FLOW at Animal Windfest
12 years, 10 competitions, 8 features, 3 parties, 1 huge weekend!
South Coast’s Biggest Action Sports Festival hosts new features for 2010
The established Animal Windfest event held annually at Sandbanks, Poole will host a series of new features in its 12th year, to be staged between 10th - 12th September 2010.
The only free daytime beach sports festival in the UK, with three nights of ticketed evening parties, Windfest attracts the biggest names in the extreme sports industry and at least 10,000 visitors each year.
This year at the festival FLOW (For Ladies Of Windsurfing) will be gathering all the girls together, from those who have yet to step on a board to some seasoned pros.
WindfestThe on land sessions will be the perfect opportunity to catch up with female windsurfing friends, as well as making some new ones and getting some great top tips and information about the sport. For those who are tempted to give the sport a go there will be an introduction to the sport, going over the basics and why it's a great for women to do. While for the ladies who are already addicted to the sport there will be Question and Answer session with some experienced female windsurfers, and some top tips covering the aspects of the sport rarely thought of by the men! Finishing up with some refreshing and yummy treats, it will be an ideal opportunity to gossip about everything windsurfing (and non windsurfing!) related as well as making plans and last minute additions to those Super Hero outfits for the infamous Animal Windfest Party.
Going skyward for the first time ever, Windfest will play host to the Red Bull Matadors at 2.30pm on Sunday 12th September for an exhilarating air display with Red Bull VIP area on the beach below.
Two new sports will also add to the visual feast this year; Ultimate Beach Frisbee and Surf Ski – a long, narrow, lightweight kayak with an open (sit-on-top) cockpit, usually with a foot pedal controlled rudder. Surf ski racing will be held off the beach on both Saturday and Sunday.
Visitors to the event will be able to watch a 16-strong team Ultimate Beach Frisbee tournament at advanced level, yet members of the public will be welcome to enter and join in the competition.
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Fans of Stand Up Paddle boarding (SUP) will be able to enter a new distance paddle around Brownsea Island on Saturday afternoon. Open to anyone, the paddle will run separately to the professional’s SUP race earlier in the day, organised by the sport’s governing body, BSUPA.
Organiser, Gary Willingham, is pleased to illustrate that despite Windfest’s maturity, the event continues to expand. He says: “The ever popular favourite aspects of the event continue to be in place whilst exciting new additions to the schedule have been agreed this year, such as the Red Bull Matadors which will bring yet another dimension to the event. Showcasing further beach and water sports which have not been seen competitively here before, the 2010 Animal Windfest will hopefully give further entertainment and attract visitors. We’re very excited about this year’s event.”
Other features throughout the two days include professional kitesurfing and windsurfing competitions, as well as free have-a-go trial opportunities for amateurs, fun slalom racing, Animal Bike Show, King Ramps’ skate ramp sponsored by Red Bull, wakeboarding slider pools, equipment demos and full Kids Zone with live acoustic music.
For more information on all aspects of the event go to www.animalwindfest.co.uk
more details about FLOW at Windfest will be right here on www.flowindsurfing.com
