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Talk as much as you want dude.....Andy Yates turned it around from last year and made everyone look average, local boy Brad was throwing down big and was landing stuff early, but failed to impress his peers who at the end do the voting. The rest is history.
hey VB Man! I got some talk- a few shout-outs for all those involved,
it might be a bit long, but it all needs to be said, so here goes!
First the thanks: As much as the Jam was about the riders doing their thing on the day, it was only a small part of the 'behind the scenes' action going on by these volunteers to make it happen.
The WAKSA crew, taking care of the crappy jobs that no-one else ever wants to do- the admin, the cooking and event supervision, massive efforts by Brad, Ray, Pat and Phil.
The boat people: Crazy Canuk, Bill, Da Moose and Leon for keeping us entertained with their witty (and sometimes dubious) commentary and tunes, and a special shout for Pierre who donated his boat for the day- that guy will do anything for a coupla beers!!
The friends who jumped in at all the right times to work the signals, control the heats, set up (and pack down) the structures,Christophe, Rich, Jo, Adam, Sue n' Adam Schofield, Chris, Brad Melville (1st guy on the scene even after a big night out!), Nic, Mel, Paul Burton, Matt and Norita, Damo and Enid.
Massive shouts to our sponsors,
Rockingham City Council: These guys are so supportive and accommodating, definitely pushing the events and kite scene for Rockingham Shire.
The DEC: Sean and Dave for all their efforts in enabling the event to take place in a protected nature reserve.
Rich Lefroy for providing the time and expertise in producing the event website, check his other stuff on: http://www.richardlefroy.com/
Christophe and Dave at Kite Elements clothing- these boys are always first on the scene with support and prizes, and have been close to KJ from the start.
Angostura: Duncan bringing the coldies and the best beach bar in the business!
A very generous prize from Darren Marshall at Australian Kiteboarding School.
Huge support and prizes from West Oz Kiteboarding's Jason, Sonya and crew, wicked slider! Thanks guys..
Steve, Cat and Megan from team Red Bull, bringing the event marquee, and the wings.
WA Surf: Phil and Chris put in some great prizes on the day.
Paul Burton- chief KJ photographer, leading the pack of paparazzi,
Little Creatures: KJ's favourite and exclusive beer suppliers, helping the voting process along at the end of the day!
A huge thanks to the riders who took part, putting on the show and showing us all the many aspects of kiteboarding, taking to the Jam and creating the best non-stop kiting action you're likely to see anywhere!
The results:
Mens
1st:Andy Yates103
2nd:Mario Rodvald 59
3rdJo Ciastula30
4thSimon Wichemann 27
5thBrad Melville25
6thMichael Bell20
Damo Gough20
7thDan Anderson18
8thRhys Lloyd12
9thCharl de Villiers 8
10thTom Condon7
11thSam King 6
12thAlex Bowater3
David Russel-Cargill3
13thMatt Wesson2
14thLeon Oates2
Ladies:
1st Chrissy Gaudieri 26
2ndEvy Vasilas10
3rdDanica Wichemann 8
Stories and full event report to follow sometime in the near future,
Thanks all for a great day!
Congrats sounds like it was a great event,
Looking forward to catching up with you guys soon, I'll be over on the 21st just in time for the slider Jam :-)
Sounds like it was a very impressive event and great to hear it went off so smoothly with wind and weather.
From what I hear it was really well organised and there is a clever collaboration of volunteers that worked behind the scenes to make it happen.
Awesome stuff!
Hey Guys
That was a fantastic event. Heaps better than last year, with a few more nice touches, like the food, ice-cream and the music Pa system from the boat.
Event was fantastically organised by Lance who has worked so hard to pull this one out the bag. So although he is so generous in handing out thanks to everyone else.
Lance Well done.
Hopefully we will see some more pics and video footage from the day up soon.
Leon
I was checking out the photos of the event.
was this bloke wearing a G-string or what?
I guess that's a new stile of kiting...
I forgot to add my thanks to Ray too for helping out on the day... another one of waksa'S unsung hero's!
I probably forgot more props- sorry!
We have one more prize to present from our sponsors at WA Surf, a very sweet Hadlow Pro (prolimit) harness!
Post your pics from the Jam on this thread, and we'll draw the entry's at the end of Next Monday (19th). The winner gets the harness.
(Sci and Average Joe, thanks guys you're in the draw!)
Yep thats right, like Jammin said, post your best pics for a chance to win the harness.
It's a comfy and really cool lookin harness! So hopefully you were all taking photos.
Cheers for putting on such a great event you organisers out there, it was a pleasure to put up a few prizes and vouchers.
The WA Surf Team
Just 5 of the 450 odd taken, all unedited.
New harness would be awesome considering my mystic just shat itself
Nice work KiteCrazzy.
I only had 2300 frames to work with.
I have a few shots of you I think - PM me with your email address and I'll send them through.
Thanks for all the entries in the photo comp.
I would like to take this chance to once again give a shout to our prize sponsors.
WA Surf for their prizes, including this great new Hadlow-Pro harness!
Australian Kitesurfing School (AKS) for sponsoring the first prize,
West Oz Kiteboarding for their great clothing and accessory prizes,
And Little Creatures for their contribution to a great event.
The winner of the WA Surf photo comp prize is......
Manny!!
thanks for your participation, I'll contact you by PM later to organise delivery,
Congrats!