Rock'n Roll 2013

REGISTRATION CLOSES 13 March 1 AM 

Jimmys Beach, Hawks Nest – March 15 to 18

Rock'nRoll Program 2013

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Online Registration is now open for the 2013 Rock n Roll.  Register now for the premier social and paddling event on the NSWSKC calendar.  It is always a fantastic opportunity for new members to meet others in the club and for recidivists to indulge their kayaking passion and catch up with old friends.  Where else could you spend a weekend paddling, being entertained by tall tales and true from legendary paddlers, trying out new gear to tempt the budget and absorbing informal advice and informative talks from experts?

We are grateful for the support of the following organisations and listed representatives who will be joining us for the weekend.

Gold Sponsor: Expedition Kayaks
Rob Mercer, Sharon Betteridge and Mark Sundin

http://www.expeditionkayaks.com/

Silver Sponsor: Flat Earth Kayak Sails
Mick MacRobb

http://www.flatearthkayaksails.com/

Silver Sponsor: Greenland Downunder
Wayne and Mel Hanley

http://www.kokororyu.com.au/greenland/

Brad McPherson

http://www.solarauswholesale.com.au/

Bronze Sponsor: Helinox

http://www.helinox.com.au

We have two highly experienced paddlers travelling to present at RnR 2013.  

Nigel Foster is an experienced expeditioner, kayak designer and kayaking coach.  He was the first kayaker to circumnavigate Iceland by kayak in 1977 with many inspiring expeditions following.  He has published extensively on kayaking and has an instructional sea kayaking DVD series.  In 1985 he started his own kayaking business and has taught and designed equipment ever since.  Since 2007 Foster has been the head of research and development at Point65.  He presently lives in Seattle WA with his wife and fellow paddler Kristin where he continues to write, blog and publish.  His latest book “Encounters from a Kayak” was released last November.
 
Les Allen, a leader in the Western Australian kayaking community, is an advanced sea kayak instructor and assessor and an experienced expeditioner.  Over the years he has paddled over 30,000 kilometres covering most of the West Australian coast, Bass Strait and the east and south coasts of Tassie.  He has also strayed to the southern NSW coast and south west Thailand.  He was one of the founding members of the WA sea kayak club and runs a 12 month training program for Canoeing WA.  His visit has been made possible with the support of Expedition Kayaks.

Venue
Rock n Roll 2013 will be held at Jimmys Beach Holiday Park at Hawks Nest on the northern shore of picturesque Port Stephens.  Hawks Nest is approximately 3 hours drive north of Sydney.  The facilities at the park have been upgraded substantially over the past year.

Accommodation options include cabins, ‘beach tents’ or camping.  You will need to book by contacting the resort directly.  The managers Barry and Karen have set aside space for our event and will give us a 10% discount on accommodation so mention that you are attending the NSWSKC event:   This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or 1800 662 209.

Registration
Registration is now available on line through the club website, $45 per person. Please register early as that will help us anticipate likely numbers for the weekend. Remember to order your Saturday night meals at registration if you want to eat with the group at the Golf Club where the evening proceedings will take place. Also note that you will need to book your accommodation directly with the venue.

If you have a family membership or are registering for a group you will need to register each individual separately to ensure that each participant is correctly identified.  To do this you will need a separate website user logon for each registrant.

Check that grading, contact details and details of any AC certification are correct for all individuals that you are registering and arrange to correct them if not.  To do this, check the 'Details' section under 'Profile' for grade and qualification.

Payments will need to be made via PayPal as this is the most economical option for the club.

Raffle
We have an exciting range of equipment to raffle with details below.  Please purchase your tickets on-line at registration – you will receive them in your registration pack at Jimmys Beach.  The tickets are seductively priced as follows: 1 at $5, 3 at $10, 10 at $30, 20 at $50.  The raffle will be drawn on the Saturday evening.

First Prize: Helinox Chair One (Luxury in the wilderness is now less than the weight of a litre of water – Donated by Helinox);  Kokotak PFD.  A hybrid inflatable PFD designed for paddlesports (Donated by Flat Earth Kayak Sails);  Flat Earth Deck Net and reflective deck line kit (Donated by Flat Earth Kayak Sails)

Second Prize:  A full carbon two piece paddle with length adjustment from 205 to 215 and a medium flex shaft (Donated by Flat Earth Kayak Sails)

Third Prize:   Flat Earth Deck Net and reflective deck line kit (Donated by Flat Earth Kayak Sails)
            
CONTRIBUTE to your Rock ‘n Roll
Immediately after registering, or even before, do the following right now:

Volunteer to help make Rock ‘n Roll a success.  I need Beach Marshals and helpers for Registration and setting up the presentation sessions.  Please let me know asap by email.

1. If you have suggestions regarding afternoon sessions or any other aspects of the weekend, please let me know.
2. Book your accommodation.
3. Dig out some interesting short videos for Sunday evening and submit them.

NSWSKC Membership
You need to be a financial member of the club to participate in Rock ‘n Roll. Memberships are annual and expire on February 28.  New members joining after December 1 or at the time of their Rock n Roll registration will remain financial until February 2014.

Members of other kayaking clubs (interstate and local) may attend Rock n Roll by taking out temporary membership ($10) through the website before on-line registration. Look under 'About the club' and 'Membership', selecting the 'Interstate' option.

Catering
The Saturday evening meal will be catered by the Hawks Nest Golf Club which will be our venue for the Saturday night presentation.  The golf club is an easy 20 minute walk from the campground and has a courtesy bus for the trip home if required.

The Saturday night dinner needs to be booked at registration, with a vegetarian option available if booked.  It will be a 3 course meal for $32. Multiple meals can be ordered at registration if you are bringing non-paddling companions.

A sausage sizzle is planned for Sunday Lunch, prepaid by your committee, so please attend.  The beer and pizza evening on Friday will be supported once again by EK. All other meals will need to be self-catered.  Please consider congregating at the marquee for meals to meet and chat with other attendees.

Short Films Session
I am planning to run a session of short videos on Sunday evening.  Please submit your video in advance of RnR and as early as possible.  Amusing, informative, your best effort – send them all in.  Preference will be given to well edited video made by members reflecting their personal kayaking experiences or story.  There is no absolute time limit for the videos but no more than 3 to 5 minutes is preferable. If you have no videos to submit, get out on the water now with your camera.  Our preferred format and encoding is nothing too exotic (MPEG4, MOV, AVI) but anything that will play on a windows pc without complaint is OK.  

If you wish to submit a video please email me the following details with the word ‘RnRFest’ in the subject {Your name, The title for the video, the filename for the video, a phone contact} and a link will be emailed to you to upload the file. Please include Your name and the title in the filename. Alternately contact me for a postal address if you prefer to post a disc.  An enviable prize is available for the film preferred by our judging panel.

Electronic Gear Aficionados
How do you keep your gear running on a 2 week trip.  Bring your remote power solutions, inverters, solar panels and essential electronic gizmos and convince the passing parade on Sunday evening that it is all essential.  I know that we failed to run this session in 2012, but I will ensure that I, at least, turn up this year.

Trips
We will schedule paddles with our enthusiastic trip leaders and instructors in the mornings on Saturday, Sunday and, more informally, for the Monday.  Destinations and direction will be determined on the day as usual depending on the conditions. The afternoons will be left primarily for onshore activities including talks, skills sessions and workshops.

You are free to organise paddles independently although you must log your trip details as well as departure and return on the Private Trip Log which will be hung in the Marquee on a clipboard.  The Beach Marshal will check the log from time to time so that we are aware at all times who is on the water and who is not and whether anyone is overdue.  If you are likely to want to paddle on trips involving surf landings or gauntlets, please bring your helmet.

See you all at Jimmys Beach

Campbell Tiley
Rock ‘n Roll Coordinator 2012
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