MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) --Many of us would say this winter has been one of the worst ever, but one group in Minnesota disagrees. The snow, the ice and the windy conditions have been perfect for snowkiters.

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) -- A February morning on Lake Minnetonka is calm and clear. But it's not long before you spot a streak of orange in the sky, and hear the rush of skis on snow. "That first winter I ...

As a kid, I loved to fly a kite. It was almost always at Goose Rocks Beach in Kennebunkport, Maine.For about a dollar, we could buy a kite. It would be in a bag with plastic and sticks and string. We ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Boulder – Eric Bader’s lift ticket, at about 30 square feet, can really flap in the wind. And if it’s gusting, his swath of roped fabric can rocket the skier ...

Downhill skis are not just for going down hill. Wakeboards are not just for fun on the water. Kites aren’t just for kids. And frozen lakes are for more than just ice fishing. Bruce Skluzacek learned ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. A field of fresh snow tends to bring out the kid in many of us. When it comes to playing in the snow, kids are notorious for coming up with ...

A woman has been soaring over Toronto frozen waterfront by snowkiting, and she wants to teach others how to do it too. Laura Tombolini lives and works in downtown Toronto, and she wants to start up ...

GRAND JUNCTION, Colorado ” Dave Grossman likes to travel in snow with a kite. While skiers shiver in chairlifts being cabled up the mountain, Grossman glides up the hill on skis pulled by a kite. “The ...

MOUNTAIN HOME, Idaho — In the world of snowkiting, it doesn't get much better than southern Idaho's Camas Prairie. The high desert plain nestled between Mountain Home and Fairfield provides the ideal ...

Fifteen years ago, Aaron Sales was one of the first to kiteboard over snow. Now he's taken the sport to a new height. (Brad Gordon) On May 18, 1980, Aaron Sales was a 6-year-old kid living in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Last month, Icelanders Hoddi Tryggvason and Halldor Meyer completed a 4,200km circular snowkiting journey on Greenland’s ice sheet ...