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Kitesurf Race coaching & Pasty Cup 2012. 4th & 5th August, Marazion, Cornwall

Thu, 10 May 2012 20:58:55 +0000

This years Pasty Cup in Mounts Bay, Cornwall is being combined with coaching from BKSA coach Lee Harvey and will also involve people interested parties who will be checking out how we go and learning about safety as well as making a video.
The plan is to have coaching on saturday morning followed by 3 races for the Pasty Cup saturday afternoon and 3 races sunday morning followed by long distance training after lunch.
This event is open to everyone who has raced before and wants to improve with coaching and also have some quality racing!
Due to outgoing costs this will only run if enough people book in so please send your details asap to lee@pastyadventures.co.uk
Price is £50 which will simply cover the boat costs.
we will meet at Marazion on Saturday 4th August at 9am. more details will be sent once you are registered.
Lets show everyone that Kitesurfing is ready and the right board sport for Rio 2016!!!!

Kitesurf racing is in for Rio 2016 Olympics

Sat, 05 May 2012 15:00:55 +0000

Thats it we are Olympic! now all the hard work starts but hopefully we will now be able to get funding?
to get involved, have lessons or train with me, please email lee@pastyadventures.co.uk

below is the official statement from the ISAF council meeting-

The International Sailing
Federation (ISAF) has confirmed
the final event and equipment selections
for the Rio 2016 Olympic Sailing
Competition.
The ISAF Council voted
that Kiteboarding will replace
windsurfing for the men's and women's board
events and confirmed the equipment
that will be used for the Women's Skiff
and Mixed Multihull Events.

The
Mackay FX, referred to as the 49er
FX, was selected yesterday as the two person
women's skiff and today the
Nacra 17 joins the Olympic equipment family after
being selected for the
two person mixed multihull event.

The 49er FX
received the majority
of votes from the ISAF Council in the first round after
the six evaluation
trial entries were narrowed down to just three; the 29erXX,
the RS900 and
the 49er FX.

There was an equally animated debate on the
final
morning of the Council meeting at this year's ISAF Mid-Year Meeting to

decide the equipment to be selected for the mixed multihull event. After

discussing the recommendations from the Evaluation Panel, the Equipment

Committee and the Events Committee, Council voted between the Nacra 17 and the

Viper with the Nacra 17 securing the majority.

The final discussion
on
the events and equipment for the 2016 Olympic Sailing Competition was
about the
men's and women's board events with Council voting in favour or

kiteboarding.

In November 2011 an evaluation group was appointed to

examine kiteboarding formats with the board events for Rio 2016 defined as

'windsurfing and/or kiteboarding'. The Evaluation Group recommended that

kiteboarding be included in the ISAF Event family including the ISAF
Sailing
World Cup and the ISAF Sailing World Championships but Council went
one step
further and selected Kiteboarding for the Rio 2016 Olympic Sailing
Competition
as well.

The ISAF Windsurfing and Kiteboarding Committee
will consider
and make further recommendations to Council on the
implementation of the
inclusion of kiteboarding at their meeting in
November 2012 at the ISAF Annual
Conference.

ISAF President Göran
Petersson said, "These announcements
mark a new era for sailing and we
welcome the new classes into the ISAF family.
The equipment selections have
fulfilled the criteria set out by the Evaluation
Panel and we look forward
to seeing the boats not only at the Rio 2016 Olympic
Games, but the ISAF
Sailing World Cup and ISAF Sailing World

Championships.

"Kiteboarding has proven to us that it is ready to be

included into the list of prestigious ISAF Events and it is a fantastic addition

to the sailing programme for the 2016 Olympic Games."

The events to
be
contested at the 2016 Olympic Games are confirmed as:
Men's

Kiteboarding
Women's Kiteboarding
Men's One Person Dinghy -

Laser
Women's One Person Dinghy - Laser Radial
Men's One Person Dinghy

(heavy) - Finn
Men's Two Person Dinghy - 470
Women's Two Person
Dinghy -
470
Men's Skiff - 49er
Women's skiff - 49er FX
Mixed Two
Person
Multihull - Nacra 17

These ten events will be featured in the
2012-2013
ISAF Sailing World Cup which kicks off in Melbourne in December
and will come
together in Santander, Spain in 2014 for the ISAF Sailing
World
Championships.

ISAF Council also approved applications from
Kosovo (Group
C) and Vietnam (Group K) for full member status.

http://www.sailing.org/38281.php

No Pasty Tax on Kitesurfing lessons in Corwall with Pasty Adventures

Sat, 05 May 2012 10:51:19 +0000

Despite all the increases and numerous comments from shops when I pull up in the Pasty Wagon we are not putting our prices up for Kitesurf lessons in 2012 at Gwithian and Marazion.
Show your support and sign the petition to stop this tax and keep the best food at a reasonable price we can afford down ere. http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/32044

Refresher Clinic this Saturday 5th May £50pp

Tue, 01 May 2012 16:37:12 +0000

Kitesurfing refresher clinic this saturday 5th may 2012 at Sandy Acres, Gwithian, Cornwall.
Run by BKSA Coach & Kite Surf Pro World Tour rider, Lee 'Pasty' Harvey.
3 Hours for only £50 per person.
This is for all the kitesurfers out there who haven't been out for the winter and want to have a recap of everything to get their confidence back for the spring.
We will cover-
Kite set up as well as kit maintenance
Self launching and landing
Water relaunch
Getting going
Upwind and stance
Transitions

The forecast is looking perfect - NE 18mph sunny, no swell, so sign up quick as limited space to keep it all nice and personal-
Email lee@pastyadventures.co.uk

Meet 10 am sat 5th may in Sandy Acres car park, I will give directions in your confirmation email.

Kitesurfing lessons in Cornwall. May special

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 11:53:31 +0000

To celebrate the arrival of May here in Cornwall and hopefully warmer weather, we are offering 10% discount off any BKSA learn to kitesurf course for the 1st two weeks of may 2012.
We run our lessons at Gwithian or Marazion depending on weather conditions and tides. All equipment provided

Tara's Sweden Adventure, write up and pics

Sun, 15 Apr 2012 10:21:10 +0000

Back in the Autumn of 2011, Tara Acton went to Sweden to invetigate how the inventors of outdoor play do things. Supported by the Lady Allen Trust and reporting to Play England on her finds with them looking to emulate how things are done and imporove the standard of outdoor play in the UK.
Here is her write up and pics http://www.slideshare.net/janeacton/investigating-swedish-nature-play
We are pleased to be sponsoring Tara in the Outdoor Swimming Soceity, River Dart 10k swim on 22nd September. Tara is swimming for charity and her chosen one is the Wild Fox Playground in Paington.
Full details of how you can donate coming soon.

Wind & Waves heading for perfect kitesurfing in Cornwall this week

Sun, 15 Apr 2012 10:12:18 +0000

Finally a south west weather system is heading for Cornwall this week- http://magicseaweed.com/Gwithian-Surf-Report/3/ looks like its going to hit monday afternoon, giving warmer weather and perfect winds for learning to kitesurf.
Tuesday is looking like big winds and big waves, perfect for Lee to practise for the upcoming KSP World Tour event in Portugal in early June.
Wednesday afternoon and then all week is again looking perfect for kitesurfing lessons both at Gwithian and Marazion so get in touch and learn with the best at Pasty Adventures BKSA Recognised School.
We are using the new North Neos, check them out in the hands of World Champ- Airton from Norths boat trip in Cape Verde-

Open for Kitesurfing lessons in Cornwall at Gwithian & Marazion

Sun, 01 Apr 2012 20:05:19 +0000

As from 31st march 2012 the school is now fully open for kitesurf lessons as well as all the other sports and adventures on offer. For 2012 we are fully kitted out with new kites and boards from North Kiteboarding and wetsuits from West.
We are also pleased to announce Blake Evans will be working with us this year as a Kitesurf instructor. Blake is a super passionate guy with a great attitude and will be an amazing assest to the coaching team.
Lee has also recently become the British Kite Surfing Associations Race and Wave coach and will be traveling around the country, running clinics and introducing kiters to these exciting areas of the sport.
Spaces are filling fast for the Easter holidays and its looking like its going to be sunny and windy all week from tues 3rd april.
So book in for your kitesurf lessons with West Cornwall's only BKSA recognised school.
Email lee@pastyadventures.co.uk or call 07814501920

Dakhla 2012 Kitesurf wave & freeride coaching holiday video

Fri, 09 Mar 2012 16:48:41 +0000

Here is the video from our recent coaching holiday.
Enjoy!

Spring Wave Clinic- Sat 24th March @ Gwithian

Wed, 29 Feb 2012 21:03:21 +0000

Autumn 2011 clinic

Spaces are filling fast for our spring wave clinic Saturday 24th March at Gwithian, Cornwall.
Full details on the clinic page
Price is £60 per person and we will be kitesurfing in the waves at Gwithian or Marazion, Cornwall depending on concditions on the day. In the event of no wind on the saturday we will move to sunday if the forecast looks good. If the forecast is really bad on the wednesday before we will reschedule to another time.
You should have previous experience of waves but do not need to have ridden them with a kite, however you should have ridden a surfboard with a kite prior to the clinic as we will be focusing on perfecting you wave technique. You should be able to swim well, self land and launch your kite, ride upwind and must be a member of the BKSA.
Please contact lee for any further info