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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yM1IESfdypY Short film I shot from my pocket cam at Skyline today. Current total is around 3 feet. Today was fresh, deep and windy from the west. Looks like the area is good and open for the season, if anyone is thinking of heading west on a road trip. In the clip is P...

Windzup and Drift Snowkite magazine have teamed up to make this years Snowkite Summit a bigger season kickoff than ever before. Where is it? SKYLINE, one of the few locations offering epic conditions early in the winter. When is it? First weekend in December.... IKO clinics start on the 3rd, with mo...

Hi Everyone, For those of you who are heading out west in March the Snowkite Masters website is now on-line. You can pre-register for the event at http://www.snowkitemasters.com. All athletes have a chance to win the 1st place cash prize for their category.

Heather Schenck
Ozone Snowkites USA

US Open Snowkite Masters at Skyline, Utah - March 1st &2nd, 2008 In its 4th winter, the US Snowkite Masters has grown to become a world wide series of events, hosting national titles in several different countries. This year the SKM has already hit France and Germany, with upcoming dates in Swit...

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Hey Steve, As you may have seen, many kite mfg's rushed to market with a 4-line "bow" type of kite, mostly copying similar design concepts. Ozone tested every option early on, learning the benefits and down falls of every style. They found that the rainbow style bridle , while allowing ear...

YO YO!!, Finally received some promo material on Ozone's new Surfkite, the Instinct. It is an innovative new design incorporating the positive features of all designs, with a flat shape, inflatable tubes, and 5 direct lines that control the kites trim. More on all that later....... Check out this li...

Here's a link to a sweet New York times article that was written about the OZ SNowkite Freeride event that kicked the season off in early December. The piece drops props for MN residents Dorian Olson and Chuck Gurber who came out to ride on the Utah terrain. http://travel2.nytimes.com/2006/01/06/tra...

The Snow was deep, the wind was up and the visibility was down. This past weekend turned out some of the harshest winter weather Skyline has ever seen, but that didn’t stop over a hundred registered Snowkiters from assaulting the hills and throwing down in the madness. I want to send a huge Thank Yo...

HMMM... interesting subject! It is no can of worms, just an age old silly topic, so here's my two cents as the devils advocate. LEi's will always have one major negative factor for snowkiting, the pump you have to carry around and the time wasted pumping. These are needless features for any snowkite...

In regards to boosting on land, check out this video. Just as on the water and snow, its all what you want to make of it. Some days the conditions are better for small kites and carving, some days its perfect for big kites and hucking :D http://www.kitegallery.net/glenbutcher/butch_mm_001 Seems as t...

The Ozone Snowkite Masters kicks off tomorrow. There is a favorable forecast with 15 MPH winds out of the west all weekend. Friday looks like the best riding day with clear skies, wind, and potentially some fresh snow. Saturday should also be good, just getting partly cloudy. Sunday may have a chanc...

Here's a link to some pictures of riding with Chasta in Utah earlier this week, http://www.ozonesnowkites.com/news.htm

Brian Schenck

Just hit the UP today, Snow and Ice conditions are looking good at most spots. The bay at Marquette is pretty choppy, with ice ridge conditions, but 1/2 hour up the road the snow is a foot deep and untracked at Teal Lake. The snow on the fields is adequate with enough coverage to not hit bottom, but...

Northern MN still has plenty of coverage for snowkiting and winter could stick around for awhile in other parts of state as well. Anyone hoping to extend their Snowkiting season a little longer should look into a trip to Utah, where the terrain holds snow into May. There is a late season event comin...

The Ozone Snowkite Freeride Tour will be with Montana Kite Sports this weekend at Georgetown Lake, Montana. As of today the locals were riding on 5 inches of fresh snow on 10 meter foils. The forecast is for more snow in the next 24 hours and wind thru the weekend. Factory reps from Ultra Nectar, Pe...

Went to Tonka on Monday and Tuesday, but found slightly better (although very similar) conditions on Long lake over by Billys Lighthouse bar. Snowkited on a 179 Snowboard and had no problem edging and cruising around. The 1 inch of fuzed ice/snow was actually a really fun and fast surface for riding...

Hey Jason, Thanks for laying down the ground work and putting together the details for the Mille Lacs Snowkite Jam this weekend. We're on our way back from Michigan today, we'll try to bring some of their snow with us! between 6 and 12 inches dumped from South haven up to the UP over the last days. ...

The Ozone Freeride went off at Skyline, Utah last week. Riders came from all over including Nathan and AP representing the land o lakes. We had good wind most of the week, with a couple of light days and a couple of high wind days. The terrain was epic, with hills, rollers, gaps and plenty of snow. ...

Here is a link to the Ozone Snowkite Freeride Calendar. It shows many of the dates and locations for this season's snowkite tour.

http://www.windzup.com/calendar.html

Windzup,

Brian Schenck
801-501-8300
team@windzup.com