{"id":21599,"date":"2018-02-25T22:21:10","date_gmt":"2018-02-26T05:21:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lastbestnews.com\/site\/?p=21599"},"modified":"2018-02-26T12:37:14","modified_gmt":"2018-02-26T19:37:14","slug":"addictive-sport-features-speed-winter-cold","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/montana-mint.com\/lastbestnews\/2018\/02\/addictive-sport-features-speed-winter-cold\/","title":{"rendered":"Addictive sport features speed, winter cold"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n\n\t\t\t<div id=\"slides-21599\" class=\"navis-slideshow\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"slide-nav\">\n\n\t\t\t<a href=\"#\" class=\"prev\"><\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"#\" class=\"next\"><\/a>\n\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"slides_container\"><div id=\"21599-slide1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/montana-mint.com\/lastbestnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/Sailing-1-1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/montana-mint.com\/lastbestnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/Sailing-1-1-771x485.jpg\" \/><\/a><h6>Steve Prosinski <a href=\"#\" class=\"slide-permalink\">permalink<\/a><\/h6><p>With the prairie dog community snoozing away the winter in burrows below, a paraskier speeds across the surface. Click on the arrow at top right for more photos.<\/p><\/div><div id=\"21599-slide2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/montana-mint.com\/lastbestnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/Kevin-Cline-2.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/montana-mint.com\/lastbestnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/Kevin-Cline-2-771x547.jpg\" \/><\/a><h6>Steve Prosinski <a href=\"#\" class=\"slide-permalink\">permalink<\/a><\/h6><p>Kevin Cline carries a device that tracks his speed and distance during his paraskiing forays.<\/p><\/div><div id=\"21599-slide3\" data-src=\"https:\/\/montana-mint.com\/lastbestnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/Sail-3-771x512.jpg*771*512\" data-href=\"https:\/\/montana-mint.com\/lastbestnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/Sail-3.jpg\" \/><h6>Steve Prosinski <a href=\"#\" class=\"slide-permalink\">permalink<\/a><\/h6><p>Colorful parasails catch the chilly breezes.<\/p><\/div><div id=\"21599-slide4\" data-src=\"https:\/\/montana-mint.com\/lastbestnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/Sign-4-771x575.jpg*771*575\" data-href=\"https:\/\/montana-mint.com\/lastbestnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/Sign-4.jpg\" \/><h6>Steve Prosinski <a href=\"#\" class=\"slide-permalink\">permalink<\/a><\/h6><p>State land along Highway 3 provides a home for a prairie dog town, and a place for summer mountain bikers and winter skiers to enjoy the open spaces.<\/p><\/div><div id=\"21599-slide5\" data-src=\"https:\/\/montana-mint.com\/lastbestnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/Lesson-5-771x504.jpg*771*504\" data-href=\"https:\/\/montana-mint.com\/lastbestnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/Lesson-5.jpg\" \/><h6>Steve Prosinski <a href=\"#\" class=\"slide-permalink\">permalink<\/a><\/h6><p>Experienced paraskier Kevin Cline gives some pointers to novice Dan Kennedy.<\/p><\/div><div id=\"21599-slide6\" data-src=\"https:\/\/montana-mint.com\/lastbestnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/Lines-6-771x495.jpg*771*495\" data-href=\"https:\/\/montana-mint.com\/lastbestnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/Lines-6.jpg\" \/><h6>Steve Prosinski <a href=\"#\" class=\"slide-permalink\">permalink<\/a><\/h6><p>With multicolored lines attached to the sail, the training session approaches.<\/p><\/div><div id=\"21599-slide7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/montana-mint.com\/lastbestnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/Launch-7-771x513.jpg*771*513\" data-href=\"https:\/\/montana-mint.com\/lastbestnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/Launch-7.jpg\" \/><h6>Steve Prosinski <a href=\"#\" class=\"slide-permalink\">permalink<\/a><\/h6><p>Dan Kennedy and Kevin Cline work to launch a small sail for a training run.<\/p><\/div><div id=\"21599-slide8\" data-src=\"https:\/\/montana-mint.com\/lastbestnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/Apache-Trail-8-771x566.jpg*771*566\" data-href=\"https:\/\/montana-mint.com\/lastbestnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/Apache-Trail-8.jpg\" \/><h6>Steve Prosinski <a href=\"#\" class=\"slide-permalink\">permalink<\/a><\/h6><p>Vehicles parked along Apache Trail, the road into Indian Cliffs, show that an air show is underway.<\/p><\/div><div id=\"21599-slide9\" data-src=\"https:\/\/montana-mint.com\/lastbestnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/Turn-9-771x601.jpg*771*601\" data-href=\"https:\/\/montana-mint.com\/lastbestnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/Turn-9.jpg\" \/><h6>Steve Prosinski <a href=\"#\" class=\"slide-permalink\">permalink<\/a><\/h6><p>Kevin Cline picks up speed on a parasail maneuver.<\/p><\/div><div id=\"21599-slide10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/montana-mint.com\/lastbestnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/Location-10.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/montana-mint.com\/lastbestnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/Location-10-771x276.jpg\" \/><\/a><h6>Steve Prosinski <a href=\"#\" class=\"slide-permalink\">permalink<\/a><\/h6><p>Paraskiers enjoy the flat state land just west of Billings' Zimmerman Park just south of Highway 3.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><script>jQuery( document ).ready( function() { loadSlideshow( 21599, 'https:\/\/montana-mint.com\/lastbestnews\/2018\/02\/addictive-sport-features-speed-winter-cold\/', 10 ) } );<\/script>\n<p>Subzero wind chills? Kevin Cline would say it&#8217;s a great day to go paraskiing.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s an addictive sport,&#8221; he says.<\/p>\n<p>It must be to get paraskiing aficionados out on cold winter days \u2014 days that turn even more frigid in bone-chilling winds.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The wind isn&#8217;t so bad,&#8221; Cline says. &#8220;You have to remember, it&#8217;s always at your back.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>When the snow is deep and winds pick up, Cline and several other hardy winter-sport enthusiasts can be found on state land just west of Billings&#8217; Zimmerman Park, sailing along on their alpine skis with colorful kites providing the energy.<\/p>\n<p>Cline caught the paraskiiing (also called kite-skiing) bug six years ago and spends hours at a time during his visits to the site that transforms into a bustling prairie dog community in other seasons.<\/p>\n<p>On this 30-degree day, he had already logged 28 miles under his yellow and blue sail before a friend, Dan Kennedy, arrived for a lesson.<\/p>\n<p>Kennedy had one warm-weather session on water some time ago and was going to give the snow version of the sport a try. He was advised that it might be better for his ailing spine \u2014 leaning back to control the sail rather than stooping forward in downhill skiing or snowboarding.<\/p>\n<p>To get equipped for paraskiing\/kiteskiing or kiteboarding on a snowboard, new or used gear is available for under $2,000, Cline says, adding that with access to a ski area so close to the city, it&#8217;s a terrific winter activity.<div class=\"well\"><div class=\"dfad dfad_pos_1 dfad_first\" id=\"_ad_652\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/mjhWkW\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lastbestnews.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/201703_capeair_variable.jpg\" alt=\"CapreAir_Variable\" width=\"510\" height=\"180\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-18069\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Subzero wind chills? Kevin Cline would say it&#8217;s a great day to go paraskiing. &#8220;It&#8217;s an addictive sport,&#8221; he says. It must be to get paraskiing aficionados out on cold winter days \u2014 days that turn even more frigid in bone-chilling winds. &#8220;The wind isn&#8217;t so bad,&#8221; Cline says. &#8220;You have to remember, it&#8217;s always [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":120,"featured_media":21600,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[6800,6801,6799],"class_list":["post-21599","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-diversions","tag-apache-trail","tag-highway-3","tag-parasailing","prominence-top-story"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/montana-mint.com\/lastbestnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21599","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/montana-mint.com\/lastbestnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/montana-mint.com\/lastbestnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/montana-mint.com\/lastbestnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/120"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/montana-mint.com\/lastbestnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21599"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/montana-mint.com\/lastbestnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21599\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21612,"href":"https:\/\/montana-mint.com\/lastbestnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21599\/revisions\/21612"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/montana-mint.com\/lastbestnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21600"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/montana-mint.com\/lastbestnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21599"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/montana-mint.com\/lastbestnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21599"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/montana-mint.com\/lastbestnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21599"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}