WARNING!

Flysurfer kites are not designed for hill gliding. Do not try this. Only professionals attempt jumps like this.

Location : Col du Lautaret (French Alps)

Riders : Willy Charton, Remi Janisset (snowkiteaventure.com)

A movie about the event in Serre-Chevalier by Pascal Boulgakow.

This time with the Aeros team.

World Snowkite Masters 2012 tokk place on the "Col du Lautaret" from 7 to 15 January.

Here are the best international snowkiters riding the big mountains to rock the snow.

Riders: Marek Zach, Remi Meum, Yusca Balogh, Lennart Van Schuilenburg, Alex Robin, lolo BSD, Abe Alzouman.

I have now spent an amazing week here in the French Alps in Serre Chevalier Vallé, 2000m above sea level. This year was great, we got sun and wind every day and there was a lot of people present for the competition.

Iain Hannay from Spain arrived with 12 riders and it was really fun to ride around with so many of the Ozone team riders. Patrick Blanc was one of the riders, Patrick is a really good rider in the water and here he showed that he is also a good snowkiter. He got 5th in the end but he was there fighting with the big names like Guilliaime Chastagnol, Remi Meum and Marek Zach.

Marek Zach is the 2011 world champion and an Ozone team rider. He has been doing the World Snow Kite Masters for many years. It is always really nice to have him around in the competition. He has an amazing powerful style and was unlucky in his heat to not get on the podium. Thanks for the support Marek, you are always there when I need a hand before my heats. I like this spirit.

I signed in for snowboard and skis and got 1st in both. I am really happy with this. Last year it was my first year on a snowboard and it’s really nice to kite with a snowboard in the snow. But I will never give up on my skis either

The last day we did the Race, and I am impressed by Pascal Boulgakoff. He is a good racer and came in 3rd in the competition. He knows how to climb the mountains and he was not far away from the 1st position.

I did the race on snowboard… it was really hard. But in the end I managed to cross the finish line first.

In the end this week has been perfect for me. A super start for an amazing 2012! 3 gold medals I can’t wait for more. I know this year will be a good one.

Just want to say thanks to Iain for a nice week. Next year, bring more people from Spain! Hope to see you guys around somewhere very soon.

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CONGRATULATIONS, AMAZING RESULTS!

Source: http://www.flyozone.com/snowkites/en/news/headlines/19755

Snowkite season opening video shot by Francisvision. See the Col du Lautaret locals opening their snowkite season with some nice action and kiteloops. Enjoy!

Riders: Lolo B.S.D, Alex, Robin, Mehdi, Francis

The venue was again Serre Chevalier.

Official video of the 2011 French freestyle kiteboarding championships.

Results

Men

1. Thomas Paris
2. Sébastien Garat
3. Tom Hebert

Junior

1. Paul Serin
2. Valentin Marvyle
3. Forest Bakker

Women

1. Caroline Adrien
2. Mathilde Serin
3. Céline Rodenas

We (Fipi & Phil)had the chance to have a preseries Unity from Flysurfer for testing. So we went to Beauduc for testing a filming a bit. We had 4 great days of wind and perfect conditions for all of our Flysurfer kites. So instead of making just a clip about the new Unity, we came up with this footage, where you can see what is possible with the different Flysurfer kites. So in this video you will see how the Unity, Psycho 4 or the Speed 3's perform and what we love to do with those great kites.

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Results:

1. Billy Parker
2. Aaron Hadlow
3. Alex Fox
4. Sean Reyngoundt
5. Alex Campet

Kiteloop contest

1. Billy Parker
2. Jordan Heurtau