2016 AUS SLALOM FREERACE FREESTYLE Championships

The 2016 Australian Windsurfing Association Slalom, Freerace and Freestyle Championships
will take place as part of the Green Island Nats Windsurfing event June 5 -9, 2016.

The event will be sailed on Green Island, Great Barrier Reef, Cairns using a similar event style and format
as the previous successful Green Island Nats events 2013/2014/2015.

There has been outstanding support for the continuation of this event from the wider windsurf community.

Further details will follow shortly, required permits for the event location have been lodged
asap following endorsement of these championships by AWA Annual General meeting March, 2016.

This is the great news many have been waiting for. It nearly didn't go ahead after volunteers were so disheartened after the attack they received last year from one of the competitors. In the 3 years I've been to the event it has had awesome conditions with winds up to 35 knots one year, and sailing every day except for one day in the first year. Please guys get behind this event and if you can find the time in June come along and see just how amazing Green Islands sailing is. And get a personal perspective on how well run and unbiased the event is.

If you can, get there a day or two early and sail out to Arlington reef for some amazingly long runs in protected flat water, then drag race your mates(or rivals ) back to GI over 8-10km of open water.

It has been great to meet some wonderful and talented sailors from around the country, hopefully we will see some new faces there this year to enjoy the stoke and positive vibe .

Hands down the best winter sailing escape in Australia

Also Michael C (snorkel) the list goes on and on

I hope so but I do feel guilty leaving the 4 kids and wife at home to go windsurfing especially when its at one of the great family holiday destinations in the world

Fantastic! I've volunteered at this event since its inception at GI.
A well run event at an amazing location. Well done to the organisers and sponsors in supporting this wonderful competition to take place again in 2016.

Awesome news didn't make it last year but will try this year.
for those who haven't been before i can recommend going great winter getaway .

We need a day care centre on the island so some of us can balance it! I'd Love to do do it again, have my 1hrs overpowered in choppy water well sorted these days!
It's such a great spot both the sailing and non sailing side of things, a great place for non sailing partners to get away for a week also.
Always a great crew of people, smoothly run with a great no stress keeping it real vibe.
Hope Billy is on the boat and camera again and they don't let those bloody croc's out!

Awesome!! This is a great event- thanks again to the organisers for getting this happening. Will be there!!

Bugger that's when Costa Brava is on. Hopefully it will work next year so I can make it.

You can a 7 day beach pass to Green Island for $188.00,
Much cheeper than buying day passes at $90 a day!

I've been looking forward to this event since last year and was so stoked to see the dates announced. But after an argument with the front and back tyres of a 4wd and a resulting fracture to my heel(anterior process, no surgery) and damaged tendons I'm left wondering if I'll make it again this year. After last years health issues I was looking forward to being at peak fitness and enjoying the friendly rivalry of the event. With 5 more weeks in a cam(moon) boot and then physio etc. for the tendons, I'm hoping to be able to limp my way to the waters edge and enjoy the fun times. There is no way I'd miss the event regardless of my competitive fitness level.
Unfortunately, I never managed to get the registration of the car that ran over me. However, a witness said it was a NSW registration with Exocet and Maui sails stickers all over it driven by a 10 foot mad man with a gps on his arm

Oh buzzy, sorry to hear about your accident.

Is anybody staying on the island. I rang a couple of days ago and they said they couldnt accommodate but to try again three weeks before. They said the half price for competitors still applies. In my view its a really good deal. Im not really a ferry guy for the sea sickness

Just found some old photo's on the net of GI in the 70's. I went there as a little toddler in 1970 and remember going out on one of the boats that's tied ups to the jetty. Looks a little bit different these days...







And this is these days