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Two All-Time Favorite SnowKiting Videos

Two All-Time Favorite SnowKiting Videos

| September 1, 2008 | 0 Comments

This video of three Norwegian punks shredding Greenland is one of my all time favorite kiting videos and also one of all time favorite expeditions for that matter.  These guys did a vast amount of research on the project beforehand and are excellent skiers and kiters.  In the end, they annihilated the old crossing record by […]

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Sunday Photo – Midnight Kiting in Sam Ford Fjord

Sunday Photo – Midnight Kiting in Sam Ford Fjord

| August 31, 2008 | 0 Comments

Expeditions can be a ton of hard work and heavy hauling. A friend once described this as “the blue-collar” part of the sport, which I often think about when I’m crushed with a heavy load. Full-speed ahead in the Sam Ford Fjord area of Baffin Island, right near Swiss Bay. This photo was taken during […]

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Powered Up – Build Your Own NASA Wing Kite

Powered Up – Build Your Own NASA Wing Kite

| August 29, 2008 | 12 Comments

Few topics on earth get people more fired than debating which snow kite is the best.  I should know, as for years I was NASA wing evangelist and still am to a large degree.  DEATH BEFORE FOIL KITES.  Yeah, well, then I tried an Ozone foil, and, uhmmm, well, it was totally bitchin’.  And so […]

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