yes i'm very very happy about the chopper too!!
lol, choco, come on!!! you can do it......
if choco does come and sausage is there too they are not allowed to drink together. i still have visions of what took place on the balcony of loft HQ 
Choco said he can't make it 
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Packing the boat and windsurfing gear for burrum heads , leave sunday arvo head to ballina and arrive monday ready for action , hopefully hooray has the beer deck ready and the coldies on ice
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YES Thats the backyard , this is where we sail in northeasters on the Hastings river
hi guys,
no issues at this stage, approvals are in place, barge and boats are double checked and helicopter is sorted.
the event website is being finalised and will be online asap with form downloads. for those they may not have access to the website, pre reg can being handled via email. forms and NOR ready to go.
please email windwanderers at netspace.net.au and i will forward all forms.
signon on friday will begin at 9am at the burrum sands.
first briefing at 11am.
everything is looking really good this year and am looking forward to joining in the fun.
i would also like to ask for extra possible volunteers to help thorughout the day.. ideally non competitors. looking for some extra people to help as spotters and with bbq duties on the bank. 
guys i also wanted to put forward one more plug for the heli chases. we've seen some good numbers sign up for the shoot so it is definitely going ahead.
the more the merrier though!! don't be shy
some late but extremely great news for the windfest is at hand.
the guys from SurfFx are coming to the event as well as being a sponsor and are bringing the JP/Pryde Trailer with them.
all of the gear in the trailer is open for general use and demo to everyone at the event.
i bags a sup and thruster wave!!!
Day 1
light winds for day 1, after briefing and sign on we had a cruise on the barge out to the middle of the main run. The skipper put on some complimentary drinks and had a BBQ onboard. Some of the competitors hit the water on the up sups from the trailer. The surf FX team rigged up the Neil pryde one longboards from the trailer and headed out for a cruise.
10-15 se\ne today, sups and longboards for breakfast then briefing at 11am. Chance of some wind late arvo today.forecast for tomorrow Continues to look the goods.
To ight is pub night
Day 2
Awesome day today everyone out on rs one setups and sups. Lots of family on the water enjoying the gear and kids out sailing. Big hammerhead and turtles around. Really good mood at this years event. Wind kicked in late. 65 of us hit the pub tonight. Still blowing tonight
Day 3
with 2 light days and a very enjoyable comp the wind had finally come through to add the icing on the cake. We set the barge and opened the course. Competitors blasting on 18 knots across a 3km area. As the ride dropped we opened up the northern run and saw col in the helicopter join us
Col did a fantastic job buzzing the guys on the run with his pilot pulling some banked turns ready for the next chase.
Around 5pm we closed the course and headed in for presentation. BBQ was filled withe steaks, sausages and plenty of red claw.
legends was taken out by Geoff fringe, open by vando, womens by Anne and Kellie, youth by Bradley.
Bradley also won the ka koncept in the lucky draw. A great result!
This year we had a massive prize pool with the biggest sponsor support to date.
I'll be back online fully mid week with a bigger wrap. Thanks to everyone. This years event was memorable for all.
Cheers justin
Just a couple of photos from yesterday, more will be up tomorrow or Wednesday - Vando and Kellie but can't make out the others. www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.371434022886832.89988.299496563413912&type=1
5 out today, high tide runs in 20 kn ese. Next 7 days looks good. Vando has sailed 5 out of 7 days. As I type winds picking up
Shawn what happened I thought you were coming for a high tide sail? Wind was really good and did increase more throughout the day and turn more SE. Was nicely powered up today on the 6.4.
Thanks again Justin for a great event, we had a really enjoyable time and was so good to have the JP/NP trailer there with the sups, longboards and kids kit. Sailed 3 days out of 5 so happy with that.
My first sail in over 1 year! Had a great time - thanks Justins & all the sponsors! All the sailors from interstate and who travelled far to be there - good to see you guys at the event and catch up again!
Was good to get 2 days of sailing in over 5 days and clock over 100km distance sailed! I got some catching up to do!
See you next year!
GCmoz
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