Day 2 started cool with a light offshore breeze with the front that cause the rain and onshore wind having passed through overnight. By eleven o'clock we had a 15-20 knot southerly to start the comp. Three head height and over peaks to choose from in the comp area. So the Masters, Legends and Open divisions got underway with the conditions as close to perfect as possible, Wedge Island really turned it on! The competitors coming from Margaret River through to Geraldton (plus a few from Europe and North America) worked their way through some 24+ heats. It's pretty safe to say everyone enjoyed the day, the competition, the kitesurfing, the Monster Girls haha but just not the Wedge Island sand!!!
Results:
Masters:
1st - Ben Mardon
2nd - Phil Downing
3rd - Jim Charette
Legends:
1st - Russ Curtin
2nd - Mark Hampton
3rd - Ray Quahs
Open:
1st - Ryland Blakeney
2nd - Niall Barrett
3rd - Dan Jones
Ingrid from Indian Skye Photography photographed the whole event. She literally took hundreds of photos available in print or digital download. Please check out her website indianskye.com also a short highlights video will be available within the week.
A huge thanks to Kite Addiction who were our sponsor for the third year in a row. Thanks to the WAKSA crew in planning including approval and the guys that helped over the weekend from setting up to pack down. Thanks to the scarborough boys for judging and generally lending a hand. Thanks to phil for a long day of timekeeping. Thanks to Rich Swingewood for the trophies that he hand made - a huge personal effort and they looked great.
For all competitors that were not at presentation your trophies and prizes are available for your collection at Kite Addiction. Remember EVERYONE gets a prize so head and see Dan or Reg at Kite Addiction and let them know your a competitor and you weren't at the presentations and they will sort you out.
awesome work russ and everyone else that helped get the show on the road. just wish there wasnt only one a year. I vote for another one or two comps this summer!
You are DA MAN - Russ.
Sensational organisation. Absolute clockwork from start to finish.
And everyone knew what they were doing - unbelievable - no hint of chaos.
Now to clean out the car 
It was an awesome event. Russ did a sensational job. One of the most organised comps I have been too :)
We will be keen to come again and again. Kids even has a blast playing in the dunes.
Pics will be available soon from http://www.indianskye.com .. Ingrid has heaps of photos to sort through so keep visiting the page for updates :)
You might also get some updates and pics from her facebook page www.facebook.com/IndianSunsetPhotography
Cheers
Shan
Many thanks to Russ and all those that volunteered that made it such a great weekend.
Great event Russ, thanks
Shaky start on Sat but had a great day on Sun, pity I had to leave early.
Got to work with 10 mins to spare.
Great to see everybody up there
Awesome job Russ such a massive effort, so much pressure though you and the boys did such a great job everyone would agree!!
Stoked with the results 
Great job with the event as always Russ- 3 years straight and every year ran smoothly! i know theres alot of behind the scene hours too with heat draws and alot of other things- much appreciative of all the effort you have put in to run this event every year! Also Kite Addiction have supportered the event for 3 years giving every competitor a prize which is awesome and every competitor walks away stoked! also all the waksa voluntees, crew responsible for trophies, and the judges for sitting on the beach for 6hours straight. yew
still scraping sand out of my eyeballs
Thanks Russ, Richard, judges WAKSA and the limpy guy on the flag.
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The results were:
Women's
1st - Shannon Ducker
2nd - Anh-Dow Trinh
3rd - Anastasia Pankina
Juniors
1st - Matthew Short
2nd - Billy Hampton
3rd - Nathan Marshall
Amateurs
1st - Tony Dod
2nd - Patrick Jeannerat
3rd - to be announced after count back
Hey Rich those trophies look awesome and must have taken you some time.
I was stoked to get one and my kids have taken it to school today for show and tell and I explained to them that the Amateur division is the premiere division . So your hard work is appreciated by more than you could have imagined.
Again thanks to all involved in putting together such a great weekend.
The gods were kind. The wind blew, the sun shone and the swell jacked up but Russ was there to take full advantage of all that and coordinated a superb event while all the time sneaking out for heats and grabbing his own golden fin trophy as his 1st prize in Legends. Yes truly a legend and thanks so much. Thanks to the judges and support crew too.
