KiteChicks III was a resounding success!
45 chicks + partners and instructors.
All up, close to 100 folks turned up. Perfect wind, perfect weather, perfect camaraderie and excellent organisation by Priya.
Loads of smiles and heaps of hoots.
More photos to come later.
An amazing weekend!!!! Thanks to Pryia and everyone who donated time, goodies and equipment!! So much to be said for such a full on 2 days of lessons, laughs and fabulous people!!
Was a really good weekend and it was awesome to see so many of the girls going home so stoked wither their achievements and with the sport. 
Great job Priya
I agree on the weekend - it was generally pretty cool and I'm glad to see so many women getting into the sport. A big thanks to Priya for her awesome organisation!!
Downsides? i'd have to say the complete and utter lack of common sense by some of the MEN. Such jems as:
* one instructor riding on saturday parallel to the beach, 2m from the shore for about 50-60m before crashing his griffin kite into my g/f who's learning, thereby putting 8 neat little holes into the canopy of my newly acquired Rev 2. He came over to tell her that "it was ok, its repairable" before walking off. Thanks for killing the resale value on my kite, a**hole.
* another instructor on the same griffin kite (demo?) putting his board through a girls kite tearing a massive hole in it. No apology, just wandered off.
* having show ponies doing tricks and ride right up close to the beach where girls were learning.
* watching a girl hot launch in sundays heavier wind and the instructor saying "oh, I was waiting for you to move round the window to launch"
Not once did I feel like there were any issues with the girls learning, but I gotta say that the sheer number of douchebags showing off near where the learners were was really off putting. So many girls waiting while guys rode back to the shore and did transitions 5-10m downwind of where they were standing trying to learn.
Based on this experience, I won't be attending again and I'll probably think twice about going to other NSWKBA events :( It's a pity that the minority spoiled it because I met a few really awesome people.
Good to hear it was fun. Shame about the c*cks. Same thing happened last year too - bit of scary showpony 'wave' riding in the shin-high chop, right in front of where all the girls were learning. Some fellas are truly tragic.
totally agree with spungles post, I was helping out with the girls and couldn't believe that with all that beach and water there were still some absolute weapons who wanted to kite in amoungst the learning area.
It's hard to control, but someone shud just tell the experienced guys who are not helping out to feck off somewhere else. It was after all "kite chicks III" weekend.
Massive well done to Priya & the gang tho, amazing effort on all their behalves to get it organised and thanks to everyone that helped. Was down with 3 learners & they all loved it & are fully addicted now 
I agree with HowieD too, it's not the NSWKBA that was at fault, just a few individuals....we should all continue to support these events, it's great to see the sport growing & together take a negative stance on the few offending muppets.
KITECHICKS wouldn't have been half the success without the kind support, time and contributions from all the volunteers, instructors and sponsors of this NSWKBA event. It has been remarkable to see this industry come together to demonstrate their love kiting and support for KITECHICKS. Thanks again!!!
It was an awesome event to organise and was rewarding to see so many happy smiles on all of the KITECHICKS, instructors/coaches and partners faces.
It is unfortunate when accidental damage happens to our beloved kites. I do know that in both instances there were sincere apologies and a willingness to offer help to fix the damage. Spungles, if you require contact details please call me directly on my phone, your KITECHICK has my no. 
NSWKBA is a non profit organization run by NSW volunteers with a love of kiting, with the aim of making kitesurfing more FUN and SAFE in NSW. Similarly to running KITECHICKS, we are striving to hold more events to benefit our members. If anyone has spare time to assist in making our events more successful please contact us at http://www.nswkba.com.au
Cheers to the next KITECHICKS (hopefully in Feb)
x
KCHX
Quick point to note that all Vincentia local kiters were very supportive of the KITECHICKS event and moved themselves on 'their' beach to cater for the way we had separated it into 3 sections - beginners, getting on board, and more experienced (near the rocks). thanks guys!
x
KCHX
Well done Priya and everyone involved, good spirit, awesome organisation, awesome WE!
The location was great, but a bit tricky at mid/high tide with very little beach space for teaching perfectly safely. I am very glad everyone seem to have remained safe and had a good time 
Looking forward to the next one!
(side note: why do some people always have to criticize / emphasise on a little negative thing??? I wonder! Are they just trying to make themselves interesting?)
Bye
Jacques
