There is a little rumour going around that we may even have Ruben Lenten make a guest appearance at the clinic.

Not to take anything away from this awesome rider, but IMO Andy Yates being voted rookie of year in his first PKRA year and only being narrowly defeated by Arron Hadlow in his last event, is by far a more rounded and consistent rider and is the rider every one is talking about as the next possible world champ!

I would love to see Ruben attend our clinic, but having Andy Yates all ready commit his time and providing coaching adds far more benefit and weight to the clinic.

Watch this space, I will update you if Ruben is a definate, but at this stage Andy is...

nice pick up Robert! Thank you

For all info regarding the clinic please ignore the phone number in the events section and call this number please - 07 54556677

Latest wind forecast looks like NW, which hopefully means a good NE seabreeze!

The plan will be for all riders to meet at Kitesurf Australia, Noosaville at 10 - 10:30 Saturday morning. We will more than likely hit up the north shore area through the use of boat transfer.

Looks like we will have wind for sure just not exactly sure of the direction as it has changed twice all ready! We will know more as this current weather pattern starts to move north or further off shore.

As well has being blessed by having young gun Andy Yates on staff, we will also be greeted by PKRA judge and respected kiteboarding photographer Toby Bromwich.
Lets hope for sunny conditions as you never know, you may get a cover shot for Core Online ,magazine!
I may even get Toby to give riders a quick presentation on what makes a good shot and how best to work in with the photographer. An awesome opportunity, especially if you are sponsored or trying to grab potential sponsors attention. Nothing will standout more than a professional sequence shot or an awesome still.

This clinic is certainly building to be an exciting couple of days, can't wait!

Cheers Chris

Hi guys it would be great to have Ruben LENTEN up here but even if he cant come its awesome of you guys and SLINGSHOT to put in such an effort. Be able to say soon if its likely to be NE, but either way, plenty of flat water to use and a great chance to test out some slingy gear. Went to Chris's earlier clinic and it was great value, learnt some new stance and moves. Great to see Andy representing Oz overseas and really looking forward to seeing some of his moves again. Still a few spots left for both days, so let us know if you are up for a challenge.

Have Fun
George

The latest update....

We will all meet at KSA, Noosaville about 10am. From todays wind, in turned onshore about 11am, so with that to work off we should get similar wind for Saturday.

The plan will be get everybody together, have a chat in the shop area, Toby Bromwich will give a quick presentation on working with a photographer etc, so that will be awesome straight up. Then we will start to boat taxi people and gear out to the north shore.

If anyone has any last minute questions give me a call on 0422 430430 or PM me [email protected]

Best regards, Chris

Only if you ask permission from your keeper, and whilst you at it, ask him if the boat is Ok to leave the shade of the date palms and have an outing

Jimbob, you tell Dave thank you, but still his boat!

A big thank you to all the riders who attended the Slingshot Freestyle Clinic, hosted by Adventure Sports & Kitesurf Australia, Noosa.

Unfortunately the wind did not perform and we had little chance to achieve anything on the water. I thank everyone for their patience and willingness to try anyway! The plan is we will definately conduct another clinic in coming weeks, hoping to achieve some quality riding time and coaching.

I will update this post with info as it develops and will be discussing details with George and Fiona this week. So stay tuned.....

Really want to say a massive thanks to George and Fiona and their two boys, for all the effort over the weekend and weeks leading into the clinic. Thank you also for having us all over Saturday night for beers and cheers!

To the Slingshot Team - Andy Yates, Dave Sorrensen and Andy Blythe, greatly appreciate the effort and input you guys gave to the clinic, especially Dave for the 12 hour drive up from Slingy HQ in Newcastle, not to mention the drive home!!

The next clinic will be again on a weekend and I am hoping to have Andy Yates and Andy Blythe available, we may not have Dave drive up this time, but he is a sucker for punishment, we will see.

Again, thank you and please stay in touch with the Shop for updates. But in the interim, what would be awesome is if you guys could get some video footage of your riding right now, video your fav moves, your good and bad and we will preview vids before the clinic and critique riders one on one. If you have access to video this should be relatively easy but if you do not know of anyone with a video, we will video your riding on the first day of the clinic. Only need a few minutes, you can either drop it onto disk or even leave it on camera and let the guys at the shop know and we will come look at it.

Cheers, Chris

Thankyou George, was great to get up there and see everyone.
Depsite the gusty conditions I had a fun ride on the lake..
Cath had a blast and was amazed by the hospitality we were shown.
thankyou to all riders for your patience, unfortunetly you can only ride to your conditions.
Take care look forward to catching you all next time :-)
David Sorensen
slingshot
Aust