kitedelight
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skis and snowboards, what do you use?
Just curious what guys are riding, and what the ratio of ski to snowboards is. Lots of guys ride skis around here, seems skis outnumber snowboards at
least 2:1 on an average day.
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B-Roc
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I kite ski (because I have been on skis all my life) but I think kite snowboarding looks like more fun and I'd do that if it wasn't such a hassle to
buy all the gear.
Depower Quiver: 14m Gin Eskimo, 10m Gin Eskimo III, 6m Gin Yeti, 4.5m Gin Yeti (custom bridle and mixer)
Fixed Bridle Quiver: MAC Bego 400, JOJO ET Instinct 2.5 & 5.5, Lil Devil 1.5, Sting 1.2
Rides: Ground Industries
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g00fba11
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Where's the option for both????
d\'Arc side of the force, Haize, G2A, K2, a Flysurfer, a couple FBs and some home brew
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Storm Chasers Kite Club
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erratic winds
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Mood: ATGATT! Armor up!
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Gave up on skis after riding a board in powder once! Never looked back. I ride a k2 acess wide 156, for kite and resort. This summer I'm on the
lookout for a libtech banana hammock for snowkite!
Tide? What's a tide? Man, it's 1000 miles to any ocean.
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4mylifetime
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I have both, but it comes down simply to how much snow is on the lake. In Canada here where we are, there often is not too much snow on the lake and
holding an edge with a snowboard is difficult. Skis hold the edge better. Lots of snow then a snow board is better. Was out today on skis, some on
boards but then they came back in to change to skis.
Riding 4mylifetime ...
3.5m \'11 HQ Hydra 350
9m \'12 Cabrinha Crossbow LW
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166x50 \'11 Spleene HTL MONSTER Door
149x44 \'12 Cabrinha Chopstick
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Feyd
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Location: North Conway New Hampshire USA
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Mood: It\'s an addiction... and addiction is something I should know something about.-Keith Richards
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Fast skis for ice days, Salomon Rockers for powder days.
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stetson05
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Mood: wanted: wind please
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snowboard because I didn't have any time on either before and the snowboard seems more like KGB and kiteboarding. As it turned out for me it was a
lot like kiteboarding and not so much like KGB. Sometimes I wish I has skis though for ease of movement when having two feet strapped to a board gets
in the way.
Team Rider, 
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HQ 1.4m which my 8 and 10 year old fly
Pansh Flux 2m, Legend 3m,
HQ Hydra 300 PZ depower, Neo 8m, 11m
Flysurfer S2.5 19m
Flexboardz Haize
Radbuggy
SIMS snowboard
Crazy Fly 145
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Kamikuza
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Mood: If I\'m not doing it, I\'m thinking about doing it.
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Kiting or snow-play? I do both, about the same amount... and equally poorly 
Yeah... I got a kite. Or two...
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kitedelight
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Ya, was thinking for snowkiting.
good call Goofball, didn't expect people to be using both, but why not. Don't think I can change it now though.
I use a snowboard cause that's what I had prior to kiting, plus thought it would help with the water aspect...can't tell cause I didn't try skis and I
haven't spend much time on the water anyway. 
Powder days are great though, it's the hardpack days that I get thinking about trying skis one of these days.
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Kober
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Mood: April trips to OBX and WBB....
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never try to ski ...... so not sure if snowboard is what I prefer ...... for now ... thats what I am using ....
New Jersey Kite Addicts
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Gin Uru .............10...14
Gin Zulu II / III .........7...9
Gin Sherpa .......10
Gin Yeti ..........4.5...8...13
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2013 ABoards Z-series ......136x41.5
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shaggs2riches
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Mood: low winds here I come
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Lib tech skate banana 151cm. I do have set of sled dogs snowskates from the 90s that I'm wanting to have a go on hard packed one day. When I first
tried mountainboarding, I felt awkward not strapped in solid, but now I feel restricted strapped tight to my snowboard. Swivel bases are in order for
next year, since this season has been a write off
what I fly/ride:
19m Flysurfer Speed 2 SA
12m Flysurfer Speed2
6m Ozone access xt
1.5m Ozone imp trainer
144cm Airush Switch
152cm lib tech skate banana
MBS Pro 90
Jereme Leafe Pro 95
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Feyd
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Location: North Conway New Hampshire USA
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| Quote: | Originally posted by shaggs2riches
When I first tried mountainboarding, I felt awkward not strapped in solid, |
Ditto.
I need more time on it for sure.
Most snowkiters I know that ride a board are also water riders and its just the natural choice. I haven't tried riding on a board yet but I plan to.
It must feel very natural and nice to be facing the wing. Even when i dabbled with the KGB this summer I noticed that it felt pretty good and I
sucked at it.
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kitedelight
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5:7 so far, interesting.
Not what I expected. Definitely not the ratio we see around here.
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Tibi
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I did ski a while back. Picked up snowboarding a few years ago. The beginning was not fun, but now is great. Didn't have a chance to use it with a
kite yet...
Kites:
Flexifoil Rage 2.5m (Acid)
Flexifoil Rage 3.5m (Rasta)
Flexifoil Rage 4.7m (Acid)
Flysurfer Pulse2 10m (Orange)
Flysurfer Pulse2 14 (Blue)
Flysurfer Speed 3 15 (Deluxe)
Flysurfer Speed2.5 19 (Red)
Buggy: PL BIG FOOT
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Board: Spleene 64
Other: LibTech SkunkApe
K2 Cinch CTX + K2 T1 DB
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Kamikuza
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Location: Shiga, JAPAN
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Mood: If I\'m not doing it, I\'m thinking about doing it.
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I like my short skis (Fischer WebXXL) on hard-park and the board in powder
Yeah... I got a kite. Or two...
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jbt
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Start off and do what you are best at. In deep powder a board has more float but it you are not good on a board use powder skis.in hard pack I used
old long straight gs skis. I am old so I have been skiing long before snowboards came out. so skis are easier for me. where I live there are a lot of
people that board.They both have there advantage and disadvantages.If you are better on a board do that. later on you might want to do both.
Slingshot Snowranger Kite 12M
HQ Montana 9.5M
Ozone Frenzy 7M
Best Bularoo 10M, 7M
HQ Rush 350 Pro
Best Trainer Kite
Kite Trike, Mtn. Board
Skis, Snowboard
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Mainekite
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Registered: 9-22-2011
Location: Southern Maine
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Mood: pray for wind
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Depends on the snow cover, either or both
Napka US716
Flexifoil Sting 1.7
Pansh Sprint 2.8
Prism Tensor 3.1
Flexifoil bullet 2.5, 3.5, 4.5, 7.0
Pansh Ace 5.0
Pansh Flux 6.0
Pansh Blaze II 7.0, 12
Venom II 10
Cabrinha Switchblade 8.0, 12.0 Crossbow 16.0
Pansh Aurora 15
Peter Lynn folder+, Rockville kite trike, snowspider
mbs core 90, mbs grasshopper,skis, snowboards, skates, surfboards, wakeboards, kiteboards
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canuck
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Skis 'cause after 55 years on 'em I don't want to bust my ass (or anything else) learning to snowboard. Learning to landboard is enough punishment for
my old body. 
You can ski on ice or anything else up to deep powder - I don't see any snowboard videos like Feyd's 
FB: Quadrifoil KiteSurfer XXXL, XXL, XL, XM, Mac Bego 600, Pro Foil 5.5m, Radsail 3m
Depower: PL Venom II 13m, Venom I 10m, Ozone Access2 8m
HQ Powerkites seat harness
Salomon snowblade 90, straight & shaped skis
MBS Comp 16 Pro, Coyote All Terrain Rollerblades
BodyGlove wakeskis
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crabnebula
Posts: 142
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Location: USA
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Mood: Happy
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Im on mostly AT gear and snowboards. I like Drake binding and a cheap snowboard. Black Diamond treats me well on skis to I stick with the USA
company.
I do have a pair of non BD skis (volkl mantra). All my skis area on Fritschi Freeride bindings.
I am now on a pair of wooden skiis made of Ash and coated in epoxy with no steel edge. the best feel so far to date.
Snow Kiting rocks
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markite
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Well interesting question. Here in Ontario all of the long time kiters going way back to the early days of kite skiing over 20 yrs ago...probably over
25yrs ago...anyway all are on skis - once kiteboarding took off and early 2000's all the new people finding out they could use their LEIs in winter
all use snowboards - years later it has a larger percentage of snowboarders but in recent years a small percentage have picked up skis just because
you can never be sure of conditions having ice or snow. With all of the attitude - skis were seen as a not cool but a better mix now.
I use both - skis most of the time and then if we have a deeper powder i go for a snowboard.
Mark Groshens
WindSpeed kites & design - Canada
Peter Lynn: Charger2 18, Scorp 16, Charger2 15, Phantom II 12, Scorp 10, Phantom II 9, Phantom 9, Charger2 8, Syn 8, Charger 6, F 1200, 840
Ocean Rodeo: Flite 17.5, Rise 13, 10, 7 Razor 6
Foils: Full set of PL Lynx, Airea Raptors, PL Reactor IIs, PL Cores, Libre Spirits, Ozone Flow
buggies: PL XR+, Cameleon Pagona, custom bigfoot, PL Bigfoot, custom ice buggy
Boards: 2 custom directionals, O.R Surf series 5-11, Mako Skinny, Mako 140 Wide, Mako 150 Wide, Mako King, Brunotti
lots of old school skis, snowboard
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kitedelight
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ahhh. few more votes are in, almost 50-50
"With all of the attitude - skis were seen as a not cool but a better mix now."
Seems to parallel a bit of a shift on the slopes too. But, whether it has an *actual* correlation is something different, it's interesting though.
I've read that snowboard sales too a bit of a dip after 2005. Here is an article that says something similar
http://www.mailtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/200902...
might have something to do with the freestyle ski movement, with the ski guys doing some pretty crazy tricks on the halfpipe and big air competitions.
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Feyd
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I gotta try kiting on a snowboard. Skis will always be my preference but the board has to feel pretty cool.
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