Perhaps a few PKF folks will attend with WISSA being in the U.S....g00fba11 - 2-11-2011 at 06:53 AM
Hmmm..... that's an 8 hour drive from my house..... might have to put that on the things to do in February list...... it would be a real cool event
just to go watch!!!thanson2001ok - 2-11-2011 at 09:07 AM
6 hours for me. I'm going to try and get there.
Feyd, this has your name written all over it!Cheddarhead - 2-11-2011 at 11:38 AM
Yep, sounds very Chris Krug to me! Hopefully I can schedule a road trip during that time.Jaymz - 2-11-2011 at 07:04 PM
Thanks for posting PW,
The kitewing board has been buzzing about this. World class event.
Would love to go if I can get the time off work.
Looks like Krug will have a nice cheering squad ;-)
Here's the post from last week on the kitewing board....
It is official. Sweden will be sending a team to WISSA 2012 in St. Ignace, Michigan USA.
The event- WISSA 2012, will be held 20-26 February 2012 on the bay directly in front of the town situated at the site of one of the oldest
settlements of the Great Lakes in North America.http://www.stignace.com/+-history-of-st.-ignace-550/
The town is connected to the rest of Michigan by one of the longest suspension bridges in the world http://www.mackinacbridge.org/bridge-cam-20/
Situated at the junctions of two of the world's largest bodies of [frozen in winter] fresh water - Lake Michigan and Lake Huron, St. Ignace, is close
to the world famous Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island. http://grandhotel.com/
Conditions permitting [and this is very likely] the marathon portion of WISSA 2012 will go out to Mackinac Island and back. This area experiences
extraordinarily high wind velocities year around, but especially in the
winter.http://www.usairnet.com/cgi-bin/launch/code.cgi?Submit=Go&sta=KMCD&state=MI
So, start planing now. This is the first time in 17 years that WISSA has been held in the USA. There will be 86,000,000 households watching on TV by
way of NBC Sports! Do NOT miss this opportunity to get air time for your sponsors. Racing conditions will be excellent. The Short Track Slalom [STS]
will be run by the best in the world- Riçards Liepins from Riga, Latvia.
Four time race Master Renaud from Quebec will handle the course racing.
We are currently working with airlines and local hotels to reduce the costs for overseas travelers.
This is going to be an amazing event- See you there!
Location looks WINDY. He says the suttles will be 1920's Rolls Royces and the coarse will be ZAMBONIED!
Cheddarhead - 7-11-2011 at 08:14 PM
Can amateurs (such as myself) not competing bring their gear and kite near the events? Would love to spectate as well as kite ski if it was do-able.
