A real blast from the past here. Kiteweek kitesurfing event in Cairns from 2005! Probably some of the only photos available on the web of this event from back in the day. Attached to this Gallery was this text and even a still working link to the seabreeze forum post! Awesome
IF YOU COME, IT WILL BLOW. They came, it blew, they rode, and they laughed — all the way home. Sceptics said Cairns was a no-wind zone. But the faithful came and got their just rewards with eight days of almost non-stop riding as FNQ delivered the goods one day after the other. A few of us turned up on the weekend prior to the comp and rode Yorkeys on Saturday and Sunday. Light winds Saturday made for a good warm-up day then Sunday it cranked. Rivermouth was 20-22 knots, smooth as glass and pumping for nearly two hours. By Tuesday we were flying small kites and jumping a big as you’d care to go. I was calling a few 10-15 m jumps and plenty of 6 sec + hang times on Sunday at Rivermouth — it was awesome. Caroline and Michaela, our “Kite Angels” from Germany turned up Sunday, offering massages for the worn and weary, and if ya missed them — well, tough luck… the photos tell the story. Lots of partying every night and plenty of riding at least a couple of hours every day.
For detailed info on the competition results, see Bruce’s report at:
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