Ice-Bat news

Ice-Bat Open Championships 2012 Results (Can’t read it? Try saving file and then opening it in Excel)

The UK, USA, Canada and of course the Netherlands were represented at the Champs. We had a great time and our legs are now full of lactic acid…!

Thanks everyone for your support. We have raised 245EUR for the Nierstichting (Kidney Trust), 49 people aged from 7 to 70 took part, 3 new world records were set and 4 new World Champions were crowned:

Open Men: Alwin Visker
Open Women: Kim Alders
Junior Men: Max Visscher
Junior Women: Isla Ellis

Congratulations and hopefully see you next year! Please get in touch if you:
1. would like to discuss sponsoring the 2012/13 season
2. would like to book the Ice-Bats (for instance to complement your own event)
3. are an (aeronautics) student looking for a fantastic (sponsored) project!
Steve

Complete Results will be posted later today!

Well done everyone – you were great!!!

Steve

Dag 1 (4mrt) is zonder incident verlopen maar wel heeft het flink wat zweet gekost! Klik op de afbeelding rechts voor de voorlopige uitslag.

De deelnemers van dag 1 moeten nu een week wachten op de uitslagen van dag 2….wie worden de 2012 Ice-Bat World Champions??? Meer mensen hebben over de Atlantische Oceaan geroeid dan een Ice-Bat geraced….wie gaat deze bijzondere ervaring nog meemaken???

Er zijn nog plaatsen beschikbaar op 11 mrt. Schrijf nu in op www.icebatracing.com/batchamps.htm

De meeste deelnemers gaan een Ice-Bat voor de eerste keer gebruiken.

1. Eerst moet je deze instructies uitprinten, lezen en meenemen Ice-Bat Champs Instructies
2. Tip: versnellen gaat anders met een propeller: probeer de toeren (m.a.w. trapfrequentie) hoog te houden zonder constant van kracht te veranderen
3. Voor de “flying lap”, heb je 1/2 lap nodig om te versnellen en let goed op waar de start/finishlijn ligt
4. Bij de staartlijn staat een snelheidsmeter met digitale weergave; je moet je eigen snelheid zelf aflezen; laptiming gebeurt automatisch
5. Starttijden worden zaterdag bekend gemaakt
6. Prijzen worden op 11 mrt uitgereikt (of per post)

The Ice-Bat Open (World!!) Championships will be held at Kardinge in Groningen on 4th and 11th March. Two Sunday evenings between 18:30 and 20:30.

Why not take up this special oportunity to try something completely different (and raise some money for charity)? The emphasis is on having a fun new experience; racing is entirely voluntary!

Use this form to find out more and sign up.

Any questions, mail me at  champs@icebatracing.com

See you there!

Todays action on the Zuidlaardermeer. After lunch the wind got up and the DN ice yachts toasted me! I gave up and went home (happy!). See the 3 videos.

I managed to rip the rear cross-bar off Ice-Bat Red today while flying down the canal! Carried away by the sensation of the ‘ open road’ I was a little careless while travelling through an area of very rough ice. A frozen berg sticking up smashed the rear skates off.

Paterswoldsemeer start delayed to 10.00am (have to fix a few things first!)

If you live in the Netherlands, you will know it is cold! It is -10 most nights now and the world is turning into ice. Which is of course excellent news.

I expect the Ice-Bats to be operational on the Southern end of the Paterswoldsemeer, Groningen on Monday (6 Feb.) morning.

Everyone is welcome to come and have a go!

On the 20th of January we demonstrated the Ice-Bat at De Meent in Alkmaar.

We made a video showing how the Ice-Bat starts and stops. There are no brakes to stop the Ice-Bat, you use your feet, however there is a brake built into the propeller. If you let go of the brake lever on the handlebars then the propeller stops. This means it is not a danger to other people on the ice.

After the busy demo. in Hoorn last Friday (the 13th …all went well!), the Ice-Bats will be a feature of the Alkmaar ice oval 40th birthday party celebrations. There will also be a chance for the puplic to try one out.

15.00, Friday 20 Jan., De Meent in Alkmaar.