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The Australian Kiteboarding Nationals for 2014 were held at the Royal Brighton Yacht Club on March 17th for a week long event of action packed racing and freestyle. "Dog Beach" delivered top freestyle conditions throughout the week and the racers battled it out in variable conditions outside of the clubs harbour.
Top Australian and International Kiteboarders went head to head to then finally crown the winners.
Big congratulations to Dan Sweeney (SHQ,Cabrinha-GBR) for winning the event in the Open Mens and Youths Freestyle - Hudson Godfrey-Smith (SHQ,Cabrinha) for placing 2nd in the Open Mens Racing and Declan McCarthy (SHQ,LF) for winning 2nd in the Youths and 3rd Open Mens & WINNING THE AUSTRALIAN CHAMPIONSHIPS!
A massive thank you to Rob Pignolet for his fantastic filming and support during the event.
Australian Kiteboarding Nationals 2014 Highlights from SHQ Boardsports on Vimeo.
The Australian Wavesailing Titles for 2014, were held as part of the Phillip Island Wind & Surf Festival.
SHQ was stoked to support this event and see the return of the Aussie Titles to our local Victorian waters for the first time in around 15 years. Phillip Island turned it on and the competition was completed in some of best conditions seen at an Australian Titles for years.
Check out the highlight video below to see the best of what our coastline can offer!
2014 Phillip Island Wind & Surf Festival - Highlights from Alastair McLeod on Vimeo.
Cruise to Cerberus SUP race!
Due to extremely poor weather conditions on the 16th Feb we had no choice but to postpone the event! We are exited to announce that the new event date is Labour Day Monday 10th March 2014! Keep you're fingers cross for sunny blue skies!
SHQ’s 7th, yes 7th, annual Cruise to the Cerberus SUP event on the 10th March. If past years are anything to go by, it’s a great day for family and social paddlers. Yes, elite level paddlers battle it out for the top positions on the race course but the real winner is the person with the biggest smile! Regardless of equipment and experience, come down for a fun day at Sandringham, including Kids’ Racing, Social Paddle (The Cruise), a Teams Relay Race, loads of demos, great prizes and the classic SHQ BBQ on the lawn.
Details are below.
Purchase any new Kite, Windsurf or SUP setup to be eligible to receive a complimentary pair of Dragon's H2O Double Dos Floatable Sunglasses! *Valued at $209.95. Conditions apply.
From the 1st to 9th of March, Australia’s top wavesailors and local stand up paddle surfers will descend on Phillip Island for the 2014 Wind & Surf Festival. This event hosts the 2014 Australian Wavesailing Titles, as well as the first Phillip Island SUP Classic surfing competition, and will be held at some of Victoria’s best beaches.
The Phillip Island Wind and Surf Festival will see the return of the Australian Wavesailing Titles to Victorian waters for the first time in nearly 15 years. The event is a great opportunity for the Victorian wavesailing community to show off in national level competition, with other competitors travelling from around the country to test themselves against Australia's best.
Phillip Island is one of Australia’s premiere destinations for all water sports – be it surfing, windsurfing or stand up paddle surfing. The event is lucky to have access to Phillip Island’s best beaches, including Woolamai, Surfies Point, Right Point and Flynn’s Reef. The event is mobile between these locations, ensuring that competition is run in the best possible conditions and likely to give competitors a variety of reef and beach breaks.
We are excited to announce that aerial photographer Col Leonhardt (windsurfaustralia.com) and local sports photographer Jodi Stevenson (whitecapsphotography.com) will providing media coverage of the event. Col will be capturing stunning aerial images of windsurfing at Phillip Island for the first time. Together with Col, we will be producing an online movie of the event to showcase all of the great action at Phillip Island. Stay tuned for more!
The wavesailing will include divisions for all levels of competitors, including Open, Womens, Juniors, Masters and Amateur. The Open Division will feature the country’s best riders competing for the Australian Championship Title in epic conditions. Womens, Juniors and Masters divisions will offer Australia’s best talents a great opportunity to show off their wavesailing skills. The Amateur division will concentrate on getting everyone involved in a friendly competition.
On the weekend of 8th and 9th March, the event will also host the Phillip Island SUP Classic. The SUP surfing event will also take advantage of the opportunity to find the best possible conditions around Phillip Island and give competitors in Open, Womens, Juniors and Masters divisions great waves and action packed heats.
The event is presented by Windsurfing Victoria, and is running thanks to the generous support of our sponsors, SHQ Boardsports, NeilPryde, JP-Australia, Severne Sails,Core Boardsports, Hot Sails Maui, Island Surfboards, Shoreham Solar, Flymount, K4 Fins and Goya Sails.
Don't miss this opportunity to ride away with top-brand 2014 kites and boards at amazing sale prices! Sale starts 1st March while stocks last!
The SHQ Team
For more than 25 years it has been one of Australia’s longest running and biggest windsurfing events. The annual SHQ Breakwater to Beacon was run in January as usual, but on Sunday 17 February, for the first time ever, SHQ and Sandringham Yacht Club hosted the first ever Breakwater to Beacon for Kites!
It was the first ever B2B Kiteboarding Race and what a turn out! Twenty-three keen kiteboarders of all levels registered and the conditions were perfect. We ordered 20-22knots South/South South Westerly wind with clear skies and in true B2B fashion it arrived just in time for the 4pm start!
The race is as demanding as it is simple: a straight line from Sandringham Beach to the Fawkner Beacon in the middle of
Port Phillip Bay, and back. With only one turn, it is a test of outright speed and stamina and, inevitably, all competitors finish with a story to tell.
Sandringham Yacht club did a fantastic job of setting the course and briefing the riders on the starting sequence, which was great considering that there were a lot of new racers!
Hudson Godfrey-Smith led the pack showing his years of racing and Kiteboarding experience. Hudson dominated the course setting a record time of 17 minutes and 4 seconds on the 13km race around Fawkner Beacon!!
Ejder Ginyol (Turkish World Cup Racer and SHQ instructor) was close behind finishing in 18min 17sec. In third was David Trewern with 18min 29sec!
The twin-tip and surfboard riders had a great battle making it to the mark slightly upwind and flying back on a broad reach in the choppy conditions. We are looking forward to these guys catching the racing bug and coming back faster next year!
The lucky draw prizes included some Cabrinha goodies and a brand new Cabrinha Race board! All you had to do is register to be with a chance to win! Congratulations to the winners!
Well done and big thanks to all the riders and supporters. It wouldn't be possible without the support of SYC and the hard work from the SHQ crew.
See you all next year!
You can also view the full photo album of the event on facebook by clicking this link.
Full results as follows:
• Hudson Godfrey-Smith ; 17m4sec
• Ejder Ginyol ; 18min17sec
• David Trewern ; 18min29sec
• James Neeson ; 20min10sec
• Ben Morrison ; 21min08sec
• Andrew Picker ; 21min22sec
• Natalie Clarke ; 22min28sec
• Berni Wendland ; 23min18sec
• Darius Sweeney ; 23min20sec
• Simon Axmann ; 25min50sec
• Michael Scaife ; 26min01sec
• Mark Watson ; 27min24sec
• Stuart Quintal ; 27min40sec
• David Flockart ; 28min10sec
• Ludacris Ermisch ; 28min15sec
• Devid Platt ; 29min15sec
• Shawn Hodges ; 29min27sec
• Jon Fedje ; 32min35sec
• Campbell Miller ; 34min48sec
• Frank Dowthwaile ; 37min20sec
• Robert Pignolet ; NA
• Jacob Doble ; NA
• Rui Lim; NA
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