Otago

CWA - 2010 WANAKITE Snowkite Freeride

Sat 28 Aug 2010 - Sun 5 Sep 2010

Snowfarm - Wanaka

Celebrating 10 seasons of snowkiting in New Zealand...come join in the fun & Snowkite Wanaka's Cardrona & Pisa Ranges... This year the Snowfarm Lodge is pulling out all the stops & putting us up:-)

Booking Accomodation at Snowfarm Lodge
Contact Steve: steve.gould@shpg.co.nz or phone Steve:021 228 2644
landline:034430399

DWA - Icebreaker

Sat 4 Sep 2010 - Sun 5 Sep 2010

Dunedin

Get the season started with an afternoons blasting at the Dunedin Windsurfing Associations Icebreaker event - take the opportunity to rejoin, meet up and get your gear tuned for the coming season. Event format will be Course Slalom if North easterly wind or Figure of 8 if Southwesterly. Skippers meeting at 12.00.
Doesn't matter what level your sailing is at, come along and have a go, or watch and meet the local sailors, catch up with the new seasons gear and more. Racing is the best way to improve your gybes (turns).

Water Safety New Zealand and University of Otago, PhD Scholarship

One 3-year PhD scholarship (stipend $25,000 p.a. + negotiable costs) is available in 2010 to conduct research which will support the Research Strategy of Water Safety New Zealand (WSNZ). Research Themes: 1. The impact of socio-economic and cultural factors on water safety; 2. Identifying the causes of drowning incidents and the factors that increase survival in potential drowning situations; 3. Producing ‘tools’ to monitor and evaluate water safety strategies. Research Priorities: 1. Reducing the risk of drowning among males; 2. Learning to swim and survive. Location: School of Physical Education, Division of Sciences, University of Otago, New Zealand.

SOUTHERN LAKES WIND RIDERS CLUB NOTICE - Jardines launch site issue and social meetup

Mon 12 Apr 2010

Dux de Lux

Special meeting to finalise Club position re Jardines Moorings Proposal + afterwards.. End of Season Social ....pizzas, cheap drinks, cool DVD's...

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http://windsurfingnz.org/content/southern-lakes-wind-riders-club-notice-...

SOUTHERN LAKES WIND RIDERS CLUB NOTICE - Jardines launch site issue and social meetup

SPECIAL MEETING/SOCIAL ..... Special meeting to finalise Club position re Jardines Moorings Proposal + afterwards.. End of Season Social ....pizzas, cheap drinks, cool DVD's...

Urgent: SLWC - windsurfing impact trial at Jardines today 27 March 2010

As you know there is a proposal to put a mooring buoy in the bay where we sail, for a 12m motor boat with antennae. The club exec are very worried about the safety aspects of this proposal. We have asked the applicant to put in a buoy for us to sail around so that we have given the matter our fullest consideration. They have not responded despite several requests. As the matter is likely to end up in an official "Hearing" the Exec. have decided to put in a buoy ourselves, so please try and get down to Jardines today to look at the positioning and let me know by email how you feel about this.

Downwinder after party / prize giving pictures online

The pictures are now online http://www.flickr.com/photos/windsurfingnz/sets/72157622847550269/

SOUTHERN LAKES WIND RIDERS CLUB NEWS. March 2010.

The BIG DOWNWINDER DEBRIEF, KITE BOARD FOUND IN WANAKA, EMERGENCY CONTACT FOR JARDINES, JARDINES ACCESS/ MOORING APPLICATION UPDATE, BEGINNER/IMPROVER WINDSURFING AT FRANKTON, WAKATIPU TRAILS TRUST EVENT...

Queenstown Big Downwinder 2010 windsurfing and kiteboarding results

Main Results;
Overall; 1st Mike Holland (Kite); 2. Bennett Jones (Kite); 3.Thomas Rold (Kite); 4. Gavin Jackson (Wind); 5. Blake Porter (Kite); 6. Georges Millett (Kite); 7. Dan Willemse (wind); 8. Guilhem (Kite); 9. Graeme Evans (Wind); 10. Ben Collins (Wind).

Annual long distance wind riders event one huge success !

39 windsurfers and kiters from all over the South Island descended on Glenorchy on Saturday 27th Feb. for the Southern Lakes Windriders Club’s annual downwinder sail from Glenorchy to Pigeon Island. They were rewarded with a stunningly sunny and warm day. It was a spectacular site at the start with an array of coloured kites and windsurfing sails that quickly dispersed at varying speeds downwind. Winds were gusting approx 25 knots with variable and at times challenging wind conditions.