With the shutting down of Stormboarding's operations comes the end of our speed ranking list and contest. We would like to thank all of you who participated and sent in your speeds and photos as well as our generous partners who supplied some excellent prizes!
This is a worldwide contest for snowkiters. Just put a GPS in your pocket and ride. At the end of the day check and see what your high speed was, snap a digital photo or download the file and send it to us you never know, a great prize may end up on your doorstep a few days later. Read on for the contest rules. You can check out the last few years worth of speediness by holding your cursor over Speed Ranking to the left and choosing a year. We started back in 2004.
The contest runs from November 15, 2010 through April 1, 2011.
Ride safe. Ride fast.
Snowkite Speed Ranking List 2010-2011
1
Petri Lehikoinen
73.5mph
Helsinki, Finland
Skis
Envy 7
3/24
2
Chris Krug
70.0mph
Sebago Lake, ME
Skis
Peter Lynn 12
2/15
3
Bob Randoplh
64.9mph
Mission Lake, Montana
Skis
Lite 5m
2/13
4
Randy Berube
63.6mph
Sebago Lake, ME
Skis
Venom 8
3/26
5
Bryce Johnson
62.2mph
Pelican Lake, MN
Skis
Havoc 8
3/22
6
Paul Morse
62.0mph
Sebago Lake, ME
Skis
P4 8m
3/26
7
Billy Bordy
59.0mph
Strawberry, UT
Skis
Edge 11
2/4
8
Pat Santy
56.6mph
Oneida, NY
Skis
Frenzy 7.5
3/2
9
Molly Savard
55.5mph
Sunapee, NH
Skis
Charger 6m
3/26
10
Ken Claussen
55.0mph
Columbus, OH
Skis
Sonic 11
2/13
11
Charlie Meding
54.6mph
Lake Sunapee, NH
Skis
Concept Air 10.5
3/27
12
Dan Prideaux
54.4mph
Georgetown Lake, MT
skis
Frenzy 12
3/19
13
Mike Elliot
54.2mph
Chocoura, NH
Skis
Apex 5
1/3
14
Jim Cline
54.1mph
Melvin Village, NH
Skis
Frenzy 5
3/28
15
Tom Reynolds
51.4mph
Strawberry, UT
Skis
Manta 12
3/21
16
Brian Beveridge
51.3mph
Canada
Skis
12/26
17
Billy Bordy
50.7mph
Strawberry, UT
Board
Fuse 14
3/21
18
Mikko Toivonen
49.7mph
Helsinki, Finland
Board
Nomad 9
3/27
19
Brian Schenck
48.9mph
Utah
Board
Frenzy 9
12/10
20
Patrick Coyne
47.8mph
Onondaga, NY
Buggy
Apex 5
3/5
21
Gary Kjelleren
46.9mph
Keeler Bay, VT
Board
Nemisis 10
12/31
22
Anders Marklund
46.2mph
Stockholm, Sweden
Buggy
Frenzy 7
2/10
23
Seth Merriam
45.0mph
Sebago Lake, ME
Board
Key HD 7
3/27
24
Garrett Sorensen
44.6mph
Manitoba, Canada
Skis
Switchblade 9
11/30
25
Saulius Muliolis
43.8mph
Sandusky Bay, OH
Skis
Havoc 16
1/22
26
Vladimir Bubelev
42.1mph
Alum Creek. OH
Skis
T3 9m
2/12
27
Morgan Coyne
41.3mph
Onondaga, NY
Skis
Apex 5
3/2
28
Noah Poritz
41.0mph
Canyon Ferry, MT
Skis
Frenzy 13
1/9
29
Paul Lawrence
40.7mph
Wakefield, MA
Buggy
Ekko 2.8
2/21
30
Stan Woodman
40.4mph
Wolfe Island, Ontario
Board
Royal 10
3/13
31
Mike Woroniak
40.1mph
Squam Lake, NH
Skis
Frenzy 7.5
4/2
32
Chris Miller
32.2mph
Great Falls, MT
Board
Manta 12
1/4
33
Bob Daniels
32.2mph
Winnepisaukee, NH
Skis
Apex 7.5
3/12
34
Bob Metivier
29.5mph
Lake George, NY
Skis
Montana 9.5
2/11
35
Shaun McElhatton
29.1mph
White Bear Lake, MN
Skis
B4
3/12
36
Doug Remsen
28.7mph
Sand Bar, VT
Skis
Venom 10
1/15
37
Paul Bialowoz
27.6mph
Sand Bar, VT
Board
Max 14
2/12
Distance (this is GPS distance traveled by snowkite in one
session):
1
Jim Cline
102 miles
Winnepisaukee, NH
Skis
Access 8
3/10
2
Chris Krug
101 miles
Sebago Lake, ME
Skis
Peter Lynn 12
2/15
3
Molly Savard
85 miles
Sebago Lake, ME
Skis
Charger 10
2/20
4
Saulius Muliolis
77.7miles
Presque Isle, PA
Skis
Turbi Diesel 8
2/12
5
Chris Miller
43.9miles
Monarch, MT
Board
Manta 12
2/10
Ahhh, not so much about speed but Tom Reynold's shot at Strawberry, UT does make even slower kiting look amazing.
Chris Miller shows that wide open space in any form (his was snowcovered at the time) will work for speed sessions.
Bryce Johnson's track showing nice speed passes to get his personal best right at the end of March. Each run was up there and the data is consistent.
Garrett Sorensen's early season session in Manitoba, Canada. Ahhhhhh.
Gaining speed: the anatomy of a session. This is from Petri's GPS showing his multiple runs over 50mph this early season. We love being able to see rider's speeds and tracks.
Brian Schenck had the fastest run this past week on his snowboard and 2011 Frenzy 9. Sounds like there is no lack of snow in Utah this December.
Paul Lawrence, dedicated Kitestorm attendee and New England ice-buggy rider, showing his early season buggy speed.
Speed on ice: Above is Gary Kjelleren showing us that black ice and snowboards CAN mix and left is Bob Randolph going really, really fast on a small lake in Montana.
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