2010

  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 […]

If you thought that 2010 is over.. Think again! Because Quebec still has winter and ice and wind. Click on the banner to proceed to the event. I wish I was there… Dibutil

It is a squeeze when ice access is across a pool of slop and open water is all around. Normally this is the best time of the year on Sunapee, but last Saturday was +20°C [or near the accepted “room temperature” of 70 degrees F] air temperature, and of course […]

The first in a series of images from WISSA 2010: This is next year’s organizer Feodor Gurvits with friend Anna Arosilta sailing at sunset on the very beautiful Lac Saint Jean. photo by Charles Meding [USA] William Tuthill

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: