Boxing Day ‘Port Phillip Cup’
– bought to you by Kite Republic in conjunction with Stand Up Paddle Boarding St Kilda & Kiteboarding Victoria
Rundown:
There’s an event for everyone, from those that have never touched a kite or SUP board to those that are seasoned pros. This is a day based on fun that everyone will enjoy!
Kite Republic is bringing the relatively new sport of Kiteboarding Course Racing to Victoria and is hosting the inaugural Port Phillip Cup Kiteboarding Event.
Stand Up Paddle Boarding St Kilda will also be running the Port Phillip Cup SUP Event.
It will be a day of fun and action on the beach with a range of events in both Kiteboarding and Stand Up Paddle Boarding with the emphasis on FUN!
Kiteboarding Victoria will be helping with all events as well as running a BBQ free to all members throughout the day.
Events:
1. Port Phillip Cup Kiteboarding Course Race
- Great for all levels, once you can get upwind you stand a red hot chance!!!
2. Port Phillip Cup SUP Race
- Any board, any paddle. Must complete the set course
3. Relay SUP Race
- Teams of 4, must be 1 female per team.
- SUPB St Kilda providing hire boards and paddles free of charge so anyone and everyone can enter.
4. Kiteboarding Expression Session
- A 20 minute expression session for the kiters to show their style!
- Prizes include:
Best Trick
Biggest Air
Best Wipeout
5. Couples SUP Race- Male/Female Teams (if you can’t find a female a skirt could possibly pass!!!)
- Both on board at the same time
- Race out around a buoy and back
6. Drag Race
- Teams of 2, 1 kiter & 1 SUPper
- Starts with kite in bag next to SUP equipment.
- Team must setup kite and kiter must complete a run out and around a buoy, tag the SUPper who then races out and around a buoy also before racing back to finish line.
This is meant to be a hoot!
Cost: All kite related events are open to and FREE to all Kiteboarding Victoria Members. Will have facilities to sign up on the day.
SUP events FREE for all participants.
There is a suggested $5 donation for the day with all proceeds going to a local charity to be advised.
Date: December 26th
Time: Sign in 12-12:30pm, Events start at 1pm.
Location: St Kilda West Beach
Please let us know if you plan on being there by replying to this thread and/or emailing schools@kiterepublic.com.au
Looking forward to joining you for a day of fun!
Great, we are behind it %100
Will be a great day
Boxing day is good because most people want to get away from the extended family asap after xmas and it is crazey on the roads out of town, so come down to the beach for a great time.
Anyone from interstate or overseas that are in Melbourne over xmas are welcome to come down
Denning
Alex Sanz is not invited
Should be safe to come along
"Thats not a bus, this is a bus"
Denning
the real bus
it is the sickest bus so jealous will see you cats down there but can we invite Alex after all the publicity he's got I'm sure people will come just to meet him. By the way I'm printing an Alex sanz t shirt as we speak!!!
Had a good few emails of people attending through the KBV reply mail.
To give us a good idea of how many to cater for please reply to this link if you think you may be about!
see you down there.
Just a reminder that KBV are running a BBQ in conjunction with the Boxing Day Gala free to all KBV Members.
The weather looks like it will be ideal on Friday for both kiting and SUPing.
Kite Republic Boxing Day Bash Rundown!
On behalf of Kite Republic, Kiteboarding Victoria, and Standup Paddle Boarding St Kilda I would like to thank everybody who was involved in the Boxing Day Bash for making it such a great event!
Light winds meant the day was started with the COUPLES SUP RACE. An absolute crackup of an event in which I believe only one team completed the course while remaining dry throughout. Congratulations to David & Anne who were clear winners with Mark & Melissa taking second place in a sprint finish from Timo & Laura.
The second race of the day was the TEAM RELAY SUP RACE. A moderate headwind created havoc for the participants in the opening stretch of this race before favouring them back in as they rounded the buoy. The race was won by Nathan, Allan, Leo & Marc (whom donned a ponytail and skirt to complete the female competitor position), whom came clear of David, Dave, Lucy & Libby.
The PORT PHILLIP CUP SUP RACE was the next to be completed. A tough ask for any competitor was this course set with an opening 400 metres into a 10-15 knot breeze. Trav Minns from Torquay shot to an early lead before David Hunt who was close on his tail for the first half of the course capitalized on a fall as Trav overbalanced while rounding the third buoy. David Hunt ran away to be a narrow winner while David John edged out Mark Bradke for 3rd.
A great stage was set for the main event of the day, the PORT PHILLIP CUP KITEBOARDING COURSE RACE, the only thing we were lacking was wind. The event organizers decided on a course change in the patchy 12-15 knot winds. The course was shortened and competitors had 30 minutes to hone their skills riding SUP boards with their kites.
When the time came for the first heat to begin a range of interesting techniques and strategies were employed. Without a doubt the standout ride throughout all heats and the final was Brett Pearson’s first heat run. Leaving all other competitors standing still he shot off the line on his 18m Best Yarga and narrowly avoiding a devastating kite drop around the final buoy he claimed the first finals berth.
Lincoln Reeves took heat number two with a very styling bar pass across the line in heat two before heat three was taken by Adam Murray. The lucky 2nds to make the final were Julian Thompson and Ben Hale who were narrowly edged out in their respective heats.
In the dash off the line during the final Brett Pearson tangled with Lincoln Reeves and Adam Murray as Julian Thompson and Ben Hale shot off the line and from early on were the ones to beat. A stylish downloop carve around the final buoy put Julian narrowly ahead of Ben while the other three battled back into the race for 3rd.
In the end it was Julian Thompson in a sprint finish across the line from Ben Hale and Brett Pearson claimed 3rd place.
Thanks again to everyone who was a part of this inaugural ‘Port Phillip Cup’ race. We look forward to spending a great summer with you out on the water!
Kite Republic, Standup Paddle Boarding St Kilda & Kiteboarding Victoria.
