Crossing Times

[Tighe]

Another great event. Big Thanks go to Mike Turner and Mia, those who contributed snowmobiles, those who volunteered, those who made the journey from far away, those who brought the beer, those who brought the grills, those who brought the fire pit, those who brought chairs and an inflatable couch. Fun weekend.

These events would not happen if not for the generous support of the sponsors. Excelsior Brew definitely came through and treated us all to quite a few of their incredible brews. Slingshot (Neil and Laura) got the new gear into the hands of many riders. The Slingshot Tent, Excelsior's taps, and Lakawa's fire pit created a great spot for everyone to hang together. Lakawa had gear and swaps going though the weekend. Dynamik played an integral roll in the event as well as laying out a mean tack across the wind. Thanks guys!

Looking forward to seeing some of of the photos.

We did have a rider go down. She's fine and back at home. Thanks to whomever assisted getting her off the ice.

MENS SNOWBOARD
1 Dennis Foo Kune 31 55:50:00
2 Daniel Wilder 51 55:52:00
3 Todd Hanson 43 56:06:00
4 Matt Volence 49 57:20:00
5 Roland Rioux 46 57:59:00
6 Jason Yetley 28 58:33:00
7 Jack Nierenhausen 34 1:01:02
8 Mike Manger 50 1:03:23
9 Pete Nierenhausen18 1:20:04
10 John Kallemeyn 48 1:17:40
11 Josh Ernst 52 1:12:11

MENS SKI
1 Bryce Johnson 9 43:15:00
2 Scott Lystrup 24 45:28:00
3 Barry Peterson 42 45:48:00
4 Tighe Belden 13 47:01:00
5 Andy Foster 5 47:24:00
6 Steve Swift 10 47:25:00
7 Jess Johnson 38 47:35:00
8 Mike Bares 41 47:42:00
9 Scott Chapman 36 49:54:00
10 Jeff Dankey 7 50:12:00
11 Phil Midler 25 50:20:00
12 Christopher Erickson 32 50:30:00
13 Steve Albright 0 50:37:00
14 John Click 8 51:21:00
15 Steve Eisenhome 45 52:08:00
16 Chad Reuter 26 52:38:00
17 Tarence Dritz 35 53:18:00
18 Mike Kratochwill 20 55:54:00
19 Matt Carter 22 56:42:00
20 William Manual 6 57:47:00
21 Rob Evans 37 58:05:00
22 Jeremy Kukowski 12 1:02:45
23 John Kukowski 3 1:04:26
24 Gabe Smith 30 1:14:21
25 Mike Glasier 4 1:24:16
26 Jamu Alford 56 1:27:05

WOMENS SKI
1 Lizzy Wilkins 19 54:14:00
2 Kate Perkins 2 1:15:00

WOMENS SNOWBOARD
1 Vicky Hanson 44 1:06:38
2 Katie Egle 11 1:33:04

[MK]

What a weekend! So blessed to be able to have fun like this. I can't begin to state how great it was so I'll just forward to some pictures for you to enjoy:

Jenn Barnett did mucho fabioso visual coverage: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set ... 075&type=1

Newspaper Brainerd Dispatch captured the spirit well too: http://brainerddispatch.com/slideshow/2 ... cs#slide-1

[Tighe]

Unfortunately there were a few errors with the original post of results, and to make it worse one of them them was between the first and second place snowboard finishers. Both incredible runs, 2 seconds apart. The results above have been updated.

[Bryce]

Awesome event everyone!! Perfect wind to get so many people out there!

Looks like there might be a error in the skiers times as well. Barry and Scott are swapped.

[Tighe]

Friggin Riggin. I am for more proficient in CS6 than I am in Excel. Sorry everyone. I wanted to get the results out asap and tried to finish them up last night. I think people are sick of the updates on Facebook. But I will correct it here. So sorry to all those effected.

On a side note: there was one racer who ran the course but didn't register...it's a shame cause he would have gotten a second place.

[JRN]

YOU GUYS ARE ALL AN INSPIRATION! I'm only sad I wasn't there to witness it. But seriously, my Mom always warned me about fast women. Now I know what she was talking about. I'm sure she had Liz & Vicki in mind, but Kate & Katey? Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.
Mega Dittoes on Jenn's superb eye behind the lense. KUDOS!

[Denis]

Wow! Awesome race everyone! I knew it was going to be close, but that was really intense. Todd, Dan and I are within 16 seconds of each other in an hour-long race. Feels like any one of use could have taken it. It came down to minuscule mistakes.

Andy, Steve and Jess were also within very small time differences (11 seconds.) It always surprises me how close we get on such long courses with a steep upwind leg, which I thought would spread people out a bit.

[wilderclimberdude]

Yes, that was a super rad race! Congrats to Denis, I knew it was going to be super tight. The whole weekend was a blast. I think kickball might have to be a new tradition. Also thanks to Excelsior brewery for keeping us all good an snockered on Saturday. I also really dug the salmon dinner cooked at midnight upon Mike Manger's wood fired oven Friday night. Here's to "Frozen Man" 2013! Next year I'm booking my band at the Goose.

-DW-

[MK]

More links to event coverage with articles, video and a picture gallery you buy photos:

http://spotted.brainerddispatch.com/gal ... ?id=543048

http://brainerddispatch.com/news/2013-0 ... te-surfers

http://brainerddispatch.com/news/2013-0 ... arding-101

http://brainerddispatch.com/news/2013-02-25/winter-wind

http://www.dougbennington.com/kite-races/

Nice work Renee Richardson and Kelly Humphrey of the Brainerd Dispatch! Thank you for covering our unique sport:) Hope to see you next year.

Thank you for capturing the vivid colors and mood Doug Bennington!

[kiteboymn]

Wow! crazy fun weekend. Thank you Mike Fox! and all the people that help make this the biggest event of the year, for all you do.
Great competitors and great friends, all of you. Lets blow the roof off this thing next year for the ten year anniversary. Who knows? maybe Brian Smith
will show up with a date.

Kiteboy

[krazykatie]

Fun weekend! Great race! Yes! Kickball must be a new tradition! Sadly, i missed out on the game thanks to Excelsior Brewery I'm crazy about the Frozen Man theme for next year. I wonder if we can get Mr. Fox to ride along with it

[Steve I]

Great time at the crossing! Never not fun. Although my last name was misspelled (15 Steve Eisenhome 45 52:08:00) Steve Isenhower
See yawl next year!

Steve