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This kid came up to me at SIA and told me about his company, it was Skyskater. He told me that he was wondering if we could make snowblades for him, so I told him to talk to my boss, but I said it would be very unlikely.
He got into a huge argument with me at my booth about how snowblades are going to make a huge comeback and that you can do much more tricks on them. I was really trying hard not to laugh but the kid was turning super super red with anger. We came close to getting into a fight over fucking snowblades. I walked by his booth and I felt so bad for his dad who probably paid a fortune to have a tiny ass booth at SIA.
"The action is in the terrain park and the
SkySkater is ready-made for this," Brian said.
"I want the kids to be able to do the same
thing on the snow that they can do on land.
When I enter thejam rails this year, I'm going
to knock their socks oft: No one has ever seen
anything like this."
At the end of last season, Brian took his Sky
Skaters out fur their initial test run in the
terrain park at Willard Mountain. Not only
did he have a blast on them, but his new and
unique "sport" attracted a ton of attention.
The same thing happened a week.later when
he brought them up to West Mountain in
Glens FaDs,NX
"He came back into the lodge and a group
of kids were around him asking questions,"
Stanley said. "One kid offered him $50 to
buy them."
Momentum really kicked into gear in
October (2006) when the Lens showed
off the Sky Skaters at the Albany SId and
Snowboard Expo. The duo handed out '100
stickers and flyers, Brian was the feature of
local TV news segments and he was invited
to demo the product at a local resort's terrain
park grand opening.
The SkySkater booth attracted the particular
attention of snowboarding legend, Olympic
gold medalist Ross Powers, who sauntered
over a half dozen times to express his interest
in the new product. Even Powers' wife came
over to see what the buzz was all about.
"Ross told us it was the most interesting
thing he'd seen in five years," Stanley said.
"Based on a scale of 1 to 10, the ski show was
a 12 for us."
The potential numbers now associated with
the SkySkater are substantially higher, and
Stanley marvels at that $20 and Brian using
the family oven to bake clay molds.
"I said to him, 'Brian, you're a genius.'"
Snowlerbladez with grind plates, brilliant!!
Snowblades would be a mudh better and less expensive option to these things. Why would you waste your money on rollerblade boots and a ski with a plastic binding?
Maybe he should convert these into land skis...?
Just an idea...
these are for kids who can't use big skis. its gonna fail just like snowblading
line definitely had a soul plate for the side of your boot, but this kid probably patented the idea of binding and plate combination. DONT HATE, just because this kid wants to do it on blades...there are a ton of skiers out there right now, doing tricks that could utilize this.
This kid is scary close to the future of jibbing.
looks like he ripped off the 04 chronics (the white ones wit the crows on em)
but yea, snowblades were dead, gone, and buried like 8 yrs ago.
skiin wit snowblades is like gettin head from a guy, feels good for awhile until you look down and realize YOUR GAY!!!!!
skyskater's lazy fun way rail jam
TBA
in December
1st - $100
2nd - $100
3rd - $100
plus golden cup TROPHY
free clothing
snack and granola bars
chocolate and peanut butter
ahah "snack and granola bars" just what every rail jam needs
well thats a good way to waste your money tho
