Hey Folks,
Hope you have been enjoying the blog with the added edition of
Beanies hairy bits, Sabine will be writing a wee bit each time now to
represent the females out there who are rocking the snowskates or
anything else. As I was saying last time we have a lot of toilet
reading to get through shit loads of snowboard mags and I've more or
less flicked my way through the lot in the hope I might find one tiny
artical or a tiny wee picture of that very rare creature the
snowskate and to my amazement just like the ISPO
- Bugger all. I do find it weird though, it's more or less
the same thing as snowboarding and with a company as big as LIB
TECH making skates
you would think more mags would feature something about them.
I know there are mags in the States STARFISH being
one of them but I've never seen one in the flesh only online, which
is really good btw.
Finally found a European snowskate
company. from
Switzerland called 0910
they also have a magazine called SLOPE
which you can buy or read online.0910 also
organised the first European snowskate competition this year which we
unfortunately found out about too late.
It's the same with snowskates in shops, I've been to all the board
shops in Munich and nothing. It's starting to piss me off a bit, if
something goes wrong with my skate I'm screwed.(just have to steal
Beanies skate.) she's more interested in her strappy beast. [Beanie:
at the moment!!]
Anyway I look online and see guys in the U.S. With my top deck and
different skis, heaps of different grips and cool looking leashes not
to mention the amount of new brands popping up. I see guys with their
mates who have other skates that I've never even seen before with a
massive powder skis and I'm like „Oh balls look at that“. Then I
see a group of guys all out snowskating together all wooping and
yeahing and I'm like double Balls. Anyway I'm a tiny bit jealous. But
it's cool. Talking of powderskates that is something I've definitely
got to try before I die. Seen clips and pics of dudes carving the
shit out of the fluffy stuff with those babies.
FLORIDA POWDERSKATE is a company I checked out a long
time ago when obsessing online and I've recently had another look and
holy smoke they have some bitchin looking skates, it's got to be
done. I've come to the conclusion I was born in the wrong country I
need to get my ass over to America its just as simple as that.
B.T.W would really appreciate some comments or some hellos or fit
likes, and if anyone wants to send some pictures/artwork or videos I
would be happy to stick them on here no problems.
Next Season I've decided to buy
myself some goodies and depending on the finances a longer ski and
some snowshoes would be really nice to do some serious hiking into
the hills. Found a pair of snowshoes called MSR
LIGHTNING ASCENT which
are super lightweight but they have a pretty serious price tag at
299€ (so much for a relatively cheap activity) but I'm thinking
they could be a really good investment. My first purchace though is
going to have to be some ROCKER TRUCKS I've
been talking about these for an age now so I think its high time I
got hold of them, I've read good stuff about them saying that they
let your ski bend and give you pop which I'm looking for. I just
bought myself a new pair of boots from SALOMON
which I've not tried out yet but
I think are going to be just the ticket, really lightweight and
warmth guaranteed until -40°C so I'm expecting cosy toes, hope
the grips are going to be good. My last pair of boots were NORTHFACE
which had really good grip but I
had a problem with the first pair leaking and I had to send them
back. No thanks to the bloody fool I bought them from not naming
names you know who you are!. And for your information LaToya a very
helpful young lady at COTSWOLDs in
Aberdeen sent them to NORTHFACE for
me no problem and they
returned me a brand new pair. Some people talk a load of shite. „Oh
these boots are water resistant not waterproof“..It says waterproof
on the side of the boot you bloody idiot. I really hate it when
people from stores dont help you out with your gear, stuff that you
are relying on. What makes it worse is you know if you looked like
you had money they would be kissing your ass and blowing sugar up it.
My favourite day out hiking is still our trip up Lochnagar but next
season I want to better that if thats at all possible, hopefully my
brother is going to be coming with us on that one. Might even be able
to convince him to leave his strappy beast at home this time and get
himself a double decker.(not sure about that one) (PASSPORT?) ha!
Some of the hills I saw on our drive out to the Alps are just begging
to be ridden though. Snowskate Heaven as I like to call it.Woop.
SNURFING
AND THE HISTORY / FUTURE OF SNOWSKATING
Snurfing was invented in 1965 by Sherman Poppen in
Muskegon Michigan as a way of getting his daughters out of the house
and into the snow, the invention had come from a water ski that he
customized.It was then named by his wife the „snurfer“ as you
could surf the snow. Poppen then licensed the concept to Bruswick
Corporation to manufacture the „snurfer“ Later Jem Corporation
licensed the product and made the boards into the 80s. From 1968 to
1979 there were several snurfing comps and snurfing started to evolve
and in 1979 Jake Burton Carpenter had come up with a customised board
with bindings which lead to BURTON SNOWBOARDS.
Joshua Luther coined the phrase snowskate when he needed to get
across town in a blizzard and Bi deck snowskating was invented by
Steve Frink in Stevens Pass Washington he came up with the idea of
putting skis on a skateboard in 1994 while burning his skateboard in
some kind of ritual and in 2001 came up with the final design which
he branded Bi-Deck Snowskates (Double Decker).(from wikipedia)
Snurfer Video with Awesome Music the CD is "Badema" by Malang Jobateh and Nate Silas Richarson, song is "Foreya". One of my fav videos of all time!
TERJE HAAKONSEN is the godfather of snowboarding
and apparently discovered the advantages of binding free fun for
himself as this excerpt from a recent interview shows:
Terje: Was there anybody snow skating? There is a hill in
Oslo. When I go with the kids I snowskate. It really makes the small
hills super fun again! Little things become super technical. I mean
when I see pro snowboarder building jumps up to rails I think, man
that reminds me of rollerblading. The reason I say that is because I
have seen people ollie to rails on snowskates and also do fifteen
foot kickflips. Since lift tickets are so expensive you can just grab
your snowskate and go cruise in the neighborhood if it’s snowing.
http://www.yobeat.com/2011/06/29/terje-haakonsen-speaks-to-hump-day/
And
Terje isn't the only legend who is appreciating a little bit of
double decker fun TRAVIS RICE
in an interview Do
you have any history with snowskating?
Of course I’ve snowskated.
Snowskates are completely awesome. In my opinion, Lib Tech is
making the best snowskate out there right now, incorporating all the
technology in their snowboards into the ski of their snowskates.
Magne Traction and all.Yes.
Do
you think snowskating will ever become as big as snowboarding?
The progression that snowskating has made over the past 2 years is
insane. If that sort of progression continues over the next 2-3
years, snowskating will make it to the big time. It’s getting
super technical. The advantage that snowskating has over
snowboarding is the flip tricks. It adds a whole new dimension
to the sport that snowboarding can never touch, and it brings a new
type of rider and riding style to the
snow. http://projectsnowskate.com/page/3/
These
comments from the old school and new school pros of snowboarding say
to me that snowskating is well on its way to becoming the next big
thing. I just hope it holds onto some of its cool. [Beanie: Me too!]
BEETROOT
TO YOURSELF
Well the truth is we are all getting older and sooner or later your
going to be a pile of bones in a box. Us over 30s are starting to
feel a bit creeky but to hell with it lets rip it up till we drop
down dead. Thought I would let you creeks know about the health
benefits of Beetroot. Drinking beetroot juice increases
stamina and could help people to exercise for 16% longer which I
think we could all be doing with whatever our age.
BEETROOT JUICE
Grated beetroot 1 cup
Grated carrot 1 cup
Orange juice 3 table spoons
Sugar as needed.
Put all the ingredients into a food processor and grind the
concoction to a smooth puree. Add desired water to maintain
sufficient fluidity to the mixture. You can store the beetroot juice
in the refrigerator for consumption afterwards. After that you should
be a raging beast ready to destroy anything in your path...
Sabine
with Beetroota who is sadly no longer with us as she lost her head
Picture dedicated to Steve (so tempted to put that picture of you on here) makes me laugh everytime I see it.
Picture dedicated to Steve (so tempted to put that picture of you on here) makes me laugh everytime I see it.
BEANIES
HAIRY BITS
... are staying in my pants till the next blog because I am too busy
with real life writing right now.
NEXT
BLOG: Naked snowskating, Bruised bum story and pic, and hopefully a
comment or two?
PLUS:
We get someone else on a snowskate And SKULLY SKUNKEYE rears his ugly
head.
STUFF TO CHECK OUT
1.LIB
TECH SNOWSKATES Lib Tech Snowskate
3.CHAIRLIFT
SKEPTICS YOUTUBE Awesome CS Video
4.SHUT
UP AND SNOWSKATE YOUTUBE Youtube video
5.MARTY
SPECTRUM SPORTS Spectrum Sports
6.BLUE
TOMATO Blue Tomato
7.STEINPLATTE Steinplatte homepage
8.JOE
BENDER Boosie & Joe
9.SMX
SHIZOFANATIC Great SMX Video!
10.GERGIS MAXIMUS PHOTOGRAPHY Snowskate Party Mountain check out his entire youtube channel! Snowskate Video
11.RALSTON 2009/10 Snowskate Video
12.CRUSIN A RALSTON Ralston Video
13.SNOWSKATING IS TOO MUCH FUN Awesome Video
14.FLORIDA SNOWSKATES Florida Powderskate Homepage
15.0910 SNOWSKAES/SLOPE MAGAZINE 0910 Homepage/ Webzine
16.THE AWAKENING HD Snowskate Video
17.STARFISH MAGAZINE Starfish Magazine
18. BOCKERL The Böckerl Thanks to Michl and the Dancing Queen for that one!
