2009

  Who can tell me where and when??? Anyone who knows wissa knows this person. They call him “the fastest leg in the east”

  For those who say that the sport of windsurfing is on the decline – take a look at the starting line at WISSA 2009 in Riga, Latvia

  Ice and Snow Sailing World Championship 2009 from grolix on Vimeo.

By V.Zakharov Translated by Dibutil SOURCE The Black Sea Cup has started its kiting program. Today we had course races and freestyle competition. The major news is: There is WIND here! And what a wind! Yesterday while training a Kahoona-7 in zenith was lifting a not-so-small fella couple meters up […]

Russian Championship in kite boarding “Black Sea Cup 2009″ is taking place in Anapa on September 21-27, 2009. As usually the awards will be given to the best of professional racers, amateurs and women. For the first time in Russia kiting Course Race and Slalom competitions will run on the […]

by William Tuthill 19 April on Lac Staint-Jean near Chicoutimi, Quebec – near the site of WISSA 2010. This area has a very different climate from other parts of Quebec such as Montreal and Quebec City. Winters are long, and spring offers lots of sailing in warmer temperatures and steady […]

by William Tuthill This is 18 April on Lake Minnewanka in Banff, Alberta. 24 inches [60 cm] of ice so hard that it is buckled like an alligator’s back. There is so much cold stored in this slab that even above freezing temperatures have barely etched the surface. The lake […]

by William Tuthill The whole place is like a terrain park. Low sun angles & kilometers of sailing.

The place – Lake Sunapee, N.H. 1102 feet (335 meters) above sea level and a climactic world away from nearby locations in New England. The background scenery. That is Burkehaven Lighthouse. There are only 5 lighthouses in the State of New Hampshire, and only 2 are on the Seacoast where […]

By Klaus Faisst – Canada The winds during our 2009 World Championships in Riga, Latvia were only light to moderate, hence, no speed records were broken on Lake Kisezers. However, just about all attendance records were broken, including: 111 – registered competitors (most ever) 14 – countries (most ever) 57 […]