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The 4th Waikuku Kite Camp, sponsored by Landboarding NZ Ltd, is planned for Friday 14th to Sunday 16th December 2007.

Waikuku is a beautiful seaside village, 30km north of Christchurch on State Highway 1, and is well worth the trip for the stunning beach and surrounding lagoon, marshes and mountain views. (http://www.smaps.co.nz/nz/waimakariri/waikuku/)With an onshore wind we will have 12kms of uninterrupted smooth hard sand to use and a 6 hour window from before and after low tide.

This is your opportunity to come along to one of New Zealand's premier land based kiting events and meet up with other keen Landboarders and Buggiers, plus fly a selection of Ozone & Flexifoil demo gear. We also hope to have our resident wind expert from Howisit.co.nz with us this year with his portable windstation.

The tides for Saturday & Sunday are perfect for mid afternoon riding, (see below) and also for those of you that can make it on Friday afternoon too. As is the tradition, Landbaording NZ Ltd will be providing a BBQ & a few beers fro those that stick around, and there will also be the usual opportunity for some night flying, campfires, fire poi, midnight frisbee and the usual foolishness associated with these events.

Tides
Friday 14th December 14:46 (Ride time from: 11:46am to: 17:46pm)
Saturday 15th December 15:31 (Ride time from: 12:31pm to: 18:31pm)
Sunday 16th December 16:17 (Ride time from: 1:17pm to: 19:17pm)

As we will be bringing some beer and providing a BBQ for an evening meal, all you will need to bring is your kite gear, bedding and any extra food and drink you require.....

We will be initially pre-booking 2 cabins with 9 places available on a first-come-first-served basis, (we may book another 5 bunk cabin if the interest is there). The cost for a bed in the cabins will be $12.00 per person per night, ($24 for both nights), and the first 9 people to contact me by email/PM and commit the money will get the spaces.

Alternatively, there are non-powered pitches for those that come by camper van, and for the really brave you can get a tent spot for around $9 per night if money is tight.

Although this is advertised as a land based kiting event, everyone is welcome, boarders, buggiers, surfies, watchers, and anyone thinking of getting into kiting.

Show your support for the NZ land kiting scene and come along....


Confirmed Cabin Spots
-All Cabin spots are now taken - Send me a PM if you are after a bed for the night as I may be able to arrange another cabin

i feel like ive said this already but...

im so there

book me a spot for both nights thanks very much

make that just the Saturday just remembered I have a wedding on the friday afternoon so see ya on the Saturday

Hey all you windy warriors, im super amped on the idea, but i wont be able to get away from work, sept mabey to have a beer at nite with you clowns, maybe watch the mad fire display that seems to be on the cards.

i''l do a wind dance in you humble honour, the wind will be easterly steady 12knots.

12knts!!!! YOUR INSANE............15-18knts :mrgreen:

Anyway, hope you can make it out there. would be good to just catch up and theres always a beer waiting.

Shaping up to be a bit of fun.

Okay, here is a shout out to the land kiting community to remind you that the Waikuku Kite Camp is taking place in just over 2 weeks time.

We will be demo'ing the following equipment: -

- Ozone Access XC
- Ozone Access 2
- Flexifoil Sabre 2
- Flexifoil Blade
- Ozone Manta II*
- Flexifoil Rage
- Flexifoil Flexdeck
Plus many more

We will also have a number of spot prizes to give away during the weekend, so come along and get lucky....!!

Beer and BBQ on Saturday evening.

Show your support for land based kiting, and keep your fingers crossed for a sweet easterly....

I will have another mystery kite that will be avalible for demo over the weekend. should hopefully get here in a weeks time but its not going to be showing its face until the 14th!

That should keep you guessing. 14 days to go!

ooh a mystery! :shock: sounds mysterious 8)

I know what it is..............

Everyone loves a good mystery!!



Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Awesome!
Really looking forward to this event! I live just down the road from waikuku beach and have been land kite boarding there as much as poss in the last couple of weeks. Just really new to it and have the kiting bug!

Really keen to learn and have a good time yeeah

Wicked Spoonhead see you there!

hi there, just droping by to say we'll be there on the weekend. just me and kate tho, unfortunately my freinds have pussyed out on me (this happens quite alot with these extreme sports doesn't it). well amped for the kiting, and beach shananigans. was hopping to get a load of fireworks for nighttime fun, but bloody helen clarke won't let me. grrrr! also thought i'd do a bumper load of the mountain dew glow liquid and drench my kite with it for night time flying, turns out its a youtube hoax. grrrrr!
this is what i mean if you haven't seen it.
but we'll bring up a few toy's, hopefully i'm building a fire staff this week, will bring that, and the new frisbee is even better than the last.
have got my works xmas doo on the friday night so won't be up till miday saturday. see you all there.

i've got that covered!!! a big boom box and some extra bits and pieces that I didnt get round to lighting at guy fawkes

depending on the weather and (dis)organisation I'll be there Friday afternoonish

gonna bring extra caffeine this time so I dont fall asweep

Craig :roll:

Lookin Forward to Friday and trying out some new gears and stuff.
Had a wicked session at Kuku midday today with a couple of others was awesome, will be choice to see some more rippers out these parts!

Roll on Saturday make sure that you dont drink all the refreshments on friday night

Keep everything crossed for some wind and no rain, and the Kite Camp will be the awesome event that it usually is...

Great to see anyone that makes the effort, especially Doofus all the way from the deep deep south.... Looking forward to the Saturday evening events...

I'll do what I can to make sure we don't drink Waikuku dry on Friday night...., but no promises... Get Pooh Bear to bring his capuccino wand...!!

The wand has broken a long time ago but i am sure if i go down to the 100 acre wood i will find sum ting to wizz the moo with

sweeeeeet cant wait till 2moro, hoping to get out as early as possible...

whens every1 else planning on getting there?

ill get in touch with you in the morning. we have stuff to organise.

I'm aiming to head out therr for sometime between 3 & 4pm, depending on work, and picking up the last of my supplies....

If you show early, remember to stop by the camp office and let Debbie know you are with the Kite Camp.... Cheers

the car is packed, the supplies are loaded, the beast is fed, the rain is falling.....

i don't think i've ever had so much stuff jammed into the wagon, 3 boards, at least 6 kites, a baby octopus, a buggy, a big tent....

Craig

Awesome Craig, when will we see you?

Well the weather is looking up.... The sun is coming out here in CHCH and a good NE'er is starting up.

The Outlook for tomorrow is positive too, with a solid Northeaster forecast...

Looks like it's gonna be a good 'un...!!

A big thank you to everyone that showed up over this weekend, I think I can safely say that a good time was had by all even if the wind was less than perfect.

It was great to see so many new faces with an interest in the Land Kiting scene, and always great to catch up some old friends too. Thanks also to the Peter Lynn boys, (maybe next time for the Kitecat), and to those that travelled up from way down south, your support was appreciated.

I hope to see some of you out at North Brighton over the coming summer months...

Cheers

- Spig

And a real big thanks to you for all the organising the beers etc
Craig for the BBQ
Caleb and kate for the wicked entertainment
and everyone that helped out
Always a great event to go to

Cheers you fellas
And cheers nathan and buddy for the salad

yeah big thanks to all who attended, and thanks norwester for the new board..... :wink:

its only a lend fella take care of it

Aww dam, ok ill take good care of her. does this mean i have to text you when you when its good up here now.

But if you have this bike then you can get here in half the time.... so we all win.

And the Manta II has arrived too.... pray for wind...

still only allowed to go the speed limit lol