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WING Surfing: Lake Sunapee, 14-15 March 2009 update

Hi All Tour du Lac NOR Skippers meeting at 1PM vicin Soonipi Park 14MAR SAT. 3 races constitute regatta, after five races throw out high scores. Tour Sun 15MAR TBA by local sailors. Bring your own prize. You bring something for the prize table; winners get first pick. Beer, picks, […]

WING Surfing: Lake Sunapee, 14-15 March 2009

RACE NOTICE! TO: All potential WING (and other) sailorsTIME: All weekend Saturday & Sunday 14-15 March 2009PLACE: Lake Sunapee, N.H. Launch point at Soonipi Poad. Exit 11 Interstate 89. Go west on King Ridge Road to the end.SCHEDULE: TBA We will try for course races and a tour of the […]

Quebec Cup

by William Tuthill Greetings WISSA Friends Here is a post from our friends in Saguenay – the site of WISSA2010. They have been running an annual event at this site – Baie des HA HA! Seriously – that is the name- Bay of HA HA!. It includes the (!) in […]

WISSA 2009 Wrap Up

WISSA 2009 was a record breaker! 101 competitors from 14 countries. Racing held on hard ice covered with light snow – perfect. Three classes: Open Class: any sled powered by a windsurfing rig Wing Class: all hand held sails – kitewing Kite Class: all kites welcome Perhaps what was most […]

2nd Swedish Cup class 3 (Kitewing)

by Magnus Nordström The 18th of January we had a magnificent race at a small place called Kvicksund, 200 km west of Stockholm. Very good hard ice and really nice wind 5-7 m/s (10-15 knots). During these conditions we sail as fast as up to approx. 70 km/h. The first […]

Plymouth Pond Monday 08DEC08: Update

PICS by Dicky Saltonstall, Ella Saltonstall, and Jory Squibb.       FOLLOWING POSTED BY JORY SQUIBB 22NOV08 Yesterday’s first skate of the season was real Magic. Lloyd and I, wondering why we were bothering, traveled to Howe Hill Swamp to find the 10 acre beaver pond open in the […]

Plymouth Pond Monday 08DEC08

From richardsaltonstall   Really nice black ice with a smattering of snow drifts you could easily steer around. Very blustery NW winds too much for big wings today on this unfamiliar ice sheet. Used 3.8 to check out and explore with Jory Squibb. Some obvious open water; mostly ice is […]