A bunch of PG 2 students are sitting their theory exams this

Thursday, 6.30pm at our loft.

If you have any paper work you need to catch up on, please let me know and come by!

NZ Champions 2010: from left: Reuben Muir 2nd, Jeff Ripley 1st, Eva Walton 1st woman, Mark Hardman 3rd

The 2010 NZ Championships Paragliding were a great success: 7 days flying, 6 valid tasks, great flying. This was one of the best competitions we have ever had in NZ. Check out some photos!

Wings & Waves' Jeff Ripley is new (and old) NZ Champion 2010 on his GIN Boomerang 5, Wings & Waves' Reuben Muir is 2nd on the impressive GIN GTO prototype (2-3), Mark Hardman from QT is 3rd on his UP Proto. W&W's Eva Walton is NZ Woman Champion on her Swing Astral 6.24. Nick Stead on his Swing Astral 6.26 has won the NZ Champion Title for the sportsclass, which includes gliders up to LFT 2. Anand Srinivasan won the LFT 1-2 class on his Swing Mistral. But really, Kim Woodgate on his GIN Rebel blew us all away with a flight into goal on his first competition task ever. That was impressive and won him a special price.

Out of the 6 tasks, 5 of them were run from the Paoroa Range near Rotorua, one was from "Hickie's Bluff" nearby. The conditions varied every day, from rather strong Northerly wind, to light Southerlies coming over the back, which kept the competition interesting and challenging.

Every keen and able Paragliding pilot will be in Rotorua for Round 2 of the NZ Nationals this week from Sat 20-27 February. During this time, we won't be teaching paragliding. Training commences 28th February.

Kitesurfing lessons are available as per usual. Please contact Rodger directly on 021-026 1199 to arrange your lesson.

Lukas Walton-Keim on his Gin Zulu IIThis weekend's Canterbury Champs ended up a "pseudo Nationals" because no NZ Nationals 2010 competition has been organised so far. 

Hence, a large number of North Island competitors travelled to Christchurch last weekend to test their skills against each other.

Lukas from Wings & Waves was the youngest competitor by 2 years. After initially feeling a little intimidated by the older kiters, he ripped through his junior heat on his brand-new 7m Gin Zulu II and his Underground Styx board, kicking out older kiters who were confident to win the competition and moved into the final.

Summer is here!! We are enjoying more and more flyable days and a bunch of keen students are well on their way to learn paragliding at Wings & Waves.

Wednesday , 27 January 2010, 6.30 pm at our loft in Bayswater.

2009 was great, we are looking forward to 2010. Thank you to all our pilots, students customers for making the last year fun and successful. We will try our best to continue to improve our courses and services. Please continue to give us lots of feed back to help us achieve that. 

After a short break with our families, we are going to be teaching again from 2nd January 2010. While Eva is in Nelson for the first part of the Nationals, the shop and the office won't always be manned. Please call to check before you come over.

We hope you will have a HAPPY NEW YEAR! May all your wishes come true.