 Poster: A snowHead
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Heading out to Czech-Republic in Feb for a few days ski-kiting on a frozen lake. Just wondered if anyone else has tried it and how the skills transfer. I ski on and off and been kiting for about 4 years now on the board and buggy.
Im assuming skills such as edging the ski's play a large role as you need to keep the resistance between the kite and yourself.Having the kite low in the sky would reduce potential lift but its still going to be there, thus reducing edging strength.
Any hints or tips on how the get the most out of it?
Cheers
Tom
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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I'm sure I saw a thread about this on www.winterhighland.com. i think people had been trying it on some of the hills up north, maybe have a look over there?
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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What kite do you use?
I assume you'll be wearing a harness?
I ski, and power-kite (buggy), but have never ski-kited.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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It's potentially highly dangerous. Avoid any location with obtacles anywhere near your trajectory. I know someone who was bady hurt at Glenshee by being pulled into stuff.
On a lake I should think it's fun and safe.
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stevev, ski kiting on Cleve! I missed out there!
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| Spikyhedgehog wrote: |
| stevev, ski kiting on Cleve! I missed out there! |
I never saw it but a mate who stayed the weekend was out walking. Apparently he was over by the masts, near the trig point.
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Think i'll be taking my 7m Pegas Chimera on depower and 11m Peter Llyn Arc. The arc's nice and steady in low winds and gifts a nice bit of lift for playing about and the Chimera is nice and smooth over about 15mph+. Hopefully should be pretty clean winds (actually,"Hopefully there'll be some wind"...)
Apparently the lake measures about 2km by 9km so it'll probably take a bit of effort to find anything to hit!
Will check out WinterHighland. Cheers
T
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Someone on here posts as kitenski might be worth a PM
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TomTom,
Have kite buggied (On the beach) for a few years. Tried it on skis in La Rosiere last year. Found it very tiring as I did it at the end of the day on the pass above 2000m, so the altitude possibly played a part.
Saw it being done on the lake at Zell am See a few years ago and it looked fab.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Kitenski has never actually done the two things together (yet)
Tom - are you the same Tom from Flexifoil/ Leeds Uni?? If so the guy who sold and demo'd the Chimera arranged a few trips out to the Czech Republic for kite skiing, maybe you'll get a better response on the flexifoil forums...
regards,
Greg
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