The Contacio Wave Compo is back on and Registrations are now open until next Wednesday the 17th January. The Comp is on next Saturday the 20th and 21st of January at Scabrough Beach. The Goal of the Comp is Fun and to get as many wave riders together as possible, so every one enter just for a blast. A good vibe and having a go is more important than results at the end of the day. Please put your name up on this thread to enter. Full details of Comp to follow later today with a new revised judging criteia closly following the 2006 ASP surfing judging style. This system awards Innovative and progressive wave riding adjusted for kite surfing. Judging is made much easier. Please follow this thread closely as we will only run comp if we get wind both days. The Comp is open to all wave riders of all styles and levels with all scored equally. The top 16 riders from last year will go into the main event, so all qualifiers will not have to ride straight up against the top riders in state first up. Comp only open to WAKSA members and there is a $10 entery Fee on day. We will provide Tents, food and drinks on all days with a BBQ on grassed area after comp for prizes and socializing and Beer drinking. Bring your friends and family. We will have an open mens/ Womens and Juniors if enough riders in each have a go.

We are also looking for one more jugdge ( kiter and kite surfer)paid at $100 per day and NEEED help from volunteers and day to help with running Comp. The event is on the WAKSA list of events and if we get through Comp the results will be used to rank state riders.
Stay posted and have a great kite this arvo...

Judging Criteria
Contacio Kite Surfing Wave Comp Jan 20th 2007

The objective is to reward progressive kite surfing and introducing a reward system based on demonstrating variety of repertoire and linking maneuvers together, still in the critical sections of the wave, in a seamless flow of power and speed.

Scoring style at 2007 Contacio Kite wave competition

1. "A surfer must perform radical controlled maneuvers in the critical section of a wave with Speed, Power and Flow to maximize scoring potential.
2. Innovative / Progressive surfing as well as Variety of Repertoire ( maneuvers ),will be taken into consideration when rewarding points for waves ridden.
3. The surfer who executes this criteria with the maximum Degree of Difficulty and Commitment on the waves shall be rewarded with the higher scores."

Scale Base:
[ 0 - 2: Poor ] [ 2 - 4: Fair ] [ 4 - 6: Average ] [ 6 - 8: Good ] [ 8 - 10: Excellent ]

4. All kite riding styles are to be scored equally no matter the wave riding style/ board style or kite style or line length used.
5. Unstrapped riding will be rewarded as requiring higher skill.
2 riders ( 1x strapped- 1x unstrapped) achieve the same score in a heat. The unstrapped rider will win. In the event of a strapped rider getting a higher score in heat than unstrapped rider the highest score will win.

I'll play...

Cheers

I'm in,

Andy Cooksey

Jono says: "one strap is still strapped!"

Sounds sweet Count me in!!
chep

Dont forget to put me in, I would like to request a later heat if possible because I will have to leave work early.

Harrison Coles - Juniors

im in
bradley juniors and open mens if im allowed

arild from sweeden aka svenn open mens

Paul Comerford
Jess van den Berg
Both in please

mike bowles
hopefully some wind this year

red bull girls there again??

hasnt been mentioned yet but we already have a few sponsers also. Slingshot,Airush,SOS kite shop,Under Suspicion Clothing and more . sorry if i have forgot any so far but thats all i remember and if you went to the presentations last year you would remember every single competitior got at least 1 prize. they were pretty good too. T-shirts, bindings, hats, fcs fins, board bags, straps, legropes, dvd's, sunnies etc. and same goes this year for all entrants. see you there

Yes the top 16 get put into the second round so that the less experienced people don't come up against possibly the top riders in thier first heat .

Went through the results and as far I can tell these are the top 16

Marty
Dale
Andy C
Bevo
Ryland
Jake
Mike
Johnny keys
Nial
Ian Aus
Wayne
Dan Jones
Corey
Ian Young
Shannon
Adam Preston

Thats not exactly the result but because John Geyer won't be competing this year there was an extra spot.
If any of the listed names don't enter this year we can move up a few others .

So 10 hours after the first post the count stands

Open men

Johnny keys
Mike
Ry
Dale
Bevo
Ian Aus
Shannon
Rohin E
Andy C
Ian Young
Dan Jones
Adam Preston
Corey
Jason Lewis
Arild
VB
AP
Mike Bowles
Dan Roberts
= 19 so far

Juniors

Harrison Coles
Sam King
Bradley

Womens

Jess VdB

Matt Chambers - Juniors,
Thanks
Matt

Hi Guys,

I thought I may as well throw my hat into the ring. And I might enter the wave comp too

Pray for better conditions than we have right now.

Good winds,

old fart division? or best placed aged over 43yrs and 4 months