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Liquid Force Kite Clinic
Date:
Saturday 31st January 2009
Time: 10.30am to 4.30pm
Location: Sandgate "The Pool", Brisbane (Flinders
Parade, btn 7th & 8th Ave).
Program: 3 Kite Clinics - Beginners, Intermediates and
Advance.
Toys: Slider, Rails, Wakeboarding (2 ski boats) &
Powerwinching (160m lines!). Advance clinic participants
will also have video analysis session and tuition with
radio helmets.
Instructors: Liquid Force Sponsored Rider Tony Prest +
Surf Connect team of 7 IKO Instructors & Sponsored
Riders
Cost: $50 for under 19, $80 for 19+. Includes free BBQ.
All standards welcome. Professional Photographer will
also be at work to take some poster shots for you.
Limited places. Enrol now! Email school@surfconnect.com
or call 07-3137 0500. Accept all major credit cards.
Beginners clinic will cover all aspects of kiteboarding,
from safety, equipment, setup, launching and landing,
self-rescue, right of way, water-starting, riding,
staying upwind, edging and transitions.
Intermediate clinic will cover jump transitions,
boosting, unhooking, raileys, riding toe-sides,
backloops and forward loops.
Advanced clinic will cover Board offs, riding blind,
s-bends, unhooked kiteloops and downloops, handle
passes, back mobes, NIS, slim chance, KGB.....
Brisbane Boat
Show 2009
Thanks for all those who came to
visit us. The response was overwhelming and we will sure
be there again next year with even more specials at the
stand!
Congratulations to the winners of
our prize draw:
Liquid Force Kiteboard - Wayne
Baines
Gaastra Windsurf Boom - James Dahl
Kitesurfing DVD - James Stanley, Diane Rivo, Alice Ing
Windsurfing DVD - Genes Evans, Norman Fry, Ryan Fooks
2 hour Kitesurfing Lesson Voucher - Nicholas Wolff,
Michael McDonald, Thomas Hayes, Andrew Armstrong, Hayden
Irwin, Paul Philip, Ben Willetts, Peter Davis
2 hour Sailboarding Lesson Voucher - Wesley FitzGerard,
John Thompson, Alison Greenham, Matthew Montgomery, Elliot Iles, Timmy Fredson, Eric Lee,
Josephine Butler.
Winners, please email info@surfconnect.com with your
delivery address for your prize. Thank you all again for
entering the draw and we shall see you again next year!
Thinking of
getting into Kitesurfing?
How about a
trainer kite for FREE?
Great oppo to try and see if you
like the sport, and to develop good flying skills before
you take the plunge into lessons. You first purchase the
trainer kite at $169 and when you are ready to purchase
a big kite, you get full refund and you get to keep the
trainer kite!
Contact
us to arrange for your trainer kite today! They are fun
as at beaches, parks, or when there is not enough wind
for the big kite! Offer subject
to availability and conditions.
Kite
Caddies Service available now!
To ensure SAFE
KITEBOARDING to be practised at all times, we
as the only IKO School in Brisbane has just launched a
Kite Caddies Service for kiteboarders in the Brisbane
region. It is aimed to help 2 groups of kiters:
Group 1
kiters - anyone who has had your lessons and
just purchased your own gear, ready to hit the water on
your own, but would like someone on their side to double
check on things, help on setup, launch and land, or
Group 2
kiters - for sensible kiters who prefer to have
the assistance to setup, launch and land on the day.
Kite caddies are
competent kiteboarders (mostly Surf Connect
Team Riders) who will act as your assistant, from setting
up, help you launch and land, and stay out with you in
the water while you are practicing piloting skills, or
when you are practicing getting on the board. Once on
the board riding, they will stand by the water’s edge
to keep an eye on you.
Note kite caddies
are NOT instructors and will not teach
you how to kite. It is NOT a lesson but
simply to give you a helping hand. Kite caddies are there
to help you to ensure you have set your kite up correctly,
help you launch, help you land, so you can enjoy the sport
in the safest possible manner.
All kite caddies
have been trained and will practise SAFE KITEBOARDING
at all times. They will carry a whistle and have 2-way
radios to communicate with our school base in an emergency.
To qualify
for the service, you must have had at least 2
lessons from a qualified Instructor, or attained
a minimum of IKO level 2 certification.
Production of IKO card is required. Competent riders can
attain IKO Certification at our school 7 days a week.
Process takes around an hour.
Caddies cost $20
per hour for group 1 and $20 per day for group 2 kiters.
Service available 7 days a week. Contact
us further information or bookings.
Got
your 'VIP Surf Card' yet?
Surf Connect
are now issuing VIP cards for all students who complete
2 or more 2 hour individual lessons, or for customers
who purchase a 2008/9 kite or board. Benefits include
free IKO Certification, discount off all future new gear and
lessons*, Free/discounted safari trips (see safari page
for details), discounted kiteboarder's insurance*, and
lots more benefits.
Existing and
past students who has fulfilled the above requirements,
please contact us to get your free Surf Connect VIP card.
*Offer subject
to terms and conditions, and availability,.
Next
Brisbane's girls clinics:
Dates:
10am-4.30pm Saturday 6 Sept
2008
Location: The Pool, Sandgate Beach, Flinders
Parade & 7th Ave, Sandgate.
Program
1: Learn to kite - 2 hours tuition $95 per person
(2 students per instructor)
Program 2: Intermediate Clinic - 2 hours
tuition $95 per person (2 students per instructor)
Program
3: Advance Clinic - 2 hours tuition $95 per person
(2 students per instructor)
Chicks'
Chat & Free BBQ at 12-12.30pm thanks once again to
Hive Swimwear, Liquid Force & Masterline!
Contact us to enrol.
All gear provided
for Program 1 & 2 students. Program 3 riders to provide
their own gear including vest and helmet. Girl's clinics
are run with Brisbane City Council and Pine River Council
as part of the Adventure Women Program.
Thinking of
buying a new board?
How about a
FREE loan board till you find/end up with the board you
want?
Whether you are just getting into
the sport or upgrading, we believe you need to try extensively
until you find the board that you find most comfy with.
We are offering anyone who purchases a board from us,
to loan free of charge any of our 2008 range of demo boards
so you can keep trying until you find the one you want,
totally free of charge. With learners, we will loan you
free of charge a large board to start with, then go down
step by step until you get to a small enough board you
wanna keep. All you pay is the board you end up buying.
Now you can't ask for better service than that! Contact
us to arrange for your loan board today! Offer subject
to availability and conditions.
Kitesurfing:
Safety & Rescue Seminars 2008
Following the
overwhelming response and success from the 2007 seminars,
Surf Connect Wind & Kitesurfing School continues to
promote 'Safe Kiteboarding' to the community in Brisbane.
Thanks to the
support and assistance from the Brisbane City Council
and Surf Life Saving Australia safety seminars will continue
to run throughout 2008. These
seminars enrich every kiter's knowledge, teaching especially
those who either self taught or taught by mates, and may
not have grasped some of the basic skills and awareness,
such as self-launch/land, self-rescue, wind effects, right
of ways, or the risks and dangers of our sport, to location
guide/assessment for visiting kiters.
Topics covered
in past seminars:
All "Safe
Kiteboarding" classes are run free of charge.
Surf Connect encourages
all local schools and instructors to do the same for your
community so together we create a happy and safe environment
for both kiters and the public. Keep visting this page
to see when the next seminar is.
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