sounds like a good weekend. I'm in ..

Sounds good count me in.

Is this a WAKSA event, ie do you have to be a member?

does this mean i have to tell u my name mr choice i in for the fun of trying to get from a to b to c

Good work Choicey!

Please put me down if there's any slots left.

I missed this post when I was overseas - just found out about it in the WAKSA mailout!

I have lessons booked but can get down there later each afternoon.

Ian Young

Bump. Hey Ian, I was wondering when you would pop your head up.
Seasons greetings mate, welcome home.
What's this?... you?... enter?....., do you think we should have foils in the race ?
Ill have to check the rules
Choicey

Can't make it this weekend bloody work

Good luck to all great initiative Choicey

Saturday will be a blast! Im thinking to wrap it up in one day if there is gonna be F all wind on Sunday. So it maybe, that the fastest guys, Girls , youth and silver devils (over 50's) on Saturday will take the trophies!!
If you are intersted in getting your self a new BEST Waroo 7m(red) complete for christmas, then bid at the auction on Saturday night at ED's sports bar .
other things for auction are Training kite from AKS , a Golf bag from Angostura , Hoodies from waksa. Thanks guys for chucking in. All the money from the auction will go to RED KITE (supporting children through cancer). My aim is to get the kids between $4000 and $5000.
Good luck every one
Choicey

In the intrest of getting more bux for kids, those who can't make it on the night , or if you are from interstate, then feel free to PM me with your bid on the 7m Best Waroo complete kit. I am expecting the kite to go for more than the retail of the kite ($1448.00) so if you are gonna pm me bids make them over $1500.00 keep it real, it for a great cause.
Imagin the Karma while riding
Choicey

down the beach with the kids so I can give a on the spot report 15 - 20 knts wsw with sunny periods looks like it should hang in for the arvo

Thanks for the awesome day it was great and had everything-

strong wind, light wind, choppy water, tsunami's, rain, sunshine, storms, calm parts, boats and even a helicopter...

For you wusses that didn't go, you REALLY missed out.

looking forward to next year's Choicey, how are you going to top this years?

Thanks Graham, Mike.

Hi All. First of all I would like to wish all of the Seabreeze users a safe, happy festive season, I apologise for the delay in getting this info up. I guess we have all been flat out with Xmas and relatives who have no idea what kiting is and don’t understand how perfect the conditions are (even if it is Christmas!).
So the Red kite Grand prix was great from my own experience and from the feed back on the day. Thank you all who helped us pull it together and of course all the hearty soles who braved the conditions .
The forecast for the Sunday was weak so we decided wrap it all up in one day and make the course a little bigger. Yeah Baby a hard slog upwind for about 20-30 mins then crack off the wind back to the finish flat out !
Most crew had two or three attempts whittling down there time over the day and a couple of smart ones waited till late and picked up the southerly shift and almost reached to the top mark .
First overall and open winner Ian Young 19.00 min
First Over 50 Wise old bull Nick Strueli 21.00min
First youth Michael Grover. 44.00 mins
As I pointed out at Edz Bar at the presentation the real winner s of the day are the families who have little ones with cancer. They and the Red Kite organisation are thankful of our efforts .
We raised $2567.25 for Red kite I am told that is a fantastic result and I will help one family for a year , Petrol money, tyres for the car , counselling, school books/needs for other siblings, or what ever it takes to help them through the endless trips to the hospital and deal with their new circumstances ..
Below is the list of times.
It is also a list of some of the nicest people I have had the pleasure of kitesurfing with thank again for your generosity
Take care
Kite a lot
Choicey

COMPETITOR'S TIMES

NAME START TIME FINISH TIME LAP TIME
1 Ian Young 16:08:00 16:27:00 0:19:00
2 Nick Strueli 15:59:00 16:20:00 0:21:00
3 Choicey 15:43:00 16:04:30 0:21:30
4 Ian Young 15:25:00 15:48:28 0:23:28
*.3 Gareth Few 15:50:00 16:14:30 0:24:30
6 Ian Young 14:50:00 15:14:30 0:24:30
7 Jonathan Keys 16:04:00 16:29:00 0:25:00
8 Said Salameh 14:28:00 14:54:30 0:26:30
9 Matt Guerni 15:57:00 16:23:40 0:26:40
10 Matt Goode 15:48:00 16:16:00 0:28:00
11 Matt Guerni 14:52:00 15:20:00 0:28:00
12 Gareth Few 14:49:00 15:19:21 0:30:21
13 Nick Dawe 16:45:00 17:15:40 0:30:40
14 Jonathan Keys 15:24:00 15:55:00 0:31:00
15 Clint Jahn 14:53:00 15:24:00 0:31:00
16 Martin Constansl 15:19:00 15:50:00 0:31:00
17 Ken Arrowsmith 15:49:00 16:20:30 0:31:30
18 Nick Dawe 15:47:00 16:19:00 0:32:00
19 Craig Armstrong 14:29:00 15:03:00 0:34:00
20 Andrash Bodonyi 16:06:00 16:40:00 0:34:00
21 Choicey 14:11:00 14:46:07 0:35:07
22 Damien Meredith 16:35:00 17:13:40 0:38:40
23 Michael Grover 14:44:00 15:28:00 0:44:00
24 Ken Arrowsmith 14:30:00 15:23:00 0:53:00
25 Damien Meredith 14:14:00 15:08:40 0:54:40
26 Bill Bland DNF
27 Malcolm Roy Woodbury DNF
28 Pat Banks DNF Kited 60km!
29 Brad Wright DNF Where's my board?
30 Greg Cream DNF
31 Neil Rawson DNF
32 Phil Morrow DNF DNS

Choicey, you're a bloody legend for organising that. It's a pity you didn't get what you aimed for, I think wallets are a bit tight in these uncertain financial times.

I tried that trick you told me about at the pub afterwards, got another 3 good knots bottom end out of my kite today, cheers.

Thanks Guys, I will be getting the trophies tagged this week with a brass plate and the winners names.
I also got to shout out to our sponsors thanks again you all rock.
Mark from Leisure cat (rescue boat) and also Col in the up wind rescue boat.
Cathey, Red Kite
Pete, Eds Sports Bar
Matt, The Iron pot
Duncan, Angostura lemon lime and bitters
Andy, Slingshot Australia
Max, JBSC
Joe, Mel and Shannon , Best Kiteboarding
Waksa Ground crew, Sorry I cant remember all the names
Special thanks to Mark, Paul,Rushi, Phil, Pat, Nick, Megs and Greg.
When the trophies are done they will be on display at Ed's Sports bar.
Lets get some new names on them next time
Choicey