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Windsurfing Event safety check-out / check-in board

At the recent Eastbourne Windsurfing Fun Slalom event we trialled a check-out / check-in board system for managing safety. I first encountered this at the National Slalom event in Dunedin and it worked well, so I decided to try it here. It worked well so here's the details on how to make and use your own (total cost $6)

North Island Cup Slalom Champs 2013

Sat 16 Feb 2013 - Sun 17 Feb 2013

Auckland

The AWA together with the Manly Yacht Club and Windsurfing New Zealand are pleased to bring you the North Island Cup for Slalom.

This will be a one-event competition held on Saturday 16 and Sunday 17 February 2013 at Manly Beach Whangaparaoa Auckland.

NOR and Entry Form are now available for download at bottom of page

This event will be held together with the RXS and Techno Nationals and Formula racing, also competing on Friday 15 February.

North Island Board Champs - Formula, Kite, RS:X & Techno 2012 - updated results

Click through for revised results from 2 days racing over the weekend.

North Island Board Champs - Formula, Kite, RS:X & Techno 2012 - results

Click through for results from 2 days racing over the weekend.

TYPBC Wind Week

Sat 15 Dec 2012 - Fri 21 Dec 2012

Tauranga

Windsurfing NI Champs - For kiteboards, Formula, Techno and RS:X windsurfers (any boards and sails for beginners).Bruce Kendall Coaching - Bruce Kendall with come to TYPBC to run a coaching clinic for RS:X and Techno windsurfers. - This clinic will run immediately after the Windsurfing NI Champs hosted at TYPBC and will be in the first week of the school holidays. Learn to windsurf course - Kulim Park.

KITEBOARD, FORMULA, RS:X & TECHNO NORTH ISLAND CHAMPIONSHIPS

Sat 15 Dec 2012 - Sun 16 Dec 2012

Tauranga

The Organising Authority is Tauranga Yacht and Power Boat Club, Sulphur Point, Tauranga.
The Regatta is open to all boards of the Kiteboard, Formula, RS:X & Techno classes. The Green Fleet programme is open to all windsurfers with a centreboard and a maximum rig size of 6.8.
Click through for details and full NOR ...

ISAF Olympic Committee restores RS:X windsurfing to the Olympics for 2016

The ISAF General Assembly have voted to restore mens and womens RS:X windsurfing to the RIO 2016 event. This is a great result for windsurfing to correct a decision that on paper should never have been made. Hopefully the momentum for both windsurfing and kiteboarding that has come out of it will not be lost.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/other-sports/7934503/Windsurfing-voted-back...

ISAF Olympic Committee reconsidering windsurfing decision

The ISAF is currently meeting in Dublin, and the controversial windsurfing vs kiteboarding decision is very much on the agenda. The Windsurfing & Kiteboarding Committee proposed a new compromise of mixed windsurfing and mixed kiteboarding (male/female) events. In its attempt to keep everyone happy the committee has arrived at a result which will please no one and probably do both sports a disservice, not to mention reducing rather than increasing participation, particularly by smaller countries, the very group it's supposed to help. http://www.surfertoday.com/windsurfing/8139-isaf-committee-proposes-wind...
Meanwhile the Events committee has recommended that the original decision be overturned - a much more sensible approach, and an opportunity to get kiteboarding into the Olympics in a much better managed way. http://www.sail-world.com/NZ/ISAF-Conference:-Committee-votes-to-re-inst...

Yachting New Zealand Statement: The Board Sailing Debate

The ISAF Annual Conference being held on 1st -11th November in Ireland will hold special interest for supporters of windsurfing and kite boarding, with the ISAF Council to decide whether the decision on Kite-Board Racing’s inclusion in the 2016 Olympic Games is to be re-visited.

The ISAF Council is the decision making body of ISAF and is made up of representatives elected by 12 groups of countries, known as Areas. Each country in the Area has one vote in determining matters before Council.

RS:X Youth World Windsurfing Championships - preview

The 2012 RS:X Youth World Windsurfing Championships are due to start in Penghu, Chine Taipei in just 3 short weeks (Oct 20 - 27th) with 65 athletes registered from 17 countries and 5 continents, this is the first time that such a high level youth championship has been staged in Asia by the RS:X Class. Penghu has an awesome reputation for strong wind conditions and flat water so the race track should be fast and smooth.

To assist the RS:X Class in their efforts to focus the spotlight on high level youth windsurf racing in Asia, Neil Pryde has generously provided 60 sets of free charter equipment with the freight costs being shared by the event organiser and the class.