Only four kiters made it to the finish line in this years Red Bull Ragnarok, with Felix Kersten (GER )crossing the line first of them all. in the womens class Steph Bridge (GBR) took the gold.
Photo – Mats-Grimseth
Upsete Wins VAKE
Team Upsete with team members Thomas Sørensen and Per Oskar Store won VAKE with a margin of 3 hours on runners up Team Sweden. Fluid Young Boys came 3rd with with Team Headwind 3 seconds behind.
Se full result here
It’s here! The Ultimate Kite Pulk – by Norpulken
The first Ultimate Kite Pulk has been produced and is now ready for testing.
Watch video of the first tests here
The pulk will now be in a continuous test phase. It is now possible for all kiters to try it out and to give input towards the production version.
Thanks to Norpulken for their great effort!
See more images on the project page
Severyane Wins TOKE 2015
Congratulations to the Russian team , SEVERYANE as winners of TOKE 2015. The team members are Eduard Radaev, Maksim Ignatov
Team Upsete came inn as 2nd and MosDesant as 3rd
Click for Overall results
Prototype close to finished – “The Ultimate Kite Pulk”
Does you want to be the second team trying out the pulks? Please contact Nils Arne Ro
Read more on “The Ultimate Kite Pulk Project” page
Longdistancekiting.com aims at facilitating new gear development so that you can have the best possible experience on your endless kiting trips. We are therefore proud to present the co development project with Norpulken, a Norwegian manufacturer of pulks located at Torpomoen in Gudbrandsdalen.
Please also share your own ideas on the pulk desing in the forum discussion
Kiting 2300 km of Arctic Russia
Kirill Korabelnikov and an additional team of three Russian kiters (3 men and 1 woman) intend to cross big part of the Russian arctic territory by the hardest deserted tundra terrain .
Total distance : 2300 km (semi straight line)
To be done in 2 stages :
- 1st stage April 2015 – Mezen – Naryan-Mar – Vorkuta ( about 1000 km straight )
- 2nd stage April 2016 – Vorkuta – Calehard – river Nadum outfall – bay of Tazov – Norilsk ( about 1300 km straight).
Read the full story here
Red Bull Ragnarok – next chance to join: Jan 5th
The online registration for Red Bull Ragnarok opened today. All released spots have been filled, but your next opportunity to enroll is January 5th when an additional 100 spots are released. Be ready and enroll HERE.
Update – “The Ultimate Kite Pulk Project”
An initial design has been suggested. Have a look here, and comment if you have suggestions for improvement.
Longdistancekiting.com aims at facilitating new gear development so that you can have the best possible experience on your endless kiting trips. We are therefore proud to present the co development project with Norpulken, a Norwegian manufacturer of pulks located at Torpomoen in Gudbrandsdalen.
Read more on “The Ultimate Kite Pulk Project” page
Please share your own ideas in the forum discussion
Vote for you favourite VAKE-team
The 45 teams competing in VAKE and the World Championship in long distanse kiting is now official. Have a look at the list here: VAKE CONTESTANTS
Who do you think will win VAKE this year?
Rank your three favourite teams here: Winners of VAKE
Graphic results HERE
Exiting times for Race Kites
Among the “formula 1″ kites there are currently only two manufacturers Ozone (Chrono) and Elf (Joker 5). However, rumors has it that Flysurfer, StarKite and North will be providing dedicated race kites in the not to distant future. How distant?, we have no clue.
And the Big Question, will any of them beat the FS Speed in Vake, where wind range and ease of rigging are major factors?