Further details and entries - www.revolutionise.com.au/windwanderers/events/178508/

More details and info to follow ....stay tuned here and on 'bookface'

Basically we need wind...remember that stuff? We have 1st & 2nd of April registered also , but current forecast looks unlikely for that 1st weekend of April.

It's all low key , but a great turn out would be awesome, who knows it might even become a regular feature on the wave sailing calendar going forward.

Sounds good, fingers crossed that our fickle conditions give us a go.

What a Great way to Honour our Mates.
Been a while since ive sailed, but hope to get along to check it out.

Do we really have to wear floatation devices?

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Greasy_Steve said..
Do we really have to wear floatation devices?

Just an impact vest mate, though given the forecast it's looking more like a surf sesh and social on Saturday to remember our good friends. More details to follow.
Cheers, Tim

DATE CHANGE !!!

Now Sat 22nd Sun 23rd

Based on an amazing forecast for that weekend and no wind this weekend .....lets Celebrate a couple of dearly missed legends with some great windsurfing in what looks like to be good wind and waves.

Get there early for a great weekend ....BBQ at Sunshine Coast Board Sports Sat Night

Keep tuned here and also on FB at these sites .... text message will also be sent out where possible , but if we can get Word of mouth going among everyone that would be even better!

www.facebook.com/groups/1796722483954229

www.facebook.com/groups/382447855143305

also just a reminder even if you cant make it ...this is all in aid of much bigger issue than just windsurfing ---

please donate to - www.teamblackdog.org.au/fundraisers/timpitcher

Looks like fun, can only do Saturday now because am already registered in Peel Is Marathon race on Sunday 23/4.

NoR Section 1.4 mentions "Similar format as used by NSW Wave Series, with extra categories ".

Where can we find the NSW scoring format?

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Looks like fun, can only do Saturday now because am already registered in Peel Is Marathon race on Sunday 23/4.

NoR Section 1.4 mentions "Similar format as used by NSW Wave Series, with extra categories ".

Where can we find the NSW scoring format?

Hey Azuli, We are only going to run Saturday based on the current forecast, the Peel Island Marathon and the Caloundra Malibu Club are surfing at Neil St on Sunday.

With regard to the scoring format, for this first event it will be a very social with the emphasis on having fun just getting a bunch of sailors together to celebrate the lives of our good mats John and Matt.

So the plan is to run expression sessions for a few different divisions depending on how many people register and ages/gender. So 30-45min session of free sailing with sailors to be judged on best 2 waves and 1 jump if conditions are good for jumping with 2 sailors selected to go through to a final for their division. The winners get bragging rights with prizes in the form of gear or in store vouchers for all competitors.

Please be aware with the delay in running the event I am pretty much on my own as most of the WW are up at Burrum Wind Festival and Jonesy is travelling for work.

Cheers,
Tim

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azuli said..
Looks like fun, can only do Saturday now because am already registered in Peel Is Marathon race on Sunday 23/4.

NoR Section 1.4 mentions "Similar format as used by NSW Wave Series, with extra categories ".

Where can we find the NSW scoring format?

Hey Azuli, We are only going to run Saturday based on the current forecast, the Peel Island Marathon and the Caloundra Malibu Club are surfing at Neil St on Sunday.

With regard to the scoring format, for this first event it will be a very social with the emphasis on having fun just getting a bunch of sailors together to celebrate the lives of our good mats John and Matt.

So the plan is to run expression sessions for a few different divisions depending on how many people register and ages/gender. So 30-45min session of free sailing with sailors to be judged on best 2 waves and 1 jump if conditions are good for jumping with 2 sailors selected to go through to a final for their division. The winners get bragging rights with prizes in the form of gear or in store vouchers for all competitors.

Please be aware with the delay in running the event I am pretty much on my own as most of the WW are up at Burrum Wind Festival and Jonesy is travelling for work.

Cheers,
Tim

Thanks for the info Tim sounds good. Happy to help if needed.

Cracking forecast !

Just an update for everyone on the event as mentioned above we will run this Saturday 22 April with registration at 9am aiming for a start at 10am with high tide at 9:10am and low tide 3:20pm. Any early risers feel free to come down and give a hand setting up or go for a surf, surf SUP or freesail.

For this first event it will be very social with the emphasis on having fun just getting a bunch of sailors together to celebrate the lives of our good mates John and Matt, with a BBQ back at Sunshine Coast Boardsports late afternoon.

As we hope to have a few more sailors than usual, the plan is to run an expression sessions for the different divisions depending conditions and how many people register and ages/gender. So a 30-45min session of free sailing with sailors to be judged on best 2 waves and 1 jump if conditions are good for jumping with 2 sailors selected to go through to a 4 person final for their division. The winners get bragging rights with prizes in the form of gear or in store vouchers for all registered competitors.

The divisions are as follows:
Expression Session 1:Wing Foilng - Open Womens / Mens
Expression Session 2: Windsurfing Juniors (under 21yrs) Girls/Boys
Expression Session 3: Windsurfing -Masters (over 45yrs)Womens / Mens +Grandmasters (over 55yrs) Womens / Mens
Expression Session 4: Windsurfing -Open Womens / Mens

Any questions just reply on this forum or DM me.

Cheers,
Tim

The one trip away, and it blows non stop for a week .. Have great day tomorrow .can't wait to see some images

if you haven't already , regardless if you're going or not please find a few $$ for this great cause . let's see if we can crack $1k , that would be so good to say our local windsurfing community pitched in to help with such a great contribution .. We are half way there as we speak!

www.teamblackdog.org.au/fundraisers/timpitcher?utm_source=seabreeze.com.au

signing out from this weeks office

,Wish I could make it up to watch. Hope its a great day and someone takes lots of pics.

Thanks so much for all your work in making this happen Tim.
See you in the morning.

Shaping up to be great day with similar conditions to yesterday 20-25knots SSE and 2-3ft of E/SE swell,j just need the rain to stay a ????
Sign on and briefing for the Koda Classic is 9am hoping for a 10am start. Mens/Womens
Wingfoiling expression session, followed by Masters/ Grandmasters and then Opens. See you there ????

The inaugral Sunshine Coast Boardsports Koda Klassic 2023 went off with a great day enjoyed by everyone on and off the water. The first lot of pics thanks to Paul from Pixel Images instagram.com/pixellimages?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

pixellimages.pixieset.com/kodaclassic2023/

Sunshine Coast Boardsports Koda Klassic 2023 Results:
WINDSURFING
Open Men
1st - Trent Gordon
2nd - Chris Powell
3rd - Tim Odgers

Open Women
1st Simmeon Bosshard
Masters (>45yrs)
1st - Martin Batstone
2nd - Nikki Liebsch
3rd- Dave Exton
Grand Master (>55yrs)
1st - Steve Hughes
Juniors (<21yrs)
Adam Pitcher

WING FOILING
1st - Kieran Verma
2nd - Ryan Hobbs
3rd - Matt Holder

So happy for all the crew that you got such good conditions to remember the guys. Waves looked excellent and it won't stop blowing.

Back from being off grid in the wilds of Vanua Lavu ,,, catching up on all the wind I've missed

The Koda classic looked to be a great success , (could be annual event ?!) along with Burrum Wind fest what a week ,,,,and some significant $$$ raised for the Blackdog Org, getting very close to $700, few more donations , nice $750 would be great, ..let's get a few more in

www.teamblackdog.org.au/fundraisers/timpitcher?utm_source=www.seabreeze.com.au

Thanks Tim, for a lot of work that went into the event, possibly the first time the sunny coast has had a wave event ? If not ever, certainly decades if there was before.

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...possibly the first time the sunny coast has had a wave event ? If not ever, certainly decades if there was before.

Thanks to the organisers of the Koda Classic it was great to be part of.

It's certainly been a few decades since my last wave event. Last wave sailing events I can recall on the Sunny Coast were in the 1980s at Coolum and Alex Headlands but there might have been others I didn't sail in.
Biggest QLD wave events I recall were 1985 Radio 10 ESP at Duranbah, and 1995 Aus Wave sailing nationals.