I would just like to thank everyone involved with ISI. We had a great time and will look at coming back next year. I have never seen so many speed runs so well prepared with such glass like water.

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DarrylG said...

I have never seen so many speed runs so well prepared with such glass like water.

Hi Darryl, thanks for giving the event a National flavour.....
'Twas certainly great to see you out there and enjoying the runs we have spent the last few month grooming to perfection!. I did notice, however, that you were coming off the gas towards the end of the runs....at that speed I put it down to self preservation.....was that the case???

Well it was an event held at the other extreme end of windsurfing, the art of going slow was the order of the day. 8.5 Koncept and 12'6" SUP and wave fin was the weapon of choice to take on challenge. At times negotiating my way thru the channels with the out going tide the GPS was saying 1 knot of directional speed, then you would look at the sand ripples on the bottom and realise you were going backwards and it was time try another tack. With the odd puff of breeze you let it push you against the current and get some extra lift of the rail and fin and crack 4 knots.

Made it out near the mouth but not to far as I would of been in real strife with the tide and lack of wind not to mention the rules of the event,..... having to stay in the confines of the inlet. Found some small left hander ripples to ride back and forth to help the av' before the wind really died and I had to pump the sail a lot of the way back.

Thanks to IWC Mick, Dan and co, boat, prizes, sponsors etc for your efforts in starting and running with this event, next one has got to have wind for sure!!

A little late i know, (been working away), but i would like to thank the IWC for a great weekend even with the lack of wind. It was very clear that a lot of organisation went into this event and the guys ran it beautifully, i'm sure next year will be great and with all the positive feedback you've been getting i reckon the number of entries will swell considerably. thanks guys i had a ball, even with all Red's immaturity!!- humour!!! Haven't laughed like that for a while!

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wantmorewind said...

A little late i know, (been working away), but i would like to thank the IWC for a great weekend even with the lack of wind. It was very clear that a lot of organisation went into this event and the guys ran it beautifully, i'm sure next year will be great and with all the positive feedback you've been getting i reckon the number of entries will swell considerably. thanks guys i had a ball, even with all Red's immaturity!!- humour!!! Haven't laughed like that for a while!

Imaturity? I wasn't the one doing genital sand sculpture on the sandbar or phallic graffiti on peoples cars! Sure.. the whoopee cushion app got a bit of a work out.. but I noticed later that
you had switched your phone off but the sounds kept coming!

Thanks fellas, that was the best fun I've had both on and off the water, the little wind we had was just a bonus. The wind at the pub was side splitting. Cheers IWC for a great event, it can only get better. Imagine what will happen when we have gusts to 10knots!