bloah - 19-1-2008 at 03:50 PM
OMG, Just had my first session of snowkiting on skis. That was so good. Screw mountaing skiing, snowkiting rocks, it was like the best thing I have
ever done in my life, I was going crosswind so fast. It just feels so amazing, the crosscountry skiires were so jealous of me, muhhaha.
Kiting is Life.
Cheers
Bloah
strictlycarved - 19-1-2008 at 03:51 PM
thats awesome cant wait tell the wind picks up, so i can go out.
Bladerunner - 19-1-2008 at 05:25 PM
I remember the feeling of that 1st day well. I took the name Snowbird that night. Then I came home from Montana and found out how few days we can get
on the snow in Vancouver.
If you liked kite skiing be SURE and pick up a set of Coyote Rollerblades 
I think a set of size 11 is on Ebay right now. Usually they go for under $100. With so little snow here they are possibly my #1 ride !!!!
Baluk - 19-1-2008 at 05:28 PM
Bloah. I'm jealous!
I wish we had enough snow so I could take out my board today! The ground is frozen though, so I can still use the ATB. :D We live 45 min apart yet you
always have more snow! It's not fair!
B-Roc - 19-1-2008 at 06:32 PM
I was out testing the surface on 2 local ponds today. Depth is good but one was all tracked up by snowmobiles and the other was shear ice.
I skied a local park today but the windforecast was way off. Instead of building to 20mph it laid down to ~5. Road my 7m for about an hour but had
to work that. Not the best session but better than nothing.
Glad you got out. With alpine skiing you spend ~$75 and 8 hours on the mountain and maybe accrue 20 minutes of actual ski time. With kite skiing,
when I'm out for 3-4 hours at a time, I maybe don't ski for a total of 20 minutes.
Once you've got your gear its just great to be out and ski until you can't or the wind stops.
macboy - 19-1-2008 at 07:52 PM
Beautiful day here in Edmonton too! Snow to spare! I'll send some your way Baluk. If I get out tomorrow I'll try to post some pics for you guys so you
can make travel arrangements ; )
Bloah - Today was my 10th anniversary flight (ten times, not ten years ) and I'm so hooked I'm kinda sad for the coming of summer since we don't
really have much around for ATBing or buggies. I'm turning my thoughts to the water - that way i can board in the summer at the same place I ski in
the winter!
Welcome to it - I can't even describe how magical this sport is.
DenisLaMenace - 19-1-2008 at 10:21 PM
yep !
I remember that first day I started kite skiing back in Jan 06, after 4 months of static flying.
I was riding on perfect frozen lake with just enough snow to get going fast, it was blowing around 25km/h and I was using a brand new access 8m.
feeling was so great, I just wanted more and more.
but you know what, there will be tons of more days like that.
this year I got into snowboard, so I could snowboard kite instead. another great feeling going this way.
greatest feeling I had so far, is when I did my first water start this past summer, and then I started planning on water.
kiting is a way of life, it's just like going back to my teens, it's my middle life crisis 
canuck - 20-1-2008 at 09:54 AM
bloah, welcome to the snowski kite addicts. :tumble:
We finally got a dump of snow here in Calgary but it is -20C without windchill (no wind yet)
I took snowbird's advice on the Coyote Rollerblades last summer and he is right on. They are great for summer skiing.
buzz, your comment about the mid-life crisis is right on. Kiting gives me a new thrill every session.