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KONA One Design Windsurfing

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Last autumn, regular one design windsurfing racing started up on the Malahide estuary for the first time in many years. An initial 5 ‘Konadians’ as they are called joined the Malahide Yacht Club and have been racing as another class alongside their existing dinghy classes. The competitors range from advanced windsurfers to those who have just had a couple of lessons. These Kona pioneers all really enjoyed how competitive the racing has been and how much fun the Kona boards and rigs are to sail. This enthusiasm has rubbed off on others and for the start of the 2013 season there are 12 boards and rigs at the club.
The Malahide Yacht club have been incredibly welcoming and the club structure will allow for lots of racing and time on the water, especially during the summer months when weekday evening racing will be possible again. Their facilities for storage and the new clubhouse are fantastic and it brings a great social side to sailing.
Racing for 2013 kicks off at the Early Bird Regatta on April 20th at the new MYC club house on the Broadmeadows. This will be the start of a busy racing calendar culminating in the first ever Irish Kona Nationals on the weekend of October 5/6th.
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If you would like to get involved with Kona windsurfing or are interested in trying out the gear then please contact the Kona group directly on their Facebook page KONA Windsurfing Ireland. If you are interested in becoming a member of the Malahide Yacht Club take a look on their website http://www.myc.ie/membership.php. KONA equipment is available through Surfdock and if you have any questions please contact shop@surfdock.ie or call us on 01-6683945.

Surfdock Easter Watersports Fun Camp 2013

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Fun watersports camp for children
between the ages of 8 – 16 years

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Our Easter Camp is back and it’s only €95 per child/week!

Activities include: windsurfing, kayaking, stand up paddleboarding and dinghy sailing. Plus lots of fun games and team activities.

Dates:

Week 1: Monday, 25th – Thursday 28th March

Week 2: Tuesday, 2nd – Friday 5th April

Camp Duration:
4 half days. The camp starts at 10am (supervision available from 9am) and runs until 1.30pm. There will be a small break at around 11.30am (children are advised to bring a snack).

All prices below are per child per week.

1 child/week – €95

Discounted Rates*:
2 children/week – €90
3/4 children/week – €85
5 or more children/week – €80

*In order to avail of discounts the full amount due has to be paid at the time of booking. Discounts for multiple children are only available if all children are booked into a camp in the same transaction.

GREAT FUN | IDEAL LOCATION | SAFE ENVIRONMENT

We have been running kids camps in the Grand Canal Dock for more than 20 years and our fully qualified instructors have great experience in working with children and teaching water sports. Our activities are suitable for all children within the age range, with or without any experience in water sports.

The safe surroundings of the Grand Canal Dock are ideal to learn & practice water sports.

Our camp location is very easy to get to, we’re only 5 minutes from the city centre and in walking distance from the Grand Canal Dock DART station. There is free parking available while dropping off/collecting children.

If you would like to book your child/ren into our camp you can send us an email to courses@surfdock.ie or call us on 01-6683945.

Discounted Course Vouchers 2013

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Get 10% off our watersports school vouchers

Can’t decide what to get that special someone? Don’t despair, we have a Christmas treat in store for you. Buy a voucher between now and Christmas for any of our courses and receive 10% off.

You can buy the voucher online as usual. To claim the discount just quote “SANTA” in the Discount Code field at checkout. You can also receive this discount in store by quoting “Rudolf” at the till.

Adult Courses

We teach windsurfing, kitesurfing, kayaking and stand up paddleboarding for beginners and intermediates. All vouchers are valid for 12 months after purchase.

Children’s Courses

Our Kids Camps and Saturday Club are both hugely popular with kids of all ages (8-16 years), we teach windsurfing, sailing, stand up paddleboarding and kayaking mixed with team games and most importantly a lot of fun. The camp at Easter will be €95 for 4 half days and the Summer Camp will be €195 for 5 full days. All vouchers are valid for 12 months after purchase.

All our courses are taught by qualified instructors.

Equipment Rental

We offer hourly kayak and stand up paddleboard rentals in the Grand Canal Dock. Do you know someone who works in the Docklands area? Why not get them a 5 hour rental pass – a great way to spend your lunch break.(Please note that SUP rental requires previous experience, for example, our flat water introduction course).

Surfdock Slalom Event 15/16th September, Malahide

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The Gold Fleet in action

Last Silver Fleet race of the day

Last weekend saw the Irish Slalom Series travel to Malahide Co. Dublin for Round 4, and the penultimate event of the year. The newly built Malahide Yacht Club was very kindly opened up to windsurfers and the amazing facilities made the perfect base for a great weekend.

Notable performances in the gold fleet came from the first and second placed racers Maurice Owens and Hannes Louet-Feisser who dominated many of the days races. Other standouts were from IWA wave champ Rob Jones who sailed all day on a 6.0 and 86 Litre JP and still made it go fast! Barry Whitelaw for a personal best of 4th overall and IWA President Gareth Nihill for a hard fought 3rd place podium finish in challenging conditions.

The Silver fleet racing over the weekend was very hotly contested with close quarter no holds barred heats a constant feature. There were many heroes over the two days but the final results placed Paul Green in 1st, Steve Lawless in 2nd with an impressive overall performance from Paul Rayner to take 3rd.

In the Ladies comp Alison Beirne just held off Joanne Murphy to take first Lady overall for the event. Top Youth racer for the weekend was Lewis Eickholt.

Competitors who made the long journeys to attend were treated to a weekend of sunshine and wind, camaraderie and a successful event. It was well worth it… Malahide delivered.

Congratulations Maurice!

More photos to follow here and on our Facebook page.

Read here for the full report on the weekend…