Back in March, I went up to a snowy field beside the Brazos Pass in northern New Mexico to talk to and photograph Stuart Penny, who teaches snowkiting – a fast-growing and exciting winter sport.
The snow was really deep – one step the crust on top would support you, but the next you’d be post-holing up to your crotch in the white stuff.
Stuart was teaching a class, and I hung out for a while watching him instruct his pupils on how to harness the wind to have them zooming across the the snow.
When the class was over…