Ash, Emma and the organising crew from Lennox, AKSA and NSWKBA put on a sensational comp at Lennox this past weekend.
The wind gods showed up on cue first thing Sunday after a relaxing day of watching Phil's dolphin, killer whale and white pointer kites fly all day Saturday.
Speaking of sharks, the lifeguards cleared the water along the entire beach on Saturday when they spotted a pair of 3+m Tiger Sharks cruising directly through the comp zone for about two hours. A helicopter, zodiac and jetski chased them out to sea eventually. Seems they returned with a few friends on Sunday morning and on Monday the newspaper reported that there had been four tiger sharks. Lee Kavanagh reckons he cruised right over one just outside the comp zone Sunday during a free-ride session.
Wind was cranking all day with 20-30 knots of nor'east and sunny skies.
Couldn't have been better.
Link to the full photo galleries is on the home page at kitesurfing.com.au/
Ash will have a comp report up soon at: www.lennoxkiteclassic.com/
Cheers,
Rob Smallwood
NSWKBA Committee and
AKSA Media Liaisonhttp://www.nswkba.com.au
www.aksa.com.au
Looks like I missed a reallt fun event, but the Demo day just had to be done!
Thanks to all the hard working volunteers who slaved hard to put this event together!!!!!!!!!!!
And Congratulations to Kitepower/Cabrinha Team Rider Marine Sudre who won all 3 female titles on offer over the weekend!!
Well done to Paul Jackson who took out the mens title second year in a row!! Well done to all the other place getters too!!
Cya and
Goodwinds
Steve
There were definitely sharks out there, during the warm up I kited directly over one out the back of the break...had to do a double take as I'm always imagining things or shadows in the water but this time I was right!!! Could tell by the nose and tail it was a tiger, apparently it was just sunbaking (as Angie calls it!!) below the surface....was a bit bigger than my board. Never been so scared and nearly didn't go back in.
Thanks to everyone for the top advise before the heats...."just don't fall off your board" haha!!
hahahahaha people crack me up when they get so scared by sharks, there are always sharks out there afterall thats where they live, i see them nearly everytime i kite at lennox or ballina (the same with dolphins, its just that they surface)
p.s. i would concentrate more on driving home than worrying about sharks lol.
Also like to thank Eric and Susi for all the super behind the scenes organising work for the comp. Apologies for leaving you folks off the initial post. GREAT work! Cheers, Robbo
