Snowkiting is becoming popular in places often associated with skiing and snowboarding, such as, Austria, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland and the western United States. Snowkiting is an winter boardsport, this sport is practiced outdoors, integrating the airfoil and techniques used in kitesurfing, with the footgear and gliding surface used in snowboarding. You should take your skis or snowboard and your kite and you're ready. Both Snowboard, alpine skis and Telemark skis can be used during snowkiting. In the early days of snowkiting, foil kites were the most common type; nowadays some kitesurfers use their water gear for snowkiting, and it is not uncommon to see tubekites also. Snowkiting differs from other alpine sports, in that it is possible for the snowkiter to travel uphill with ease when the wind is blowing in the right direction. Like kitesurfing, snowkiting can be very hazardous, and should be practiced with care.