Поскольку тема - кто быстрее, то ради объективности надо отметить: на WISSA-2013 были зафиксены скорости кайта заметно выше, чем на кайтвингах. Тут уже не поспоришь. Скорее, кайтвинг мог соперничать с виндсерфингом...
http://wissa2013.fi/files/2012/09/GP...NATS-FINAL.xls
Но при этом - это красиво, цельно, и очень хорошо что есть такое направление.
Rank Surname First name Country Division Speed km/h
WINGS
1 Salo Rainer FINLAND Veteran 61.02
2 Larsson Alexander SWEDEN Overall 60.44
3 Pöllänen Ossi FINLAND Grand Masters 60.26
4 Kleschenok Denis RUSSIA Overall 59.61
5 Salo Reima FINLAND Overall 59.29
6 Blom Patrick FINLAND Overall 58.42
7 Uddström Erik FINLAND Veteran 58.21
8 Laukkanen Tuuli FINLAND Women 58.17
9 Salo Juho FINLAND Overall 58.03
10 James Carl SWEDEN Overall 56.7
11 Fromell Lars SWEDEN Grand Masters 55.36
12 Tuthill Annie USA Youth 54.68
13 Lönnqvist Tom FINLAND Overall 51.91
14 Sjöstrand Johan SWEDEN Overall 51.55
15 Faisst Klaus CANADA Veteran 51.22
16 Back Jenny SWEDEN Women 48.56
Rank Surname First name Bib Division Speed km/h
SAILBOARDS
1 Pääkkönen Oskari FINLAND Masters 63.79
2 Blinnikka Daniel FINLAND Youth 60.33
3 Blinnikka Juha FINLAND Grand Masters 60.3
4 Hillairet Alexis FRANCE Overall 57.96
5 Gurvits Feodor FINLAND Overall 57.74
6 Riihimäki Antti FINLAND Veteran 57.16
7 Korzhikov Vladimir RUSSIA Masters 56.08
8 Junnikkala Juha FINLAND Masters 55.94
9 Volotskoy Vadim RUSSIA Masters 53.14
10 Zhilin Egor RUSSIA Youth 49.78
11 Maltsev Viacheslav RUSSIA Grand Masters 47.7
12 Arosilta-Gurvits Anna FINLAND Women 44.02
13 Khargovskiy Andrey RUSSIA Overall 43.84
Rank Surname First name Country Division Speed km/h
KITES SKIS
1 Cherkashin Oleg RUSSIA Overall 92.16
2 Lehikoinen Petri FINLAND Overall 84.16
3 Schröder Kai FINLAND Masters 82.87
4 Ignatov Maksim RUSSIA Masters 79.05
5 Feudoroff Max RUSSIA Overall 77.84
6 Balyakin Andrei RUSSIA Overall 77.18
7 Raynal Pierre-Alain SWITZERLAND Grand Masters 75.67
8 Pesonen Anssi FINLAND Masters 75.42
9 Levi Nick USA Masters 74.96
10 Kaspar Michael SWITZERLAND Masters 74.01
11 Timofeev Anatolii RUSSIA Grand Masters 72.72
12 Selen Raimo FINLAND Grand Masters 72.64
13 Kalinina Elena RUSSIA Women 64.08
14 Gueorguieva Eugenia USA Women 56.8
15 Vesanen Veli-Matti FINLAND Grand Masters 50.61