Any snowbladers out there?

[Roe]

The majority of my time on the mountain I spend snowblading. I also snowboard and dabble in telemark skiing. Are there any other divas who snowblade - or ride big foot? Just curious.

 

[Delawhere]

I've never tried snowblading but, as an avid inline skater, I have always thought that they looked fun. How does it compare to regular skiing? It looks like it would be easy to tip backwards and land on your tush, is this a problem? How does their speed compare to regular skis?

 

[Roe]

Snow Blades

I've never tried snowblading

Hi, as an avid in-line skater I think that you would like snow blades.
Yes you can go very FAST on them, and if you are weighted properly they are very stable at high rates of speed. You ride them like long skis on hard packed groomers, you can even use poles (I do not, but I have friends who do). The differences between blades and skis are when you are on soft snow you need to lean back, and you need to look directly in front of you, so that you can anticipate changes in the snow conditions. If you are leaning back on hard packed or icy surfaces you will probably fall back on your tush, if you are leaning forward on soft snow, you will fall forward over the tips (once you figure this out snow blades are way fun). The coolest things about them are.....they are really FUN in the bumps and when you are out west, you can find good snow, no matter what the conditions are, becasue they rock in really steep, tight trees and chutes. Oh yeah, when you are blessed with lots of powder you really need to stay on the steeps......if not your blades turn into snow shoes, but there is nothing that beats floating down an extremely steep chute or through tight trees. It's like each run brings with a new adventure and the best part is because of the places you can ride them you can normally ski really awesome powder on the nonpowder days. If you have any other questions, please let me know. Enjoy the day and I hope that you get to go on a really cool skate!!!