Firstly I'd like to appologise to Kiteforum for not putting up a post advising of this upcoming(been & gone now) event. Myself & Cookie put this event together in sub 10 days, in between epic wave sessions, trips to Kaikoura & Bleniums Wairau Bar;-) which apparently no one knows about...but that's another story. Great to see so many rippers turn up from all over & probably having to book plane tickets two day out! Us here in Ch-Ch are always pleased to have you guys & girls come to our comps as it helps raise the bar for the sport for all of NZ:-)

This year the prevailing southerly winds in Canterbury had us take the competition out to Lake Ellesmere Domain. For both days we had great riding & winds gusting from 10-30 knots. This made for high adrenalin competition in all classes, with 35 competitors. The teenagers were the show stoppers this season with Anthony Hopkins, 15 years from Linwood dominating the competition & taking out the Canterbury title plus the Junior titles. Brianna Boyd also from ChCh won the title for the Canterbury Womans division. It was great to get such a high level of talent from all over New Zealand attend, especially Marc Jacobs, NZ Champion! Organised by 'Canterbury Windsports Association' committee members Blair Cooke & Tim Stockman, this annual event never fails to get a good result here in Christchurch, which was also the location for the very successful 2009 Kiteboarding Nationals.

Thanks to those people who came from far & wide, plus our sponsors- Winnie Bagoes Ferrymead, NZ Kiteboarder Magazine, Custom Print, Groundswell, Underground, DaKine, KITESPORTS, OZONE, Cabrinha, Ocean Rodeo, 7th Wave, Sub20, Decay, & The Canterbury Windsports Association.

RESULTS:
OPEN: 1.Marc Jacobs 2.Geoffrey Waterson 3.Hugh Pinfold
WOMANS: 1.Su Kay 2.Brianna Boyd 3.Anderson Romero
JUNIORS: 1.Anthony Hopkins 2.Jackson Mills 3.Lukas Walton-Keim
CANTERBURY OPEN: 1.Anthony Hopkins 2.Jackson Mills 3.Alex Bowater
CANTERBURY WOMANS: 1.Brianna Boyd 2.Sandra Upston 3.Kim Bunt
CANTERBURY JUNIORS: 1.Anthony Hopkins 2.Jackson Mills 3.Alex Bowater
MASTERS: 1.Scottie 2.Hugh 3.Matty C
CANTERBURY MASTERS: 1.Scottie 2.Matty C 3.Karl Soulos
WOMANS MASTERS: 1.Su Kay 2.Sandy Upston 3.Ariana
ONE OFF BEST TRICK: 1.Alex B(KGB) 2.Marc J(flat 3) 3.Julian S(2x kites)
BEST TRICK WOMANS: 1.Su Kay 2.Ariana 3.Anderson
BEST TRICK JUNIOR: 1.Lukas
BEST DRESSED MENS: 1.Cookie 2.Julian 3.James
BEST DRESSED WOMAN: 1st Equal.Sandy/Ariana/Kim

Myself & young Harrison really enjoyed getting out in the boat & rescuing all of you who needed it during the light winds on the first day. Daniel Romero, you made H's day flying off the back of the boat...Nathan on Cookies jet ski, worth it's weight in gold getting people back to shore time & time again. The fancy dress kiting & then wakeboarding was fantastic! Great party Sat night at Winnie Bagoes...cheers Kim & Scoota for having us over for the prizegiving. Thanks all the helpers, you know who you are:-)

Lets do it all again next year!

Cheers, Tim