Yearly Archives: 2014

57 posts

Ready to Compete!

    Igor Renkas – the veteran of the sport had just completed his third set of racing ski rig and is now fully ready to compete at 2015 WISSA Championship. He is based at Toronto Windsurfing Club where he freelances as repair man and coach. Igor is very serious […]

2015 promo video

 GREETING WISSA FRIENDS!  Here is a promo video produced by a member of the organizing team at Fond du Lac.Not much time left, so please make your plans, and don’t forget to register now Cheers Will https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=BrxuhxRo6PY    

Preparing for 2015

                                                The gang at Kalajoki, Finland, 2013 Hello WISSA Friends At this time of year you are most likely hoping for reliable ice and good winds.  It soon will happen.  In fact, the WISSA-competition site for 2015 in Wisconsin, USA is already frozen. William Tuthill and a few other WISSA-members […]

2015 promo video

  Oxanna carves a beautiful turn on smooth Russian ice last season But watch this short [46 second] video taken yesterday in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin- site of WISSA 2015https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=OuTlej4mZpQ See you on the ice! Will

ICE in Fond du Lac!

In the words of WISSA 2015 Race Master Kevin Gratton OUR SEASON IS ON!!!!  Have a look at these links. Perfect forecast for ice building and smoothing. http://wilakeweather.com/rec-park-webcam-1/ http://www.windpowerwindsurfing.com/http://forecast.weather.gov

2014/2015 season

  22 November- Plymouth Pond. Maine- Cam Lewis, Kitewing FIRST ICE!!!! Well not really. There is always ice somewhere, but this ice is first ice for New England. The organizers of http://www.wissa2015.com/     reported smooth ice 10-12 cm thick last week on Lake Winnebago in Winsconsin. The time is fast approaching!Here’s hoping to […]

  17 November 2014- Lake Winnebago NOW! MORE BREAKING NEWS:  This is a photo of Lake Winnebago today! Lake Winnebago http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Winnebago    is so big that you can not see across it! And now it is frozen!! Let the games begin

  Feodor Gurvits on a Hiberna Board BREAKING NEWS: Fish Lake Iceboards http://www.fishlakeiceboards.com/will have 12 Hiberna Boards http://www.hiberna.lv/Site/Hi.html  available for rent at WISSA 2015. http://www.wissa2015.com/If you are traveling from a long distance and do not want to carry your own Hiberna Board, you can still compete on the Short Track Slalom. You might still […]

WISSA 1991

  Few readers can identify this! Thank you for the excellent video link. I still have that original video tape from Sami Tuurna. Back in the day, when folks “in the west” were getting started sailing on snow & ice using windsurfing rigs, there was a parallel universe “in the […]