I saw a vid once,

A guy treks to the top of a sand dune,

runs down the hill with leading edge forward and reverses his bar (red on right hand) so he is using his kite like a traditional parachute setup as he flies parallel to sand dune for about a KM.

Sounds cool huh? Any one else seen people kite like this?

I wouldn't mind checking out some other vids and giving it a go on the snow.