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SA robe Easter Classic - wind & waves

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Created by lovelife > 9 months ago, 14 Apr 2014
lovelife
SA, 160 posts
14 Apr 2014 5:51PM
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Over the long weekend it's happening again, Friday to Monday the south Australian robe Easter Classic will kick off. It's such a fun event so I thought I share the info that is posted in the SA section. Forecast for Friday looks pretty good!


Cya there hopefully !!



Here is the write up :
Hi Crew, The ONBOARD Robe Easter Classic is on again - Bigger and Better for 2014!!! 3 Days of riding: Wavesailing, Kitesurfing and SUP!!!
Thanks to our major sponsors - COOPERS, REDBULL, ONBOARD, NEILPRYDE, JP and CABRINHA and to our product sponsors NORTH, SEVERNE, STARBOARD, FANATIC, RIPCURL, BILLABONG and QUIKSILVER, we appreciate the ongoing support! The Robe Easter Classic is an epic 3 day event running from Friday the 18th to Sunday the 20th of April. The comp is a 3 day expression session based at 3rd Ramp Robe with riding windows based on weather and wind conditions. It?s an awesome way to spend the Easter long weekend with plenty of fun, riding and partying! Signup is only $60.00 and includes a Hoodie, Coopers Show bag and free drinks on Friday night with the crew from Poeticool Justice and Headphone Piracy!!! Be quick as we only have 170 hoods so visit the store or call us on 8294 3866 to sign up from Saturday 22nd of March.

Friday 18th:
11.00am - Signup / Briefing at 3rd Ramp,
12.00pm - BBQ lunch, Tunes and Redbull?s on Ice,
7.00pm - Robe Easter Party: Headphone Piracy, DJ, Coopers and Redbull (Venue TBA)

Saturday 19th:
10.00am - Skippers Briefing 3rd Ramp Robe SUP Surf expression Session / Heats based on weather / surf conditions SUP downwind Race across the Bay (start time / start and finish line TBA) Kite and Windsurf expression Session 3rd Ramp Robe Saturday night - support the local venues, buy lots of Coopers - Robe Hotel & Calie!!!

Sunday 20th:
10.00am - Skippers Briefing 3rd Ramp Robe SUP Surf expression Session / Heats based on weather / surf conditions SUP downwind Race across the Bay (start time / start and finish line TBA) Kite and Windsurf expression Session 3rd Ramp Robe
7.30pm - Presentation night, Yacht Club thanks to Coopers and Redbull, prizes for all competitors!!!

Catch you all down there!!! YEOWW














surfingboye
NSW, 2707 posts
14 Apr 2014 7:39PM
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just wondering is the Adelaide chart good to go off for Robe?


looking to do something for easter and this sounds fun!

lovelife
SA, 160 posts
15 Apr 2014 1:00AM
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surfingboye said..

just wondering is the Adelaide chart good to go off for Robe?


looking to do something for easter and this sounds fun!


haha nah that chart is 3.5 hrs removed from adelaide so not the best indication. I use either:

www.surf-forecast.com/breaks/Long-Beach_3/forecasts/latest/six_day

www.bom.gov.au/sa/forecasts/lower-south-east-coast.shtml

or things like willy weather etc. bom doesnt have a robe forecast as such but the lower south east marine forecast tends to be fairly ok.

looks like friday and sunday morning is gonna be the go at this stage

shannon8888
NSW, 517 posts
15 Apr 2014 1:36AM
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wavesailing, SUP and ...... kitesurfing?????
can you let the Philip Island crew know where you get your insurance
from!

lovelife
SA, 160 posts
17 Apr 2014 10:40PM
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Robe Easter Classic update!
Building swell and early morning front so we're going to make the most of tomorrow mornings conditions for wavesailing and kitesurfing.
Friday morning - meet at 3rd ramp, 8.30am comp brief, 9.00am in the water!!!! Yeowww
Catch ya in the morning

surfingboye
NSW, 2707 posts
17 Apr 2014 11:50PM
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lovelife said..

Robe Easter Classic update!
Building swell and early morning front so we're going to make the most of tomorrow mornings conditions for wavesailing and kitesurfing.
Friday morning - meet at 3rd ramp, 8.30am comp brief, 9.00am in the water!!!! Yeowww
Catch ya in the morning


have a great time down there...
sounds really good, just a shame there isnt a couple of days wind or i wouldve been on a plane.

lovelife
SA, 160 posts
21 Apr 2014 1:13AM
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surfingboye said...
lovelife said..

Robe Easter Classic update!
Building swell and early morning front so we're going to make the most of tomorrow mornings conditions for wavesailing and kitesurfing.
Friday morning - meet at 3rd ramp, 8.30am comp brief, 9.00am in the water!!!! Yeowww
Catch ya in the morning


have a great time down there...
sounds really good, just a shame there isnt a couple of days wind or i wouldve been on a plane.




Haha it has been awesome! 3 out of 4 days of kiting if we include tomorrow's 25-30 knot forecast wind waves beer and friends. happy days

surfingboye
NSW, 2707 posts
21 Apr 2014 8:53AM
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Whattttt? But you said it wasn't going to be windy... Haha.
Hey throw a couple of pics up if you can, would love to see the setup!

lovelife
SA, 160 posts
22 Apr 2014 12:39AM
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lol! shoulda taken the chance ;-) it was pretty good. wind friday, sunday & monday, and some good conditions for sup/surf sat. definitely had a lot of fun!!

and yep will def upload some pics. I dont have any myself, but one of my friends maurice windley has taken about a million photos. His photo/video work is incredible, so ill post the link here when he uploads them on his website:)

lovelife
SA, 160 posts
28 Apr 2014 12:28AM
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here is some awesome footage maurice windley, our local photographer in SA took definitely well worth a look, he is amazing and it was a great event!!


the clip he put together can be found here:




and some pics of the comp day can be found here:

www.flickr.com/photos/mwindley/sets/72157644242724044/


all rights reserved at maurice windley, www.dofphoto.net

cheers,
elise

SugarQube
WA, 490 posts
28 Apr 2014 1:06AM
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Looks great, I will have to make the effort to get there next year!

Was stranded in Robe for a week some time ago, cool place to visit too



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