Snow Kiting Adventure
By Asem Mustafa Awan
ISLAMABAD --Seven-member team took a survey for exploring Pakistan and it turned out to be great snow kiting potential for the world as the area in Shimshal valley and Deosai plains were found ideal for the extreme sport, which is a heart throb for youth in Europe.
The team in its extreme adventure made a world record of snow kiting by taking it up and down from 5500 meters, which is the highest, the kite has gone. Felix Hentz 23 the organizer of the expedition has been to Pakistan five times and this time he came with a mission to explore the region which has so much to offer for the extreme sportsmen and women.
Felix from France in his exclusive talks with Sports World Pakistan said, “The sport is a new one and is gaining popularity with every passing day as the equipment is light and easy to carry and assemble and it gives a great sense of freedom.” “We had two projects in our two months stay in Pakistan we explore the Northern Areas and it was a great experience to go up and down on the mountains making tracks on the snow,” said Felix.
"Snow kiting is different then paragliding snow kite supports the weights as u can make a jump up and down in paragliding its your whole weight that is supported and you are in air for a longer time.”
The team also included world Sigve Botnen ranked number 2 in the world for kite snowboarding and extreme sports photographer Gus Hurst who at 35 years of age as been taking snaps for 17 years including 10 years of extreme photography of paragliders, basejumpers and extreme sportsmen and women.
Johann Civel French snow kiter also formed the team while Kamil Dabkowski from Poland was the cameraman with the team. Pakistan has a great potential as in Deosai Plains and we will be introducing the region for companies to hold an international event next year,” said Felix adding, “We believe the mountaineers in Pakistan don’t do much and extreme sportsmen and women can do it better as its liked and watched by many and mountains have but few people.” Deosai plains has gentle mountains and its vast and the wind is there and its all winds and slopes that makes snow kiting possible and Deosai and Shimshal has it all.”
The team was sponsored by Ozone Kites and had two women members Zoe Smalley 24 and Anoushka Mulgrew 28 who also went high on the mountain with the team doing snow kiting and kite snowboarding. Felix opined that Shimshal has more potential in organizing the event as its easy accessible and all it needs is few huts and no more and it would be great for the extreme sports people to come and display their skills on the slopes.
“The equipment in kite weighs only four kilos and it’s easy to pack and unpack and not much of a hassle and its great fun and freedom with winds taking you up and down the slopes,” said Felix
ISLAMABAD --Seven-member team took a survey for exploring Pakistan and it turned out to be great snow kiting potential for the world as the area in Shimshal valley and Deosai plains were found ideal for the extreme sport, which is a heart throb for youth in Europe.
The team in its extreme adventure made a world record of snow kiting by taking it up and down from 5500 meters, which is the highest, the kite has gone. Felix Hentz 23 the organizer of the expedition has been to Pakistan five times and this time he came with a mission to explore the region which has so much to offer for the extreme sportsmen and women.
Felix from France in his exclusive talks with Sports World Pakistan said, “The sport is a new one and is gaining popularity with every passing day as the equipment is light and easy to carry and assemble and it gives a great sense of freedom.” “We had two projects in our two months stay in Pakistan we explore the Northern Areas and it was a great experience to go up and down on the mountains making tracks on the snow,” said Felix.
"Snow kiting is different then paragliding snow kite supports the weights as u can make a jump up and down in paragliding its your whole weight that is supported and you are in air for a longer time.”
The team also included world Sigve Botnen ranked number 2 in the world for kite snowboarding and extreme sports photographer Gus Hurst who at 35 years of age as been taking snaps for 17 years including 10 years of extreme photography of paragliders, basejumpers and extreme sportsmen and women.
Johann Civel French snow kiter also formed the team while Kamil Dabkowski from Poland was the cameraman with the team. Pakistan has a great potential as in Deosai Plains and we will be introducing the region for companies to hold an international event next year,” said Felix adding, “We believe the mountaineers in Pakistan don’t do much and extreme sportsmen and women can do it better as its liked and watched by many and mountains have but few people.” Deosai plains has gentle mountains and its vast and the wind is there and its all winds and slopes that makes snow kiting possible and Deosai and Shimshal has it all.”
The team was sponsored by Ozone Kites and had two women members Zoe Smalley 24 and Anoushka Mulgrew 28 who also went high on the mountain with the team doing snow kiting and kite snowboarding. Felix opined that Shimshal has more potential in organizing the event as its easy accessible and all it needs is few huts and no more and it would be great for the extreme sports people to come and display their skills on the slopes.
“The equipment in kite weighs only four kilos and it’s easy to pack and unpack and not much of a hassle and its great fun and freedom with winds taking you up and down the slopes,” said Felix
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