Southern Lakes Wind Riders Club

Southern Lakes Windriders Club

Contact: (Secretary) Bec 027 329 4714 or Email: slwindriders@gmail.com.

Contact: Sue Bradley 027 640 8596 or Email: windsurfsue@hotmail.com.

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Southern Lakes Wind Riders News Jan 2017 cont.

THANKS to everyone who came and contributed
Was great to see so many members at the meeting and thank you all for your time, ideas and banter. A few points to sum it all up

Some actions for topics discussed:
- Jardines access issues - Sue and Allice to follow up
- Creighton working bee - Waiting response/approval from DOC, Chris volunteered to provide the tools needed, Jarn is bringing the jetski for some fun

Southern Lakes Wind Riders News Jan 2017

BRING IT ON 2017! Big plans ahead Get together and mid-season meeting

A mid-season meeting to see where we're at and hopefully get some good suggestions to further improve the work we do for the club. As we didn't get a chance to organise a Xmas BBQ this will also double as a social gathering.

Some topics to be discussed:
- Jardines access issues
- Creighton working bee
- SLWRC mega event (GY downwinder?)
- Rat Point issues after fire
- Club gear (Thank you FX for donating some snow kiting gear! Wish you all the best in your travels)
- Club benefits and membership

SLWRC Open Day

Sun 20 Nov 2016

Frankton Beach, Queenstown

OPEN DAY 2016 Kick start the season in style!
This year we are stepping up our game! Come and join us for a selection of fun activities, lessons and gear demo this Sunday at Frankton Beach starting from 3PM.

WATERCOOLED SPORTS DEMO DAY
A big shout out to Watercooled Sports Ltd! They're coming up from Dunedin bringing some sweet demo gear for you to try! If you want to test the new Fanatic windsurf boards, iRigs and/or SUP boards join us on Sunday from 3PM!

Southern Lakes Windriders - Season 2016/17 - Big changes ahead!

Thank you for your support so far!
Southern Lakes Windriders Club could not exist without the support of members and volunteers like you. 2015/16 was an eventful season and we have even better things planned for you in the future. If you want to skip to the chase fill out your membership form here but you should really keep reading as SLWRC will be getting even more amazing this year!

A short recap of last season's highlights: (click for more)

Queenstown Windsurf and Kitesurf Club AGM

Wed 19 Oct 2016

Queenstown (tbc)

The Queenstown Windsurf and Kitesurf Club will be holding this year's AGM on Wednesday the 19th of October.
Everyone welcome. Come along, and meet some of the members and find out what will be going on for the year.
Venue TBC (if you know somewhere that would be suitable for a couple of hours for 10-20 people then let me know!)
Note time tbc (7:00pm is a guess for now)
\https://www.facebook.com/QueenstownWindsurfAndKitesurfClub/

Queenstown windsports update - free lessons!

Any kiters want to learn to windsurf ? Or any friends wanting to learn ?
I (Sue Bradley) am running an instructors course this weekend at Frankton in QT and still need some students for a free lesson for my potential instructors to practice on. Can you pass the word. First in get the places. Women and men for this one. Sat 4pm. Need to book with me first. Will just need towel and swimsuit and a positive attitude. :)

Hope you're all dusting off your gear as you pack your snow gear away. A few of us went to Glenorchy yesterday and a couple to Crighton today. Its not that cold !!!

WINDSURF INSTRUCTORS COURSE

Fri 7 Oct 2016 - Sun 9 Oct 2016

Queenstown or Dunedin (tbc)

Coming soon to Queenstown or Dunedin.
7-9th October 2016.
$350.
Long weekend. Fri night. Full days Saturday & Sunday
Windsurf New Zealand qualification. Instructors card.

Course includes;
Observation & analysis of a class.
Outline of WNZ “Basic Teaching System”.
Simulator practice.
Personal Sailing Skills. Towing Practice. Self Rescue Practice
Rescue training.
On Water model lessons with real students.
Basic theory relevant to beginners; sialing theory, wind & weather, safety…
Sessions on; Group control, Safety issues, What makes a good instructor ?

Southern Lakes Windsports news August 2016

Windsurfing Instructor Course, AGM (date TBC), snowkiting ...
Hope you're having a great winter and getting up the mountain for some skiing. For those who are interested there are a lot of snow kiters in town this week, heading out for fun together. If you're interested in this check out the Snow Kite facebook page, https://www.facebook.com/SNOW-KITE-NZ-188573817836835/ or ring Tim Stockman. 021542770. Tim can organise lessons for you too if you're keen.

Southern Lakes Windriders news December 2015

Hope you had a good Xmas and wishing you all the best for a Happy New Year and lots of fun adventures in 2016. Hope you’ve all been getting lots of sailing in. The water at last is really warming up.. so get on out there and have some fun. Couple of winges to start I’m afraid but bear with us… that’s one of the reasons we need a club, to protect kiting and windsurfing spots in the area. Better news later in the newsletter.

One Mile Sailing.