Wicked day on the mountain today. you gotta love the freshys you can get off the piste.

big crew heading up tomorrow.

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Cheers

looks great - superb looking terrain for wind/kite!

You managed to get away from the school kids then?
Great way to beat the queues !!

Hoping for suitable conditions next week to join ya !

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Where did you go on Turoa side to kite?

.. and is it possible on Whakapapa - I'm guessing you could either go below West Ridge, .. or right up above the Knoll tee ?

OMG!! that looks soooooooooooooo sick!!!!!

mate if i told you where i was you would beat me to it and track out the powder

very close to the car park is all i will say.

pretty awesome though.

omg that looks so freakin mint, im going down next week anyone no if i can snow kite all good with a 8m naish torch an 11m fuel? an are the RAL staff all good with snow kiters? chur

mate we are almost out of bounds, was kiting remarks last season and had someone run over my lines so pretty cautious about getting around the public. the last thing we need is to either wreck ourselves or worse yet a punter in the wrong spot at the wrong time.

give us a call if you want to hook up
021 466244

Dan

Wow those photos are amazing.

Nice spot Chris! Looks awesome! love the shots in the orange sunlight looks amazing.

Hey James,

The 8M Naish Torch is out of this world on the snow!

The kite just floats in near no wind, which is great for the first time on the snow. The cold heavy wind really mellows the 8M Torch, it's not as feirce as kiteboarding on the water.
I think it has to do with cold thick air??

Snowkiting kiteloops on a 8M Torch, that 2nd boost of power and lift - I guarantee it will put a stupid grin on your face!!

Snow relaunching on powder with 5th line can be tricky. If you pull the 5th line to flick the kite on to it's back to quick or to much - it can pull the center leading edge under the powder scooping up the snow causing the snow mound on the kite. But depending on the slope angle you can board to the best or most appropriate position for relaunch before or after this happens.

Have fun, wear a helmet (ice hurts).

Cheers Shane.

Looks Mint, what size kites are you guys on ? and what winds do you need ? and no crazy lift ticket prices...... love it

Most of us were on Ozone Mantas 8m, also frenzyFX 9 and 11ms.

Too right FREE LIFT PASS.

That looks so so good!!

that was the sickest thing i've ever done! those 2 days snowkiting in torua were insane! anyone who hasn't tried snowkiting, what are you waiting for ? we have such a great season thins year!
wind supposed to be sweet as tomorrow
see ya guys UP there

Alexei.