia said...

the gibbo said...

Do people still "windsurf" wow

Yes cos it is still faster than kiting in open water.

You'd think the opposite, in that we go down to smaller boards for chop, and a kiteboard is a lot smaller.

What gives? Is it that the rig and sail are *right there*? Is it better control?

Noob posts a windsurf question in neutral ground. War breaks out. Again.

Anyway, here's my contribution:

I was thinking those "Windsurfing has been cancelled" stickers were funny 10 years ago... now with the olympic decision they would be funny all over again

Sounds like bloody good fun to me with abit of bull and beer at the end what more do you want

grumplestiltskin said...

Macroscien said...

I wonder if somebody could draw the actual run path ?
and what are results of the winner ( average speed and peak max speed ) ?

The actual run path is worked out on the day.

The weekend is more about fun than serious "racing".

Basically its held at either Thirsty Point, or the main beach boat ramp area (boat ramp being used in the loosest of senses).
You just show up, tell them your sail number (or stick one on with duct tape on the day) and go out and have a blast.
Then tell tall tales at the tavern or sports club that evening ... all good fun

kiteboy dave said...

Noob posts a windsurf question in neutral ground. War breaks out. Again.

Kiter started it

Desired reaction cheers all

I love windsurfing really, the original coolness of it will never die, along with mullets etc xx

The video really did the sport justice, great vid, I dont wind surf but i enjoyed it.






So which kitesurfers will win the event this year?

Mark _australia said...
[ kiters can do official world records in mega shallow water which is faster so I think they will forever hold the record now.
Less chop in shallows? Some sort of boundary layer hydrodynamical NASA kinda concept?

It's not rocket science, it's just the difference between skating on solids and liquids. Windsurfers will never catch an ice yacht or a blow cart. But both kite boarders and windsurfers need to balance the shallow water tradeoffs. Vertical lift becomes less draggy, but horizontal lift becomes more draggy due to the short crappy fins that have to be used.

But I got overtaken cruising upwind in deep water by a fellow on one of those new crappy fins the other day. Going higher and faster! So they're not all that bad.

http://boards.mpora.com/features/maui-ultra-fins-delta-concept.html

I don't think windsurfers have hit the break even point of shallow water yet. Multi fins using this idea should get windsurfers into shallower water. They'll catch the kites if someone is brave enough to ride them.