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Press Release, for immediate release
November 21, 2007
Announcing 6th Annual Lake Simcoe Wind
Sports Festival, February 16/17, 2008
Smooth Your Ride TM
Celebration for
Winter Kite Sailors and Outdoor Enthusiasts
About:
The Lake Simcoe Wind Sports Festival is an
independent, not-for-profit recreational sport event
whose mission is to support and promote the interest
and safety of ice and snow sailing.
For Event Information:
For more information about the Festival and updates,
check the events calendar (http://www.CanadianWindRider.com/events)
in February, 2007.
The Annual Lake Simcoe Wind Sports festival was
launched in 2003 with the goal of organizing an
exciting winter wind sailing event on a provincial
level. The event is a celebration of winter wind
sports and brings out some of the most enthusiastic
riders throughout Ontario and Eastern Canada.
Over the years, different locations were scouted to
try to find the best wind, ice and weather
conditions close to Toronto. A little under an
hour's drive north from the city lies the 6th
largest inland lake in the province. With a total
sailable area of 725 square kilometers,
approximately twenty-two times larger than the
skiable terrain in Whistler, British Columbia, the
launch at the foot of Glenwoods Avenue in Keswick
has become so popular for winter sailing, it is
common to find 30+ riders out enjoying the terrain
when it is windy.
Kite sailing gets it name by using kite power to
sail with. Internationally it has also been referred
to as Kite Snowboarding, Kite Skiing
and
Snow Kiting. It's very much like sailing a
boat or wind surfer where the rider travels
perpendicular to the direction of the wind. The
rider navigates back and forth across the snow
surface by using the kite power as the engine and
controls the direction with their skis or snowboard.
The kite is controlled by the rider using a bar or
handles that connect to the kite by usually four
lines. With the right techniques, the rider can
generate enough power with the kite to perform short
jumps and trick maneuvers.
Finally, it merits noting that this event includes
riders from 9 to 77 years of age. The event serves
as an excellent opportunity to promote the sport and
to watch real passion seekers as they show you how
they enjoy winter in Ontario and how you can learn
to
Smooth Your Ride.TM
The Lake Simcoe Wind Sports Festival is proud and
grateful for support from: Canadian Wind Rider,
Toronto Kite Flyers, Kitchener Waterloo Wind
Climbers, the Georgina Chamber of Commerce, Get Out
There Magazine, Visitor Magazine, Mountain Life
Magazine, Lures & Tours, Digital Marketing
Solutions, Heros Keswick, Ontario Tourism, CBC
Radio, Canadian Geographic, Air Vision Adventures,
Silent Sports, Board Sports, The A Channel, York
Regional News, The Globe and Mail, The Toronto Star
and many individual donors.
For Media Information:
Grant Fitz –
Event Coordinator
416.949.wind(9463),
news@CanadianWindRider.com
To place your name on the festival mailing list,
please call 416.497.wind(9463)
or e-mail
news@CanadianWindRider.com | 
