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Sunday, March 09, 2014

WISSA 2014: Final Results

Registered racers counts:

Champions 2014

Course Race Kite Boards

  • Overall: Ryazanov Ilya, Miass
  • Youth: Garashchenko Artem, Ekaterinburg
  • Veterans: Zyrin Pavel, Ekaterinburg
  • Women: Sysoeva Tatiana, Chelyabinsk
  • B15: Sokolov Nikita, St.Petersburg

Course Race Open Class

  • Overall: Leontev Aleksandrs, Latvia
  • Women: Moiseeva Anastasiya, Mytishi
  • Veterans: Ilukhin Vasiliy, Solnechnogorsk
  • Youth: Vostryakov Roman, Arhangelsk
  • Junior: Morozov Daniil, Monchegorsk

Course Race Kite Skis

  • Overall: Shaidakov Maksim, Yaroslavl'
  • Women: Kalinina Elena, St.Petersburg
  • Grand Masters: Lezinov Igor, Yaroslavl'
  • D8: Gladyshev Victor, Moscow
  • Veterans: Raynal Pierre-Alain, Switzerland Lausanne
  • B15: Kodanev Nikita, St.Petersburg

Course Race Wings

  • Salo Rainer, Finland

Freesyle Kite Boards

  • Overall: Garashchenko Artem, Ekaterinburg
  • Women: Ponomaryva Natali, Orenburg
  • Masters: Shelyganov Gena, Kolomna
  • Juniors: Sokolov Nikita, St.Petersburg

Freesyle Kite Skis

  • Overall: Kosolapov Lev, Moscow
  • Women: Nabieva Elena
  • Junior: Zhukov Andrey, Zapolarny

Short Trek Open Class

  • Overall: Leontev Aleksandrs, Latvia
  • Women: Zubkova Elena
  • Grand Master: Allikveer Kalev, Estonia
  • Junior: Zhilin Egor

Short Trek Wings

  • Salo Rainer, Finland

Final Protocols


Congratulations to all Champions and the whole WISSA community with successful event that happened despite all odds!

Great thanks to organizers, judges and sponsors of the Championship. We are awaiting on the results of the vote for the next venue of WISSA 2015.

WISSA 2014: The Final Day

On the final day there was so much wind that the ice shield had shifted and multiple cracks made it unsafe. Representatives of the Ministry of Emergency Situations forbid to sail, no races were run. Here is the clip showing wind conditions on that day:


Saturday, March 08, 2014

WISSA 2014: Faces 8


Nikulichev Dmitriy

WISSA 2014: Faces 7


Polyakova Lydmila 

WISSA 2014: Faces 6


Kulagin Evgeny

WISSA 2014: Faces 5


Shevelev Alexey and Raynal Pierre-Alain 

WISSA 2014: Faces 4


Elena Kalinina

WISSA 2014: Faces 3


Feudoroff Max
Photo by Kirill Korabelnikov

WISSA 2014: Faces 2


Sayfulin Farid and Lyubimtsev Roman 

WISSA 2014: Faces 1


Minaev Anton
Photo by 
Kirill Korabelnikov

WISSA 2014: Particulars

WISSA 2014: Freestyle

The ice is hard... to fall :)














WISSA 2014: Short Track

Watch how ideal are conditions for these guys!





WISSA 2014: Wings






WISSA 2014 Day 4: Sun, Wind, Competition

Today the wind had increase, the sky is clear, everyone is up for a good fight.
"It is going to be fun!" says the kite-skiing course-race leader Dmitriy Nikulichev of Petrozavodsk. He is looking forward to competing with the top five - anyone has a chance to win at this moment.

Iliya Ryazanov from Miass is a leader in kite snowboards course race. His luck is challenged by Igor Danilov, Gennadiy Shelyganov and Alexander Melkozerov.

The leader of Open class is Arthur Gross from Estonia. His adversaries are Alexander Leontiev from Latvia, Vadim Volotskiy from Arkhangelsk and Slava Maltsev of Murmansk. "I shall try winning but with higher wind I need to watch out and not end up somewhere unexpected" - laughs Artur.


Preliminary results of 2014-03-06:

«Kites with ski, Course Race».

1. Nikulichev Dmitriy 8,50.
2. Shaidakov Maksim 9,25.
3. Ignatov Maksim 12,75.

«Kites with snowboards, Course Race».

1. Ryazanov Ilya 5,5.
2. Shelyganov Gena 7,75.
3. Danilov Igor 9,5.

«Windsurfing rigs, Course Race».

1. Gross Artur 5,5.
2. Maltsev Viacheslav 9,00.
3. Volotskoy Vadim 12,00.

«Windsurfing rigs, Short Track Slalom».

1. Leontev Aleksandrs 3,75.
2. Gurvits Feodor 12,00.
3. Korzhikov Vladamir 17,00.







Thursday, March 06, 2014

WISSA 2014 Day 3 Update: Wind is Light


Preliminary results after as of 2014.03.05:

«Kites with ski, Course Race»
1. Shaidakov Maksim 9,50.
2. Nikulichev Dmitriy 11,75.
3. Lezinov Igor 12,75. 
«Kites with snowboards, Course Race»
1. Shelyganov Gena 5,75.
2. Ryazanov Ilya 6,75.
3. Danilov Igor 8,75.
«Windsurfing rigs, Course Race»
1. Leontev Aleksandrs 0,75.
2. Volotskoy Vadim 2,00.
3. Maltsev Viacheslav 3,00. 
«Windsurfing rigs, Short Track Slalom»
1. Leontev Aleksandrs 2,25.
2. Gurvits Feodor 6,00.
3. Korzhikov Vladamir 10,00. 

Photos by Nikita Nikryt