Longest wing skiing session 25 km in 1.5 hours!

Looking at last year’s wing skiing sessions I didn’t have any sessions over an hour. Today I was out for 1.5 hours and did 25 km. My top speed was 35 km/h - quite a bit slower than my 48.3 km/h record from last year. But today I was just on the 4.2 m wing as the wind was pretty strong - throwing streams of snow across the snow/ice surface.

I headed out from the Launch Pad, and easily made ground upwind. The few icy spots were very cool - with nice cracks in the dark ice.

I went over to Cary’s place and did a few laps in front of their diving platform.

Here is the nice video that Cary shot and edited. Thanks so much Cary!

I had one fun wipeout going up over an island and getting stuck in a deep snow drift. I also went up on land past a few other neighbours but no one was home.

Max speed 19 knots / 35 km/h

I definitely need the harness. I wonder if the 4.2 Slingshot wing would have been even more stable and faster if I had pumped up the outside edges and spine which can be topped up separate from the main leading edge. Or maybe the Duotone Echo is just a faster design (and is a 6.0).

25 knot winds on average with gusts to 35!

I managed to find myself going back and forth once on the time lapse I set up on the webcam…

Hoping for one more winter session this year - would be nice to try out wing skating again. Let’s see what happens…