James Cook University Kiteboarding Club presents:

The Alva Awakening on 8

th/9th of May 2010

A Kiteboarding Experience

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9.30am Welcome

10-12am Girls and Boys Clinic (sponsored by In the Loop kiteboarding)

12 Meet and Greet BBQ

1-2pm Freeride and Demo of Equipment (Best, Core, Xenon, Ozone, North, JN and Cabrinha)

2-3pm Freestyle Expression (sponsored TCR)

3-4pm Radar Speed Challenge ( sponsored by

4pm Boarder Cross Racing (sponsored by

6pm Big BBQ (sponsored by Sails on Horseshoe)

8pm Beach Party with DJ Thibaut

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8-9am Yoga session ( sponsored by Lisa Yoga)

9am Breakfast BBQ

10am clinic’s video analysis sessions (

11am progression clinics ( sponsored by Reef Eco Tours)

1pm Freestyle Finals ( sponsored by Core Kites)

3pm Presentations

4pm Free-ride

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This will be a big fun day and our season opening at NQ’s top kiteboarding location, Alva Beach.

We will have heaps of gear. BEST importer Joe Millen will come up to show the newest Best toys. Pro-riders will help you to progress and the comps will get your adrenaline pumping.

BBQs, tunes on the beach and a party at night with drums and more will make this an awesome weekend.

Clinics:

International Pro Rider: Andy Yates (Slingshot/Mystic, 5

The aim of the Kiteboarding clinics are to help you advance to your next personal level at your own pace. The instructors will guide you, giving you professional tips and helping you achieve your goals. We will have video cameras set up to film and analyse, as well as training bars to demonstrate.

We will split the groups up into different progression levels of learning.

th PKRA 2009), Tom Ryan (North), Rico Croon (North) and Anja Reuthe (Core) will run the clinics. 3

You will be able to learn anything from jumping technique to inverted handle-passes.

On the next day we run the analysis of the taken video footage and go back out for a final clinic on the 9

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Gear Demo:

Check out all 2010 Gear and give it a ride. BEST, OZONE, CORE, CABRINHA, NORTH, JN and XENON equipment to demo.

Freestyle/ Big Air Comp

Andy Yates, Rico Croon and Tom Ryan will be judging the freestyle heats.

Anybody can go out and boost as big as possible and we select the best/biggest boost, and the longest hangtime of the day.

Awesome prizes for the winner.

Boarder Cross:

This will be the first ever kiteboarding race in North Queensland!

The Boarder X is sure to challenge racer's skills, endurance, and speed around a demanding course. Course racers must maintain high speed over distances, with upwind and downwind legs, while fending off other competitors. We will have a pre-race meeting to layout the designated course to the competitors, as well as go over the standard racing rules that will be in effect. We will use the same rules as made official by the ISAF.

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The course will be set up in a triangle. Among the course set up with floating markers to distinguish the course map, there will be an additional boarder cross style inflatable barrier that must be cleared. We plan to run a series of qualifying heats, followed by the finals.

We have a special price for the winner.

Good luck, BORDER - X COURSE RACING promises to be a very demanding, high adrenaline competition where anybody can win. Any type of board and equipment is allowed.

The tide will be at 2.1m at 4pm and incoming so all your big racing fins should have plenty of water

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Radar Speed Challenge:

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The Police will radar you max speed and the fastest kiter will not get booked but win the challenge.

Yoga sessions:

We will have yoga session in the morning to relax our bodies and regain strength for the last day of riding.

Registration:

Please email us:

Info@intheloopkiteboarding.com or call 0415 837 484

To register for this event.

Registration fee is $30. You can enter all clinics, comps, demo gear, do yoga, sleep/camp at the Life Saving Club and get meals on both days.

Food and drinks:

We will provide everybody with 2 BBQ’s on Saturday and a big breakfast on Sunday as well as having drinks and Red Bulls available for the riders.

Alva caravan park has food and drinks for sale and there are shopping centres in Ayr.

We have big eskies but please bring an eski and ice down if you have any.

Accommodation:

We have 40 available beds at the Life Saving Club. First 40 registrations will get the beds.

People can camp outside the lifesaving club or caravan park or rent a caravan.

Please get in touch with Alva Beach Tourist Park if you would like to stay there. (07) 4783 3383, www.alvabeachtouristpark.net.au

There are toilets and showers at the beach and we have electricity.

Directions.

Alva Beach is located on a spit of sand that extends 20 km northward to Cape Bowling Green. The beach lies immediately north of the shifting mouth of Plantation

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Creek, one of the five Burdekin River entrances, and extends for 4.5 km to where the small Alva Creek crosses the beach, beyond which is Cape Bowling Green. The beach is 15 km north-east of Ayr. There is a big sign on the main road leading to Alva Beach, you cant miss it!