Dominique Vallée, Silent Sports, Andrée Gauthier, Suzanne Roberge and MANY others are organizing a longboard event in Ottawa for the 31JUL2011 weekend. Some details can be found here : http://windsurf.ca/ just need to clique EVENTS and then CMWA 2011 Notice of Race and a PDF will open. Suzanne has explained to me via e-mail that one does NOT need to be a member - just means NO official trophy. Camping is apparently free and they are hoping for a big turnout. As seen in the PDF, one needs to book in advance - food n all.
Kona Ones were purchased through Silent Sports of Toronto and the hope is to have a Kona ONE race. These boards are difficult to get here in Canada.
Here is a quote from one e-mail correspondence that i have had regarding the event:
"Bruce at Silent Sports is a dealer and Kona’s can be purchased through him in the future. The price is going up by a lot but he usually gives good deals.
By the way, Dominique is officially going to hold the Kona World’s in 2013 at Point du Lac. That may be the year for you to purchase the left over lease boards.
She is really planning a big event with long distance, shuttle bus to and from airport and day trip to Quebec city..
We would love to have 30 or so Canadians show up at this race."
As you can see here, one day I would like to try a Kona ONE and perhaps purchase one to replace and upgrade my current longboard - BIC Dufour Wing from about 1980 !!
Aber Wind Cup 2008 from opop on Vimeo.
I still prefer my longboard on the lake at the chalet due to wind shadows and gusts. It also allows me to windsurf on the local river after work quite regularily. One week I windsurfed six(6) times where only two(2) of those on the AHD FF 160. I keep wondering when will I actually use the Fanatic BEE LTD as it should be ??
So, if you are in the area - or are interested in supporting or watching Kona's and other longboards, CHECK IT OUT !!
If weather keeps up as it has so far - it should be great. Only today was the FIRST day i have not longboarded in about the last ten(10) days !!!
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FOLLOWUP :
BAD NEWS - I never made it :-( GOOD NEWS follows :-)
http://windsurf.ca/
Thirty windsurfers (17 open raceboards and 13 Konas!) converged to Ottawa for the annual CMWA championships. We had gorgeous weather all weekend accompanied by wind on Saturday and Monday. Open class did five races and Kona One Design managed to finish four races on Saturday. The wind arrived a bit late on Sunday so we just windsurf freely at the end of the day. Monday morning brought some wind so we held a long distance race, followed by lunch and awards and a safe return home for everyone. The results are posted here. We would like to thank everyone involved from the participants to the volunteers to the staff at the Britannia Yacht Club.
Andrée Gauthier is organizing a second Kona One Design group purchase. Find more information here.
The latest CMWA newsletter is now available online...here.
Addendum: Since July 2011 I have purchased a Fanatic Ultra CAT and met local "Sailboarder" who has a Kona and RIPs with his Ezzy 7.5 in 25 knot winds !!!
Kona Ones were purchased through Silent Sports of Toronto and the hope is to have a Kona ONE race. These boards are difficult to get here in Canada.
Here is a quote from one e-mail correspondence that i have had regarding the event:
"Bruce at Silent Sports is a dealer and Kona’s can be purchased through him in the future. The price is going up by a lot but he usually gives good deals.
By the way, Dominique is officially going to hold the Kona World’s in 2013 at Point du Lac. That may be the year for you to purchase the left over lease boards.
She is really planning a big event with long distance, shuttle bus to and from airport and day trip to Quebec city..
We would love to have 30 or so Canadians show up at this race."
As you can see here, one day I would like to try a Kona ONE and perhaps purchase one to replace and upgrade my current longboard - BIC Dufour Wing from about 1980 !!
Aber Wind Cup 2008 from opop on Vimeo.
I still prefer my longboard on the lake at the chalet due to wind shadows and gusts. It also allows me to windsurf on the local river after work quite regularily. One week I windsurfed six(6) times where only two(2) of those on the AHD FF 160. I keep wondering when will I actually use the Fanatic BEE LTD as it should be ??
So, if you are in the area - or are interested in supporting or watching Kona's and other longboards, CHECK IT OUT !!
If weather keeps up as it has so far - it should be great. Only today was the FIRST day i have not longboarded in about the last ten(10) days !!!
----------------------------------
FOLLOWUP :
BAD NEWS - I never made it :-( GOOD NEWS follows :-)
http://windsurf.ca/
Thirty windsurfers (17 open raceboards and 13 Konas!) converged to Ottawa for the annual CMWA championships. We had gorgeous weather all weekend accompanied by wind on Saturday and Monday. Open class did five races and Kona One Design managed to finish four races on Saturday. The wind arrived a bit late on Sunday so we just windsurf freely at the end of the day. Monday morning brought some wind so we held a long distance race, followed by lunch and awards and a safe return home for everyone. The results are posted here. We would like to thank everyone involved from the participants to the volunteers to the staff at the Britannia Yacht Club.
Andrée Gauthier is organizing a second Kona One Design group purchase. Find more information here.
The latest CMWA newsletter is now available online...here.
Addendum: Since July 2011 I have purchased a Fanatic Ultra CAT and met local "Sailboarder" who has a Kona and RIPs with his Ezzy 7.5 in 25 knot winds !!!
| In Ottawa Citizen from the Event lesson #1 - copy the material - stuff disappears from the bloody internet %^&*()_ |
I even contacted the Ottawa Citizen and even they were NOT able to pull anything from their archives. If it ain't news, it's history !!!
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