Rego will close at 10am SHARP tomorrow and will happen at Windang. If you haven’t been there before head to Windang Beach Tourist Park (off Fern Street), then drive as far as you can along the river side. You’ll eventually find the surf rescue clubhouse. We recommend that you rig up in advance to be ready for a 10:30am start.

Divisions without clear 1st/2nd/3rd etc will be run first due to the forecasted wind dropping quickly.

See you there!

The 5th and final event of the 2011/12 NSW Wavesailing Association season is on next weekend – 18/19 February! We can’t believe it is coming to an end. We will put together a season wrap but suffice to say this has been a standout season. Record numbers of competitors, great conditions (in what has been an average season) and amazing sponsors.

We have some excellent gear up for grabs from all of our sponsors over the season – the support we get from you really is appreciated. Windsurfnsnow, The Windsurfing Shed, Ask Huey, Neil Pryde/JP and Dirty Dog have all been great, thanks.

We will be running a SUCCINCT AGM on Saturday. Please come along if you have views on the association. Adrien and I will be making sure this is a quick affair. If you have something to add, think of what you’re going to say in advance!

Bring your dress thongs as we’ll no doubt be heading to Fishos to finish the night off!

There are a number of Top 3 places still to be contested so make sure you join us!

A BBQ was held late Saturday night and a shiny new XO Shark wave sail was won by Adam Lobwein. Competitors also enjoyed some sweet windsurf DVDs and with a few beers and of course the Fisho’s saw the usual action.

The second day was more promising in terms of wind. The small swell had a little more in it as well. The afternoon high tide was also a good sign that the waves would improve.  With a good 20 knots competition resumed to run the final heats of the weekend. The juniors probably had the best of the conditions and their standard has significantly improved. Give them a couple of years  and they will be kicking some butts in the senior divisions. Experience of the masters made that category interesting to watch as they were finding waves nobody else would find. Two banks were offering up a small wave which the occasional bigger set linking through the flats in the middle of the contest zone. Competitors were getting as much as they could closing off their wave score by popping a small aerial right onto the sand.  The Pros final saw an aggressive battle between all four sailors trying to pull out the best of the conditions with Tim Knowles clearly dominating.

With all the results achieved, the ranking and pictures will be published soon thanks to Jason, so stay in contact  with Website.

Once again we would like to thanks www.thewindsurfingshed.com.au who donated such great prizes and for their support as well as Neil Pryde as series sponsor.

See you all on the 18th and 19th of February for the last event of the season at Gerroa or Windang.

We will look to run the AGM on Saturday 18th February – if you want a say or provide input into the NSWWA then make sure you are in Gerroa on that day.

Thanks and see you on the weekend!

Come and compete and you might just end up with some great product.

Thanks Remi and The Windsurfing Shed.

See you in Gerroa (or Windang)!!

We are all hoping that conditions are similar to the last event at Gerroa (see our pictures to the right if you’re the only person in NSW not to have seen the pics!).

Please remember that this weekend is just after Australia Day so accommodation may be a little harder than usual to come by.

We hope to see the regulars and as many new competitors as possible.

See you in Gerroa! (or Windang if Southerly).

The board has a bonzer fin set-up with a larger fin right in the middle of the front pair of quads. All fins are much smaller than you’d have in your quad/twin and have been developed with K4 who think OKJE are really on to something. The board has a good amount of V through the mid-section finishing at the central front fin, then going in a short planning flat before hitting some extensive tail kick. The board we demo’d was 217cm x 49cm and has been quoted at 78ltrs (although it felt a little smaller).

When sailing you can really feel the drive from the forward central fin which helps the board on to the plane and gives a very crisp, exciting feel. It makes you want to fly around the break popping jumps off waves. Thanks to the speed you can catch the wave in front of you and boost big jumps, landing in front of the wave face then straight-line it to the beach! However, if you don’t sail like a Euro and actually turn on a wave, you really unlock the performance of this board. This thing reo’s on its own, the fin drive helps to throw buckets off cut backs and it seems to never nosedive off late turns thanks to the massive amount of tail rocker. The glass window is also a nice touch when sailing across reefs.

Would we buy one? Absolutely! OKJE has finally managed to develop the “one ring rules them all” approach to windsurfing – buy one of these hexo’s and you can sell all of your other boards.

Unfortunately we’ve managed to misplace the NSWWA digital camera lead so can’t yet upload pictures of this board – but we will be sailing it at Wanda/Gerroa over Christmas so feel free to come over and give it a go.

If you are part of the windsurfing industry and feel you would also like to have your gear reviewed as well as we have done with the OKJE hexo, then drop us a line on the contact page.

We hope you all have a very Merry Christmas/New Year/Festive Period and look forward to a windy 2012!

Due to the current forecast (very light ENE and storms) we have cancelled todays competition.

Next comp is the 28th/29th January at Gerroa – this is the Australia Day “Long Weekend” so book accommodation early!

See you on the water.

Please make sure you have signed on by 11:00 to give the judges time to rank heats and write up score sheets.

You must be ready for the start of your heat – we don’t wait.

Check white board in the carpark for latest  details.

If you want some Red Bull, there should be some promo girls/guys at the comp from 10:00.

See you all there!