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Mike Holland >> Glenorchy to Pigeon Island Downwinder
05:45 @ 15-03-10, 98 keer bekekenMike Holland conquers the Glenorchy to Pigeon Island Downwinder Challenge
39 windsurfers and kiters from all over the South Island descended on Glenorchy on Saturday 27th February for the Southern Lakes Windriders Club’s annual downwinder sail from Glenorchy to Pigeon Island.
They were rewarded with a stunningly sunny and warm day. It was a spectacular site at the start with an array of coloured kites and windsurfing sails that quickly dispersed at varying speeds downwind. Winds were gusting approx 25 knots with variable and at times challenging wind conditions.
The informal race started at Glenorchy and finished on the Glenorchy road at the beach opposite pigeon island, a course of approximately 10 kms. First to arrive at the finish line, in approx 15 minutes, was local kiter Mike Holland (Queenstown) using the Ozone Zephyr. The first windsurfer was Gavin Jackson (Dunedin) on a 6.0 sail. 39 competitors took part in the event (compared to 19 last year) with the youngest kiters achieving fantastic results; Bennett Jones, 16yrs old (Dunedin) came in 2nd overall and Blake Porter (Dunedin) only 15yrs old came in 5th overall.
Participants traveled from as far afield as Christchurch, Dunedin and Invercargill….. with one competitor even from the USA.
Well done Mike!
Cheers
Team Ozone
Ga naar de link: http://www.flyozone.com/kitesurf/en/news/headlines/14820?source=rssfeed39 windsurfers and kiters from all over the South Island descended on Glenorchy on Saturday 27th February for the Southern Lakes Windriders Club’s annual downwinder sail from Glenorchy to Pigeon Island.
They were rewarded with a stunningly sunny and warm day. It was a spectacular site at the start with an array of coloured kites and windsurfing sails that quickly dispersed at varying speeds downwind. Winds were gusting approx 25 knots with variable and at times challenging wind conditions.
The informal race started at Glenorchy and finished on the Glenorchy road at the beach opposite pigeon island, a course of approximately 10 kms. First to arrive at the finish line, in approx 15 minutes, was local kiter Mike Holland (Queenstown) using the Ozone Zephyr. The first windsurfer was Gavin Jackson (Dunedin) on a 6.0 sail. 39 competitors took part in the event (compared to 19 last year) with the youngest kiters achieving fantastic results; Bennett Jones, 16yrs old (Dunedin) came in 2nd overall and Blake Porter (Dunedin) only 15yrs old came in 5th overall.
Participants traveled from as far afield as Christchurch, Dunedin and Invercargill….. with one competitor even from the USA.
Well done Mike!
Cheers
Team Ozone
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