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Kite Skiing

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TwinTipWonder
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Anyone ever done it? Im thinkin about toying with a kite during the summer months so i can get good enough to let it tow me up the hill next year.

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Apr 11 2005 10:26PM
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skichica128
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that would be really cool!!

Apr 11 2005 10:34PM
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Parkboy
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My advice when you start: just go in a nice breeze, if the wind is strong at all and you have the wrong kite you will get handled like you've never been before

Apr 11 2005 10:57PM
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Dan.
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ive done it with a mountain board, never on skis tho

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Apr 11 2005 10:58PM
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Gnarshred
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ive never done it but it looks crazy and i want to try.




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Apr 11 2005 11:20PM
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Lebbo
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Yeah I read some article in a magazine not long ago about this, looked pretty insane, not sure what happens when you loose control and go flying off a cliff... Saw some snowboarders doing it a couple of yeras back on a mountian over hear.

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Apr 12 2005 4:41AM
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fredsters_s
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yeah def do it this summer cos you can use the kite for kitesurfing on the sea as well which is sick as.




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Apr 12 2005 7:05AM
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d-loc
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kite skiing where? why do you need a kite when you have a mountain and gravity to pull you down?
or are we talking about kite surfing?

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Apr 12 2005 7:59AM
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*scotty
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no kite skiing its for real i saw it on the eurosport news once. thye have freestyle kite skiing comps!! looked pretty strange you know like they would hit jumps and get huge air and slide rails and stuff i dunno how it worked just showed a few clips but yeh fuckin weird none the less!!

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Apr 12 2005 8:05AM
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Dookz
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Well i've been kitesurfing for about a year now, all i can say is that its hella powerful, but also a big hassle. I wouldn't spoil the free-feeling you get in the mountains by strapping myself into a harness and working a kite all day, it realy takes alot of effort untill you get good.

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Apr 12 2005 10:10AM
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kinosoo
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I almost got one then decided to go west for the winter instead. But what looks coo is the kite wing smaller you can uses in smaller areas easer to move around with ect. Check the link

https://www.newschoolers.com/NS2/Forums/ReadThread.php?cat_id=1&thread_id=71157

www.kitewing.com


Apr 24 2005 6:02PM
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kinosoo
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Apr 24 2005 6:04PM
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Parkboy
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those look like the old wind weapons used in the gorge

Apr 24 2005 6:38PM
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jibjim
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thts not kite skiing, thats a skate wing. If your talking about real kite skiing, first of all where, and i garuntee youlll need a course. or youll be in the hospital pretty soon.

also make sure youve got the right kite, if its too bog t wlll drag you and you wont be able to stop

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Apr 24 2005 7:13PM
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Develop
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try kite boardin first too see if you like it. i haven't tried it but i imagine it might be easier to learn because there is a relative abundance of people out there who do and could teach you a thing or two.

Apr 24 2005 9:07PM
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ATLskier
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I read an article about it in Coulior. You can do it in the mid west and ski with the wind on completely flat ground. It looks cool, but just expensive.



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Apr 24 2005 9:14PM
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beep
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i've seen people kite boarding on dillon lake. it looks hard.

Apr 24 2005 10:48PM
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freeskier1316
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wouldn't you have to be back sweat a lot to control the kite?


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Apr 25 2005 2:00AM
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Parkboy
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^harness

Apr 25 2005 2:35AM
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guddgulf17
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good old jon. i think they use the kites to pull them selves up mountains and then they ski down

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Apr 25 2005 9:35AM
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kinosoo
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I know that the question was how does kite wing compare to a kite my big beef with the kite is you need a big open area it looks like the wing could be used in a smaller area like soccer fields.

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Apr 25 2005 10:54AM
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kinosoo
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anyone?

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Apr 26 2005 10:59PM
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StevePaul
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http://www.semnozkitesurfing.com/data_htm_en/pages_galerie_en/page_galerie_videos_en.htm#


check out the videos here if you want to see what it's all about. And if you want to get into it the snow is the easiest place to learn.

Apr 27 2005 2:05AM
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mk2
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hey can you get twin tipped water skis that you can use with the kite

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Apr 27 2005 6:31AM
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Lebbo
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hey Dookz you only been kitesurfing not kiteskiing? want to get into kitesurfing, got a house on the Murray down at Goolwa (which is also next to sea) where we get a heap of wind, what is best way to get into the sport here? I imagine it is helaa expensive?

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