Snow kiting-the kite and the snow board

Kite skiing can say it was invented in the United States in the mid `80, when using a kind of parachute to go with skis on the frozen lakes and in fields. Thus, they were developed little workshops sites where kite skis were built. Snow kiting name was invented in European countries by the practitioners of this sport. Some kite boarders also tried practice kite surf on water, getting a much higher rate than would be obtained from wind surf used without a kite. It was also tried to use the kite board on the grass fields, by using boards with wheels.
Snow kiting can be practice on the mountain, frozen lake or even on the plains of green grass. On snow_kitingskis or board and propelled by a kite with wind power. Snow kiting site is a winter sport that combines the power of wind and kite surf techniques, and the equipment for snowboarding. Snow kiting can be made both with a snowboard board , but also with the skis . Some practitioners even use for snow kiting the equipment for kite surfing. Snow kiting differs from other alpine sports by the fact that you have the opportunity to move in what direction you want, even on the hill. It became a popular sport where winter sports are practiced in France, Switzerland, Austria, Norway, Sweden and the western United States.
For starting to use a kite you have to respect certain rules to avoid accidents. Therefore:

1. Never use a real kite before fully control a training kite . At first it is better to use the instructions of a trainer or an experienced practitioner . Using a real kite at the beginning may have as consequences very serious accidents.
2. launch the kite only in that open spaces without close obstacles c like: walls, cables, poles, trees, populated areas, large differences in the level ,airports.
3. The first kite that you will be trained has to be a training kite with 2 control strings . They are smaller kites (1, 2 or 3 mp.) and more resistant. It doesn’t deserves to start with a real kite because it costs more expensive and could break more easily . The training is designed to do so and only after you have used this training kite you can choose for a real one .
4. In snow kiting it doesn’t matter how well you know handle the skis or board if you do not know how to handle a kite.
5. Like you have to know how to handle a kite you must have knowledge about wind. The first notion to be known is the “wind window”. Wind window is the area where the kite can fly. Its size is determined by the length of the string of the kite.
After you are initiated in all these aspects you can go for a safe snow kiting.

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