In between the Crypto Finance Conference and the World Economic Forum last month, a group of investors and founders enjoyed a busy few days in St. Moritz. They networked, and they enjoyed a fireside chat with venture capitalists Bill Tai and Daniel Gutenberg. For play, rather than ski, snowboard or shvitz in a sauna, they snow kited.

Snow kiting is a mix of kitesurfing, water skiing and snow skiing. Riders wear skis or a snowboard and a harness connected to a massive sail and use the wind to bop between flats and hills or take longer-distance trips. And there’s a reason techies love it.

“This is my favorite hobby, and one of the main reasons is it combines snow sports, mountains, but also aerodynamics. It’s kind of engineer-y,” said Daphne De Jong, CEO and founder of Ven, a data science company, who’s journeyed to Antarctica, Norway and Alaska over the last six or so years to snow kite.