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Junior Windsurf Camp - Geraldton - January 12-18th 2026

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Created by JaneS 5 months ago, 3 Jul 2025
JaneS
WA, 51 posts
3 Jul 2025 4:09PM
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Families with budding windsurf grommets - come and join our Junior Windsurf Camp in Geraldton Australia.

The Junior Windsurf Camp is open to youth aged under 21. We get together over 50 kids from Australia and International for a fun, social camp where youth of any skill level in windsurfing are given coaching over two days. Coaching is given in beach starts, water starts, harnesses, planing, gybing, tacking, jumping, wave riding, forward loops, back loops, push loops - whatever it is that the individual youth needs. Note that the camp relies on volunteer parent instruction and support, so we need at least one parent/guardian to volunteer and assist at the event for each family entrant.

The camp is held at Coronation Beach which is possibly the most perfect and versatile beach in the whole world for windsurfing families. It has easy, flat water in front, which flows in some soft, small swells that crumble at best. Further out the back is bigger, but still quite soft waves. It's the perfect place for junior windsurfers of all levels, plus more advanced riders can still loop and waveride out the back. The younger, less experienced competitors can still ride the smaller inside break at Coronations, whilst the more experienced/confident riders can ride out the back. Coronation Beach is around a 30 minute drive north of Geraldton.

When: 12th-18th January 2026.
Come and do Paul Van Bellen's Wave Rally from 9-11th January beforehand.

Where: Coronation Beach Geraldton.

The event runs alongside the Oceania Youth Wave Titles, where kids can compete in U13, U15, U18 and U21 divisions (the U18s this year will be the World Grand Final and will run a slightly extended time period of 10-18th January). The U13s runs initially as more of an expression session where kids as young as 7 join others to show off their new skills - even if it's just sailing in a straight line. Then we usually have one final for the more advanced kids to show off their jump and wave riding attempts.

More Information available on the Windsurfing WA website. Registrations open Sept 16, 2025.

JaneS
WA, 51 posts
30 Oct 2025 6:54PM
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Registrations are now open on the Windsurfing WA site. We're expecting our biggest and best ever Oceania event and we'd love you and your family to join! There's a mix of high end competition for the top kids, fun expression sessions for the younger kids PLUS our incredible Junior Windsurf Camp where all kids of any level get coached in windsurfing.

Come over for Wave Rally and stay on. We have over 50 kids attending the camp and they are all frothing to improve their level. Even if you don't have kids, why not come along to:
- share your windsurfing wisdom and skill
- feel invigorated from the froth of the groms
- help to grow our incredible sport
- pick up tips from other instructors, and
- meet some new people who love being outdoors.

Our camp coaching sessions are usually finished by 4.30pm so there's usually a pretty fun adult sailing session afterwards too.

See you there!

ptsf1111
WA, 454 posts
31 Oct 2025 6:07AM
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Wow, it's going to be an amazing start of 2026 for windsurfing in WA! Wave Rally, Junior Camp, U18 finals, and then Margs Wave Classic!

Amazing and thanks so much for driving this Jane, see you there!

Obelix
WA, 1127 posts
31 Oct 2025 8:43AM
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ptsf1111 said..
Wow, it's going to be an amazing start of 2026 for windsurfing in WA! Wave Rally, Junior Camp, U18 finals, and then Margs Wave Classic!

Amazing and thanks so much for driving this Jane, see you there!



But wait ! There is more !
Tribal Cervantes Windsurf Challenge 2-4 of January 26

Jane Seaman, Paul can Bellen, Jo Wellings, thanks for organising these.
It takes heaps of work to organise these events, and they need help from volunteers.

If you are competing, bring your partner to help with the setup, finish line...If your kid is competing, it's in your interest to support the events as a volunteer so they can grow through future competitions.

JaneS
WA, 51 posts
6 Nov 2025 10:55AM
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JaneS
WA, 51 posts
Wednesday , 10 Dec 2025 10:18PM
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Some updates on the camp and competition media.
We have the legendary John Carter on photos.
Maria Andres on social media.
Scotty Bauer on drone (sorry, but Paul VB is too busy with Wave Rally).

We've got all the top Japanese juniors coming - Ryoma Sugi, Natsuki Wakasa and Nozomi Sakai. It'll be really exciting to have Team Japan at the event.
And then we've got new families from NSW/Holland and even Noumea coming along for the camp!

A core thing we've all learned over the years is that the kids need to make windsurfing friends to stay in the sport. So bring your whole family, the camp suits kids of any level - including beginners!

Reflex Films
WA, 1458 posts
Thursday , 11 Dec 2025 9:56AM
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JaneS said..
Some updates on the camp and competition media.
We have the legendary John Carter on photos.
Maria Andres on social media.
Scotty Bauer on drone (sorry, but Paul VB is too busy with Wave Rally).

We've got all the top Japanese juniors coming - Ryoma Sugi, Natsuki Wakasa and Nozomi Sakai. It'll be really exciting to have Team Japan at the event.
And then we've got new families from NSW/Holland and even Noumea coming along for the camp!

A core thing we've all learned over the years is that the kids need to make windsurfing friends to stay in the sport. So bring your whole family, the camp suits kids of any level - including beginners!


Scotty Bauer does a great job on drones - and gets in nice and tight / will risk it for the biscuit so no need for any concern, the aerial coverage is going to be awesome.



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