Good time had by all??
I thought the best part of the whole weekend was when the crap band got **** thrown at them and they cracked a hissy and stormed off.
Wish i had thrown something as well.. ha ha..
(reposted from here: http://gpsteamchallenge.com.au/showsession.php?date=2009-01-10&team=12)
Day didn't start off well when I slept through the alarm, to be woken by a SMS from Evets. Packed the car in a mad rush and got to Lancelin a bit later than I had planned. As we were swapping cars I realised that in my haste I'd left my 6.0 at home
Luckily Bender came to my rescue with the kind offer of a 6.0 Tushy Rock, which I was most grateful for... I owe you one mate 
Signing in I had to convince the scrutineer that a "Type 2" lifejacket was OK to use, she wanted a Type 3. "Double yew tee eff"?
I did a couple of practice runs to see if my broken toe would let me compete, it felt fine which was a huge relief! Wider straps really help here.
At the start I did my usual trick of getting into the wind shadow of 100 other sailors, so I left the start line in the back 25%. Fluffed most gybes, and was on and off the plane all race. A better decision would have been to take my big 125 litre board instead of the wave board, but hey at least I finished.
I'm not entirely sure what happened in the middle of this track, it just goes to show that you shouldn't use a GPS for navigation! I think I had a stack and the GPS took a while to sort itself out.
The party afterwards was great, I'm still recovering 
Neb
i had a shocker as well. 6.7 CR and 87 IS just weren't enough to keep planing or get downwind. when it did blow, it would pass a stack of people nicely, only to see them overtake when i dropped in the drink in the luls - many times. Still, better than a DNF....something learnt for next time. Rig big !
I was on my 7m TR4 and 59/95 L AB+ board with a 33 chocos fin and everything felt spot on.....
Perfect set up for my weight...
7.6 would have been too big..
smaller fin would have been to experimental.
chad
All went well except my largest sail is a 5.8, I think I need to do something about that. Planed 20% of the time, both feet in straps 10% - but as I kept saying to myself as I bobbed along on the first incoming leg, "any one you finish is a good one". 79L Kombat with factory drake fin.
There were moments where it was great and I was passing people and then I would hit a lull and the same people would all pass me
Hilight was the jibe on a face at the last inside to get back down to the mark, including some clue first sailing before jybing again and getting around the mark.
Then on the run in to the beach I have a sailor each side of me, just for once I am planing (20Knots) and then WHAM - cray pot float rope right in the centre of the track, I catapault over the nose (instantly 0Knots) - I dont think anyone saw, very embarresment.
But all good fun, ready for next year now.
Iso86, 6.7mRSS MKII, 34cm bentonic weed
Had a great start hooked in and took off. Very happy to not drop a gybe and be in control. Felt ok on the 6.7m but should have gone the 7.7m for more top end speed as i could not keep up with the big boys in the lulls. half way through i knew i was doing alright as i could still see the chopper hovering over the leaders on the same leg as me.
My goal was to break my time PB of 56mins. One very happy Bender i placed 42nd and it took me 43mins yyyyyyyyyyyyyeeeeeeeeeeeeeeehhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
I'll get my GPS data off my card tomorrow but... basically the race was going ok for the first 90% then 200 metres before the last gybe I was watching ahead where I was going to gybe... then this monster wave (easily mast height) side swiped me... snapped my carbon boom and got rinsed.... I even lost a bootie. Those rinsings are usually the sort of thing I get a scarbs not 3 k's off shore!! Lay on my back for a few minutes to catch my breath then... assessed the rig. I wasn't quite around the marker and wasn't able to use the boom on the port tack..
Had no choice but head straight for land.... I ended up getting to shore about 500 metres south of the finish.... arrgghhh... so close but so far... That was my first LOC so I'll be back.
Good news is I'm now in the market for a new boom...
So close Bucket but not quite. At least you got to sail to near the finish
.... good to see you at the party afterwards.
Steve
Likewise Evets. Party was awesome... it took a few coffee's the following morning to get going.
Had no choice but head straight for land.... I ended up getting to shore about 500 metres south of the finish.... arrgghhh... so close but so far... That was my first LOC so I'll be back.
Bloody bit of a cruel trick to cop or what, so close yet so far
Just take an Elmo approach, long step crash and waterstart around the mark
Surf Sail Carbon - it has been a great boom up until then... may even consider getting another one. Which means the boom will be 1 year old at the next LOC... Better be kind to it during the year if I want to finish next year
Hi asdmuzak,
It would be great if you could let us know who you really are rather than go under another name. I understand you didn't like the band but to say comments such as:
"I thought the best part of the whole weekend was when the crap band got **** thrown at them and they cracked a hissy and stormed off.
Wish I had thrown something as well.. ha ha.."
I think is just arrogant.
I can tell you the girl that sings in the band had a 50 cent coin hit her just below the eye and the drummer had a rock hit him in the head... I can tell you I understand 100% why they stopped playing. Also I can tell you if you had thrown something you would right now be exactly where the guy is that threw the coin... with the police.
The party for the lano comp has always been a really good time with no trouble and its attitudes like yours that disappoint all the organizers and volunteers that literally put 12 months worth of work into the event.
Comments such as yours really don’t help the event or the sport of windsurfing. So if possible please reframe from making them on an open forum.
Regards,
Rob Goyen
Event Director
Was a good event Bob. Well done. I Did the race for the first time and it was heaps of fun. Waves were fun too. I hope the tool that was chucking stuff got locked up for the night and copped a solid rodgering.
Cheers, Hoop.
Dear Event Director, Mr Goyen,
I'll be who i want on the internet thanks.
You want to talk to me face to face you ring me , you know who i am.
As i paid $60 to enter the comp i think i have every righ to voice my opinion.
Sure bad times for the band, but hey, why were people throwing things at them....... hmmmmmmmm, maybe because they totally sucked, who wants to hear my sharona or turning japenese for the 14millionth time.
Maybe if you got a local band full of grommets or a band of young windsurf crew to carve up then it might have a bit more hardcore about it instead of some bad 92.9fm stalwart..
I sympathise with the band getting dissed like that to the point that some idiot wants to throw a rock at them but hey , they drove me to leave, so i can understand why some bogan wasnt that happy to the point of throwing rocks and im glad you gopt htem police on them,there where heaps of bogans there what did you expect.
Anyway i had left before the throwing incident and had heard all the commotion over the loud speaker and i left cause i personally i dont care for bad music, but that's just me.
I also cant remember being censored like you wish in an "OPEN FORUM" either Mr Goyen, so lose the china vibe, were in Australia where i can say and opinionise how amd what i want.
How you thought my comments were detrimental to windsurfing i cant work out, what cant i voice an opinion without it being cleared by the lancelin comp crew, give me a break.
Look Mr Director, Ive been windsurfing for 25 years and have never been detrimental to the sport if anything i'm one of the crew holding the flame man, not just in your western australian bubble but all over the country.
Its crew like me who turn up and pay their hard earned coin for crew like Voltwater to cash up. So yes i will raise my opinion like it or not.
i think rage against the machine said it best and i hope you guys agree or you are all soft..
"**** YOU I WANT DO WHAT YA TELL ME."
Dude you're missing the point....you may not have liked the band, fair enough, but it's a different story to openly condone violence against them ("wish I had thrown something as well..ha ha" ).
Grow up and admit you fxcked up!!
Alf Fonzarelli is a legend.
Dr Bogus are one of the best bands for the LOC party, have been doing the show for many years and are one of the reasons the party is such a success. It is not a pub night but a party with a wide age group. If they were able to play longer you would have heard some latest tunes in their sets.
They didn't play My Sharona or Turning Japanese.
I didn't notice "heaps of bogans". The crowd are usually a fun bunch of friends.
My mates and I enjoyed your DJ set Novak, so good on ya!
Personally I didn't think Bogus were as good as they have been in previous years; their handling of the throwing incident was provocative rather than conciliatory, seemingly referring to the entire audience as "you ***". Didn't go down well.
Throwing stuff at the band is definitely not cool, but nevertheless I reckon it may be time for some fresh tunes next year.
They're a cr4p band, old f4rts, out of time, playing boring old hits.
More people should have chucked stuff at em.
Thought the band was average,but dont think chucking stuff at them is on at all pretty gutless piss weak who ever it was
Personally I preferred Novak's set but still, trashing the band for whatever reason ruined the party, which usually builds to a nice crescendo by midnight. If you don't like it, leave and let everyone else have their fun.
