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expedition snow kiteing

frankief — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 19:29:15 +0800

hay all, I got this silly dream to snowkite around with the northern lights in norway.
so having never been in snow before for any real length of time. I have never snowboarded before. so im praying I get a job as a snowmaker this season in aus/nz. im a fit 27 yr old male whose goal driven and is happy if I never see another nightclub again hahaha, my recent working background is building large civil works prisons carparks hospitals that sort of thing. so I know I can do the 12hour shifts physically. I know the conditions will be nearly impossible at first but I am quite serious about norway, so itll be a breeze in comparison and exactly the lessons I need to learn in a supervised environment, so perfect. the pay doesnt bother me im here to learn about snow itself and to learn how to snowboard and kitesnowboard. I missed the canada season due to family in november. so im catching the end of the kiteing season in se asia to get better at kiteing. it seams like some of you have experie...

Snow dump

Flyingdutchy — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 20:54:59 +0800

The mountains got a half metre of snow overnight.....bring it on!!!. I plan to go up to do some snow kiting within the next month subject to conditions and getting a leave pass!

Snowkiting Charlotte Pass

chriskay — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 10:56:30 +0800

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150235124892742.318838.567552741&l=909266ce83

Dont know who you were, but here are some pics.

New Zealand in August

WS — Sat, 09 Jul 2011 18:21:08 +0800

Im heading on the 9th until the 19th of August for some boarding but im not sure if I should take my gear.

Is anyone else heading over around these dates with their kite gear?

Ive heard of a place called Snowfarm, is it close to Queenstown or Wanaka?

Snowboards for snowkiting??

dads — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 10:28:39 +0800

Reply posted by dads...

set your bindings up duckfoot is a good start

snow kiting areas nsw/vic

Beersy — Thu, 19 May 2011 19:53:32 +0800

Reply posted by Beersy...

DANEgerous said...

Beersy said...

frankief said...

Anyone know decent areas for snow kiting in AUS this coming winter - thinking nsw or vic as i need to travel from sydney. Been instructing skiing for over 20 yrs and kiting for 5 so i now need to combine the 2 Let me know

Cheers

Frankie

I like that you'e narrowed it down to NSW and Vic, especially as they're the only to states with Snow

I've heard a number of people from Tas claiming to get a bit.

I said Australia

(Edit) Wait, no i didn't

Hotham

DANEgerous — Wed, 18 May 2011 11:59:31 +0800

Reply posted by DANEgerous...

I'll be moving to Hotham on about the 10th of June, at this stage they might be a bit light on for snow till a week or 2 after that. But I'll be ready and keen to go the minute conditions seem ideal.

I'm pretty clueless on the winds up there, I suspect it'll be best to keep an eye on it on a daily basis.

Red Bull Raganarok

Kitepower Australia — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 09:08:11 +0800

Well done to all and especially Red Bull, but especially to Sigve Botnen 1st place Snowboard on 2011 Ozone C4 kites

http://www.redbull.com/cs/Satellite/en_INT/Video/Red-Bull-Ragnarok-2011-021242989913279

Nice video Ozone Frenzy/Manta 2011

Kitepower Australia — Sun, 13 Mar 2011 06:01:13 +0800

Reply posted by Kitepower Australia...

I reckon its a 12M or maybe the 9?

[VIDEO] Something Stronger Trailer

misho — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 11:54:35 +0800

Snowkiting at Cootapatamba Hut & also Seaman's Hut

Flyingdutchy — Sun, 12 Sep 2010 20:06:01 +0800

Had a great day out with Tim touring to Kootapatamba Hut NW from Thredbo top station on Saturday 11 Sept. Winds were forecast at 10-15 knots and expected to drop, so took our big kites with us (me with my 6m Samurai foil and Tim with his depowerable 12m.) Big mistake, because when we arrived at the playground just NW of Ramshead Range the winds were blowing a tad higher (approx 20-25 knots) so we thought that an alpine ski tour to Kootapatamba Hut might be a better option.

Checked out the Hut which had snow inside because the door was ajar. So we dug out the snow around the door so it could be opened and closed properly. We decided to launch our kites near the Hut in the valley where the winds were a lot kinder. The kites dragged us out of the valley heading north towards the path leading up to Kossi. When we got to the top of the saddle the winds picked up so we dropped our kites and skied down towards the path/poles leading to Charlottes Pass. We then relaunched our kites and k...

Heading to threadbooooo

Flyingdutchy — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 16:52:13 +0800

Reply posted by Flyingdutchy...

Might be in the area depending on the snow/wind conditions at that time....will keep an eye on this forum around that time

Paul

Snowkiting back country above Thredbo- Tues 31 Aug

Flyingdutchy — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 20:35:51 +0800

Reply posted by Flyingdutchy...

Had a blast up in the backcountry above Thredbo a couple of Ks NW from top station. Caught up with Mike (AKA Corky) and his mate Richard.

The winds were blowing NW at 12-16 knots with a bit of cloud cover which made it hard to pick up the contours......so some unplanned jumps leading to unplanned stacks....but otherwise a great arvo!

I was flying a PL Rebble 2.5m foil and Mike and Richard were flying 1.5 and 2m foils.

Check out some modest Videos below:

and the following pics:

http://www.seabreeze.com.au/img/photos/snow_kiting/4069706.jpg

http://www.seabreeze.com.au/img/photos/snow_kiting/4069708.jpg

Hope the snow keeps coming because I plan to go up again during September!

Paul

Snowkiting Charlotte Pass 2010

chriskay — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 16:14:58 +0800

Reply posted by chriskay...

Yes I have to admit that it is Jules captured in the air!
We were only using 8m kites but it was enough.
C

snowkiting falls creek

christop — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 11:15:00 +0800

Reply posted by christop...

Hi Jan,

Falls is great for snowkiting. I have been heading up there since 2002. Depending on the wind you may want to start somewhere between the top of Ruined Castle or Scotts chair. Between the two is a nice bowl that has variable wind depending on your placement. You can head all the way out to Mt Makay if the weather is right. Pretty flat and high generally means stable wind. Be careful with gusty conditions as it would be unfortunate to find yourself wrapped around a chairlift and may make it a lot harder for fellow kiteskiers to use the terrain in the future. My experience has been that the mountain staff have generally been supportive if you are sensible. Have a bit of video footage of the area but I cannot seem to upload it.

Cheers,

Chris ;-)

NSW Snowkite Season 2010

dads — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 09:49:56 +0800

Reply posted by dads...

sorry to here about your back.
is your kite advertised?
feel free to give me a call on 0438462667,
cheers
allan.

Selling my freebord

skater344 — Tue, 04 May 2010 17:03:52 +0800

Reply posted by skater344...

have you sold it? how much were you thinking

Snow Kiting Charlotte Pass

Susie — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 12:26:19 +0800

http://www.susiesphotos.com.au/html/Snowsports/snowkiting09.html

Snowkiting - or kitesurfing - in Japan.

mattyjee — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 21:00:56 +0800

Reply posted by mattyjee...

Hi.

I've been snowboarding twice in Japan (Niseko, where all the aussies go) and i've also snowkited in New Zealand.

Niseko would, in my opinion, be practically un-kiteable due to the fact that there are trees everywhere (except where they have been bulldozed to make a ski run). If you explore, you may find a bare patch somewhere but in my opinion the terrain is a bit too rough. There are some open fields down in the valleys, but the wind is probably **** and you'd get bored in about 10 minutes also being confined to a square paddock.

Niseko is however awesome for snowboarding or skiing, so forget the kites and just have a blast. Best mountain ever.

I'm not sure what the other ski areas in Japan are like, but it's completely different to any of the aussie or NZ snow areas.

Mt Selwyn snow kiting

Flyingdutchy — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 17:03:15 +0800

Ben and I went up to Kiandra on Tuesday, but found the snow cover was too light (5-10cm) . So went up to Mt Selwyn (another 10klms away), which is a small budget ski resort ($70 for full day; $60 half day).

Ben (with snow board) and I (with alpine alpine touring skis) walked up 500m to the top of the Home Run Poma and then another kilometre towards a plateau (heading east)which is relatively open for snow kiting.

Ben launched his PL Synergy 12m twin skin kite and took off in gusty 10-20 knots, but found that the wind rising to the plateau created a lot of updraft and he found himself being lofted . I was in the meantime setting up a PL Venom 13m, but decided to pack it up (still getting used to this type of kite). I launched my tiny 2.5m PL Rebble and initially was underpowered, but the wind picked up and I had a ball.

The pics below give some idea of the area we were kiting.

You might describe this area as a budget option, because the only cost (apart from fuel from C...

Snowkite New Zealand

mattyjee — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 21:46:09 +0800

Reply posted by mattyjee...

This time next week i'll be chowing on some Fergburger getting ready for a week of snowkiting.

Just thought I'd share my excitement...

Snow Kiting Info request?

Flyingdutchy — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 19:50:49 +0800

Reply posted by Flyingdutchy...

I've flown foils from 1.5m (in 40knot winds!) to 6m (Samurai) and had loads of fun. I'll take some of them up this year but I'm going to try out a Peter Lynn twin skin Venom 14m this year to see how that feels. It can cope with a wider wind range, depowers really well and if I have a stack, hopefully it will auto zenith until I recover.....anyway here's hoping!!!

Can you do this in Oz or NZ?

Jr Walks — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 10:37:42 +0800

Reply posted by Jr Walks...

The first one looked awesome and lush

the second made me **** myself just looking at it
THEY WERE FLYING INTO ROCKS NO BOULDERS
Would be cool just to pull down on the lines and fly up.
when that dude was going towards the ledge of that huge drop i was like "IS HE GOING TO JUMP OFF THAT@#%@#@%#@%@#

2009 Snow Kite - season in jindabyne

thredbo kite — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 16:03:35 +0800

hey everyone

im based in jindabyne for the season with plans to kite board every day the wind and weather is good.

ive been snowboarding for about 15 years, lived in canada for about 10 seasons. been snowmobileing for 6 years using the snowmobile to access the snowboarding terrain.

my plan is to explore the aussie backcountry for drifts, lips, cornices, cliffs useing the kite as transport. my vision is its just like when i used snowmobiles in the backcountry of whistler. been sledding 6 years.

heres some footage to show you what i mean with what we accessed:

i'm in jindy now until the start of october.
i work for myself thru the internet so i will be around on the snow lots.

so all you guys in the threads, contact me via email or pm or whatever..

skype: mygels...

Snowkiting 2009 Season Perisher

kitethrills — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 12:38:32 +0800

Reply posted by kitethrills...

Hi Guys,

theres a really good spot on the eastern side of ramshead. Its a bowl that sort faces NE. Its got a few perfect faces in w or NW winds where the kite will sit out in front of you near the edge zone - as you ride teh fall line the kite is depowered and just follws you down with minimal pull on your harness. at teh bottom you can just edge against the kite and in one tack your back at teh top to lay some fresh lines next to you old ones. Also its nice and close to Thredbo - all downhill in case you break a line or hurt yourself or the weather comes in unexpectantly. one of favourite sessions out of threders was here last season.

for the less adventurous (not many snowkiters in this category) the area around kosi lookout (top of the gully above thredbo basin) is really fun in most winds except S.

have a ball

Kitethrills and crew are heading to NZ this year. We are going to Mt Olympus which I thin...

Snowkite Season In New Zealand is ON!

genieliam — Fri, 29 May 2009 08:12:50 +0800

Reply posted by genieliam...

Looking forward to try it soon.. Great photos by the way..

Has anybody snowkited with a YARGA?

tomiller — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 14:39:18 +0800

I found a good deal on a Yarga 9 meter kite. I want to get into snowkiting. Does anybody know about snowkiting with a Yarga?

Entry Level Kite :)

Velocity — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 11:09:47 +0800

This is a recent video of the Pulse 2 flown by FS Team Rider Amaury Couvreur in the South of France

The Pulse 2 sometimes gets labeled as Flysurfers "entry level" kite

Including a really sweet speed run with jumps near the end.

Not much entry level about the float & jumps in this vid IMO!.

Kitesled expedition

PGS — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 21:53:46 +0800

2009 kitesled and snowkite expedition to Hudson bay about to begin:

Here is a scene from the 2008 expedition:

Check out kitesled.com for more.

Snow kite Japan

mattyjee — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 21:33:57 +0800

Reply posted by mattyjee...

When are you going? I'll be over there from the 4th of March. Haven't snowkited there before, but have skiied all over the place. Lots of trees around, but there is lots of open space too. Wasn't very windy last time i was there though...