How fast can you go? Snowkite Speed and Distance Ranking List and Contest
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 and this year's speed ranking list itself. 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 2009-2010 list is now complete. Scroll down for contest rules, partners and winners.
Ride safe. Ride fast.
The Rules:
1. You must have been on snow or ice - skis, snowboards, sleds... 2. Your power must have come from a kite. Be honest and have good kite karma. 3. Units must be in miles per hour 4. We need either your GPS file (preferred) and/or a digital photo of the GPS - with you in the photo as well and we need to be able to read the max speed.
5. Include your name, location, what was on your feet, max speed, date and kite size/type in an e-mail to[email protected]
6. Any speeds over 60mph must be accompanied by the GPS data from your whole session or results from an online GPS verification program. If you do not have this info, we will still post your speed but marked as unconfirmed.
Congrats to our winners:
Early Season: Chris Krug went 58.6mph on skis in Maine, won a new-look Stormboarding t
Fastest in a hay field: Bob Christian went 27.3mph on skis Dec. 6, won an Ozone wind sock
Week 5: Gary Kjelleren went 53.1mph on skis in Vermont, won an Ozone wallet
Week 6: Chris Krug went 54.2mph on skis in NH to win a Dynafit hat
Week7:Tom Reynolds went 45.8 in Utah and sentinthebestphototowin a Dakine beanie
Week 7: Chris Krug went 52.2mph on skis in NH to top the week
Week 8: Gary Kjelleren went 52.0mph on skis in VT to wind a Dakine MP3 case.
Week 9: Mike Elliot went 53.3mph on skis in NH to win a Dakine wallet
Week 10: Chris Krug went 63.96mph on skis in NH and won an Ozone beanie
Week 11: Noah Poritz went 39.5mph on skis in Idaho to win a Dakine MP3 case
Week 11: Chris Krug was the fastest at 55.6mph on skis in VT
Week 12: Walter Brink on one of his 1st times out went 42.5mph, won an Ozone windsock
Week 12: Chris Krug was fastest going 59.1mph on skis in NH
Week 13: Bob Randolph went 56.7mph on skis in MT to win a Dakine beanie
Week 14: Gary Kjelleren went 57.5mph on skis in VT to win a Dakine MP3 case
Week 15: Molly Savard went 52.8mph to be the fastest woman and win a Peter Lynn beanie
Week 15: Gary Kjelleren was the fastest at 62.3mph on skis in VT
Week 16: Brian Beveridge went 63.3mph on skis in Manitoba to win a Peter Lynn beanie
Week 17: Chris Krug topped the list and week with 67.5mph on skis to win a Dakine MP3 case
End of Season: Garrett Sorensen went 60.79mph on skis in UT to wrap up the season and win a Dakine beanie
THANK YOU AND CONGRATS TO ALL WINNERS AND EVERYONE WHO PARTICIPATED TO HAVE FUN, WIN PRIZES AND REACH THEIR PERSONAL BESTS THIS SEASON. HAVE A GREAT SUMMER AND SEE YOU HERE NEXT WINTER FOR MORE SPEED CONTEST FUN.
Season Wrap-up:
Top 3 Overall:
1
Chris Krug
67.5mph
Umbagog, ME
skis
Charger 15
3/28
2
Brian Beveridge
63.3mph
Lk Manitoba, Canada
Skis
Switchblade 8
3/18
3
Gary Kjelleren
62.3mph
Sand Bar, VT
skis
HP 10
3/14
Top 3 Snowboarders:
1
William Bordy
48.5mph
Strawberry, UT
Snowboard
Pulse 8
3/25
2
Seth Merriam
45.0mph
Long Lake, ME
Snowboard
Speed 10
3/3
3
Stan Woodman
40.1mph
Wolfe Isl, Ontario
Snowboard
Synergy 12
3/7
**William Bordy is not on the main list with this speed
since he went faster on skis. This was submitted during week 17.
Top Woman
1
Molly Savard
52.8mph
Squam Lake, NH
Skis
Charger 10
3/14
Top 3 Outside North America:
1
Petri Lehikoinen
59.78mph
Helsinki, Finland
Skis
Sport 9
3/11
2
Alexey Okhotnikov
48.22mph
Russia
Skis
TBA
1/
3
Sergei Keler
36.79mph
Russia
Skis
TBA
1/
End of Season March 18 � May 10
1
Garrett Sorensen
60.79
Lk Winnipeg, MB
skis
Switchblade 6
4/2
2
William Bordy
54.7mph
Strawberry, UT
skis
Manta 15
4/1
Snowkite Speed Ranking List
2009-2010
1
Chris Krug
67.5mph
Umbagog, ME
skis
Charger 15
3/28
2
Brian Beveridge
63.3mph
Lk Manitoba, Canada
Skis
Switchblade 8
3/18
3
Gary Kjelleren
62.3mph
Sand Bar, VT
skis
HP 10
3/14
4
Charles Meding
61.6mph
Sunapee, NH
Skis
Concept Air 6.5
3/14
5
Garrett Sorensen
60.79
Lk Winnipeg, MB
skis
Switchblade 6
4/2
6
Petri Lehikoinen
59.78mph
Helsinki, Finland
Skis
Sport 9
3/11
7
Paul Morse
58.8mph
Umbagog, NH
Skis
Psycho 12
3/28
8
Randy Berube
58.7mph
Squam Lake, NH
Skis
Venom 10
3/14
9
Bob Randolph
56.7mph
Dickey Lk, MT
Skis
Edge 9
2/26
10
William Tuthill
55.6mph
Sunapee, NH
Skis
Kitewing 4.8
3/14
11
William Bordy
54.7mph
Strawberry, UT
skis
Manta 15
4/1
12
Saulius Muliolis
54.6mph
Presque Isle, PA
skis
Turbo Diesel 8
2/6
13
Mike Elliot
53.3mph
Squam Lk, NH
Skis
Apex 7.5
1/31
14
Molly Savard
52.8mph
Squam Lake, NH
Skis
Charger 10
3/14
15
Noah Poritz
50.4mph
Centinnials Mtns, MT
Skis
Manta 10
3/28
16
Eric Heath
49.0mph
Long Lake, ME
Skis
Outlaw 8
3/3
17
Alexey Okhotnikov
48.22mph
Russia
Skis
TBA
1/
18
Tom Reynolds
45.8mph
Strawberry, UT
Skis
Manta 15
1/14
19
Seth Merriam
45.0mph
Long Lake, ME
Snowboard
Speed 10
3/3
20
Michael Brown
44.2mph
Skyline, UT
Skis
Manta 12
12/13
21
Bob Christain
44.1mph
Naukeg LK, MA
Skis
Waroo 17
2/22
22
Walter Brink
42.5mph
Sand Bar, VT
Skis
T3 12
2/15
23
Paul Lawrence
41.7mph
Massbesic, MA
Buggy
Ekko 2.8
2/15
24
Laurel Fullerton
41.4mph
Dickey Lk, MT
Skis
Octane 7
2/26
25
Stan Woodman
40.1mph
Wolfe Isl, Ontario
Snowboard
Synergy 12
3/7
26
Cole Russell
37.4mph
Georgetown LK, MT
Board
Screamer 10
12/12
27
Sergei Keler
36.79mph
Russia
Skis
TBA
1/
28
Patrick Anderson
36.7mph
Medecine Hat, Alberta
Skis
Yakuza 10
3/20
29
Patrick Coyne
34.8mph
Onondaga, NY
Snowspider (buggy)
Element 5
3/5
30
Bob Metivier
29.2mph
Lk George, NY
Skis
Neo 11
3/7
31
Rod Strickland
28.5mph
Long Lk, ME
Board
Psycho 15
1/6
32
Doug Remsen
28.3mph
Sand Bar, VT
Skis
Venom 10
1/10
33
Jeff Bartkowski
26.9mph
Sacandaga, NY
Skis
Montana 9.5
1/2
34
Myron Hlady
26.3mph
Manitoba, Canada
Board
Synergy 15
2/7
Unconfirmed (Speeds 60mph+
without GPS data)
1
William Bordy
62.3mph
Strawberry, UT
Snowboard
Nemesis 10
4/6
Snowkite Distance Ranking
1
Stepan Kalichkin
188 miles`
Novosibirsk, Russia
Skis
Advance 12
4/3
2
Jim Cline
130 miles
Umbagog, NH
Skis
Frenzy 5
3/28
3
Paul Morse
101.4 miles
Lomg Lk, ME
Skis
Speed 15
3/3
4
Gary Kjelleren
60 miles
Sand Bar, VT
Skis/board
Waroo 12
2/7
5
Walter Brink
43.95 miles
Sand Bar, VT
Skis
T3 12
2/15
6
Myron Hlady
24.32 miles
Manitoba, Canada
Snowboard
Synergy 15
2/7
Stepan Kalichkin sent in this track from a huge 188 mile day in Russia. Check out his upwind path and then big rides downwind.
After a fast day at Umbagog, NH at the end of the season. Two/four of these are season bests (Paul and Chris).
William Bordy went a speedy 48.5mph on his snowboard in Utah before snapping this shot.
iPhone users take note: this contest can be very easy. Jeff Bartkowski sent us data from his iPhone using the app MotionX-GPS. It does everything including sends me a link to your track with verifiable data and you can also attach a photo of your happy face. No more needing an advanced degree to download your GPS data. Thanks for the tip Jeff (and looks like you had a great ride).
Tom Reynolds' respectable run week 7 won him the prize because we liked the photo. Check out that great riding area and his buddies reflected in his goggles.
Want to know about going fast and what it takes? Check out consistent speed winner Chris Krug's blog. His reports on sessions, gear and the people he meets are insightful and entertaining. And he has a talent for photography. Find him at: hardwaterkiter.blogspot.com
That is Alexey Okhotnikov from Saint-Petersburg, Russia. This high speed (around 65mph) was achieved in 2009. But we have made contact with this group of speedy Russion snowkiters and are looking forward to hearing more from them.
Gary Kjelleren rode almost 70 miles and was the speediest of week 14 on this long downwinder on the Inland Sea in Vermont with the kite he won at Kitestorm.
New: How far did you ride? Snowkite Distance List
We are celebrating 2010 with a new element to the snowkite speed contest - distance. This time, we do not care how fast you go, only how far in one day of riding and then keep your season score for the end. All you have to do is zero your GPS before riding, stick it in your pocket and have an amazing day. Then, snap a photo and email it to us with where you were, the kite you were on and what you had on your feet. Even better, send us a screen shot of a Google Earth map with your tracks on it. In order to keep it honest, once we get a feel for the distances that are possible, we will ask for a google map screen shot showing your track for the day. But, for now, just send us your daily distances. We will have some prizes for this category as well.
Get those legs warmed up and have fun out there - whether you go really fast or just ride all day.
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Burlington, VT
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