Pasty Cup

Penzance 18-19 June 2011

Kitesurf Course Racing & Long Distance

Course Racing for the Pasty Cup, part of the BKSA South West Cup

Presented by Pasty Adventures

Sponsored by Skinners Brewery

Part of Golowan Festival 2011

Venue - Penzance

Registration – North Tent, West end of Long Rock Car park 9-10am Sat 18th June

Cost - £20 you must be a member of the BKSA

Schedule both days-

10.30 am race briefing

11.30 First start

1.30-2.30 Lunch

2.30 Long Distance Race Brief

3pm Long Distance start

Racing will take place off Penzance promenade. Riders will launch and land at Long Rock.

Cash Prizes for Top 3 plus great prizes for

Long Distance Race

Will run on both days, 18 & 19th June as long as wind is a suitable direction and Force 4+

Registration - 2-2.30pm both days in North Tent, West end of Long Rock Car Park

Open to all members of Kernow Kitesurf Club

You must hand in your BKSA card stating you are a KKC member at registration and collect it as soon as you return to the beach.

Loads of prizes- 1st Overall, 1st TT, 1st surfboard, 1st Lady and more.

BBQ Saturday 18th, Long Rock Beach

We are having a bbq straight after the racing on Saturday around 5.30pm.

There will be a big gas bbq to use but to make life easy it is bring your own food and Morrisons is just round the corner.

Loads of free beer will be on hand thanks to Skinners!

Supported by: North Kiteboarding, Kiteworld, 9 Bar, Kernow Kitesurf Club, Freeriders,

West Country Watersports, Lodey, Penlee Lifeboat, BKSA, Kitesurf magazine

Saturday saw some sick waves and my 2nd best session ever at our best and rarest spot- Porthleven.
After a few sick surfs there lately the conditions were right on sat 26th feb for a kite. Cross off winds, neap tides and decent swell all came together for a couple of sick hours with me gettting it by myself for the most part while it was cranking. As I hit the water Blackie was out windsurfing proving that it was windy enough for the 7 Rebel, no straps,perfect!
Lining up and almost getting slotted on a few I was soon by myself after Blackie got caught out on a set and washed onto the reef.
Lining up way behind the normal surf take off spot and then stalling as much as I could I got in on a few but not super deep as couldn't stall as much as I wanted with a real off shore wind and the wave grinding. After 21/2 hours I headed in as the wind dropped a bit and the swell started to drop off with the outgoing tide. I drifted my way back to the landing spot to find Willl, Dom, Smiler and Milson all on the beach keen as even thoug it was now only good not epic!
Check a few of the pics my bro took with his standard point n shoot camera. If only I can find out who the 2 guys were with big lenses, were on the pier. Could have a cover shot me thinks?
Stay tuned for more to come!

With the news just being released that either Kitesurfing or Windsurfing is going to be included as a boardsport class in the Rio 2016 Olympics depending on site suitability, it looks pretty certain that Kitesurf Course Racing will be chosen due to the ideal location and big sandy beaches. Of course the other plus point is Kites featuring in the offical banner of the Rio Olympics. With the new box rule also recently being announced and production only boards from 2012, I think we will see a big increase at race events both in the UK and around the World next year.

Winter is now properly here in Cornwall, with it getting dark early and the temperature dropping. Gales and huge swells are consistantly pounding the shore pushing my focus back to Wave riding and pursuing my goal of riding the biggest waves possible with a kite.
So far I have riddden what has to be my biggest waves in the Northern Hemisphere at Gwithian a few weeks ago at roughly 4-5 times overhead and winter has only just begun. Look out for the pics in the next issue of Kiteworld magazine!
Working alongside Supersaturated TV from Plymouth we are making a UK Wave riding video this winter, which entails riding the best spots all over the country.

In between the waves I am back in training, in the gym, swimming and doing Yoga, (thanks to Cornwall Sports Partnership for allowing me free access to Penwith Lesuire centres) preparing for next seasons racing which will soon be upon us in March.

I am also looking for Sponsors to help me compete in The ISAF Course Racing Worlds in Germany, The Course Race Europeans, The Kite Tour Europe and The PKRA World Tour of which I plan to do several race and wave events.
If you are interested and want to find out how sponsorship will benefit you? Please contact me by email lee@leepasty.co.uk
Thanks