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New Kitewing 4CE “FORCE”

Friday, January 15th, 2010

The new 4CE kitewing is now in production. The shorter wingspan of the 4,0 sqm size, 4CE makes it agile and easy to use, especially shorter individuals benefit from the shorter wingspan. Five battens, just as in the larger wings, make this wing the most stable wing made so far. The movement of the wing [...]

Kitewing open trial day 19.12.2009

Thursday, December 17th, 2009

The first open trial day of the season will be held (if there is wind) on lake Bodom in Espoo on the 19th of December from 10:00 to 15:00. The best access to the ice is from Oittaa beach. As there is little snow,  this day is intended for those useing skates . Warm clothes [...]

Concept 110

Tuesday, December 1st, 2009

NEW Concept 110 a special skate for kitewing or kite use This 600mm long, 140mm high skate is specially designed for kitewing riding or kiteing on ice. This skate has been developerd by the 2009 Kitewing world champion Alex Larsson for ultimate performance with a Kitewing on ice. The R 27m blade is made of [...]

Ski Expo

Tuesday, September 29th, 2009

Kitewing Sports will attend Ski Expo in Helsinki 30.10-1.11.2009, Ski Expo is the largest winter sports fair in Scandinavia, you find us at stand 6 N 41, welcome.

Highwalley Classic in Stockholm, Sweden (30.5.2009)

Thursday, May 28th, 2009

Kitewing will be present at the Highwalley Classic event (http://highvalleyclassic.blogspot.com/) on Saturday 30.6 2009. The Highwalley Classic isa  skateboard downhill event / felstival to promote developeing a skatepark in the area. Kitewing is one of the sponsors of the event and the winner of the event will recieve a Kitewing as price. I will be [...]

Kitewing present at kitefestival in Belgium

Thursday, May 7th, 2009

Kitewing is one of the supporters of the Oxbow Kite event. Ronald Verhaegen of Belgian Flyboarder Club (www.flyboarder.be) will give a demo and represent Kitewing at the event. If you are in the area, please visit the event.

Alexander Larsson tripple world champion

Monday, February 23rd, 2009

Everybody at Kitewing Sports congratulates our teamrider Alex Larsson (SWE) on the world championship(s) title(s). In the end Alex took 3 out of 3 titles (Course, Slalom and Marathon). 4 riders clearly were abowe the rest as these 4 shared the top 3 possitions in all 3 categories. The Course racing was closest at the [...]

WISSA 2009 Ice and Snow Sailing World Championship

Thursday, February 19th, 2009

Kitewing teamrider Alex Larsson from Sweden leads the course event after 5 races, closely followed by Rainer Salo from Finland. Alex leads the slalom event as well after 3 races, the lead is substantial and he is followed by Ivo Sarja from Latvia.

Kitewing open trial day in Helsinki

Wednesday, January 7th, 2009

On 6.1.2008 around 80 enthusiastic novices tried Kitewing riding at Laajalahti bay in Helsinki at the first open Kitewing trial this season, arranged by the guys at C-Breeze (main distributor of Kitewing in Finland). The conditions where good, the wind perhaps on the heavy side, but with miles of snow free ice on the bay. [...]

WISSA 2009 Ice and Snow Sailing World Championship

Monday, December 15th, 2008

The 29th Ice and Snow Sailing World Championship will be held in Riga, Latvia. Date for the race is February 16-21, 2009. The WISSA event is the longest running international competition in the history of windsurfing and the most prestigious winter sailing event in the world. It is held since 1980 each year alternating between [...]