News Release
4 September 2008
National Windsurfing Festival on Hayling Island
Fat Face National Windsurfing Festival which includes the
spectacular Night Windsurf Event takes place on Hayling Island this
weekend (6 and 7 September 2008) where residents of the borough can
come and watch this great event for free.
Supporting the event by way of the ‘Havant Borough Council
Master Blaster Series’ for amateur windsurfers, the council are
committed to helping the event to become even more successful.
Working with Fat Face and the Royal Yachting Association (RYA) the
council has also organised free windsurfing lessons for children
and adults. The lessons will last over two hours and participants
will receive a £10
RYA
voucher and a £10 voucher
for Fat Face. The Mayor of Havant will present the award to the
winner of the Havant Borough Council Master Blaster series at 3pm
on Sunday.
Kyle Hanna, Sports Development Officer at Havant Borough Council
says, “We are delighted to support this prestigious event and we
hope that local residents come down and experience the unique
atmosphere and enjoy a fantastic weekend of exciting racing. In
particular we are thrilled to give young people from our borough
the opportunity to try this great sport for free and we hope they
continue to enjoy windsurfing.”
Now in its third year the National Windsurfing Festival and
Night Windsurf event, run in conjunction with the UKWA (UK
Windsurfing Association), has firmly become ensconced as one of the
favourites for pros and amateurs alike and previously hailed as
‘the best windsurfing event in 20 years. The highlight of the event
is the Fat Face Night Windsurf final which gets started at 10pm on
Saturday night.
Ian Williams, Fat Face Event Manager comments: “This is a great
event aimed at the “masses” of the windsurfing world. It is great
to see the weekend warrior sailors up against some of the best
names in the sport.
”Our thanks extend to Havant Borough Council, the
RYA
and Jagermeister for their
continued support. We look forward to making this event the best
one yet!”
To find out more about this great event use this link to view pages
on this website>> or visit http://www.fatface.com/.
Additional information from Fat Face
The Fat Face Night Windsurf returns to Hayling Island
The Fat Face Night Windsurf returns to Inn on the Beach on
Hayling Island sea front on Saturday, 6th September as UK and
International riders compete to become the Fat Face Night Windsurf
Champion 2008.
This very popular event run in conjunction with
UKWA
(UK Windsurfing
Association) is one of the favourites within the windsurfing
community and has previously been hailed as ‘the best windsurfing
competition in 20 years.’
Meet an Olympic Windsurfing Medalist
This is the perfect opportunity to try out the new Fat Face Rio
Starboard and see if this inspires you to become the next Olympic
hopeful like Fat Face Team Rider Bryony Shaw, who has just won a
bronze out in Beijing. Bryony will be attending the Fat Face Night
Windsurf so people will be able to meet an Olympic medallist and
ask her how she got to the top!
Something for everyone
Everyone is encouraged to come and watch and support the event
which is completely free. They can also take advantage of all-day
food, bar, music and clinics held by some of they biggest names in
the sport!
The Fat Face Night Windsurf is the sixth stop on the Night
Series tour which also takes in skiing, sailing, surfing,
wakeboarding, mountain biking and mountain boarding – across the
UK.
The format is the same for each event; heats held throughout the
day and then the finals taking place under the cover of darkness.
Last year 350 competitors took to the start line vying it out for a
place in the coveted finals, with pros riding alongside amateurs;
often with some surprising results.
The finals!
After battling it out throughout the day in master blaster
heats, the best windsurfers go through to the final as the
spotlights fire up and the competition gets serious.
The first year of the Fat Face Night Windsurf brought masses of
wind with little sun; last year the event had sun but very little
wind. This year organisers are hoping for both to create the
perfect platform for the windsurfing talent to shine!
Ian Williams, Fat Face Event Manager comments: “This is a great
event aimed at the “masses” of the windsurfing world. It is great
to see the weekend warrior sailors up against some of the best
names in the sport.
”Our thanks extend to Havant Borough Council, the
RYA
and Jagermeister for their
continued support. We look forward to making this event the best
one yet!”
For more information check out the Fat Face website at:
www.fatface.com/nightwindsurf