Talk:Kite boarding

merge with Snowkiting
I just saw the other page, and I'm pretty sure that they are both just regional slang words for the same sport. to be honest, I've never even heard of it being called Snowkiting, but I do admit, it sounds like a pretty good name.

Kiteboarding is a generic term for the sport using board and kite. It is usally associated with the water sport rather than snow (using snowboard) or land (using mountainboard). This aricle should be merged with snowkiting, but should be referenced from the kiteboarding site. While kitesurfing is specifically water based I would generally associate it with more surf based kiteboarding rather than trick and flat water. Thanks, Stefan.

I agree with Stefan! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Soccerstar240 (talk • contribs) 02:38, 7 August 2010 (UTC)

I agree that these two articles should be merged as they describe the same sport. However, the term "snowkiting" is widely used to distinguish between kiteboarding/kitesurfing (which is on water) versus snowkiting (which is on snow). Therefore I think these two articles should be merged under the headline "snowkiting". There is already a great article written about kiteboarding/kitesurfing on water (search for "kitesurfing"). That way there will be one article for snowkiting and one for kiteboarding/kitesurfing. Even though both sports involve a kite, there are quite a few differences between them when it comes to locations, championships, participants, and the fact that snowkiting often involves skis instead of boards. I think it will be only confusing if all of this should be merged into one article about kiteboarding. Regards, Mette. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Metsn (talk • contribs) 11:11, 6 October 2011 (UTC)

Merge and name
The merge mentioned above should take place Kite boarding Snowkiting, and Kite skiing all cover the same ground. If someone interested in this area could take care of this it would be great. Also a Google search for Kite boarding or Kiteboarding shows that the almost exclusive use of the term is for water based kite boarding or kitesurfing. A change of name should be considered. Thank you. SchreiberBike (talk) 19:57, 28 June 2012 (UTC)