As temperatures plunge, Ottawa's snowkiters ride the winter winds
So “I didn’t have any expectations (for the winter) at all,” Ducharme said. But as the temperature plunged, the Ottawa River began to freeze, and people’s options for social activity began to narrow during lockdown, Ducharme’s business started to boom. “This winter, all of the sudden, every week I’m getting calls from people who want to learn how to snowkite,” he said. Winter kitesurfing or “snowkiting” – a sport in which skiers and snowboarders use a large kite to glide on snow or ice – has been on the rise in the Ottawa-Gatineau area this winter. Ducharme, 53, says b...
Source: ottawacitizen.com