Beginner to Intermediate Windsurfing Clinic
This Sunday 23rd October,
Parkdale Yacht Club.
(Held in conjunction with the WV Course Racing Series).

If you  

had some lessons and can get a board sailing around
have completed a learn to windsurf course
want to practice with others who are also looking to improve
want to improve your board handling
want to tack, gybe, sail faster
want to learn how to race round a course

then this is the day for you.

As part of the WV Course Racing Series, intermediate level coaching clinics will be run for those who have learnt how to windsurf, and are looking for some structured windsurfing and help to continue to improve.

The morning clinics will held from 10am - 11.30am Registration is at 9.30am.

There will also be a 1 lap course for the novice division to race around in the afternoon, held in conjunction with the WV Course Racing with registration from 11.30am and a race briefing at 12 noon. To enter the afternoon course racing you must be a WV member.

First Round is this Sunday 23rd October at Parkdale Yacht Club. 

Additional dates are as follows:

Round 2: November 5th, Mordialloc Sailing Club
Round 3: November 27th, Parkdale Yacht Club
Round 4: December 3rd, Mordialloc Sailing Club
Round 5: February 5th, Parkdale Yacht Club
Round 6: February 18th, Mordialloc Sailing Club
Round 7: March 3rd, Mordialloc Sailing Club
Round 8: March 18th, Parkdale Yacht Club

One minor point I missed out... the clinics are BYO windsurfer and lifejacket (or a friend's one if you haven't yet made a purchase)

WV will have their Teach a Mate programs gear (couple of kids rigs, board and a 4.5m rig) and a couple of kits from SBHQ for the beginner clinic. All modern gear easy for learning on.

Also the WV clinics has a number of seasoned windsurfers as instructors, including WV's own ex-Olmypic sailor.

Bringing a mate down who is keen to learn how to windsurf on Sunday. Can I bags a learner setup for him?

Never sailed down there; look forward to meeting the locals and getting some tips on gybing :P

Worth mentioning that the Beginner Clinic is Free and you don't have to be a member of WV to join in.

I have had this question asked and just wanted to confirm.

Payment and WV membership is for the race only.

Windsurfing Victoria will have a several beginners kits available for people who want to try out the sport. The weather is looking good for it too :-)

Parkdale was a great venue. Recommend the coffee made by the lovely British lady - superb!

From what I could see everyone enjoyed themselves and pretty much all learners could tack and move along by the end of the session. Shame the wind only fluffed about..... will put some pics up later today.

RS boards were a bit of fun, for the 60 seconds we had with wind, the boards felt like they wouldn't take much to plane. The gear felt super light for a 7.8m sail.

Nice bunch of peeps at Parkdale - think you guys have a great club going - 2 thumbs up :P

Here we go.

Awesome pics K Dog wow, Parkdale looks like a tropical resort!!

I've received heaps of positive feedback from the WV weekend events. One father advised me after the Sunday lesson at Parkdale, he went and bought some gear for his kid and they can't wait to do more windsurfing.

For the first WV event of the season, well done team. We have at least one new windsurfer owner amongst us.

Great thread,

I'm actually looking for some good instructors to list on our site per location. To pass on people interested etc.

can put up a picture etc and gotta have good instruction experience... cool

Anyone interested pls pm me.

I've sent a PM.