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Chris Krug
Chris has lived in the North Conway area for 30 years. Born in Chicago and moved to New England by way of California, he grew up skiing and riding both lift access and back country in the White Mountains region of New Hampshire. But in the last decade he's abandoned the gravity ski scene in favor of the freedom snow kiting has to offer.
Chris started snow kiting in winter of 2002/03. Coming from a New England alpine/back country skiing background, he found snow kiting offered every bit the fun of gravity based skiing without the need for a hill. In 2006 he began entering regional snow kite competitions and was recruited by the Peter Lynn Kiteboarding Team for his accomplishments in the discipline of speed.
Snowkite speed is his passion and as of 2014 his official personal best speed is 75.3mph/ 121.84kph.
After 5 years of riding, testing and racing kites for Peter Lynn, with the encouragement of Rachael Miller, owner of the former Stormboarding kite school, the first snowkite school in the US and host of KITESTORM, the largest snowkite event in North America, he started Hardwater Kiting .
Chris draws on his decades of experience in both the ski and bike industries to make Hardwater Kiting more than a snowkite school and retailer but a resource for everyone interested in snowkiting. A resource for everyone who is riding primarily lakes and fields, not just here in New England but in all the other places where isolated snowkiters don't have access to instruction and are forced to struggle to learn the in's and out's of snowkiting on their own. Not just the flying skills but the gear selection as well.
In addition to being arguably the world's fastest snowkiter Chris is a PASA Level 3 Snowkiter, an IKO certified snowkite instructor as well as an IMIC, IMBA and PMBIA certified mountain bike instructor/guide. He's also certified in SOLO Wilderness First Aid and Red Cross First Aid/CPR.
Chris started snow kiting in winter of 2002/03. Coming from a New England alpine/back country skiing background, he found snow kiting offered every bit the fun of gravity based skiing without the need for a hill. In 2006 he began entering regional snow kite competitions and was recruited by the Peter Lynn Kiteboarding Team for his accomplishments in the discipline of speed.
Snowkite speed is his passion and as of 2014 his official personal best speed is 75.3mph/ 121.84kph.
After 5 years of riding, testing and racing kites for Peter Lynn, with the encouragement of Rachael Miller, owner of the former Stormboarding kite school, the first snowkite school in the US and host of KITESTORM, the largest snowkite event in North America, he started Hardwater Kiting .
Chris draws on his decades of experience in both the ski and bike industries to make Hardwater Kiting more than a snowkite school and retailer but a resource for everyone interested in snowkiting. A resource for everyone who is riding primarily lakes and fields, not just here in New England but in all the other places where isolated snowkiters don't have access to instruction and are forced to struggle to learn the in's and out's of snowkiting on their own. Not just the flying skills but the gear selection as well.
In addition to being arguably the world's fastest snowkiter Chris is a PASA Level 3 Snowkiter, an IKO certified snowkite instructor as well as an IMIC, IMBA and PMBIA certified mountain bike instructor/guide. He's also certified in SOLO Wilderness First Aid and Red Cross First Aid/CPR.
Chris then and now.
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