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<body> JN Kites - The official homepage of the brand new kite manufactor.<br><br> <strong>NEWS</strong> <em></em><br><br>Welcome to the up-dated NEWS Section of the JN Website!<BR>Here you will find the latest Competition and Product News. <br><br><em>State Championships in South Australia</em><br><br>Congratulations to our JN Team Rider <span style="font-weight: bold;">Martyn Bone</span><br /><br />Ripping with Prima Donna 2, he achieved a <br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">2nd Wave</span> &<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">3rd Freetyle </span>Title<br />in those state championships, that were held march 12th-14th 2008 <br />Way to go!<br /><br><br><em><B>"Lord of the Wind" in Hochfilzen</B></em><br><br><p><strong>1. Heinar Brandstötter (JN)<br />1. Dani Schur (JN)<br />2. Markus Unterrainer <br />3. Reini Leister </strong></p><p><strong>Gratulation an die sehr erfolgreichen JN Team Rider und weiter so...</strong></p><br><br><em><B>Deutsche offene Meisterschaft, Reschensee<B></em><br><br><font size="1">FREESTYLE SNOWBOARD National</font> <p></p><p style="" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><font size="1">1. Hainer Brandstötter (JN) </font></span></p><p style="" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><font size="1"></font></span></p><p style="" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><font size="1"><p style="" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><font size="1">2. Fabian Haberkorn (JN) </font></span></p><p style="" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><font size="1"></font></span></p><p style="" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><font size="1"><p style="" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><font size="1">3. Iris Tonak (JN) </font></span></p><p style="" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><font size="1"><p>FREESTYLE SNOWBOARD International</p><span lang="EN-GB" style="" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><font size="1"><p style="" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><font size="1">1. Hainer Brandstötter (JN) </font></span></p><p style="" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><font size="1"></font></span></p><p style="" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><font size="1"><p style="" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><font size="1">2. Oliver Palmers </font></span></p><p style="" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><font size="1"></font></span></p><p style="" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><font size="1"><p style="" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><font size="1">3. Fabian Haberkorn (JN) </font></span></p><p style="" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"></span>4. Irsi Tonak (JN) </p></font></span></p></font></span></p><p style="" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"></p><p style="" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt">Gratulation an unsere Teamrider</p></font></span></font></span></p></font></span></p></font></span></p><p></p><br><br><em><B>JN Outerwear is out now</B></em><br><br><P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><FONT size=1>Check the category "Products" for pictures and further details - <SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>Available at Outdoorshops from autumn 2008 and directly at our office@jn-kites.com <SUP></SUP><br><br><em><B>Flo Orley leads Freeride World Tour '08</B></em><br><br>Flo ORLEY leads the Freeride World Tour '08 after the second tour stop in Sochi, Russia. </P>After his second place at the first tour stop at Mammoth, California he strikes back with first place and leads now with 700 points in front of number two Cyril NERI.</P>We looking forward to the next Freeride World Tour Stop, the Swatch O'Neill Big Mountain Pro, a mobile event in the Alps, from 24. February to 2. March and we wish Flo Orley good luck.For further details to the Freeride World Tour:</P> http://www.freerideworldtour.com/en/press/?idIndex=0&idContent=820<br><br><em><B>1st place @ Belgium championship single elemination</B></em><br><br>1. Leander Vyvey - JN</P>2. Steve Verelst -Best</P>3. Thibaut Michiels - Naish</P>This weekend, 8&9th of September, the one-and-only stop of the Belg.Champ. bk 2007 windekind-was planned with next weekend as reserve weekend. We had very light wind conditions.</P>As some heats from the double elemination are not yet finished, we continue the competition next weekend.My worst result can only be 2nd but I will fight for first!<br><br><em><B>Fiat Freestyle Kiteboard Worldcup</B></em><br><br><P>COURSE RACING MEN</P> 1st Fabian HABERKORN (GER) JN KITES</P> 2nd Guillaume MARIANI (FRA) JN KITES</P> 3rd Florian Daubos (FRA)</P> 4th Sebastien GARAT (FRA)</P> 5th Tom HEBERT (NC)</P> 6th Mitu MONTEIRO (C Verde)</P> 7th Soufiane HAMAINI (MOR)</P> 8th Michael Malinowski (POL) <br><br><em><B>Mike got 5th in pkra Sicily</B></em><br><br><P>Despite his foot injury Mike reached a great 5th place at the pkra freestyle event in Sicily. </P><P>If you want to read more about "The Knife" and his efforts, click here: <A href="http://www.mikeblomvall.com">www.mikeblomvall.com</A> </P><br><br><em><B>The WTII hits the water</B></em><br><br><P><FONT size=1>The new Hybrid Wild Thing II 2007</FONT></P><P><FONT size=1>The new JN flagship is a re-designed from the ground. It has a bow-like top-end windrange and beats any kite on low end. The good news is that it achieves this completely without bridle just with a clever canopy and fronttube design. </FONT></P><P><FONT size=1>Like its predecessor this kite is aimed at the performance oriented kiter. Hangtime, riding speed and upwind performance are outstanding.</FONT></P><P><FONT size=1><br><br><em><B>Speedrider HELLRACER wins Brand New Award 2007</B></em><br><br><P><FONT size=1>Munich, Winter Ispo 2007</FONT></P><P><FONT size=1>Speedriding is a new racy combination of skiing and flying. Attached to a special kite, skiers or snowboarders can glide or float down a slope, taking off in order to avoid obstacles and touching down as they please. </FONT></P><P><FONT size=1>The Brand New Award jury of the ISPO sports fair was so enthusiastic about this concept that it named the Speedrider the overall winner of 231 participants of 23 different countries.</FONT></P><P><FONT size=1>With 1900 exhibitors and 64000 visitors this was the largest ispo ever.</FONT></P><br><br><em><B>KPWT Nouméa, New Caledonia November 25th - December 3rd</B></em><br><br><P>Aurélia Herpin</P><P>finished 3rd in the Wave Competition, 1st in the Race and 4th in the Freestyle Competition.</P><P>Now the final results are fix, and since Aurélia finished the season with such a succesful event she even reached following ranking</P><P>Wavemasters overall - second place (2300 pts)</P><P>Speed Crossing overall - second place (2484 pts)</P><br><br><em><B>KPWT St Gilles Croix de Vie – Vendee, France - 26th October- 1st November</B></em><br><br>Due to a lack of wind this contest had to be canceled. <br><br><em><B>PKRA - World Tour Final João Pessoa - Paraíba - Brazil, September 17th -24th</B></em><br><br><P>Melissa Gil </P><BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"><P>7th place freestyle</P><P align=justify>7th place boardercross</P></BLOCKQUOTE><P dir=ltr align=justify>as this was the final tour stop the overall women's ranking of the PKRA 2006 is:</P><P><TABLE border=1><TBODY><TR><TD>1. Kristin Boese</TD><TD>Germany</TD></TR><TR><TD>2. Ania Grzelinska </TD><TD>Poland</TD></TR><TR><TD>3. Bruna Kajiya</TD><TD>Brazil </TD></TR><TR><TD>4. Jo Wilson</TD><TD>U.K.</TD></TR><TR><TD><STRONG>15. Melissa Gil</STRONG></TD><TD><STRONG>Costa Rica</STRONG></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></P><P>men's overall ranking:</P><TABLE border=1><TBODY><TR><TD>1. Aaron Hadlow    </TD><TD>United Kingdom</TD></TR><TR><TD>2. Kevin Langeree  </TD><TD>Netherlands</TD></TR><TR><TD>3. Youri Zoon</TD><TD>Netherlands</TD></TR><TR><TD>4. Alvaro Onieva </TD><TD>Spain</TD></TR><TR><TD>5. <STRONG>Mikael Blomvall  </STRONG></TD><TD><STRONG>Sweden</STRONG></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><P> </P><P> </P><br><br><em><B>Austrian Kitesurf Trophy 2006 - Podersdorf, Neusiedler See</B></em><br><br><P>Even if there was close to no wind the final contest was held. Our riders competed with the Prima Donna 16 and finished really succesful. </P><P>Nicole Prenner</P><BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"><P align=left>2nd place </P></BLOCKQUOTE><P dir=ltr align=left>Bernd Faschingleitner</P><BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"><P dir=ltr align=left>2nd place</P></BLOCKQUOTE><P dir=ltr align=left><STRONG>Congratulations to you guys!</STRONG></P><br><br><em><B>Bulgarian Kitesurf Trophy</B></em><br><br><P>National Teamrider Vallo Stoianov wins the Bulgarian Kitesurf Trophy for the second time in a row</P><P>Congratulations from the JN Team!</P><br><br><em><B>PKRA - Tarifa, Spain, September 5th -10th</B></em><br><br><P dir=ltr style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px" align=left><STRONG>Mikael Blomvall</STRONG></P><BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"><P dir=ltr style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px" align=left>5th place freestyle                                                                                                                      --> Overall Ranking: <STRONG> </STRONG></P></BLOCKQUOTE><P dir=ltr style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px" align=left><TABLE border=1><TBODY><TR><TD>Aaron Hadlow    </TD><TD>7260 points </TD></TR><TR><TD>Kevin Langeree  </TD><TD>6705 points </TD></TR><TR><TD>Alvaro Onieva   </TD><TD>5640 points </TD></TR><TR><TD>Mikael Blomvall  </TD><TD>5320 points</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></P><P dir=ltr style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px" align=left>and now just one event to go!!!!</P><P dir=ltr style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px" align=left><STRONG>Aurélia Herpin is PKRA World Speed Champion</STRONG></P><P dir=ltr style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px" align=left>she got the 1st place here, and she also hold the Overall Top Speed Record: 35,20 knots</P><P dir=ltr style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px" align=left>JN Team congratulates on the World Title </P><P dir=ltr style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px" align=left>                   </P><br><br><em><B>KPWT Wave Masters - Guincho, Portugal, September 4th-10th</B></em><br><br><P><STRONG>Aurélia Herpin</STRONG></P><BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"><P>2nd place                                                                                                                             --> she leads the overall ranking</P></BLOCKQUOTE><br><br><em>PKRA - Iles de la Madeleine, Canada, August 26th -31rd</em><br><br><P><STRONG>Mikael Blomvall</STRONG></P><BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"><P>4th place freestyle</P></BLOCKQUOTE><P dir=ltr><STRONG>Melissa Gil</STRONG></P><BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"><P dir=ltr>3rd place freestyle</P></BLOCKQUOTE><P dir=ltr><U>Congratulations from the JN Team</U></P><br><br><em>PKRA St.Peter-Ording, Germany, August 12th-August 20th</em><br><br><P><STRONG>Mikael Blomvall:</STRONG></P><BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"><P>4th place freestyle</P></BLOCKQUOTE><P dir=ltr>and also our youngster <STRONG>Leander Vyvey</STRONG></P><BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"><P dir=ltr>17th place freestyle</P></BLOCKQUOTE><br><br><em>PKRA Fuerteventura, Spain, August 1st-August 5th</em><br><br><P><FONT size=2><STRONG>Aurélia Herpin:</STRONG></FONT> </P><BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"><P>2nd place speed crossing                                                                                --> 1st place PKRA Speed World Cup Overall </P></BLOCKQUOTE><br><br><em>Velocity Games Corpus Christi – Texas (US)</em><br><br><P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Verdana size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">Melissa Gil – 1<SUP>st</SUP> in kite loop – women divison </SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Verdana size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">2<SUP>nd</SUP> boarder cross – women division <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P><br><br><em>Snowkite Worldchampionships - Norway (5th - 9th April)</em><br><br><P>Great results for the JN Team rider André Natland (NOR): <BR><BR><EM>Race Snowboard men</EM><BR>1. Natland, André (NOR) - <STRONG>JN</STRONG><BR>2. Hallenger, Daniel (NOR)<BR>3. Yrvum, Alexander (NOR)<BR><BR><EM>Freestyle snowboard men</EM></P><P>1. Lundin, Claes (SWE)<BR>2. Botnen, Sigve (NOR)<BR>3. Natland, André (NOR) -<STRONG> JN</STRONG></P><P><EM>Race ski men</EM></P><P>3. Natland, André (NOR) - <STRONG>JN</STRONG></P><br><br><em>Fabian and Melissa win the Kite4Girls</em><br><br><P>JN Team Riders Melissa Gil and Fabian Haberkron won both the Boardercross competition! <BR>Congratulations!</P><br><br><em>Speedrider HELLRACER passes DHV load test</em><br><br><P>Speedrider HELLRACER passes DHV load test up to 8g 14.3.2006.<BR>Today the JN speedrider HELLRACER passed the DHV load test. With a load of 80kg the maximal load capacity is 8g. We would have wanted to test the speedrider further but the proving ground in east of Munich was not long enough to put more load on this small wing. <BR></P><br><br><em>Kitestyle, Silvaplana, Switzerland (2nd – 5th March)</em><br><br><P>Our Snowkiting Team with Hardy and Heinar Brandstötter and André Natland was competing on the ISKA – Worldcup stop in Silvaplana with great success. Here the competition results: <BR><BR><EM>Snowboard Freestyle Men:</EM><BR>2 Heinar Brandstötter aut (JN)<BR>3 André Natland nor (JN)<BR>4 Hardy Brandstötter aut (JN)<BR><BR><EM>Snowboard Freestyle Women:</EM><BR>5 Nicole Prenner aut (JN)<BR><BR><EM>Snowboard Race Men:</EM><BR>1 Andre Natland nor (JN)<BR>2 Hardy Brandstötter aut (JN)<BR><BR><EM>Snowboard Race Women:<BR></EM>3 Nicole Prenner aut (JN)</P><br><br><em>New Speed Word Record Snow</em><br><br><P>JN Team Rider Hardy Brandstötter (AUT) established a new world speed record in snowkiting. <BR>On February 25<SUP>th</SUP> at 8 o`clock in the morning he reached a speed level of over 90 km/h on the frozen Mattsee near Salzburg (AUT) on his snowboard. <BR>The measured top Speed on 1,5 km: <STRONG><B>" 94,6 km/h"  </B></STRONG><BR>Material: JN Wild Thing 6 m²<BR>Wind: average 55km/h - top speed 63 km/h<BR>On the same day also Alex Schwab reached a top speed on his skis = <B>104 km/h.</B> </P><P>Congratulations to you guys!</P><br><br><em>PKRA Speed Challenge Namibia</em><br><br><B>Aurèlia Herpin</B> made it to the top and established the new female world record with <B>35,2 knots</B>. Congratulations Aurélia!<br><br> <br> <a href="intro.php">Choose language</a> <br> <a href="http://www.bytesinmotion.com" target="_blank">typo3 web</a> by bytesinmotion </body>