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What is Snowkiting?
Snowkiting is an outdoor winter sport where people uses kite power to glide Wed snow or ice.It's similar to kite surfing, but with the footwear used in snowboarding or skiing. In the early days of snow kiting, foil kites were the most common type; nowadays some kitesurfers use their water gear such as inflatable kites. Snowkiting differs from other alpine sports in that it is possible for the snowkiter to travel uphill and downhill with any wind direction. Like kitesurfing, snow kiting can be very hazardous and should be learned and practiced with care. Snowkiting is becoming Increasingly popular in places often associated with skiing and snowboarding, such as Russia, Canada, Iceland, France, Switzerland, Austria, Norway, Sweden and the Northern United States. The sport is becoming more diverse as Adventurers use kites to travel great distances and sports enthusiasts push the boundaries of Freestyle, big air and backcountry exploration. "Wikipedia"
All kiters friend or enemy, it's the wind.
Kiters, read this:
When the wind is not there. What can we do then?
When the wind is gone, you can find plenty of fun.
You can:
- Skiing
- Snowboard
- Dance wind dance
- Snowboarding / skiing behind a car
- Have a snowball fight with good friends
- Do your homework (do not recommend)
- See the Olympics, GOO Norway:)
Have a nice kite day.
Hope you get wind:)
Posted by flowerkite on 22 February 2010 - 6:03am.
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