You see them at the seaside in the summer, gliding along the water on kites inflated by the wind. On water, the sport is called kitesurfing, but if you adapt the equipment, in winter you can conquer the most beautiful areas with snow untouched by the soles of your skis. Funkytravel.ro encourages water and winter sports, and now gives you the opportunity to dream of the most spectacular mountain adventures.
Snowkiting is a relatively new sport in Romania and combines kitesurfing with winter sports (skiing or snowboarding). The equipment consists of skis or snowboards, and with the help of the kite used in the summer at sea, young people glide over the mountain peaks. Basically, with the help of the kite, you are pulled in a certain direction, dictated by the skill of the person holding the control bar connected to the kite. As with the sea, snowkiting depends primarily on the presence and speed of the wind. And last but not least, there must be snow 🙂
You are not dependent on climbing equipment
Andrei Damian is an accredited kitesurfing and snowkiting instructor. I think we can all envy him! He spends his summer at the seaside, and in the winter he conquers the mountain peaks. "The advantage of this sport, especially in Romania , is that you can go skiing or snowboarding even when the facilities are not working or there are hellish queues for them. The practitioner is no longer dependent on the presence of facilities when climbing. You climb beautifully to the top of the mountain , set up your equipment and go wherever your eyes see"
Like any extreme sport, learning snowkiting on your own can endanger the safety of the person trying to glide on the snow pulled by the kite or those around them. “I recommend starting this sport with accredited instructors, who will teach you the correct steps. This way you avoid accidents!”, says Andrei.
The Snowkite opens a new frontier in both winter sports and kitesurfing, being a fusion between them. With the kite, you can cross hills/hills/mountains without the need for cable installations. It's an amazing feeling, knowing you can travel as far as the eye can see.
How much it costs you to conquer the mountains
Let's get to the financial part! Snowkite courses are organized in Sinaia, a place where the best conditions for practicing this sport meet. Sinaia has a large alpine area, free of obstacles. Instructors say that a kite, skier or snowboarder needs at least three hours of instruction to glide on kite-pulled snow. One hour with an instructor costs 50 euros.
If you like to stay more with your feet on the asphalt and you don't know how to slide on the snow or "tread" the water with the board and the kite, take a sheet of paper, a calculator and collect. For skiing or snowboarding lessons, you pay an average of 120 lei/hour. You need at least three hours! After you've learned how to glide on snow, snowkite lessons follow. And here, the instructors recommend a minimum of four hours - in other words, another 200 euros.
