Canterbury

The Fin and Foil Festival - POSTPONED

Wed 2 Feb 2022 - Sun 6 Feb 2022

Lyttleton

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT:
We have decided to postpone The Fin & Foil Festival to align with the return of SailGP to Christchurch in early 2023. This will enable us to run a bigger and more inclusive event. Although we are sad to make this call, we would like to focus on making this event a real success in the future.
Full refunds will be given to those who have already entered and paid. These people will be contacted individually.

CWA news and events

Coming up this month:

Ladies Night - normally the first Thursday of each month from 5:30pm @ Evil Genius, for November it has switched to Friday 6th November at The Good Home Ferrymead to coincide with Foil Night - see next…

Foil Night (6/11/20 - from 7pm, hopefully with an expert guest speaker @ 8pm, to talk about foiling (kite, windsurf, wing), with the opportunity to take a closer look and even have a go on the following day - see the CWA Facebook Foil Night Event

CWA Update October 2019

The chilly weather is now behind us and the temperatures are starting to rise! With this, the CWA is excited to share with you some exciting news...

Over the month of September Windsurfing New Zealand has published a National Windsurfing events calendar. You can check this out here. By being a member of the CWA you are automatically a member of WNZ so make sure to keep an eye on their calendar!

Canterbury Windsports Assn AGM 2019

Wed 11 Sep 2019

The Good Home, Ferrymead

Winter might be running late, but the CWA committee is busy making plans for the new season and keeping an eye on developments in 'our' places.

The 2019-20 calendar of events will be available at the AGM in September, including new events such as 'park-style' kiting at the estuary and foiling on the harbour. Also, the CWA will again be hosting the New Zealand Windsurf Slalom Nationals in Lyttelton, from the 8th to the 12th of January 2020 - more to come.

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New Zealand Slalom Nationals

Wed 9 Jan 2019 - Sun 13 Jan 2019

Naval Point , Christchurch

We are excited to announce the 2019 Slalom Nationals to be held in Lyttelton, Christchurch next year. This will be a 4-day event with a registration on the 9th and sailing through until the 13th. Save this date and tell your friends! More information to follow soon. https://www.facebook.com/events/509720646166228/

Download:Notice of Race 2019 Nationals

Windsurfing South Island Cup 2017 / 2018 Final Report

South Island Cup is over for another season with the final round of racing at the Lake Aviemore Classic over New Years.
This years South Island cup has been one of the biggest in years with 33 sailors competing in 36 races over four rounds.
We had a huge variety of different conditions and courses to race in and sailors of all abilities giving it a go.

Congratulations to the South Island Cup Champions Terry Beentjes and Annie Crombie taking the Mens and Womens titles this year.
Click through for full report and results