the idea basically is to help us younger competetive crew out with comp experiance but also so the older crew can come have a good time and drink some piss basically i was thinking about a comp that will be announced 3 days before much like the sos comp but this one will be freestyle and we will have 3 different spots to choose from i was thinking woodies safety bay pond and maybe a kicker spot so that everyone gets different or favoured conditions

there would be 3 man heats and the prize will be some drinks for an older guy or girl if they win and lollies for someone who wins under 14 but yeh this will be judged by the riders and for the riders no sponsers just some crew having a good time and for the younger less experianced guys i hope it will help us learn how to structure our heats and ride well for competitions


the first one could be soon depending on the winds and it will be on a sunday during winter they will be few and far between but summer could look at one a month

leave bits on this thread if you have ideas or interest or if you just think it is a good idea

brad

done lets do it first one is at woodies when the next good south westers come through sweet

yer ill be happy to help

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Originally posted by Blaster

Keep the ideas coming guy's if judging to a criteria it should be clear cut. I'm happy to help where possible with my limited knowledge, I can surely hep with the beach stuff, the technical side of tricks means bugger all to me....I wouldn't know bad from good.. but prpared to help in other area's..

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It will be general impression, simply just put the riders which impressed you the most. Obviously this isn''t going to give you the most accurate results but these are only fun competitions and the results are more of a secondary thing to everyone getting together nd having a ride.

Maybe in the Top 5 we could select 3 experienced eliminated people to judge to make it easier to work out the end result and also get a better standard of judging.

they wont just be any lollies either they could be strawberries and cream oh yeaaaaaa

great idea. it also will give people the idea of how good they really are compared to others, could boost confidence for some and hurt egos for othersnice (Y)

I'll play!

Set it up in the pond down at safety bay, and we'll set a kicker on the point! maybe a slider inside the pond!

Simon Walker

im already workin on building the slider slash flat bed
its made from a bed lol

Im in!!!! if i get my board back in time Michael Bell (pinnaroo)

michal you can always borrow a board still come

Every comp needs a clown i'm in...
My style or lack thereof will bring a smile to everyones face
sent you a PM tom

I'll come armed with a camera and heckle from the beach

Not up to the level to be kiting to a fickle audience that might heckle me back

Let me know if I can help Tom/Brad

i'm really keen to enter, unfortunately my enthusiasm way outweighs my skills.....do half back rolls count as a trick?? I'll be there regardless. Might be able to pick a couple of the pinnaroo youngsters up on the way. might have a couple of other blokes interested as well. Much the same skill level as me but if ya's need any help, give me a hoy. It'll be good to meet ya's. Az.

yeah bring it on. I'm really keen. see yas there

ok, hi to all. my sugestion

tom has a list going so far, the interested names can be put into a table and on the day it doesnt matter if they cant make it down or not, it doesnt matter.
hours from start time-activity
0:00-1:00, fun warm up-highlight your name on the list
1:00-1:20, first 10-15(depending on numbers on the day) highlighted kiters have 20 min on water time
1:20-1:40, second 10-15
1:40-2:00, you know how it goes.
once all people have had their 20 min being watched (1 hour should cover it) voting takes place

you place 5 votes in the table for people who you think are really doing better than you expected them to(giving it a good go). (based on how long they have been kiting and how hard they are crashing in their attempts to make moves ect)

a top 10-15 can be found and out of that you make 3 selections and place a tick next to their name, the kiter with the most ticks wins.
possible tie breaker...

this is a fun comp, if you dont like how i propose your welcome to make your own/change what you like but non-constructive criticism will probably not get your name on the list.

the first state heat i did i couldn't even go up wind properly and it was my first backroll on my bad side, if you can kite safely your very welcome to participate.

no money should be spent on this-you kite at your risk and the over all aim is to have a social, fun day.

WAKSA cant organise a day like this, this is way too informal and lacking correct procedure for WAKSA to put its name next to it yet plans are flowing for a great coming season already.

Kitecrazzy I don't mind your ideas but I would really like have everyone out on the water at the same time initially, so it doesn't turn into one of those comps that you spend half your day waiting for your chance to kite. If other people are happy with this format I am happy to go with it but personally I would much rather just have everyone out there for a good session first before we cut it down to the final five.

As for the judging criteria you have raised an interesting point, obviously there is a great range of skills who are interested in competing and pretty much the same riders will win everytime. My idea of how it will be judged will be general impression. So if you liked what they were doing then vote for them, simple. It could be a good idea for some of you groms to form a seperate division and make it the final 9.... so the top 3 riders, top 3 groms and possibly top 3 masters go through. From what I know of the scene mostly this would be pretty fair to seperate as people like simon, dan and myself are now no longer junoirs and with us out of it the junoirs would be a lot more even.

Things like this can be organised on the day based on how many competitors we have rock up from each category. But the idea I think should stay the same 1-2 hours of everyone riding then spilt up have 20-30 mins of a small top division riding (junoirs,opens and masters combined).

Another idea would be to add an encouragement award to the person who helps out, rides well for their skill level and gives it their best effort.

Also your right about WAKSA, we don't need mega orginisation it's meant to be a fun event. I guess I will keep you guys posted as to when I think would be suitable day to hold it and based on the forecast at the moment it ain't looking good next weekend. Then on the day we can make minor adjustments to the format to compensate for the conditions, how much time we have and how many riders turn up.

Feel free to make suggestions though.