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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 ...
Well old fart, you sure do know how to have fun. With that hottie Denni Parkinson naked on his back while he conveniently rips around the ocean of his private island, I think this playboy has just made himself the coolest virgin to have rode a kite. Darn you! ;P
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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
You can also follow the forum discussion of the event here.
The thunderstorms that I saw in a distance from my house at around 5pm today managed to sweep off a few roofs in Balok. Here’s the breaking news from Bernama;
STORM DAMAGES MORE THAN 30 HOUSES IN BALOK PERDANA
KUANTAN, April 19 (Bernama) — A storm lashed through the Balok Perdana residential area here today, leaving a trail of destruction, including 30 damaged houses.
A resident there, Mohd Amran A. Hamid, 45, said it happened at about 4pm while he and his wife and their five children were in their house, which they occupied only about four months ago.
“We could do nothing, but prayed in the house, and then saw the roofs of our neighbour’s houses ripped and blown away,” he added.
Mohd Fikri Azri Md Saat, 24, said his rented house was badly damaged and also were most of his electrical appliances.
Meanwhile, Balok Perdana Rukun Tetangga chairman, Osman Abdullah, said he would request for assistance under the disaster for residents affected by the storm.
–BERNAMA
The government’s official Marine Meteorological Forecast for fisherman predicted strong Westerly winds reaching up to 50km/h (about 27 knots) hitting the East Coast particularly Terengganu & Kelantan in the next few days, starting Tuesday up until Thursday. Kuantan, Pahang was not listed under the predicated shore but we may have have good chance as Balok is conveniently the nearest shore to Terengganu & Kelantan.
Here’s a brief preview of the said forecast;
Tuesday 21/04/2009
Morning: Cloudy
Afternoon: Weather fair
Night: Weather fair
Wind: W 40-50 km/hr
Wave Height: 2.5-3.5 m. Dangerous to small craft.
And here’s the full forecast for your viewing.
The wind as of today is still very light, probably 10 knots max in the gust, with mild rain occasionally late in the afternoon. Nothing much to report as you can see..
Well anyway, good luck & happy surfing!
After its appearance a few weeks ago, followed by a surprise NE revisit, we can finally settled on the fact that NE monsoon is over and SW wind is here. Our friend in Vietnam reported light wind in Mui Ne, and the Singaporean had a taste of the Sumatra Squall yesterday morning – overpowered on 5m!
As for Balok, we had nothing but constant heavy rains to report for the past few days. The wind that comes with the rain somehow, is blowing real hard, and probably enough for a 6.0m sail to plane.
Be assured, that the rain will eventually go away, and leave us with some ‘real’ wind to play with. Hang loose!
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.
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.
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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.
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...
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