Man, it’s hard to believe that Cocos 2007 is less than 6 months away.

The first group heads off, mid July. I’m hoping to get in on the second group this year which leaves in August. Best thing is not matter whether you leave with the first group or last group, there won’t be a shortage of wind.

You can check out the conditions we had last year on the BOM website.

We posted the a few hundred photo’s from last years trip back up on the web site - click here and enjoy.

We don’t get paid to put this info up, we just think, every kiteboarder should have a chance to go and visit and kite this magic and remote part of Australia. It really is a unique spot.

If you’d like a copy of the promo DVD, just visit Zephyr Watersports and register your details - Jen will be happy to send one out to you.

If you use a Mac, we’ve created a handy wind widget that you can download that gives you live updates for over 100 wind beacons around Australia.

You can download the widget here.

St Kilda Festival 2007

Sunday 13th February between 2pm-7pm

KBV are running a casual comp during St Kilda Festival.

After a break in 2006, the St Kilda Festival is back - and it should be bigger than ever. The last St Kilda Festival in 2005 saw a massive crowd of 300,000 people cruising around St Kilda during the event. This year kiting will be a major event for the crowd to admire and we will get huge exposure. Details will be confirmed closer to the event - but at this stage there will be two divisions in extended expression session heats.

There will be no cost to join the event but you will need to register. All KBV members are encouraged to enter the comp but if you don’t feel like riding come and join in the festivities.

Please register by email to committee@kbv.org.au and nominate your age category.

It was great to see so many people at the event on the weekend.

The wind was a little light early but it kicked in during the afternoon for a nice session.  The waves really add another dimension and it's not something that a few of us from St Kilda were used to, so there were some great wipeouts.  Plenty of sun, snags, beer and even the Red Bull girls did the rounds.

All up 47 competitors, 4 internationals and more than a dozen from interstate and others that had made the journey from around Victoria.

Results

Results on Sunday at cape Woolamai surf club as follows -

• Best Wipe-out-  Irish  Peter Mackenzie  ( trophy and $50.00 islantis voucher ) closely followed by Paul Cousins  ($50.00 islantis voucher)
• Junior- Happy Shaun Craic (Trophy $50.00 islantis voucher )
• Arial- Tim Horton (Trophy and Dakine coil leash and stompad )
• Free Ride - Pat Riordan ( Trophy and $50.00 islantis voucher ) closely followed by Happy Shaun Craic
• Hang Time - Lachlan Beed ( Trophy ,Quicksilver hat and T-shirt )
• Charger Awards- Natalie Clarke ( Trophy , quicksilver watch  and dakine stomp pad )
• Damo Down Winder- Dale Torriero ( Trophy, $100.00 cash, $50.00 islantis voucher, Quicksilver Boardshorts.
• Women's- Natalie Clarke ( Trophy and Dakine stomp pad )

If you'd like to check out some of the photos from the day, just click here…

Here’s a quick little video with some highlights from the recent trip to Cocos (Keeling) Island.

If you’d like to be part of the 2007 trip, keep an eye out on the Zephyr website - Zephyr Watersports!