Ok due to popular demand the GPS Team Challenge continues in 2008, all current registrants will be considered registered for 2008.

Have been speaking to all of the WA people face to face and most feedback is leave it as it is, with some minor tweaks of the website, which ben is currently working on.

This is your oppurtunity to have a say..........

I Will be putting up a thread re sponsorship, the idea is that all prizes go to the participants, and that it is a Not for Profit organisation/competition.

Sponsors hopefully will get maximum exposure for themselves and their product, Ben and I don't want any money from this, this is for Windsurfers, and windsurf companies and retailers.

Personally I think it should be left as is Hardie too, but maybe we could exclude re registering some of the participants who didn't post any speeds at all. I just think that would be a way of tightening things up a bit.
I like Bobs idea of a ranking too. I know I'd be down the bottom end but I'd love to be able to guage myself against others also.
Great work by the way to you and Nebs and anyone else involved in putting it all on as well as a big thanks to all the sponsors for supporting it.

I have said it before and I will say it again, Great as it is.

Well done and sory I missed an opportunity to catch up with everyone Sunday.

Cheers GT

One thing i would think about changing would be the 2sec div.
Maybe a best 10sec or 100m div would be better.

Also it would be great if we had a state ranking page as well.
just my thoughts.
ta vando

what about a prize for most PB's in a year?

I,d like to see a division for most km overall (running total) or most sessions for a team. Maybe a few different divisions for beginner, inter,advanced within the teams to encourage new members to give the speedsailing a go and not have them competing directly with the Slowly,s of the comp. Other than that its a great format.

Wineman said...



Those of us that don't have the gear or expertise to go +30knt, follow you speedsters with great interest, but are not involved.

Wino, I think that is why there was a suggestion of most PB's.
That way you might not be anywhere near the top of the ladder but you are obviously improving your ability constantly.

PB's by percentage improvement.

This works better for the lower end of the field.

The faster you go the harder it is for a big improvement.

mates, is the team challenge just specifically for aussies or can it come from somewhere else? i guess this should be directed to hardie but why not ask the whole.. if firiebob has just troppo lonely 2 guys at the northeast quadrant of oz then we have the same up here just us two guys me an old 'fart' and a yearling. we just might call ourselves the brownie mobstersby the way, as for prizes we pay for the freight

Drop the 2sec max, add 500m. This way you get rid of the division open to the most inaccuracy and add the international standard.

jp747 said...

mates, is the team challenge just specifically for aussies or can it come from somewhere else? i guess this should be directed to hardie but why not ask the whole.. if firiebob has just troppo lonely 2 guys at the northeast quadrant of oz then we have the same up here just us two guys me an old 'fart' and a yearling. we just might call ourselves the brownie mobstersby the way, as for prizes we pay for the freight

You can join no probs, it's supposed to be going international but we have left it to others to organise this, we will keep our challenge going as is, but you can join us if you like

mikey100 said...

Drop the 2sec max, add 500m. This way you get rid of the division open to the most inaccuracy and add the international standard.

Making 500m mandatory is interesting in that not too many places have a run long enough. The 2sec division isn't that inaccurate - well it is, but not for a comp like this.

Importantly, GPS's are getting more accurate, so the 2sec gives good bragging rights for your outright top speed.

Maybe have both?

Yep, it is just about perfect, I'd also go for the 500 but not drop the 2sec max.

I also wouldn't go for diff class divisions for fat skinny, old young, experienced or not, male female, speed freeride etc etc.

jp747 said...

that's real cool mates, i don't really mind if 'the challenge' hasn't gone int'l. yet. i'll tell my yearling what he thinks..as for the details what gps units have to be used and how to set and upload to what site..i'll inquire from hardie..

GPS = NAVI GT-11 is the benchmark, but look on the site is says what.

Bender said...

hardie said...

jp747 said...

that's real cool mates, i don't really mind if 'the challenge' hasn't gone int'l. yet. i'll tell my yearling what he thinks..as for the details what gps units have to be used and how to set and upload to what site..i'll inquire from hardie..

GPS = NAVI GT-11 is the benchmark, but look on the site is says what.

Well if it's the bench mark i must be too short to see over it then.

Since changing from my user friendly garmin 10 to the Navi i still cannnot open/download any data in the the new Realspeed.

I think i am just not computer savy enough. Oh well i will keep trying.

Anyway back on topic. This team challenge is the great lets keep it going with minor improvements along the way through good feed back and debate like this thread.

Cheers Bender

Just a small question, real tiny one. You have Mals latest file on you GT-11.?
I didnt and mine was doing what yours is doing until I loaded the latest file from his site. This one :.
Download the latest software
a) firmware (1115.rar or 1115.zip)
From his site at,http://www.mtbest.net/setting-up-navi-GT-11.htm
And load this into GT-11

I agree with bc regarding the sponsors, keep them all on the home page while the comp runs, they're all appreciated