Please contact me via email steve(at)kitepower.com.au ASAP if you are interested.
You must be a competent rider and very familiar with wakestyle riding and the technical differences of tricks.
You would be provided with an all expenses paid trip to New Caledonia, from 1st to the 9th November 2008 inclusive.
It is highly likely that you could extend your stay either side of the event dates, using the airfare provided.
You must know the difference between BINDINGS, boots and straps!
Not kidding!
Cya and
Goodwinds
Steve
I would offer but I wouldn't know the difference between a Skeezer and a switch Crow Mobe
I don't know about you saffer, you were getting pretty confused in the Backless BINDINGS thread, and you have a record now with the Naming and Logic police dept's
Its the real deal I'm led to beleive, the offer is open to anyone that is experienced and knows wakestlye enough to judge at PKRA level.
There is bound to be plenty of time to have a kite too!
Cya and
goodwinds
Steve
can you please chnage the dates, i have uni exams, just tell them and im sure pkra will chnage it to suit me 
Nope, only KPWT, the other one is the Teri Pacific Cup.
I'm pretty sure Aaron rips in bindings/cable/and has his kite lower than anyone. He's in the PKRA so.......
you are right andyy however.... i think you will find he rode powered and kite low how he thinks should be the future in the last event and he lost his heats. after that he had to revert to kitestyle.
are you allowed to have your own judging criteria. eg f*%#en big air in more than 18 kts with kiteloops and other stuff that looks bloody good to the average punter , mandatory (like the lenten and hadlow vid from south africa) points deducted for anything that has a 'Sameness " about it or the slightest hint of wiggly ,throw in some wicked old school (like a vid I saw of schinn and co a few years back )?
yeh no player hatin on aaron but with the comps set out the way they are and with the judging criteria how it is , there will never be any recognition for riding with your kite lower and with more style.
Some of the riders start with their kites low send it as they take off too about 11 or 12 then a second before they land dive it back low giving the illusion that they did a fast powered trick. Anyone on here that has tried or can do these moves will have the appreciation on just how much harder having the kite that little bit lower is.
Having the kite that little bit higher allows parachute landings if they stack it, extra time to complete the manouvere and most of all sending the kite creates line tension thoughout the trick, alike a pull up and makes it difficult to perform wakestyle tricks with style. A good pop trick the lines should go a bit slack.
So theres some of you out there that love your big air etc. I'm not criticising that but if you want to talk about wakestyle kiting then some of these blokes are cheating.
News to me as i haven't recieved an invite yet?
Would like to know how they pick these invites?
Paul J
All of the other talk aside, I would love to go. Judging an event like that would be great experience, great fun and im starting to realise that im getting to old to become pro so this would be the next best thing.
Put my name in da hat. 
Joe
Hi all !
I am the organizer of New Caledonian event this year once again and for sure it is NOT A KPWT event. 
There is no KPWT event scheluded this year be sure of that.
It is not a PKRA event also but an open event with 30.000AU$ of prize money. The best riders of the Pacific and some wild cards will be there from november 1st to 9 : Aaron Hadlow, Gisela Pulido, Seb Garat and more ...
Actually our team (judges, head judge and race director) seems to be completed. We also hope to organize a PKRA for '09. Stay tuned !
Cheers, Cyril.
NB : Sorry for my poor english writing !
NB': Any good riders (male, female, junior) are welcome ! Please come and see our beautiful spot.
send rowdy! the pkra will never be the same !!
and P.s Sir rowdy, was looking thro some old kbm mags and found a little sequence of you doing a back to blind with your lines at lunch please explain!! actually theres some pretty funny pics of all the dudes who love wake style with there lines at lunch.
Hey if I get permission and can have the time off work, can you please put me in the list 2 please steve..
Ps how do I get an invite to compete, was thinking this would be my last competive year as an open so am going to start doing some training, and give it one last good crack.
Doea anyone think i can make top 5 at nationals this year??
The judging positions has been decided, and a well known oz kiter will be on the judging panel.
Dave contact "bandidos", he is the person in charge of competitors. His name is Cyril as you can see in his message above.
Cya and
Goodwinds
Steve
I have been laying off the pizza's,but it's hard I tell ya..
My dancing cross training is now paying off I think..
I should be in shape in about 2.5months :-)
Thanks for the info steve..
can i catch the Kitpower bus there? Sounds like April Fools's came twice this year
