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What Is A Kitewing?  by: Nicolas Fogelholm You propably know what a Kite is, but have you heard about the Kitewing? The kitewing is a lightweight hand–held wing shaped as a kite that can be used for sailing on ice, snow and land with a pair of skis, skates or a snowboard. This is done in wintertime. For summer use one can sail with the wing using roller blades, a mountainboard or a skateboard. I haven´t yet made it in summer, but winter usage is really cool. I mainly ride at frosen lakes, but snow-covered open spaces like moun-tains are maybe even better - You just need some more wind to get it going in the mountains. On plain ice you just need a little as 4-5 m/s of wind. I´m no extreme rider, but some other people have found out that the wing is also capable of doing jumps. Well, several 100 meters is maybe more flying than jumping? The current world record from 2004 is 505 meters (1666 feet) made by a Kitewing team rider and helicopter pilot Andreas Laurent. If you like speed the wing gives you a good ride. In optimum conditions, you can reach speeds between 60-80 km/h, but the speed record on ice was 107 km/h the last time I heard about it. I have found out that people interested in Kitewing riding are usually also interested in snowboarding, downhill ski-ing, windsurfing, mountain boarding and other action sports. So if you are into those sports you might get hooked. And if compared with wind surfing, this sport is easier to learn and the Kitewing has much better jumping qualities. The good jumping quality is because the symmetrical wing can be turned quickly into horizontal position - the sail can literally be transformed to a flying wing. About The Author Nicolas Fogelholm is a Kitewing rider and webmaster for the Kitewing online community http://www.windsports.net/. This article was posted on November 28, 2005 Read More Articles from the "Recreation and Sports" Category: Best Golf Clubs for Beginners by Troy Degarnham Barone, Drexel and Harris by Aron Wallad Bikes And Your Life by Rolf Karlsen Choosing a Bowling Ball The Correct Way by Ray Gaunt Kitesurfing Technique - Body Dragging by Jakob Jelling I’m Riding a What?... An Intellectual Property Attorney’s Guide To Patents and Surfing by Thomas A. Hatfield PurePoint Golf Swing Technique – Fairway Woods by David Nevogt 5 “Extraâ€� Things to Remember On Every Dive by Ian Scott The History of Steeplechase Horse Racing by Toby Beavers The Best Fitness Equipment For You by Dean Iggo << Back to "Recreation And Sports" Index

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