Swedish Team at WISSA 2011

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Swedish Team at WISSA 2011

Sweden sent a team of wonderful sportsmen and women. Not only were they expert sailors, they were friendly and open to all of the other competitors. It was a joy to share the racecourse with these fine folks. p.s. notice the bread slicers high skates William Tuthill

WISSA 2011

The winds of change and new energy blew across the WISSA 2011 race courses in Oravi, Finland last week. The 31st annual WISSA Ice and Snow Sailing World Championships was blessed in many ways. Good winds, great people, an excellent organizing team, and a wonderful venue all came together at […]

Test of the “Best”: Taboo-17, snow trials from Siberia

Last autumn a very interesting annotation was found on the Best Kiteboarding site: “For course racing and light-wind conditions, the largest Taboos are the most aerodynamically refined kites we’ve ever made. Every gram of spare has been trimmed back to deliver maximum light-wind performance and racing advantage.” Later some blurb […]

Lithuania is in the Game

For years, we have heard about it, known about it, but now here is some visual proof that Lithuania is in the game. The city of Kaunas goes back to the 12th century and is worth learning about http://www.randburg.com/li/kaunasci.html Here is some video of WWRR2011 which was held in Kaunas: […]

ISKA 2011 Results

http://www.snowkite-meisterschaft.de/results_2011.php In the course race Russians are unbeatable!

WISSA 2011 Notice of Race – Final

Hello! Here’s the Notice of the Race for WISSA event. Please have it published with highest possible visibility and forwarded to necessary parties not in my list. Racing Rules are published on WinterWindsurf.com, but we are still in process of finalizing Wing and Kite versions. Best regards! Feodor Gurvits

New Kitewing Distributor in North America

New NA Distributor Dan Hill in an interview with NBC reporter Harry Cicma. Snow on the roof of Wingmaster Richard Saltonstall Thanks to all who attended our “gathering of the wings” on Lake Sunapee this past weekend. We had a great BBQ under large falling snowflakes with no wind on […]

What are you planning for your next holiday?

Do something different this season: Why not join us in Iceland for a week long snowkiting adventure next May? We’ll be staying in luxury timber cabins and spending every-day snowkiting at the Langjokull Glacier, exploring over 1000km2 of perfect powder snow in a land where the sun never sets. Think […]