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So the first 200 seats for next year's epic snowkite event has been sold out in a matter of minutes ;)

I've been so lucky to secure my seat for Red Bull Ragnarok 2015 - can't wait to get back there.

Another 100 seats will be released in January so there's still a chance to get in ;)

My video from this year's event: https://vimeo.com/99401252

//M

Posted

See if you can get your hands on some of those proto PL single skin kites....

Unfortunately my contacts to Peter Lynn ain't that good :)

But we'll be bringing the leopard most likely, though I most probably will end up using my trusted chargers still ;)

//M

Posted

Will be looking forward to your video then M! Hint hint. :)

Yea ill make one, with a better angle compared to the one from this year ;)

I might use the back mount this time around

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//M

  • 3 months later...
Posted

Nicht in Knoten? Arg m/s. Good luck M.

Hah the same old dialogue on ms vs knots :drinks:

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It's really not that hard for the ranges we are interested in, 1 ms = 2 knots :clapping:

Btw I'm Danish not German, in Danish that would be "Ikke i knob?" (Though I do understand german quite ok) :drinks:

//M

  • 2 weeks later...
Posted

I know you are Danish not German, but knew you would figure it out :D. Thanks for the Danish lesson and the hilarious cartoon. Why knots, well most people I kite with talk knots so it stuck. Every thing else I do is metric, not the devil's units of inches and pounds. Though mind you some times at work I am forced to work in imperial units for the USA customers, they have not seen the light yet .... Will they ever?

So how was the Ragnarok 2015?

Regards,

Norman

Posted

I know you are Danish not German, but knew you would figure it out :D. Thanks for the Danish lesson and the hilarious cartoon. Why knots, well most people I kite with talk knots so it stuck. Every thing else I do is metric, not the devil's units of inches and pounds. Though mind you some times at work I am forced to work in imperial units for the USA customers, they have not seen the light yet .... Will they ever?

So how was the Ragnarok 2015?

Regards,

Norman

Haha great ;-)

Well it didn't go as well as I've foresee (in my dreams) :o

It started out really well, but due to whiteout the start was postponed and the wind slowly died on us, the first two gates went super, then we had a steep descent and as my skiing experience is nonexistent I took a detour which ended with my kite dropping out of the sky and I was spending like 40 minutes sorting out my lines on the mountain side.

That nearly killed it for me because the wind was just getting lower and lower during the day. At one point I got completely stuck on a mountain top with virtually no wind, fortunately it did pick up a bit and I was able to finish one lap (though as the start was delayed I didn't make it before the cutover time).

Just to put it into perctive, they changed it to only 4 laps, and only 4 out of 300 made it through :-)

I made two bad decisions otherwise I would have made at least two laps; didn't go with my gut feeling and changed from my 12 to my 18 when the start was postponed (and the wind had dropped) and I took a less that ideal way down from gate two ;-)

All that aside is was great fun, and we had a great da yesterday on the snowboard with the kite (even though I took a massive hit and have to get my wrist checked when back home) ;-)

//M

Posted

... Every thing else I do is metric, not the devil's units of inches and pounds. Though mind you some times at work I am forced to work in imperial units for the USA customers, they have not seen the light yet .... Will they ever?...

Ahh! the USA, the last bastion of Imperial Measurement; not bad for a republic!

Posted

First place unsponsored Ozone Chrono, second place FlySurfer Sonic-FR and third place FlySurfer (kite unspecified).

Yup first place was the guy who borrowed my charger to complete last year :-Do

I'm pretty sure 3rd place mens skies was Flysurfer Sonic as well ;-)

//M

  • 3 weeks later...
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So the official video is now up, they even figured I was going to fit in

So you were :good: Nice to put a face to your name. Now if you could only talk Linda into joining the forum :D

Didn't see too many Nasa wings out there......

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