Kitewing 007 - The Wings

Kitewing is a wing shaped kite. Many people call it "the wing" for short, just because of its shape. You can use Kitewing with your skis, snowboard, mountainboard, skates or in-line skates etc. Many say it is like a mix of kite surfing and wind surfing.

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Sports

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• windsurf
• kitewing
• surf
• ice
• water
• mountainboard
• skates
• in-line
• kitesurfing
• windsurfing

[wildblue2]

No contest that a foil kite of the same size is more powerful and works better in the mountains, deep powder or high wind gradient situations. 3 line snowkites for example aren't nearly as safe as a wing or iceboard sail and take up much more space. I use an iceboard and get just as much speed and go upwind faster with a 5.0 sail in 15 knots as those with 7m lei kites on packed lake snow.

[wildblue2]

You're overstating the wind gradient effect, they say it's only 15-to 30% less over a water surface and is turbulent until 2000 feet in elevation.

if you're kw in most places that snowkiting takes place, frozen lakes, open fields, then a ground sail will still get decent wind. The kw is designed for low resistance terrain like ice, packed snow.

[shoegooguru]

bottom line...after seeing these vids,I have gotten into kiteboarding on snow and water and...well...the 'kitewing' vids led me to the WAY BETTER snowkite/kiteboarding vids and performance of KITES. Got a used KB set-up that will outperform anything here; for way less cost as well(craigslist). No disrespect...I'm just saying. KB...WAY more bang for the buck/tool/effort.

[shoegooguru]

given the price of these things and the general tameness of what you can get out of...I don't see how the performance warrants the price. Yes..they look cool. So what.

[shoegooguru]

as a hang glider pilot, I noted the similarity to of a kitewing. Then, realising how wind works at ground level I realised that kitewing can never even approach what is being done with snowkites. If you want the best use of the wind...you need a kite that is UP in the air(wind gradients)

[zmaupzy]

Oh man.... I bought one a month ago, and I'll buy another in two weeks, a 5.5, to last longer in the air. But I live close to the sea, and I think it's most fun in an open space, on a hard beach. Didn't try on ice yet, but that must be great too...and on snow... It is now my ultimate sport...

[kitewing]

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[astralninja]

cool...but nowhere near the capability of what a kite can do. The wind is lowest near the ground.

[Pavefan]

Dude, you made me find my new sport!!! :D