Kite Skiing – Soft Snow (Photo credit: SteveSchwarzPhotography)
Deutsch: Skifahrer startet den Drachen. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Snowkiting (also know as Traction Kiting, Power Kiting, Kite buggying, kite skiing and kite land boarding) is an outdoor winter sport where people use kite power to glide on snow or ice. It is similar to kite-surfing, except that the skier wear skis (obviously), does it on snow instead of water. It has been popular for years in Europe where it first became a sport. Today, it is gaining in popularity elsewhere. Instead of gravity and hills, power kites or traction kites provide the pull. In fact, the pull allows you to go uphill! Just like on skis or a snowboard, you can get air. Kite skiers perform all sorts of tricks and stunts.
Just make sure you have wind… and that the kite doesn’t pull you off the edge of a cliff. Avoiding trees, pylons, rocks, ski-lifts, tow ropes and other skiers is probably a good idea too.
Chris Cousins kiteboarding in Switerland. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
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