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The Crossing and BKSA Round 3 - Walney |
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Written by Nick Elliott
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Sunday, 25 July 2010 |
Well we are still preparing for the Crossing of the Irish Sea this year and it looks like the July window we set is going to pass without having the ideal conditions. We have another two week window coming up in August. Stay tuned to http://www.kitesurfirishsea.co.uk for more information.
We attended the Silloth kite and watersports festival this weekend (Saturday). Border TV turned up to do a piece on the crossing. It was on Saturday evening 6:15pm - I need to see how to get the footage on the web as the ITV website only shows the current programme. I have it on my Sky box but don't fancy tearing the hard drive out to get at it. If anyone has a DVD recorder that accepts a SCART for me to copy it off that would be cool.
The BKSA Championship Round 4 is at Walney Island again this year. The dates are the weekend 6th August - 8th August 2010. If the forecast is good a few of us will be heading down. The last few years have scored wind on at least some of the days so we'll be watching the forecast. Always a good opportunity to hook up with the lads down south and ride somewhere different.
http://www.britishkitesurfingassociation.co.uk/events/bksa-2010-events/kiteival-barrow-cumbria.html
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Written by Nick Elliott
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Tuesday, 16 February 2010 |
A belated Happy New Year to everyone - there's been no updates for a while - in fact its been almost a year! It's safe to say its been a fairly busy winter and it looks like is not finished yet. There has been snow cover on the Helvellyn Massif since the middle of December. More snow is forecast before the weekend as well. Take advantage while you can!!
UKAirsports are having a sale of ex-demo and new equipment - check it out and grab a bargain here.
Just got word from Gaz down at North West Kitesurfing that he is running a BKSA ITC (Instructors Training Course) down in Barrow in May. More info can be found in his post on the forum.
Gaz has also posted about a Jo Wilson freestyle clinic down at Barrow.
It's going to be a rather frustrating summer for the southern kiters unless the bridge is built before then. Getting to Allonby or Workington North Side is going to take quite a bit of time. Lets hope its windy enough for the southern cumbria beaches to work as consistently as the northern ones.
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 16 February 2010 )
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