Yearly Archives: 2010

Here is a photo by Joho Salo of Rauma, Finland. It shows how some people [namely light weight, strong, and expert teen-aged windsurfers from Poland] can sail in almost no wind. They are on sleds with jumping skis using top quality sails. Now that the maximum sail size for WISSA […]

by William Tuthill “Ain’t it always the way?” Plan an event and everything will go wrong. Not only were we forced to relocate an event that was two years in the making because of ice conditions that no one had ever encountered before, but, when we did relocate, the wind […]

Not bad, eh? SAINT-GÉDÉON, QUEBEC–(Marketwire – March 2, 2010) − The Honourable Denis Lebel, Minister of State for Canada Economic Development, today announced the awarding of $60,958 in non-repayable funding to Zone Turbulence for the 30th edition of the World Ice and Snow Sailing Association’s (WISSA) Ice and Snow Sailing […]

Hey, I just found this link… http://www.fotofocus.ca/kite/ Do not expect much from the photos because copyright is important.

Here is what I found: To all the participants of the Québec cup or the 30th WISSA competition that will take place in Saguenay from the 26th of February to the 7th of March 2010. On Friday February 19th, municipal and governmental authorities closed the Baie des Ha! Ha! for […]

I do not know what happened but apparently the Championship location has changed. Please update your travel and accommodation plans! Infolette received today:

Press release by Aleksey Razhev and Elena Kocheva Our contests came to a close on the 6th of February. Sunday’s forecast was rather poor, so the organizers decided to carry out only marathon and freestyle, because there wasn’t enough wind for slalom. The second marathon race in “kite skis” and […]

Posted on January 28, 2010 by Sunapee News     Sailing Lake Sunapee at a speed of 50 mph. Photo and Post by William Tuthill The rain on Monday has resurfaced the big NH lakes, and fast ice will be the rule of the day this weekend on Sunapee. As […]