Feb 25

Written by: Snowkite Admin
2/25/2008 3:30 PM 

Thank you to all that attended Kite Soldiers. I have never seen so many kites in the sky. Riders from all over the country represented snowkiting this weekend in Idaho. I met people from Chicago, Kentucky, California, Hood River, Bend Oregon, Seattle, Montana, Utah, Florida and many other places not to mention a great local turnout. Those of you who arrived Friday were able to enjoy strong East winds blowing around 20. Saturday, I changed the event location and made a few phone calls to the man turning the wind faucet. He was reluctant at first and thought we would settle for sun and blue sky's. It took some convincing but when I told him about the amazing turnout and enthusiasm, he turned on the wind. We had 65 kiters registered for Kite Soldiers and enjoyed a steady 15-20 east wind well into dusk. The GPS backcountry course took riders to a series of checkpoints, starting with several large hill climbs, the riders then had to negociate some large rock formations and a few miles into the course found themselves riding in a 10 foot quarter pipe. I watched in awe, as several riders pushed beyond my course and climbed 1500 ft. peak with a 40 degree slope! The future of Snowkiting is ours to write. The pages from this event have been written and I hope that next years chapter will be even better.

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