New winter sports to experience on snowy terrain

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Jim Gerberich

John O'Malley

FILE - This Feb. 20, 2010 file photo shows John O'Malley, from Westchester County, N.Y, snowkiting across an open field in Cranbury, N.J. Visitors to winter recreation destinations enjoy activities like airboarding, snowkiting and skijoring as alternatives to more traditional snow sports such as skiing or snowboarding. (AP Photo/Jim Gerberich, file)

PAUL CONRAD

MARSH

FILE - This Dec. 21, 2005 file photo shows Garrett Marsh, 12, airboarding down the slope near Snowmass Village, Colo. Visitors to winter recreation destinations enjoy activities like airboarding, snowkiting and skijoring as alternatives to more traditional snow sports such as skiing or snowboarding. (AP Photo/Paul Conrad, file)

Harald Brenter

Travel-Winter Thrills

This April 2010 photo provided by Brenter Snowbike shows Floran Schwarzenbacher riding a snowbike at Arapahoe Basin Ski Area in Colorado. Snowbiking is one of a number of activities becoming more widely available in winter recreation destinations as visitors look for diversions beyond skiing and snowboarding. (AP Photo/Brenter Snowbike, Harald Brenter)

Jim Cole

Travel-Winter Thrills

FILE - This Feb. 13, 2011 file photo shows Skier Blair Weathers of Wilmot, N.H., flying off a jump as he is pulled by Summertime and rider Jennifer Elliot during the Skijoring competition at the Newport Winter Carnival in Newport, N.H. Skijoring is a sport in which a skier is pulled over snow or ice, generally by a horse. Visitors to winter recreation destinations enjoy activities like airboarding, snowkiting and skijoring as alternatives to more traditional snow sports such as skiing or snowboarding. (AP Photo/Jim Cole, file)

Karen Schwartz

Travel-Winter Thrills

This Dec. 26, 2012 photo shows bumper cars on ice at Howelsen Ice Arena in Steamboat Springs, Colo. The activity is one of a number of relatively new diversions being offered in winter recreation destinations, along with airboarding, snow bikes and snowkiting. (AP Photo/Karen Schwartz)