Monthly Archives: April 2010

10 posts

Simon Gill wins World Champion title in Kite Class

  Simon Gill Simon Gill of Montreal has clenched the title of World Champion in the Kite Class for a second time! In addition, he is also the winner of the Coupe de Quebec – North America’s most advanced snow kite racing venue. This is also Gill’s second time winning […]

Snow Sailing in April

This past Saturday, Marcel Bradette, Jocelyn Marceau, and Langis Caron scored some sweet ice on Lac Jacques Cartier located in the Reserve Faunique de les Laurentides just along the route 175 that connects the Saguenay, Lac Saint Jean region to Quebec City and the outside world. The park (and lake) […]

Purple Panic

Purple Panic is a 10M JoJo with 70 meters of line. EVERY time it comes out – it makes drama! Charlie Meding shot this on Lake Sunapee in almost NO wind. Still there was drama. He sent the kite north while still skiing south and got ripped several meters off […]

New Kite Racing Category

As of WISSA 2010 a new category of kite racing is formed. KITE CLASS Snowboards will now officially be scored in a separate category from skis. The starts will remain the same until snowboard start numbers reach an equal or greater amount. WISSA is always looking forward, and we want […]

Snow Kiting in Turkey

Just pulled this from a search agent. ERCIYES in Turkey. from Boulgakow on Vimeo. A snowkiting session in Erciyes, near Kayseri, in the turkish mountains, with Chasta and the friendly turkish snowkiters.