Windsurfing & Kitesurfing Malaysia
06.03.10 |

Perfect Week

Saturday, March 6th, 2010

I had the honour to meet our friends from the South, Shas and Rosman during CNY. Mr. Shas and his family went all the way from Singapore to Balok to get his taste of the wind here with the photography and diving master, Mr Rosman from JB. Also present was Mr Chong who managed to steal some time off before his CNY celebration – still going strong!

The wind was just perfect. In fact, the whole week during CNY seems like blowing indefinitely! 15-20 knots all the way baby! The weather was somehow a bit too hot since it was the beginning of the drought season but it didn’t stop us nonetheless. Balok treated us with the nicest condition it can offer, so who needs to complaint?

During the night, we had our dinner at one of the best restaurant in Kuantan, the Sara Thai Kitchen. The guys returned home the next morning. It was a short trip for them but continue reading...

06.03.2010 News, Windsurfing 1 Comment

27.06.09 |

A Sesh With KL Windsurfers

Saturday, June 27th, 2009

a-sesh-klI was in Kuala Lumpur last weekend  with my friends and after a last-minute arrangement with Joe from windsurfingkl.com we managed to visit our KL windsurfers in Pantai Remis. We met Joe in Damansara and from there he guided us all the way to Pantai Remis. The journey took about 40-45 minutes, which for someone like me whom blessed with the beach barely 5 minutes from the house, is quite heck of a ride for a windsurfing trip. All hail to pure magnifique passion for windsurfing! continue reading...

27.06.2009 News, Windsurfing 4 Comments

09.06.09 |

Penang International Regatta 2010

Tuesday, June 9th, 2009

psc-regattaThis is still way ahead of time but worth mentioning especially for those who wants to start practising & prepare for the event. Last year we received a great number of participations especially in the raceboard & RSX class. Wind speed was recorded at 18-21 knots on the second & third day of the race. Great food, fantastic venue & amazing people. Everyone’s invited.

Date: 5th to 7 th of March.
Venue: Penang Swimming Club, Tg Bungah (Batu Feringghi), Malaysia.
Format: Marathon and course racing.
Class: RSX, Raceboard, Bic Techno 283 and Formula
Entrance fee : tbc (last year was RM 75) continue reading...

09.06.2009 News, Race, Windsurfing No Comments

31.05.09 |

Windsurfing and Malaysia

Sunday, May 31st, 2009

ws-myWith the Monsoon Cup held successfully on its 4th year of the annual regatta, Malaysia has proven once again that it is worthy of one sailing nation. Sponsorships seems to be in abundant, and the crowd multiplies each year. It is no doubt that Malaysia is the on right track into becoming one of the world’s favorite spot for sailing events.

This success, although unfortunately without medal winnings, had to do in some ways with the success of the less serious division of dinghy sailing namely the Optimist, Laser, 420, 470 etc. Malaysia has some of the best sailors in the world for dinghy sailing, and it has been proven time and time again. The sensational triumphant of this division has been the pushing power to bring more serious sailing competitions like Monsoon Cup into Malaysia. In a few years, it will not be a surprise if such breed like Dato’ Peter Gilmor will be born in Malaysia. continue reading...

31.05.2009 Windsurfing 2 Comments

22.04.09 |

Malaysian Endurance Windsurfing Event

Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009

The event is still under detailed preparation as noted by the organizer, Greg from mybatik.com.my . You should expect Notice of Race to be out probably in May. Please keep yourself updated by subscribing to the site’s RSS feed or via email.

As of now, here is an extract from the official website

  • Venue – Port Dickson, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia
  • Date – to be confirmed – tentatively, August 2009
  • Duration – 3 days of competition, 4 nights
  • Route – Avillion and Admiral Cove Resorts
  • Class – Kona + Open
  • Target Number – 100+ entrants
  • For Participants – Limited free board hire,
    Free – Accommodation, Food, Airline tickets, Freight, Prizes, Trophies, Entertainment
  • Television – International prime-time telecasting via 9+ cable TV channels, throughout 60+ countries, with 146 million households, potential viewing audience of 365 million

You can also follow the forum discussion of the event here.

22.04.2009 Race, Windsurfing No Comments

07.04.09 |

100 Windsurfing Bloggers

Tuesday, April 7th, 2009

Erik Loots on SpeedsurfingBLOG.com has posted about 100 Windsurfing blogs, after 3 months of searching. It’s an interesting list, and the names include some famous windsurfers like Sean O’Brien, Kevin Pritchard, Chris pressler, Robby Swift & more.

You can view the post here.

07.04.2009 Windsurfing No Comments

05.04.09 |

Pattaya Cup 2009

Sunday, April 5th, 2009

3 to 5 April 2009
Jomtien Beach, Pattaya, Thailand

Class: Formula, Slalom, RSX, IMCO, Raceboard and Bic techno (youth)

Pattaya has received contestants from many countries for the race namely Austria, England, Canada, France, German, Hongkong, China, Singapore, South Korean, Japan, Denmark, Poland, Italy, Spain etc.

The Event was supposed to be held in December 2008, then postponed to January, and after some further arrangement changed its date to 3rd of April. Read more about it here update : Sorry for the wrong information, here’s Ong from Singapore correcting it for me,

http://balokwindjunkies.blogspot.com/2009/04/pattaya-cup-2009.html

Reference to your page above, pls note that the Pattaya conducted two events -
Jan – RSX Youth World 2008 (SG sent two RSX windsurfers) [see video clip in my facebook]
Apr – Thailand Windsurfing Championship 2009 [photos will be uploaded shortly]

Wishing you a plane surfing.

Ong PH

Thanks Ong!

Our friends from the Singaporean’s Youth Olympic Game YOG sent a whole bunch of their squadron to Pattaya for this event. My best wishes to all of them.

For more info & latest updates, please click here

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Update: Chris Ting written a post about the event here.

Summaries of the event; Wind was not really that great, so no FW race, only raceboards & RS-X.

05.04.2009 Race, Windsurfing No Comments

04.04.09 |

Why Balok? I Mean, Seriously!

Saturday, April 4th, 2009

sunriseinbalok

Why Balok? I really love Balok, I love her like a baby, none of the these issues really matters to me. I get used & live with it. But let’s look at a few issues about Balok that some people may have not noticed or just plain ignore it.

Geography – During NE monsoon season, the bay is protected by the long headland (named Tanjong Gelang). As result the wind is gusty, inconsistent and not blowing at its full potential. For wave lovers out there the waves too are smaller than it should have been. This is the same reason that why, when you sailed far enough from the beach, you’d feel sudden hike in wind strength & density, not to mention bigger swells.

Hygienic – We all know and sometimes try to ignore that the water is seriously muddy at times, so called the ‘teh-tarek’. Close to the beach is the river which is the culprit that, well let’s be honest, not really that clean. Balok dumps its domestic waste into this river, directly from kitchens & toilets ( pardon the truth! ). If you watch closely at the map of Balok, you can see there’s a long small waterline connecting the main river to nearby well-packed & highly developed area. Who knows what goes in the water. continue reading...

04.04.2009 Featured, Windsurfing No Comments

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