We're launching a new monthly competition for September 2026, a Virtual Slalom.

See the banner on the ka72.com homepage.

Open to windsurfers, foilers and wingdingers, pit yourself against the world to determine who can really go the fastest nautical mile with a twist!

Link is on the homepage. This is a new division for us, so we expect a few hiccups. I've also had to finally get around to porting over the event entry stuff from the old site to the new one, so please please let me know if you have any issues with joining the event!

Thanks very much to Peter Hirst for suggesting this style of competition. It will go onto our regular calendar of events along with Fast Feb and the November Hour of Power.

All entries go to helping support more and better things for the site. Very much appreciated! We don't host ads, and we don't send you junk mail, so these events are what keeps the site humming.

Loving it allready. I think it has already improved my sailing trying to get a practice slalom run. Stacked a big gybe, I'll get it next time!
For gybes to register do they have to be an alpha, like within 50m gate or can be wider for this competition?

MobZ said..
Loving it allready. I think it has already improved my sailing trying to get a practice slalom run. Stacked a big gybe, I'll get it next time!
For gybes to register do they have to be an alpha, like within 50m gate or can be wider for this competition?

They can be wider. If you take a look at Simon's track in the event preview, that's a pretty good example of a fast downwind run.

Hi Dylan, Looks like fun. Is the preview just a couple of sailors chosen at random? I was there initially but today we had our first wind in forever and would be interesting to see the results from that. However I've disappeared and only 8 sailors out of the 14 show in the preview. It seems to be random, not the top 8. Is there anyway to put all the sailors results on the preview so we can see what works and what doesn't? Or do we have to wait till Sept? The 8 that get a preview of their results sort of get an advantage...not that we are competitive. (i.e. Manually calculating this in GPSSpeedreader for just one attempt I am only 2 secs off AUS02 result but I don't know if my technique is legit to the comp)

Nice! Thanks Dylan

Like you say, only playing for sheep stations Mobz! Lets all hope Huey delivers wind for everyone to do their best.

Well if I keep practicing I might atleast learn to spell.
Some booboo's in this edit but rough enough..
I must be the slowest sailor ever to be number #5 in the world 🤣 Damn I'm slow.

Nice new feature Dylan. Will play with it soon.
Sorry if I miss anyones most epic day, every day for a month, that's a busy month. Will keep trying to have fun with it and do as much as I can.
6th Sept.

MobZ said..
Can people still enter?
Will their tracks for the whole month get picked up if entering late?

Yeah, you can join until the 30th, and upload until the 8th of October (I think.) Any tracks from the whole month count. Tracks you've already uploaded may not show up straight away but they will be included.

The event is going really well, so I decided to commission a limited run participant sticker for entrants to put on their sail/board/car/laptop.


To claim your free commemorative event sticker, head to ka72.com/compete/competitions/8/claim/sticker

Half way there! Great work everyone!

Whoops, I uploaded low res video there, this one better 🤙🏾

For Dylan, super nice work on the "Virtual Slalom" ..have to think it took a lot of hard work and some original mental gymnastics. I also really like the snake graphic👍
In my estimation KA72 has become the outstanding resource on the internet for windsurfers ..Pete Hirst

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And a terrific performance in the event by Byron Mcilveen ..perhaps rivaling what a PWA sailor could manage?

Thanks Dylan, great contest.