James Cook University Kiteboarding Club presents:
The Alva Awakening on 8th/9th of May 2010
A Kiteboarding Experience
This will be a big fun day and our season opening at NQ's top kiteboarding location, Alva Beach.
We will have heaps of gear to demo, Pro-riders helping you to progress and the 2 days packed full of fun activities will get you STOKED and your adrenaline pumping.
BBQs, tunes on the beach and a party at night with drums and more will make this an awesome weekend.
8th of May Day 1:
9.30am Welcome
10-12am Girls and Boys Clinic (sponsored by In the Loop kiteboarding)
12 Meet and Greet BBQ
1-2pm Freeride and Demo of Equipment (Best, Core, Xenon, Ozone, North, JN and Cabrinha)
2-3pm Freestyle Expression (sponsored by ARSA Mackay)
3pm Speed Challenge,max speed taken by Radar ( sponsored by..
4pm Boarder Cross Racing (sponsored by Auqadrenalin)
6pm Big BBQ (sponsored by Sails on Horseshoe)
8pm Beach Party with DJ Thibaut and VJ Blindoff (played with Carl Cox, Boyz Noise) amazing visuals on the beach in the sunset..
9th of May Day 2:
8-9am Yoga session ( sponsored by Lisa Yoga)
9am Breakfast BBQ
10am clinic's video analysis sessions ( sponsorted by KiteMag)
11am progression clinics (sponsored by Reef Eco Tours.com)
1pm Freestyle Finals (sponsored by Core Kites)
3pm Presentations
4pm onwards.. Free-ride
Clinics:
Andy Yates, Tom Ryan, Rico Croon and Anja Reuthe will run the clinics and anybody from beginner to expert will learn something.
On the next day we run the analysis of the taken video footage and go back out for a final clinic.
We will have a yoga session in the morning to relax our bodies and regain strength for the last day of riding.
Registration:
Please email us:
Info@intheloopkiteboarding.com or call 0415 837 484
Food and drinks:
We will provide everybody with 2 BBQ's on Saturday and a big breakfast on Sunday as well as having drinks and Red Bulls available for the riders.
Alva caravan park has food and drinks for sale and there are shopping centres in Ayr.
We have big eskies but please bring an eski and ice down if you have any.
Accommodation:
We have 40 available beds at the Life Saving Club. First 40 registrations will get the beds.
People can camp outside the lifesaving club or caravan park or rent a caravan.
Please get in touch with Alva Beach Tourist Park if you would like to stay there. (07) 4783 3383, http://www.alvabeachtouristpark.net.au/
There are toilets and showers at the beach and we have electricity.
Directions.
Alva Beach is located on a spit of sand that extends 20 km northward to Cape Bowling Green. The beach lies immediately north of the shifting mouth of Plantation Creek, one of the five Burdekin River entrances, and extends for 4.5 km to where the small Alva Creek crosses the beach, beyond which is Cape Bowling Green. The beach is 15 km north-east of Ayr. There is a big sign on the main road leading to Alva Beach, you cant miss it!
Heaps of great prizes for people to grab.. Thanx to all the sponsors that threw some excellent stuff in.
IT WILL BE ALL TIME! 
please let us know asap if you wish to sleep at life saving club, only got 40 beds in there and half are already taken~!
cheers
Definately the bet place I've never kited. Hope it's good for 8-9 May and I hope I'm allowed to go..........
Sweet Cairns crew coming down too!
We went down to Alva yesterday and had the perfect day :)
Such an amazing spot!
Will put up some footage we took with gopro in the next couple of days.
keep an eye out...
I am sorry I can't make it. But Alva rocks and I can recommend as a top spot. Certainly worth the effort to get there.
yeah bro, big Croc's lurk in the flat water, and the big ass TIGER SHARKS patrol the waves 
. but it's going to be Great, takes a real man to to use a croc for a slider
. but it's going to be Great, takes a real man to to use a croc for a slider
...and the mullet.
Don't ever forget the Alva mullet packs....
...they can suck any skin not covered by your purple lycra suit right off your body, if they haven't had their ration of Big Al's prawn pond effluent earlier in the day.
Vicious critters there, for sure.
ok i confess,
Alva has to be the best kiteboarding location i have ever kited in, it's a big call but i reckon the Australian Freestyle nationals should be held there
Alva has to be the best kiteboarding location i have ever kited in, it's a big call but i reckon the Australian Freestyle nationals should be held there
Hey peoplez!!!!
i just had a chat to our NQ weather guru Dr Groove!
He says the models are looking good for alva 8/9th weekend, 20-25knts and could even be 25-30knts!
LIZARD ISLAND conditions. Please make sure you pack you small kites!
we will have butter smooth flat water and overhead waves out the back!
Dr Groove will give us another wind prediction closer to the date!
So excited about this event! We have a lot of people from all over OZ coming to NQ for this...
Thanx for all the great support
Sounds like a sweet event. Unfortunately, I was never able attend because of university and other commitments.
Hope you guys get some epic wind!! :).
Cheers,
Andy
One week away, and the NQ forecast is pretty much green arrows solid for the next week. We seem to be into a stable autumn weather pattern of high's in the bight and the Tasman Sea.
Always fraught with uncertainty, making weather calls more than 4 days in advance, but:
could pretty much guarantee we will have wind for the event, somewhere between 15 and 25 knots.
Game On!
