hi, im looking to go snowboarding mid to late july. can anyone recommend somewhere? im hoping to take a kite or two along, wheres good for snow kiting in aus?
kiandra if there's plenty of snow just park your car and take other than that go to thredbo or mt hotham
Probably the best area I have been to so for which is pretty easy to get to and really high (all abouve 2000m )is he area just to the right and up on the ramshead range of Karels T bar at Thredbo .Essentially it is high plaeau area with no trees and claer air coming across .You can head all the way up to Kosci from there .You can work that area all day and still be close to the resort .When you get off Karle walk about 10 mins up th hill to the right and all will be revealed
g'day mr float
What gear were you running and how many times have you been riding at Thredes?
Do you ride in the middle of the season or is Spring better?
T
I have been snow kiting 9 years now and strted on open cell foils and C quads ,then PLK arcs and now Venoms.(whoops can't this year I burn't them
)I go mid season and end of season .Try to get the backends of dumps (Usually a day or 2 of moderate SW winds 10_20 kts .Its either nuking 100 km/h winds (not into kite fighting but has been done) or 10 kts or less can be frustrating but haven't had to buy lift tickets too much in the past few years.
Thanks for that info.
I have seen the wind get crazy down there I Wreckon 100 km/h is about right.
A group of us are going to go for a trip probably in July. Maybe we'll see you guys.
thanks
p.s what size kite are you using in 20 knts?
hey jan float and Mergatroy
i'm down just about every weekend at Thredbo -pm when you guys go down and we'll hook up
Don't through stones when you live in a glass house.
I think I'll do you a favour cause you sound like the type of ***** bloke (???) that hides under the bed over 2 foot or 10 knts, here's a hook up with somwone you can spend some time on the bed instead of hiding under it
www.seabreeze.com.au/Members/Profile/Details.aspx?member=Swinger
boost on that then you'll earn the respect to dis others
thredbo is looking good, aiming for mid to late july.
what kite sizes are you using mr float? ive a 9m g2 i can easily chuck in with me. ive got a few tubes too but im really looking to snowboard more than snowkite so i dont want to take tonnes of gear
whats the best (read cheapest) way to get there, i can fly to syd or melb easy enough, canberra might be a pain to get tickets for.
while im at it any recommendations on accomodation? cheap and cheerful self catered :)
sry nz really aint in the picture i want to stay on the mountain which i understand is difficult in nz and the money doesnt really seem to work out
any size venom!
Ideally the 13
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Originally posted by mergaTroy
Thanks for that info.
I have seen the wind get crazy down there I Wreckon 100 km/h is about right.
A group of us are going to go for a trip probably in July. Maybe we'll see you guys.
thanks
p.s what size kite are you using in 20 knts?
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Originally posted by jan
sry nz really aint in the picture i want to stay on the mountain which i understand is difficult in nz and the money doesnt really seem to work out
I'm pretty sure that a good spot in NZ is snow farm in the wanaka area but I,m not sure if it is still OK .I heard a rumour that the owners weren't very keen on it.Here's a bit of a thread(http://community.flexifoil.com/showthread.php?p=1477568)
I also found this www.extremesportscafe.com/snowkiting_newzealand.html#snowkitinglocation
not sure where they actually go tho
also this
kitebuggy.co.nz/archives/000028.html
and this
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Originally posted by Charl dvquote:
Originally posted by jan
sry nz really aint in the picture i want to stay on the mountain which i understand is difficult in nz and the money doesnt really seem to work out
what are you smoking? nz mountains rule, but i duno bout snow kiting so yeah
