Snowkiting

Snowkiting is one of the most recently invented winter sports using a snowboard , an alpine ski or a Telemark ski where the snowkiter travels uphill taking the help of the kites.

Like most of the other winter sports, Snowkiting is also an outdoor sport and is played in the perilous slopes of the mountains. The origin of the sport can be traced back to the use of a square parachute by some Alpine skiers while skiing upwind on a frozen bay in the middle of the 1980s. Since then the sport has been played by a number of snowkiters on the frozen lakes and snowfields.

Snowkiting was first started with foil kites but the sport has gone through evolution since when it was born. Now-a-days the snowkiters use even their water gear and the power kites to use as their snow kites . More and more skiers are embracing the game as it is an easy game to learn and even easier than kite surfing . One of the reasons behind this is that with the wind blowing in the required direction, much less effort is needed in moving on the snow. Yet, a lot of risk is involved in the sport and protection on the part of the skier is necessary.

The sport of snowkiting is already a popular sport across the world. It is played in places countries like Canada, Switzerland, Sweden and the United States of America. The sport is fast developing and is surely going to be one of the most played winter games in near future.