The Woopi Carbon Art Classic went off big time - some photos on seabreeze give you an idea of the hard core sailing conditions - sunny, with 30 knots and a couple of metres of wave available - lots of committed sailors having a ball
Event report and results now posted here and many thanks to Adrien for his video footage ensemble as well
Our series started with the Dirty Dog Spring Bash on the weekend September 5-6th - click here to read the report - what a blast it was, thanks to Adrien we have some some video
The 2008-9 State Champions are Crowned
The NSWWA crowd reconvened at Gerroa for the Team championships and the presentation of the awards in what was another highly contested series.
The 2008/9 NSW State Champions are:
Pros - Dan Berry (Neil Pryde/JP)
Amateurs - Matt Cliffe
Masters - Warren Holder (One Knot)
Grand Masters - Mike Preswick and Dave Stafford
Womens - Jessica Juretic (Sail West)
Youths (U19) - Forrest Ladkin
Juniors (U16) - Jake Juretic (Sail West)
Plus, due to light winds, we had a blast enjoying a Stand Up Paddle board competition won by the South Coast team - great fun. Full report to follow soon.
CONGRATS Dan Berry for winning the title of Australian Wavesailing Champion for the 3rd time. He took on the best wavesailors in Australian at Marrawah in Tasmania and won. More details to follow.
Event 5, the Starboard Severne Goer at Gerroa was a cracker even though Gerroa was not the venue.
Shoalhaven Heads (local swell magnet) was chosen so that jumps and wave riding were both on offer.
Our growing group of young sailors competed at Gerroa and proved that competition will be exciting for years to come.
Jessie and Jessica will are bound to catch the interest of the media when their talents are noticed.
Groms – Forest Ladkin
Pro's - Dan Berry
Am's – Matt Cliff
Masters – Warren Holder
And a huge thank you to the event sponsors Starboard / Severne / Flying Objects - the demo equipment provided has won the hearts of quite a few of our guys.
Event 4, the Neil Pryde Smack it Classic turned out to be just that; a SMACK IT CLASSIC. Unusally, we sailed Wanda in a Westerly with some superb waves.
We did a freestyle session in Kurnell on the Saturday with the winners being:
Pro's - Dan Berry
Am's - Francois Pialoux
Masters - a gaggle of 4 (Allan, Jason, Steve and Ollie)
Groms - Jake Juretic
WELL DONE one and all. There are some close placings for the overall state titles to be decided in Gerroa in Feb - bring it on. Check your interim YTD ranking. and go visit one of our sponsors to get the gear you need to get your sailing up to the next level.
The results are up for WindSurfNSnow Goin' off event on 22/23 Nov 08! We had a wild time in a Westerly at Gerroa on Saturday and then wind peaking at 40 knots at Windang on Saturday. 6 Super Groms wowed us all by taking on some extremely hard conditions THANKS Windsurf'n'Snow for great prizes and support.
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The Exocet Classic in Woolgoolga was a great contest with some major upsets. Congrats goes to the winners, Dave Bassetti, Matt Cliffe, Stephen Myers and Jessica Juretic for taking out their respective divisions. Check out the results and photos here.
The Dirty Dog Mid Winter Bash was held at Birubi, Anna Bay just north of Newcastle. Crazy conditions were had by all. Check out the photos and results
The NSWWA 80/09 registration form is available here
Checkout 2009 Longboard Windsurfer Festival for all the details, including a wave event for Birubi as well. From Friday the 23rd Jan till Mon 26th Jan 2009
The Auswind "Goer at Gerroa" event attracted a good turn out and we are happy to report there was just enough wind for our Super Grommies (U15) to show how it is done. Congrats guys and gals: 1st - Jessica Holder, 2nd - Jessica Juretic, 3rd - Jake Juretic, and some good freesailing from Alex Lueck and Ellie Jacobs. Event report here . Photo's of the Super groms Gerroa 2008, here
VIDEO CORNER
Here is a collection of NSWWA Wavesailors shredding our favoured spots. Send us any links worth posting.
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