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The British Kite Surfing Association reveals 2009 tour dates
Monday, 09 February 2009 18:56

BKSA 2009 

The British Kite Surfing Association (BKSA) has published the full schedule for the 2009 Tour. 

Now in its 9th year the BKSA tour dates are as follows:

3 Super size events with 4 National Titles being run at the same Venue:

These will be Swansea, Blackpool and Redcar

3 Freestyle Kitesurfing
3 Course Racing Kitesurfing
3 Freestyle Kitelandboarding
3 Freestyle Kitebuggy

4 Additional Kitesurf Freestyle (which count to overall title)

3 Wave Events

Dates – For Freestyle Kitesurf - Course, Buggy and Landboard

Round 1 April 24th-26th Watergate Bay Cornwall
Round 2 May 15th-17th Swansea South Wales
Round 3 July 10th-12th Hunstanton Norfolk
Round 4 July31st-Aug 2nd Barrow Cumbria
Round 5 August 28th-30th Blackpool Lancashire
Round 6 September 25th-27th Littlehampton West Sussex
Round 7 October 8th-10th Redcar Tee Side


All above events are subject to funding and – if funding is not agreed events may be pulled 30 days prior to dates .

Wave Events

These will be run on the first 3 dates that have wind – no wind no comp – they are weekend only events!

April – 4th-5th / 11th-12th / 18th-19th
May – 2nd-3rd / 23rd-24th / 30th-31st
June – 6th-7th / 13th-14th
Sept- 5th-6th / 12th-13th / 19th-20th
October- 3rd-4th / 24th-25th


At one of these locations due on the forecast and tides

Gwithian, Westward Ho, Gower Peninsula, Newgale, Isle of Wight, Norfolk

Notification will be made on Thursday Evening if an event will take place.

You must Pre Register and pay in advance – Heats will be drawn up prior to event.

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Two kitesurfers reported missing around Wellington in New Zealand
Monday, 09 February 2009 10:56

Wellington, NZ

Two kitesurfers have been reported missing and then accounted for, but emergency services were still looking for a kite surfer in a busy day on the waters around Wellington.

Strong winds have meant good conditions for wind and kite surfers but the Kapiti and Mana coastguards, the police maritime unit and other officers have been kept busy this afternoon with reports of surfers getting into trouble.

Searchers earlier this afternoon were looking for a windsurfer off the coast of Plimmerton after he disappeared from view after falling off his board just after 3pm.

He was accounted for a short time later, before another windsurfer was reported to have been pushed off his board further north, off Paraparaumu, about 6pm.

He was picked up by the coastguard about 6.45pm but his board was still at sea, "probably somewhere between Kapiti Island and the mainland", said Inspector Ken Climo of police central communications.

Then at 7.15pm, witnesses back towards Plimmerton reported seeing a kite surfer fail to get back up after a fall. The search for him was to continue until it started to get dark about 8.30pm, Mr Climo said.

Strong winds made conditions on the water attractive for wind and kite surfers, and a lot of locals were watching them.

However, onlookers were becoming concerned when they did not see them right themselves.

It was a difficult problem and police had to treat each report on its own merits, Mr Climo said.

"We want people to ring up," he said.

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Kitesurfer rescued by RNLI in Whitley Lake
Monday, 02 February 2009 10:04

Poole Lifeboat

In strong breezy conditions, the inshore lifeboat was called out to a report of a kite that was separated from a kitesurfer and the first informant was unsure whether the kitesurfer was safe.

Initially the lifeboat and crew made their way towards Shore Road on the inside of the harbour at Whitley Lake but the Coastguard then informed them that the incident was occurring on the seaward side of Shore Road. The crew started to search close inshore and were quickly able to see two kitesurfers walking along the beach near Jazz’s café.

Poole Coastguard mobile then arrived on scene and the coastguard rescue officers were able to check that one of them was the person whose kite was reported in trouble.

Once the lifeboat crew were sure that the kitesurfer was safe they were able to return to station.

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