Well done Col.
Footage will be awesome with you behind the shutter too!

So, you can have a windsurfing event there but when the ASP (now WSL) were thinking of holding an event there, petitions were raised and the surfing community was outraged.

What is the difference??

Darth,
difference is the amount of people and infrastructure needed for a WSL event compared to a small windsurf event with maybe 20-40 competitors. Also, as mentioned Gnaraloo has undergone ownership changes this year which for the next year make things easier but in the future may make it too hard to organise.

Jaeger,
definately dont want it to clash with any other events so this will be considered.

Yes, not allowed to do anything during the school holidays there.

I just got back from a week there and if it wasnt for the Guy Cribb crew there would have only been between 3-8 out each day so nowhere nearly as crowded as years ago.

HF said..
Darth,
difference is the amount of people and infrastructure needed for a WSL event compared to a small windsurf event with maybe 20-40 competitors. Also, as mentioned Gnaraloo has undergone ownership changes this year which for the next year make things easier but in the future may make it too hard to organise.

Jaeger,
definately dont want it to clash with any other events so this will be considered.

Fair enough but with WSL you will only have the top 35 so as many as your comp, maybe a bit more infrastructure.

good stuff

^^ I agree it's a long way to go for most to find the 1 break is closed for some polesmoking comp

yeh lets publicise the place and tell as many people how awsome it is then whinge about how many Euro kooks are there.
How cool will it be to get phootage from the helicopter and plaster it on all the euro mags too.

TurtleHunter said..
yeh lets publicise the place and tell as many people how awsome it is then whinge about how many Euro kooks are there.
How cool will it be to get phootage from the helicopter and plaster it on all the euro mags too.

You do realise we took a helicopter to Gnaraloo several years ago and there has been no increase in crowds, in fact there's been a decrease. Also, once we were there it was the kiters who were begging me to get there photo taken and one even published multiple stories in euro mags, still no increase in crowds.

www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.502126873150879.116529.299496563413912&type=3

Just so you know the comp will be run over one day in a 5 day window so one day is hardly going to hurt anyone especially with lots of warning. I was up there 2 weeks ago, there were only 3 kiters!

TurtleHunter said..
yeh lets publicise the place and tell as many people how awsome it is then whinge about how many Euro kooks are there.
How cool will it be to get phootage from the helicopter and plaster it on all the euro mags too.

The Touro's will be there (and everywhere else) this year anyway as the AU$ is so cheap


It's pretty niave to think that Gnarloo is a secret to the world

half the competitors will be there in october anyway, sounds like the best spot to have it
wind plus swell

TurtleHunter said..
1st it should be left for free riders and no comps (or should we also have a kite,surf, sup,boogie,kayak etc comps).
2nd just because someone knows about it why tell everyone. Surely less is better.

You are delusional about the number of Euros who would suddenly book a flight to WA and drive 1500kms up the coast, anyone who sails/ kites at this level knows about it already.

I trying to see it from both sides. I too was there 2 weeks ago. haha. Personally I happy for others to hold a comp. I like the best to be able to show case what they got. Its good to see them pull out all the stops for their heats. I personally have no problem with the already suggested format, but if others disagree...

One suggestion is why not run the comp over 2,3 days, but do less each day. Seen as when its on, it normally hangs around long enough. So instead of booking the whole day out, just close the break down for a few hours, then let everyone back onto it at 4 PM or something ? So everyone else still gets their fix for the day. Or, if its man on man heats, that's a ton of waves wasted. Let people free sail during heats and just ask everyone nicely to let the riders in heats, who are marked with big streamers to have anything they want. Gnaraloo is a good spot for that as viewing is perfect so its easy for judges and everyone to work out where the comp riders are.

Looks like crowds have come down in numbers. Which i am hearing from many sources.

The last time i was there in early October there were 45 windsurfers on the water and 20 kite

And about 20 people yelling and screaming at each other!

That was 4 years ago...

The place does fire in November and December too - albeit less frequently. I had a 3 week february trip up there in 2000 that was all time - 15-25 knots nearly every day and swell never less than head high. Only 2 or 3 out most days. It was 46 degrees driving in though.

For the sake of a day or 2 of sailing it would be awesome to see a nationals held where performance wave riding AND jumping are in the mix. The G can certainly deliver those 2.

TurtleHunter said...

albentley said..

TurtleHunter said..
1st it should be left for free riders and no comps (or should we also have a kite,surf, sup,boogie,kayak etc comps).
2nd just because someone knows about it why tell everyone. Surely less is better.

You are delusional about the number of Euros who would suddenly book a flight to WA and drive 1500kms up the coast, anyone who sails/ kites at this level knows about it already.

It hasn't happened suddenly don't worry the crowds will keep getting bigger. I just don't know why everyone wants to speed it up
^^ where did that last post come from anyway I have become fond of baby sunburn cream as it doesn't sting my eyes

Wipe your chin turtle