Currently Browsing: News
Apr 17, 2010
The concept for the Red Bull Ragnarok event stems from a Norse myth about a battle where only the strongest survive. For this snowkite event, a course was set to test the abilities and endurance of some of the top snowkiters in the world. The course was designed to be so difficult that most riders would drop out before the end, or at least be eliminated as the top riders took the lead.
As it turned out,...
read more
Red Bull Ragnarok lives up to its name
Mar 22, 2010
The Valovent 2010 snowkite event in Quebec at Lake Matapedia is coming up this following weekend. If you are in the area, check it out. March 27 and 28.
Details at www.valovent.com
English version
French version
Promo...
read more
Valovent 2010 – Quebec, Canada
Mar 11, 2010
The Kite Panel is the latest snowkite-specific innovation to cross our tracks. Aaron Saude, from KitePanel.com came up with the concept and graciously made a custom version with the Drift logo to fit my Ronin jacket. To get started I simply gave him the brand, model and length of the zipper. I also tried on my harness and figured out where to have him put the hole for the harness hook. You have to keep in...
read more
New Product: The Kite Panel
Feb 25, 2010
Get the Flash Player to see the wordTube Media Player.
Don’t go making any plans for the 15-18th of April… because the worlds first Red Bull Ragnarok (endurance snow kite race) is not to be missed!
The base for this one-of-a-kind endurance race, Haugastol Turistsenter, lies between Oslo and Bergen, and is the entrance gate to the El dorado of all snow-kiting locations, Hardangervidda in...
read more
Red Bull Ragnarok Race in Norway
Feb 16, 2010
With reports of epic snowstorms slamming one after another into the East Coast of the United States, the second thought that hit my mind (the first being what a shame it was to waste good snow on the cities of the East) was who was going to score a snowkite session on the National Mall of Washington D.C.? Well, it looks like on February 11th, Vali Puscasu and David Kramer put together the necessary pieces...
read more
Snowkite the Mall
