Canterbury Kiteboarding Champs 11th and 12th December 2004

Skippers meeting is at 11am on Saturday the 11th of December @ the Christchurch Estuary car park.

Cost: CWA members $15, non-members $25

The format for the comp will be:-

3-4 hour expression session - judge by rider vote i.e. after the session all riders will vote on their top four.

From those results we will find the top eight riders and three judges from those that didn't make the top eight.

We will then run two, four man, 10min semi-finals with the top two in each going thru to a 10min 4 man final shoot out.

There will be a BBQ on the Saturday night - venue is still TBA, and a prize giving on the Sunday night at a local pub.

If you have any questions please call Dave Kay on 021 654 149 or Tim Stockman on 021 542 770.

We are looking for sponsors for the weekend spot prizes mostly if you would like to be involved please contact Tim on the above number.

hey dave sup man, sounds great i like ur format, good luc 4 that.

Only a few more days to go and all the little details are just about sorted - long term forecast is looking like NW for Saturday - lets hope that changes to NE by the day.

As an update - Prize giving will be at the Bridge Bar - upstairs at the Ferrymead Taven - from 6pm or contest finish - which ever is later.

Current sponsors list:-

Eastcoast
Kitesports
Dakine
Groundswell
Underground
Decay
SuK
YHA hostels
Temple Basin ski area
CWA
Sub20

In fact the sponsorship has been SO good it is going to be well worth the $15/$25 to enter - there is a good chance you won't go away empty handed - no matter what your final result.

As always give Tim or I buzz if you have any questions.

DK

Add to that sponsors list 'H2OFLY' clothing! Thanks Morgan.

Venue for BBQ on Saturday will be advised on the day - it depends on where the comp venue ends up.

Weather report is saying 'light winds' for both days over the weekend - with any luck that will become 15k NE by Saturday afternoon.

Estuary will be ridable from mid-afternoon but we need to meet early just in case of a venue change to Lake Ellismere (will only happen if the wind is looking NW/S). If the NE builds fast enough the freeride will be kicked off at South Brighton and moved to the estuary as the tide allows. We have water and daylight available until nearly dark on Saturday so there is good window for the comp to run.

I know Gavin is on his way down from AKL, are there any other out of town riders arriving for the weekend?

Dave Kay

I've thrown this site together for the event:-

www.decaykiteboards.co.nz/cantchamps/

It was meant to have its own URL but the freehosting site I planned to use has been shut down.

There are links to most of our sponsors on there; pics from the event will go up as we get them through.

Cheers,

DK

Christchurch Recreational Marine Forecast

Valid to: 12:59 am 12 Dec 2004 NZDT

Issued by MetService at 05:02am 11-Dec-2004

Warning: GALE warning in force for sea area CONWAY

Situation: The southwest flow over the country is slowly easing.

Forecast: Southwest 20 knots gusting 30 knots, easing to 15 knots this evening. Moderate sea, easing to slight this evening. Fine weather.

Outlook until midday Sunday:Becoming southwest 20 knots and gusty. Fine.

Swell forecast to midnight tonight:Southeast about 1.5 metres.

High tides at Lyttelton :Saturday 1631 2.3 metresSunday 0503 2.5 metres

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Skippers meeting is still at the Estuary at 11am - see you all there. My guess at this stage is the comp will run at Lake Ellesmere.

Decay

Some pics from today...

http://homepages.paradise.net.nz/~ndb/canty_champs/

Where are the pics taken... Ellesmere?

Yeah dude @ Ellesmere. Solid effort Neil, some nice looking pics there!!

yeah and by the looks of things the weather was good too. What was the wind like?

Christchurch Recreational Marine Forecast

Valid to: 12:59 am 13 Dec 2004 NZDT

Issued by MetService at 05:10am 12-Dec-2004

Warning: NIL warnings

Situation: A weak front moves up the east of the South Island today and should cross the Christchurch area early afternoon.

Forecast: Westerly 10 knots, changing southwest 20 knots early afternoon then easing to 15 knots tonight. Slight sea, becoming moderate for a time. Cloud increasing. Fair visibility in a few showers with the change.

Outlook until midday Monday:Southwest dying out and northeast 10 knots developing. Becoming fine.

Swell forecast to midnight tonight:Southeast about 1 metre.

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Again looks like the lake guys - skippers meeting at 11am at the Estuary then we will head down.

Wind was great to start Thrasher, then backed off - no result yet but hope to have one by mid afternoon. Awesome weather and we even made the TV3 news last night!

Dave Kay

PS - Great shots Neil, Karl gave me a CD of his at ~11.30pm last night, should have them on-line by tomorrow

Correction!

NE is building in the city - we are kicking off from mid-day at south brighton beach!

DK

More pics of the Canterbury Champs:

www.pray4wind.com/1/
www.pray4wind.com/2/
www.pray4wind.com/3/

Press your F11 (Internet Explorer) button for full screen view.

Hi Guys,

Just got back from from the prize giving.

The wind didn't show for today, so the contest was rider judged only on yesterdays conditions.

Thanks go out to all that entered - 30 people all up - double last year! With crew coming from as far afield as Auckland, Nelson and Dunedin.

We were very well supported by our sponsors - in fact everyone that entered managed to find a least a t-shirt in the spot prizes.

A special thank you must go to Temple Basin Ski Area which came up with a weekend for two on their Ski Field for both the Open and Womans winners.

Now for the results:-

2004 Canterbury Champs

Open

1st - Aaron Smith, Naish/Underground
2nd - Gavin Broadbent, Slingshot/Slingshot
3rd - Kane Hartil, North/Underground

4th and Top Junior - Ben Pitcaithly, Cabrinha/Underground

Womans

1st - Susan Kay, Slingshot/Decay
2nd - Delphine Ducaruge - Globerider/Fone

Congrats to you all!

Neil managed to put a few mintues of video together tonight which he showed tonight - no doubt it will end up in his next feature.

I have some other pictures to put on line in the next few days.

We also managed to get some coverage on TV3 news last night.

I hope everyone that entered enjoyed the event, it was a much more stressful job that I ever expected.

Next event - Decay Freeride 8th and 9th of January - Lake Coleridge, Canterbury - see you there!

Dave Kay

Good job Decay!
Fun event and good to see everyone having fun.