Troll said...

Sharks sharks sharks munch munch munch.

100 kiters... they'll have a nice feast! and plenty to choose from as well. I guess it's also christmas for them

Good luck to all who are involved in the race tommorow.....

Hope for 25 knots and a stonking race..

Stephen Bradbury is my inspiration for tomorrow. Thanks to WAKSA and others involved in organising. Bring on the Rotto bakery for kiting fuel.

Yep still saying 13 - 18.
Hope BOM is right though.
Best news is Alex wont be there. He was my main worry.

winds been in all morning, might blow its box off?????
woooooo, will be good to see
good luck competitors

LOIC got second congratulations, I think the italian won on Cabrinha raceboard and kite.

what's the results?

White pointer got the leaders, school of hammerheads mopped up the rest.

the guy that came across the line first got disqualified. anyone know why????

Too many broke the start. Sent the 'who won' rumour stakes on the beach into chaos.
At the end of the day we saw Marty Farrow come in officially 3rd (2nd year in a row) Alex ? (sorry missed the 2nd name) taking 2nd place and one of our favourite sons of Perth kiting Dale Stanton (aka the bearded hillbilly) proudly mounting the central podium.
Well done Dale.
Keira ?; who bravely opted for her 12M when all were in doubt; took out 1st place for the ladies with no runners up announced ??? Dont know why?

But the real winner on the day - considering the huge variation in forecasts discussed the past few days - was Seabreeze. Winning over BOM by a huge margin.
Lauries reputation as the undisputed guru of Perth weather predictions was (unfortunately) reinforced as the best place to go for accurate predictions.

NB: When the official times come out pls deduct 7 mins from puppets time due to a very unnecessary re-rigging needed on the beach as the starting gun sounded DOH
Wishing now I had gone the 17M Speed !!! Damn hard work all the way on anything less than a 15M.

Yeah was a great day. Wish I had a 17 instead of a 10. was hard work but fun. Many thanks to all involved

Any chance of a video post of the race (Not the whole thing, just bits.)

I'm sure there will be some great footage posted eventually.

Chatting to people after the race it seemed everyone had a story to tell.
The start was pretty tricky with the wind very light, I was concentrating on keeping my kite in the air, avoiding others and watching the start flags but when the green came up I could see that there was quite a few that were over the start line.

Got to feel sorry for Ric, I believe the poor bugger might have a broken bone or two in his foot after a big stack but was on a flight back East last night, hope you got home ok mate.

Well done to all involved absolute awesome event and a great venue for a few ales to celebrate whilst watching the sunset over Rottnest.

Right now though my head hurts, I can't find my sunglasses and my car is at Cottesloe....I need coffee.

what boards and kites were in the top 10?

cheers

Yes it would be interesting to know brands and sizes etc.
I am pretty sure Dale was on a 14mtr Cabrinha, I was talking to him at the start and remember commenting that I thought 14 was a good size.