Beforehand, excuse my inconsistency of narration, after these contests I’m full with impressions and above all with new ideas and suggestions that occurred as a result of communication with contestants. “Zhigulevskoe More 010” is completed, and to date it’s the most powerful event in the world which gathers  the strongest racers of Russia. Just few of them were absent for big causes (they submitted an application but couldn’t come).

For the first time of the 5 years of holding “Zhigulevskoe More” I decided not to compete. From one side, this decision is quite logical – it’s difficult to fall between two stools. From the other side, as every true rider can see, watching races “from the bank” is a sheer torture. But then “from the bank” one can see a lot of things that are usually overlooked by the competitors on the distance.
The kiting community now considers “Zhigulevskoe More” an event which goes without saying. If earlier one could ask “Are you going to run the Marathon once again?”, now nobody does. It stands to reason that it will happen in any case. Of course, it’s nice to hear that. But sometimes you want to go on leave…

Artyom Garashchenko’s report (Cabrinha, Dakine, Take Off, Kites.Ru, UBA)

Originally published at http://ubastation.ru/

A week passed since my returning from France, and I set out to the next contest. So we made for the Championship of Russia in snowkiting “Zhigulyovskoe more-2010”. Our team consists of three men: my father, Constantine Golitsyn and me.
We arrived one day before the contest, and the day was windy, so we went kiting. That day I managed with winter s-bend to blind, tested railings made by organizers specially for the contest, Kostya and me reached opposite bank as well as raced a bit and supercharged.))

Зашел на сайт ВИССы , а там такое: http://www.wissa.org/2010/02/zhigulevskoe-more-010-marathon-and.html#start

Видимо придется им признать, что Россия лидирует в мировом сноукайтинге!

Впервые за 5 лет проведения ЖМ я принял решение не выходить на старт. С одной стороны решение вполне логичное – на двух стульях усидеть очень сложно. С другой стороны меня поймет любой настоящий гонщик: смотреть на гонки «с берега» мука страшенная. Зато «с берега» видно много того, что обычно ускользает от взгляда участника на дистанции.
Общественность кайтовая уже воспринимает Жигморе как само собой разумеющееся. Если раньше можно было услышать: «А Марафон-то еще будете проводить?», то сейчас такие вопросы уже не услышишь. То есть он будет, а как же по-другому?
Приятно, конечно. Только вот иногда хочется в отпуск…..

Originally published at http://ubastation.ru/

Togliatti’s large-scale involvement amazes, as usual! I was glad to see so many young contestants in freestyle. The level of performances increased appreciably, everyone from the top ten goes through flat-regrasp from kicker, and half of them even does on both hands!