What To Expect - Welcome -New England - North East - Snowkiting

By now you are all addicted to kiting, but a little freaked out by the few maniacs still braving the sub-zero wind chills to go score that wave session. That's when you decide to snow kite. I was in that place a year ago and here is what I learned. You don't need another quiver, water kites work great on snow, and you will need the same
range of sizes to go with the range of wind. Some people use foil kites which are the ones you don't inflate. They're easier to launch and land, but they fly very differently, much less depower. Launching and landing on snow is very different than at the beach because there
is very little friction. Best method is to have an anchor, so on a frozen lake, this takes the shape of an ice screw. You connect your chicken loop to it, then launch your kite at the edge of the window, then go back, connect your chicken loop to your harness - no need to get a different harness, though I've seen people use climbing harnesses-- and off you go. To land you simply reverse the maneuver. This is a great launch and land technique to use at the beach as well, by the way. Another launch method is the hot launch, where you flip the kite over, drop a weighted bag (I put some scuba weights in pharmaceutical swag bag) then when you hot launch - dead downwind - the bag slips off of the canopy. It's exhilarating. Cool thing about snow kiting it that you're on a hard surface, so you can really concentrate on kite handling. For boards, either skis or snowboards work. It's best if they have minimal side cut so you can ride straight. So you can use those great skis you rode 20 years ago that became obsolete when shaped skis came out. I have some 203cm GS skis I might try this year. I find with skis I am more agile, with a snowboard you spend more time on your ass.

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Frozen lakes require some attention to safety, this video will give you an idea