Red Bull and Tourism Western Australia are delighted to invite you to enter the 2016 Red Bull Lighthouse to Leighton, now in the event's seventh year of racing from Rottnest Island to Leighton Beach on Saturday 3rd December 2016.
Highlights for 2016:
#1 Kite Boarding Race In The Southern Hemisphere.
135 spots available - with a further 20 more spots available from 2015 race.
Equal prize money for male & female racers: 1st $1,500; 2nd $750; 3rd $375 each gender and with cash prizes continuing to 10th. Twin Tip Division: 1st $750; 2nd $500; 3rd $250.
Official Red Bull Lighthouse to Leighton celebrations at Fremantle Sailing Club.
Entries are now open 
at: www.lighthouse2leighton.com.au
UNREAL!Should be an insane fast race this year with all the top international racer heading to WA for the final stop of the fastest fleet in the world.( Hydrofoil Pro Tour).Cant wait 
Seems my days of doing the L2L are over, such a shame my second favourite event of the year seems to now always be destined to be on the same day as my favourite event of the year. 
Perhaps this will be the year of the +25kt race day. And hopefully the year of my name coming out of the hat again.
And there was me hoping nearly everyone would miss this post and thus there would be fewer entrants!
I've applied, have done the last two so fingers crossed its three in a row!
101 entries received to date - two weeks in.
So, there are still 34 spots available! That said, they will all go....
This week I met with the amazing team at Fremantle Sailing Club - and I confirm that we will be their guests and enjoy having the Ballot Night at Fremantle Sailing Club at 6pm, with the bar open from 5pm. Bar style food will be available for purchase and I have no doubt a few complimentary Red Bulls will be on offer!
Set the date in your diary to catch up with your kite racing mates and enjoy a pre season cold one.
6pm. Fremantle Sailing Club. Friday 28th October.
Emailed out tonight to all of the 160 + entries received. Thank you and hope to see you at Fremantle Sailing club on Friday!
Pat Banks
Phil Rowland
Anthony Pillinger (ant)
Are in.................That's all the names i recognized.
Good Luck on Race Day, Enjoy :)
Select to expand quoteWeta said..
Pat Banks
Phil Rowland
Anthony Pillinger (ant)
Are in.................That's all the names i recognized.
Good Luck on Race Day, Enjoy :)
Cool.
Any idea when the emails are being sent. Fingers crossed to all those that are waiting.
Congratulations! All the named Kite Boarders below have secured a spot in the 2016 Red Bull Lighthouse to Leighton.
A limited # of additional spots will be available once sponsor and international / guest competitor commitments have been completed.
And, sneak preview... The 2016 Red Bull Lighthouse to Leighton Lycras - in production * now * and en route from France very soon!
For those new to the race... we have a * passage de boucle * (that's French for a custom hole for your harness, smart!) and in the back of the lycra is a custom sleeve/ pocket where you store two flares, that ideally you never require!
Peter McKewen, winner from 2015, gets to wear lycra # 1 in yellow in 2016 and Steph Bridge female winner from 2015 will wear # 151 in 2016.
New design of the custom flags for the safety boats in 2016 too... #safety orange!
G'day! This morning all competitors should have received this email, below...
If you didn't - don't panic (!) please check your * spam * or *junk mail * if it still is not there please email me directly. Thank you.
Hey Tim,
I've checked the race manual and the website and can't find the answer to this one - apologies if it is published somewhere already. What is your procedure for changing the date to a reserve day? Do you have a deadline for making the decision? What forecast(s) will you check to see if it is forecast to be below 15kts?
Cheers,
Pat
Select to expand quoteGreenPat said..
Hey Tim,
I've checked the race manual and the website and can't find the answer to this one - apologies if it is published somewhere already. What is your procedure for changing the date to a reserve day? Do you have a deadline for making the decision? What forecast(s) will you check to see if it is forecast to be below 15kts?
Cheers,
Pat
Hi Pat and All Racers,
We will use the combined resources of www.bom.gov.au and also www.bom.gov.au/australia/meteye/ and of course www.seabreeze.com.au to make a reasoned and well informed decision that will be published between 5pm and 6pm this Thursday afternoon.
This decision will be posted on: www.seabreeze.com.au and also emailed to all racers.
Tim Turner, Race Director.
The foil boys will all be frothing, meanwhile 106 twintip riders get eaten by white pointers.
Either that or the foil race finishes at Leighton, and the twintip race finishes 5 hours later at burns beach
MetEye (www.bom.gov.au/australia/meteye/) is looking more positive than seabreeze. Currently showing 15-20 knots for Saturday and 20-25 for Sunday. Fingers crossed it continues to improve!
Saturday could be kite soup
Sunday could be epic
Either way I'm frothing after two years of missing out
