How To Snowskate With The Artec Bi Level Snowskate

By Action Isle • Jan 18th, 2010 • Category: Featured

For those that like to shred snow on a snowboard, winter is fun, but for those that don't snowboard or have much of anything to do, it is usually spent feeling bored while locked indoors waiting for that blasted snow to finally melt.

Since you can't control the weather, and winter is going to come around regardless of how much you hate it, perhaps this year you can do something different and learn how to snowskate.

If you are active during the summer with skateboarding or some other boardsport, but when winter rolls around you go dormant, this year take advantage of the winter snow and learn how to snowskate. Or, if snowboarding isn't your thing, and you want something else to do during the winter months besides sit inside, give snowskating a try.

What is a Snowskate?

A snowskate is like a skateboard deck without anything attached, just the deck. There are of course a few differences, but in a nutshell, that is what a snowskate is.

There are a couple different styles of snowskates, but the Artec Bi Level Snowskate talked about here is the kind of snowskate that has a single ski attached under the deck of the board.

Other snowskates have four skis, which makes it ride more like a skateboard. Others dont have any skis and instead are more similar to a skateboard deck. This style has no ski or skis attached, so instead of a ski touching the snow, the bottom of the snowskate deck is what touches it.

How to Snowskate

Snowskating is similar to skateboarding, but since snow is slippery, it changes the feel of riding a bit. Snow is not at all like concrete.

The foot placement is similar to skateboarding, with the back foot on or close to the tail, and the front foot about one third the length of the board from the nose.

You can kick a snowskate just like you can on a skateboard. When you are riding, make sure to keep your center of gravity over the board, or you will fall. When turning, keep your center of gravity over the edge of the board that is cutting into the snow.

To turn, shift your weight in the direction you want to turn. Shift to the right side to turn right, and the left to turn to the left.

Once you master riding, you can try tricks. The ollie is what you should learn before anything else. Since you can do the same kind of tricks on a snowskate that you can a skateboard, the sky is the limit after you learn how to ollie.

Snowskate Video

Here is just a taste of how awesome and fun snowskating can be.