NSWKBA sponsored a weekend at Seven Mile Beach Gerroa on the NSW South Coast this past weekend to help chick kiters get started kiting or improve their skills.
There are a few photos on my web page at kitesurfing.com.au/ and more on the way.
About 40 chicks + partners, kids, dogs and others came along for the fun.
Selena, NSWKBA Secretary and owner of GriffinKiteboarding handled all the logistics and even organised some perfect wind. Great job Selena -- everything went like clockwork.
The rain backed off by midday on Saturday after bucketing down Sat morning and we had perfect 8-10 knots for the rest of the day which allowed everyone a chance to fly a trainer kite and quite a few to do a bit of body dragging.
By Sunday morning a nice nor'easters kicked in, sky cleared a bit and we had about 10-12 knots for a couple hours so everyone had a chance to get in the water for at least one or two runs.
By 3pm it started to get a bit heavy for teaching so we packed up the trainer gear, and Chris, Arthur, George, Morgan and I did a downwinder in about 25 knots to the end of the beach at Shoalhaven Surf club, ending off a great weekend.
Great thanks to everyone who volunteered time and chipped in. Big thanks also to Balmoral Boards for loaning loads of gear to help.
Everyone had a great weekend and seems we've got a considerable new pool of kitesurfers keen to join the fray and I suspect, keen for some additional lessons.
Cheers,
Robhttp://www.nswkba.com.au
kitesurfing.com.au/
I have to say the NSWKBA know how to put an event on very well organised and great to see all those chicks having a go.
Im glad you enjoyed the downwinder it is a truly special place for wind and waves and great times , hope to see the Latte crew down there again soon.
Hopefully one day we can all organise a big event down there and have our own version of kitestock at seven mile beach one day, now that would be something.
sounds like a plan danza, how about a weekend downwinder? can you sort some sun and wind out for us? and a few Latte's?
Thanks to the instructors for donating there time.
more picts belowhttp://picasaweb.google.com.au/ksmelikova/KitechicksOctober08#
Below, me giving a body drag lesson to a happy chicky.
MORE PHOTOS FROM KITECHICKS2 WEEKEND:
You are invited to view Katarina's photo album: Kitechicks October 08
GALLERY:http://picasaweb.google.com.au/ksmelikova/KitechicksOctober08
SLIDESHOW: http://picasaweb.google.com.au/ksmelikova/KitechicksOctober08#slideshow
Kitechicks October 08
Gerroa -
1 Nov 2008
by Katarina
Hi guys,
Here are some pictures from the weekend.
Cheers,
Kathttp://picasaweb.google.com.au/ksmelikova/KitechicksOctober08
Hey Ian,
Kat was shooting the whales from in front of the Shoalhaven Surf Club with a Pentax K200D and 300mm lens. (quite of bit of cropping required to get them as they are in the Picasa galleries...)
Cheers,
Rob
Here's the NSWKBA pics linkhttp://picasaweb.google.com/selenagriffith/KitechicksIINov12GerroaNSWAustralia?pli=1&gsessionid=2NnViHpuZsNdb1skaXQcPg#
Pics are from Selena
was awesome to see so many kites on the beach when im normally the only one with a few others haha.
It was also good to see the girls having a crack! to everyone that was there keep it up 
Hope to see you guys/gals back down my way again soon!
