Sept 4, 2010 - Poker sail and BBQ @ Bird Island Basin
The Corpus Christi Windsurfing Association and Worldwinds Windsurfing are teaming up for a fun day at Bird Island Basin. From 4-5 pm, there will be a poker sail. Participants will collect a playing card at five different check-in points. They'll also get a raffle ticket just for entering. There will be door prizes for categories such as best poker hand, worst poker hand, fastest one to collect all cards, and also prizes awarded randomly by raffle ticket. After that, Worldwinds will be serving sausage wraps and CCWA will bring some goodies/side dishes. Bring a dessert to share if possible. Of course there will be sailing possible throughout the day, so bring your gear and just have fun.

Sept 11, 2010 - Members meeting & social @ Brewster's
Come to Brewster Street Icehouse at 1724 N Tancahua under the Harbor Bridge to socialize and mingle with other CCWA members. Coupons for at least one free drink will be provided (or many free drinks, as happened last time ;), as well as some free appetizers to share. Brewster's is family-friendly, with a playground available, but it's also fun for grown ups, and there will be a band called "Another Level" playing later on for a $5 cover charge if you wish to go up by the stage. CCWA social will start at 6 pm (no cover charge for our section) so you'll have plenty of time to sail all day if it's windy.

Sept 25, 2010 - Discover Windsurfing Day
The CCWA will offer free windsurfing lessons during its annual "Discover Windsurfing Day" to be held on Saturday, September 25, 2010, at Worldwinds Windsurfing on Bird Island Basin, Padre Island National Seashore. Location is about 10 miles south of Corpus Christi on Padre Island. More details about the event will be posted soon. The event offers free windsurfing lessons to participants as a way to promote the sport. Worldwinds donates the equipment and instructors, while CCWA members volunteer their time to help teach and provide other assistance. For more info, contact Alissa at alissain@gmail.com.
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2009 DWD ARTICLE AND PHOTOS

October 9, 2010 -Canal Crawl @ Padre Island Canals
In honor of Columbus Day, many very small sailing vessels, better known as windsurfers, will be exploring the canals of Padre Isles on October 9. This quirky event has made the pages of not only the Padre Island Moon, but also Windsurfing Magazine. To be a part of the 7th Annual Canal Crawl, bring your longboard, wear a costume, and sail through the Padre Island canals in an effort to claim the canal trophy for the year. Usually our make-up day in the event of no wind is the following day ... but we've been very lucky with mostly planing wind in recent years. Details on meeting place and time will follow as the event draws near. Let Mike Murphy or Dave Hasti know if you need to borrow a longboard. More information will be forthcoming on the CCWA Forum.
  2009 CANAL CRAWL ARTICLE & PHOTOS

Mid-October, 2010 - Beach cleanup at Oleander Point
We are just waiting for hurricane season to end, so the beach doesn't get trashed again after our cleanup effort. And waiting for the off chance the city may clean it up before then, but not really holding our breath.

November 4-7, 2010 - ABK Windsurfing Camp at BIB
ABK Board Sports is offering a four-day windsurfing camp, along with a freestyle clinic by instructor Andy Brandt, at Bird Island Basin on Padre Island National Seashore, Corpus Christi, Texas, November 4-7, 2010. Camp fee is $500.00 and includes unlimited instruction, video analysis, camp T-shirt and ABK Instruction Manual. Lodging and meals are not included. Equipment rentals are managed by the host shop, Worldwinds, 800-793-7471, info@worldwinds.net.
   After the Corpus camp, the ABK Team moves to South Padre Island, Texas, to run a similar camp November 18-21.
  ABK CAMP WEBSITE

CCWA PAST EVENTS

June 5, 2010 - Baffin Bay
CCWA members Richie and Therese Newton hosted a downwinder followed by a Texas-style BBQ at their house on the water near Riveria, Texas. Freesail sessions behind their house were available all day long.

December 5, 2009 - CCWA Christmas Party
The CCWA Annual meeting/Christmas party was held at the residence of CCWA members Pam and Chester Hulme. The annual club meeting was held first with the party following afterwards. The hosts invited other friends too, which resulted in a house full of people and lots of amazing food. One whole table held the desserts. Karaoke was a hit downstairs.

October 31, 2009 - Canal Crawl with Halloween theme

Participants in 20009 CCWA Canal Crawl     VIEW MORE PHOTOS
Seven CCWA members spent the afternoon of Halloween this year windsurfing through the canals of Padre Island while dressed in costumes for the sixth Annual CCWA Corpus Christi Canal Crawl Circumnavigation. Organized by CCWA's Mike Murphy, the event, dubbed by Windsurfing Magazine as “Windsurfing’s Weirdest Race” (March 2008), was open to any non-motorized water craft. All participants rode longboards, needed to handled the inconsistent, shifty and calm wind throughout the course, which can turn almost anyone into a beginner and make for lots of lead changes and close-quarter dueling.
  PICASA PHOTO GALLERY BY MICHELLE HASTI

September 26, 2009 - Discover Windsurfing Day
The Corpus Christi Windsurfing Association and Worldwinds Windsurfing worked together to organize and put on the 4th annual Discover Windsurfing Day at Bird Island Basin on Sept 26. Celebrating the 93rd anniversary of the National Park Service (National Public Lands Day), volunteers helped about 75 newbies get stoked on our great sport of windsurfing. Worldwinds Windsurfing donated equipment and some of the instructors for the event, while CCWA members helped out by providing instruction, safety and registration. Padre Island National Seashore waived the $10 entry fee to the park for this anniversary day so everyone got in free.
2009 DWD GALLERY PHOTOS
2008 DWD CALLER-TIMES ARTICLE
2007 DWD GALLERY PHOTOS

 December 5, 2008 - Christmas Party & Membership Raffle

2009 CCWA Board of Directors Kyle Krebs, left, Trina Haley and Chip Ducrest, pose at the 2008 Christmas Party holding products from some of CCWA sponsors, Cliff Bar and Chinook.
CCWA combined its annual Christmas Party with a Membership Drive Raffle on Dec 5 at the Bay Yacht Club in the Corpus Christi Marina. A full turkey dinner was provided, and members brought appetizers and desserts. Everyone who had paid their 2009 membership dues of $20 was entered in the raffle. Prizes included:
  2008 4.7 wave sail from Ezzy Sails
  · Harness from DaKine
  · Accessories from Chinook
  · prizes from local shops and restaurants including Worldwinds and
    Tire & Lube Express
Free Cliff Bars were also on hand for all members to try and take home. New board members were also elected at the party. The CCWA Board of Directors for 2009 includes Chip DuCrest as commodore, Kyle Krebs as vice commodore and Trina Haley as Treasurer/Secretary. Thanks go to Joe Lynch, Tamay Tipton and Richie Newton for their service as CCWA board members during the past two years. Carrie Robertson will continue on as webmaster for the fourth year. A newsletter editor has not been chosen yet. Anyone interested?
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October 5, 2008 - Canal Crawl Circumnavigation

Windsurfers jockey for position at the start of the 2008 Canal Crawl.
By Mike Murphy - This original (sorta) annual series began in 2000 and this year was the fifth year for the Corpus Christi Canal Crawl held on October 5 at the boat ramp on Whitecap and Caravel in a residential neighborhood on Padre Island.
   Last year Windsurfing magazine dubbed the event as “Windsurfing’s Weirdest Race” (March 2008) and this year participation grew by 50 percent to include a total of seven participants, including a kayak. Of the 6 windsurfers the women almost swept the event, with Angela Hurley and Alissa Inman taking first and second place respectively. Other windsurfing participants in order of finish were Mike Murphy, Dave Hasti, Carrie Robertson and Don Gentry. The course was the same as last year (see GPS tracks) with Angela, a former US Formula board race champion and Worldwinds team rider, beating last year’s time by 15 minutes.
   Everyone seemed to have a good time and a couple of out-of-state regular windsurfing visitors have expressed an interest in participating in the next event.
   The "crawl" is intended to be fun and to give windsurfing a little more exposure but it is also a race of sorts, complete with traveling trophy that will be collecting dust at Worldwinds this year. Thanks to Michelle Hasti who took some additional photos during the race which can be viewed in the CCWA's Photo Gallery.

All participants gather for the presentation of the traveling trophy being given to the winner, Angela Hurley, by last year’s winner Mike Murphy.

October 4, 2008 - Discover Windsurfing Day
Don Jackson, CCWA member and Worldwinds owner, volunteered to organize this annual event which was held for the first time this year at Bird Island Basin on Padre Island National Seashore. It has been held in June during previous years but this year it was pushed to October when the water's still warm but the hustle and bustle of summer is over. CCWA members and Worldwinds employees volunteered their time to promote the sport of windsurfing and the CCWA by giving free windsurfing lessons all day during the event. Worldwinds donated equipment and two instructors, CCWA members worked to set up tents, give lessons on dry-land simulators, give lessons on the water, do safety patrols via kayak and help clean up and break down everything. At the end of a long day, about 50 people got a free taste of windsurfing, most for the first time.
VIEW CALLER-TIMES ARTICLE & PHOTOS

CCWA's BIG: Swap - Sail - Party! - May 3, 2008

SWAP MEET PHOTOS
SCREAMIN' REACH PHOTOS
The idea for the "CCWA Big 3" came about during the Feb 16 Board Meeting. We thought that to draw people in from out of town for events, it would be more appealing to action-pack the weekend with three events, as opposed to spacing them out. For visiting and local sailors alike, everyone's lives are so busy with other commitments. We thought asking members to reserve only one day out of the spring for CCWA would be easier than getting them to commit to several different events.
1. SWAP MEET (morning)
The 2^nd annual Water Sports Swap Meet took place beside the Corpus Christi old Coliseum like last year. Entrance was free for buyers and $5 for sellers who were invited to sell their used windsurfing gear, surfboards, kiteboard gear, fishing gear, kayaking gear, etc. CCWA Commodore Joe Lynch organized the event.
2. SCREAMIN' REACH LONG DISTANCE FLEET RALLY (afternoon)
The Screamin' Reach, a traditional event from long ago, got a new name and a new format in 2008. The Screaming Reach Long Distance Fleet Rally
took place May 3 and drew a handful of racers from New Mexico, along with a few local sailors who met on the sandy shore of North Beach. Launching off the beach, they sailed together downwind in light NE winds to Texas A&M Beach on a deep broad reach. They traversed the entire width of the Corpus Bay, travelling something like 5 miles. Two of the sailors sailed back upwind to return to their vehicles, while others got a shuttle ride back. One kiteboarder named Dieter went alongside the windsurfers and a jet ski followed the group to deal with emergencies (which there weren't any of). One sailor, Mike Johnston, was missing in action at one point but was later located.
The CCWA hopes to repeat the event in 2009. CCWA newsletter editor Kyle Krebs organized the rally and was one of the local participants.
3. PARTY & SHRIMP BOIL (evening)
The CCWA Party & Shrimp Boil was held at Bob Hall Pavilion out on the Gulf coast. CCWA treasurer Tamay Tipton organized the party.

Feb 16, 2008 - CCWA 1st quarterly board meeting
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CCWA Christmas Party 2007

The 2007 CCWA Christmas party held Dec 15 brought 40-50 club members to The Bay Yacht Club to share conversation and a catered turkey dinner organized by club member Tamay Tipton. Board elections were held, resulting in Carrie Robertson remaining as webmaster and Kyle Krebs becoming the new newsletter editor, following Alissa Inman who is stepping down after holding that position. Commodore Joe Lynch thanked Alissa for her hard work in producing the newsletter during the past two years while going to Texas A&M.
View Photo Gallery Slideshow.

CCWA 3rd Quarter Meeting - June 30, 2007

About 30 people showed up to the "Blue Moon" 3rd Quarter CCWA Club meeting held at Richie and Teresa Newtons' house on Baffin Bay. Some were club members, some just friends and neighbors. Folks were on the water riding windsurfers, kiteboards, and a Hobie cat. They were fishing from the dock, chasing balls in the yard, jumping on the trampoline, drinking beer and wine, doing tequila shots, visiting, eating BBQ and enjoying the view at the Newton's incredible home on Baffin Bay. A few windsurfers even went night sailing under the full moon, equipped with glow sticks. View photos in the GALLERY.

CCWA 2nd Quarter Board Meeting - April 11, 2007

The CCWA Board of Directors met at the Executive Surf Club on Saturday morning, April 11, to discuss upcoming events and club policies. For more information, visit the CCWA Board page.

CCWA Holiday Party - Dec 8, 2006

About 50 CCWA members gathered at the Bay Yacht Club in the Corpus Christi Marina on Dec 8 to celebrate the holidays, enjoy brisket and BBQ chicken, visit and elect new board members. New board members for 2007 are Joe Lynch, Tamay Tipton and Richie Newton. Returning for their second year are webmaster Carrie Robertson and newsletter editor Alissa Inman. Arlene Ward and Larry Haas organized the event. Members brought gifts to donate to Toys For Tots charity. View photos in the GALLERY.

CCWA 4th Quarter Meeting - Oct 28, 2006

The CCWA appreciates the hospitality of Pam and Chester for hosting the fourth quarter 2006 CCWA club meeting at their home on Saturday, October 28. This was the last business meeting of the year. The meeting was very short (as promised by Commodore Don) which met with the spirited approval of the membership. A neighborhood electrical power failure did not interfere with a great party. Thanks again to Pam and Chester for their continued support of windsurfing and the CCWA.

CCWA 3rd Quarter Meeting - June 24, 2006

The third quarter 2006 CCWA club meeting at Pete and Carrie's house brought about 20 members to the outdoor picnic table for club business, socializing and BBQ.

The main topic of discussion was the upcoming Discover Windsurfing Day to be held on the JFK Causeway on Saturday, July 15. See the CCWA HOME page for more info.

CCWA 2005 Christmas Party