snowboarding is the best boardsport of them all - but now i've started kiteing and am loving being adicited again to a new and similar feeling sport.

Surfing is awesome if and when u get good sessions to yourself or with mates - but the gold coast surf these days is screwed - too many people now - over it.

That's an easy one.....kitesurfing is by far the best. Although snowboarding is great, I'm afraid having to queue up to go up lifts takes up too much time before you get another adrenalin hit.....whereas kiting is a constant rush!

Snowkiting would be a blast but I'd still vote for kitesurfing cause it wouldn't be half as painful when you crash!!

its the same thing!!!

I was for many years absolutely addicted to skiing, i think i strung together something like 6 winters on top of each other all over the world, chasing that most magical of days, the powder day!

Alas i had my wings clipped, had the knee recon and came to sunny Oz to escape the winter blues. Then i met the girl and have been here ever since.

Skiing was the thing i missed the most and as soon as i saw kiting i knew it would fill the hole. Know i'm hooked on kiting and it gives me everything skiing did. The stoke, the challenge, the friendships, dreaming of that perfect day, opportunities to travel and been a gear head.

Whats really striking is that most the big issues on this forums are ones us skiers had to tackle in the mid 90s when skiing crossed over from geek rich guy sport to a complete lifestyle for adventure seekers. Eg. different riding styles, debates over the value of new developments in kit, and importantly access to the backcountry.

Anyway they both rock and the world is a better place because of outlets like kiting and skiing.

Bit of a rant but damn i love skiing
How long to spring?

i hear yah Tom - cept for me it was snowboarding, living in the mountains, the lifestyle and epic sunny powderdays with big mountains is close to impossible to beat, but seeing as i dont live in the snow anymore either kiteing is fast becoming the best replacement and newest addiction.

........coming from a surfing and kiting background in Australia I was always fasinated by the snowboarding trip but spent all my time and money touring Indonesia chasing waves, winter comes and I was of to Indo for 4 months. Pretty much every year for 12 years.

Now,I spend alot of my time in Japan, so .....The snowboarding thing has become a reality. Learnt to snowkite in one day, it`s incredibly easy compared to water kiting, and what a blast. Using the kite to go up the hill, over snow covered rice paddies, the terracing is like little stationary waves, perfect for launching little airs.

Over-all I feel one is not better than the other. Kiteboarding, Surfing, Snowboarding and even downhill skateboarding, are all sports that have the same addictive feelings and that classic finger in the face of Mr Joe Public! No bull****, just addicted to the "feel". Where-ever I can get it!

Hey guys there is snowkiting you know?Has Kite, Has Snowboard, is not necessarilly all downhill