Only a few weeks until the best winter windsurf event happens on Green Island!
Cant wait for the 20+ knot trade winds and beautiful clear water, perfect conditions for freestyle and blasting in the butter flat water behind the reef on low tides and ultimate slalom/freerace battlegrounds once the tide fills in over the reef and sea grass beds.
Registration is open for the Freestyle, Slalom and Freerace National titles, and by the looks of the entry list it looks like another hotly contested year at Green Island.
Follow the link here for online rego: greenislandnats.org/
QLD Freestyle entrants are still pretty low and we need to give those WA and NSW crew a run for their money so its not too late to book a cheap flight and get involved. Other than competing, the focus of the week is on having an awesome time on and off the water, and its a really good way to learn new moves and get tips from the best sailors in Aus to help your sailing improve in perfect conditions.
Here is a clip from the 2013 comp to get everyone psyched and keen to make it to Green!
No Luke and Julien from QLD this year?....Looks like the interstate crown is up for grabs huh....
If your sitting on the fence and not sure....it is simply a once , or twice.. more if your lucky thrice lifetime experience...its hard to explain how good it is, there are all sorts of angles to appreciate...just the fact that you are quite literally sailing on the Great barrier reef is one...
Conditions wise you may get a gentle 15knt breeze for a classic large sail smooth water cruise to nuclear mast snapping sail shredding (sorry Kelly!) and bone breaking conditions to test everyone at their limits, I'm carrying a scar from a close discussion I had with a reef last year, I call it my GI tattoo!! 
the pics below show the variation of conditions!
It so well organised, the vibe is so relaxed, chilled, but still competitive when everyone hits the water, the HQ landing bar SALT serves great meals and cocktails with a great vibe, and Cairns in winter is altogether another place it really comes to life and is a bustling little tropical city.
If you can do it, do so, you wont regret and you will be hooked wanting to make it your very own winter windsurfing pilgrimage ..
Me, I need a massive stroke of luck, namely some projects to land! to make it but I'm still hoping....anyone need a Commercial Kitchen designed quickly?!
www.commercialkitchendesign.com.au !
