Week one results of the Hardwater Kiting GSR are in!

Given the state of winter in some parts of the world first week participation is a little thin but the speeds are great and we have some new riders we haven't seen before which is great.

Congratulations to Guy Lebrun of Quebec for taking first place with his top speed of 43.36 mph on his Ozone C4 13m. That's a great speed for fairly light winds on an LEI. We look forward to seeing more from Guy! :thumb:

For more information and the full ranking list please visit the GSR page.

http://www.hardwaterkiter.com/2016-speed-ranking

Week 2 entry deadline is Friday Feb. 15th.

Grab your GPS and show us what you've got!.

On a side note. If we contacted you for shipping info and T-shirt size and didn't receive a shirt let us know! We still have shirts for weekly winners and runner ups (people who came in second to someone who already won a week) from last season and maybe the season before. Thanks!

Chris

Chris - I know it's Ben a tad colder as of late up your way. Any usable ice yet in the Conway area? Fingers and toes crossed for ya buddy.

It's been a bit of a roller coaster for sure. Glad I don't own a ski hill.

This was the first year that I thought we wouldn't be riding before New Years. Beat it by a day! We've been forced to ride our land based spots which we haven't really ridden in almost 3 years. When conditions came into play the riding has been quite good (see pics). Had a 6 day stretch of riding both for fun and lessons and it definitely brought our collective moods up. This season has been the polar opposite of last year and I'm happy we had such a killer season last year to take the edge off the beating we're getting this season. :D

This last weekend we rode Saturday then watched 2 inches of rain come down Sunday. This has taken the land based stuff out of play for a bit but smoothed out the ice so that's good. The ice situation is coming around with 7"+ up north and 5-6" just down the street. The studded tire bike riding is really great right now! POWERSLIDES AND DRIFTING FOR DAYS!!!! Thinking of hosting a skidding contest. My longest is about 400'. :D

We've had more demand for guided fat biking than kiting at the moment. I have a backlog of lessons waiting in the wings, a pile of gift certificates that want to be redeemed and when the season finally gets dialed, which may be pretty soon, things are going to be hectic. :evil:

Glad the weather is starting to cooperate for you.

Does anyone know who this guy is? Must be a pro.

Quote: Originally posted by Feyd

It's been a bit of a roller coaster for sure. Glad I don't own a ski hill. This was the first year that I thought we wouldn't be riding before New Years. Beat it by a day! We've been forced to ride our land based spots which we haven't really ridden in almost 3 years. When conditions came into play the riding has been quite good (see pics). Had a 6 day stretch of riding both for fun and lessons and it definitely brought our collective moods up. This season has been the polar opposite of last year and I'm happy we had such a killer season last year to take the edge off the beating we're getting this season. :D This last weekend we rode Saturday then watched 2 inches of rain come down Sunday. This has taken the land based stuff out of play for a bit but smoothed out the ice so that's good. The ice situation is coming around with 7"+ up north and 5-6" just down the street. The studded tire bike riding is really great right now! POWERSLIDES AND DRIFTING FOR DAYS!!!! Thinking of hosting a skidding contest. My longest is about 400'. :D We've had more demand for guided fat biking than kiting at the moment. I have a backlog of lessons waiting in the wings, a pile of gift certificates that want to be redeemed and when the season finally gets dialed, which may be pretty soon, things are going to be hectic. :evil:

Really, really glad things are slowly turning into winter out your way. Just checked the North Conway weather and see you are under a Winter Weather Advisory and that there are a lot of nights coming up heading into the low single digits. Good ice forming nights for sure. Rock on!

Quote: Originally posted by ssayre

Glad the weather is starting to cooperate for you. Does anyone know who this guy is? Must be a pro.

Who is that mystery man? "Yeah, I'm turning, I'm turning.... no wait.... @#$%!" :evil: