This years Pasty Cup in Mounts Bay, Cornwall is being combined with coaching from BKSA coach Lee Harvey and will also involve 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 another 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!!!!  


Other kitesurfing clinics coming up include- Intermediate TT in July and Wave in September. For more details check out my school website http://www.pastyadventures.co.uk/kitesurf-clinics.html

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 check out my school www.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


 

This weekend saw the BKSA Round 2 of the Racing and a Wavejam at Watergate Bay, Cornwall.
After the last event in Clacton and the poor organisation we were all hoping for something better at Watergate. Turning up early to find no boat and only 2 guys on the race crew plus a jetski and driver left us all a bit bewildered as to how it was gonna run?
well it did run but only just witha total mess up of the racing in onshore 18knt wind with 6 ft waves. after needing to adjust the start they then put the flag up while all but 1 of us were on the beach as we were told the start line was being moved due to it being in amongst the breaking waves and dangerous on our big boards with big fins. 4 of us then sailed the course within all the time limits due to being able to cross the line from the beach! we then did 2 more races and came in to be told only 1 Ollie Bridge finished. the race was later scrapped at a same as everytime meeting afterwards in the pub.
onto the wave jam and with the judges not really knowing what they were meant to be doing and scoring on we eventually settled with a overall impression wave jam with 3 heats of 6 and a 6 man final.
i won with some strapless trickery including some back loop kiteloops and a nice jesus walk and a few turns in the onshore on the 9 rebel and 6'0 wam.
that night we went to the pub and after a meeting had a burger paid for by the BKSA. nice one ;)
Sunday came and windy around 28knts onshore and 6-8ft mess. at the briefing Racing was called off and it was said wavejam same as saturday with 20min heats. being the first to pump up my 9 rebel i got ready and asked the race crew when my heat was only to find out off another rider i wasnt even down?
couldnt believe it so ran over to Dickie and said 'whats the hell is goign on' to him then flipping a coin and putting me in the heat starting in 2 mins.
couldnt believe it but ran and got in amongst it.
i pulled some more trickery and a nice few waves with a backroll off the lip even, only to find out i had come 4th in my heat? 
after i asked what was going on and seeing some of the scores for just going along no turns from the others, found out they were judging wave riding today as it was bigger.
'what' shouldnt they have said at the briefing.
that was then it for the day at just after 12pm when we should of been kiting as it was windy. there wasnt even anything for the paper when they came at 12.30.

well ended up 2nd in both the racing and waves after a really poor event and think I will just concentrate on the KSP World Tour, where its done properly from now on.
had a sick surf monday to make up for it on the 6'.
Bring on Guincho ferry out 22nd may. ye ha