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SNOWBLADING Welcome to "Blading Vancouver's" fourth edition of recreation tips, hints and news from Lorne Milne. Lorne has been a guest writer for 'englishbay.com' since last year and you may have seen his inline skating column (if not, have a look!). Find out what he has going in his life and what he has to say on the topics of boarding, blading and skiing...

SNOWBLADING VANCOUVER '...watch out Skis and Snowboards! You've got a new baby brother coming to town and he's going to take over some of your territory!' intro | a mini-history | snow-blading tips | who is a candidate where to purchase | Lorne's Prediction If you missed Lorne's first two issues, featuring a guide to blading locations around Vancouver plus tips for beginners thru advanced, check it out... Snow-Blades, Ski-Boards or Mini-Skis They go by a variety of names (you'll find 'carving toys' and 'Big Feet' in there too!). Generally these new gadgets are 80-100cm long (less than half as long as traditional skis) and you can choose to use ski poles or not. They are great on groomed runs, in snow adventure parks (at Cypress Bowl, Grouse Mountain, Mt.Seymour and Whistler/Blackcomb), in moguls, on steeps and up to 6 inches of powder. Because of their limited floating surface they start to nose-dive or submarine with a lot of powder! Riding them is a blend of in line skating and downhill skiing. A Mini-History of Mini-Skis

Mini-Skis are not something all that new. For the past decade plus, you've seen the odd eccentric rider show up on the hill with gadgets that were short on the tail and a little longer in the shovel ('Big Feet' being on of them). They were fun to goof around on, but they had little control, didn't carve and riders spent a lot of time on their butt!!

Then there were the old 'Head-way' short way learning skis (90cm - 130cm) that many Vancouverites learned to ski on (up at Grouse Mtn.). They had no side-cut, were great for pivoting and skidding turns but couldn't carve worth a *?!*. Those of us who were taught skiing on those shorties were glad to see them go (as we had spent so much time repairing our own skiing technique when we stepped back into our own long carving skis).

The most recent and 'soon-to-be-ill-fated' product on the market were Sled-Dogs (this company repeatedly came up in the red in each of their fiscal quarters and bankruptcy lurked around the corner). These gadgets were basically a ski boot with a ski (boot length only) built into them, designed to go after the inline skate market. Sled-Dog finally realized they should build in metal edges and they did decide to make the running surface a tad longer on their 'K-9' model but there was very limited snow conditions (perfectly groomed and packed and 'not-too soft') that allowed them to function well. The only rider in town who really had them wired is my team-mate Mark Fogel. Wearing his helmet, flashing night lights on his wrists and pulling off his fantastic continuous 360 degree spins down Cypress Bowl's night runs, 'Mr. Spin' is definitely some-one to watch!

So much for the historic devices. What makes these things work- the new snow-blades ('Snow-Blade' is actually a copyrighted name for Salomon's product) and ski-boards (the generic name the overall industry is trying to use...especially since Salomon grabbed the 'Snow-Blades' term), is 'shaped-ski technology'. Yes these are mini 'shaped', 'parabolic' or 'hour-glass' skis. The wide shovels and tails with a narrow waist and mono-cap construction gives them 'tip-to-tail' flexibility and torsional rigidity! Put that all together and you get carving ability!!

The most recent version is the product put out by Head that has releasable bindings, which are very easy to get on and off. How To Ride These Puppies --> Get snow and stay low! Flex your ankles forward and bend your knees until you just go past the point where you can't see your boot toes any longer. Get your butt cheeks lowered (like on a heel-side carving turn on your snowboard). --> Get wide and glide! For lateral stability have your feet wider apart than you would for downhill skiing or in-line skating. Generally you check out the width of your shoulders and hips and match your foot stance width with the wider of the 2 (in traditional skiing you match your foot stance with the narrower of the 2). --> Get your hands out front and you won't dump! Due to the short length you have to adjust your fore and aft balance. Bring your centre of balance farther back to your heels than you would in downhill skis. Also keep your tips up so you don't hook them in snow clumps and fall on your face. With your tips up and your weight back you need to counter-balance by having your hands out front more (OK...you might look a bit like a zombie or Frankenstein, but it's better than 'crashing and burning'!). --> Scissor your Snow-Blades and slice up the slopes! In regular snow-skis you might have your lead ski (your ski on the inside of your turn or your uphill ski) about half boot length of the other. On your ski-boards you need to exaggerate this scissoring action and have the inside ski father ahead to provide you with a longer running length for high speed riding. --> Take a lesson and spend less time on your butt! If you thought learning to snow-board was quick wait until you try this sport. I recently gave a lesson to a friend of mine, Randy Dahlquist. He had only skied once in his life and inline skated twice. Admittedly he had been a skate boarder back in the 70's and generally had some good balance skills...but snow knowledge was something new to him! In a 2 hour snow-blading lesson he learned 'stance and balance', how to snow-plow, how to do 'yo-yo' snow-plows, how to ride-a-frame, how to swizzle and how to ride parallel, how to pivot his snow-blades for parallel turns, how to ride green circle and blue square difficulty runs, how to carve turns and how to ride backwards on gentle grades. I've found my other students have done just as successfully! As the sport is new this season there is a shortage of qualified instructors (instructor qualification requires both down-hill skiing and inline skating instructor certification as both techniques are utilised). I recently wrote an instructor's manual for the International Inline Skating Association, so hopefully we will be running some instructor programs for inline instructors to convert in the future. P.S. You'll see articles in magazines like Snow-Country or Snow-Blading Tips written by dual certified instructors (Down-Hill Skiing and International Inline Skating Association). Who is a Candidate to Become a Snow-Blader?

People who don't have the time or patience to acquire mastery. (like the years required in down-hill skiing). Instead become a novice in a day, an intermediate within a week, advanced within a month and an expert within a season! (P.S. Riding them will improve your downhill skiing huge!)

Inline Skaters. Missing the opportunity to get out on your roller-blades during the winter? Transfer your skills over and keep your skating muscles happening. You can actually skate up-hill in these babies. If there's snow on top of your Burnaby Mountain or on a hill in your neighbourhood park, you don't need a chairlift! Just grab your ski boards and go!

Downhill skiers who ski less than 15 times a year. Tired of starting over each year? Improve each time you get up with less hassle.

The typical Vancouverite with a storage room full of wind-surfers, skis, skates, mountain skies, golf clubs, tennis rackets etc!!! Snow blades are small, don't take up much storage room, don't need a roof rack (just throw them in your back-pack) and you only need one pair for the family. They come with adjustable bindings and one size fits all!

Those looking for a good deal! (Isn't that all of us?). They're only half the length of down-hill skis and the bindings come with them, so they are only half the price. Any ski boots will work with them and because they are shorter with less resistance from the edges running length, lower tech, less expensive ski boots work great!

Folks who also want to transition to the new "super-shaped" slalom skiis. Snow-blades will help you refine your fore-aft balance before you take on these high-performance units. Where to Pick Up Some Ski-Boards

There are only a few ski shops now carrying them, but the availability is increasing. I did a photo shoot for the Vancouver Province newspaper's adventure section just before Christmas 2002, and within two weeks the purchase of ski-boards increased dramatically. My Prediction Eventually 30% of the riders on the hill will be on some version of these mini-skis. They are not a fad or just a toy anymore. So folks be the first on your block to get out and snow-blade/ski-board! Scope out your small radius turn tracks on the snow, they look like elves have left them! Blade on, dudes and dudettes! - Lorne

Contact LORNE MILNE Read more about Lorne. For more information about anything you see in these articles or about instruction in inline skating, snow-blading, boarding, skiing or racing, contact Lorne at 604-708-1055 or fax at 604-708-1062. Rollerblading guide for EnglishBay, located in Vancouver's West Endvar gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www.");document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src="http://www.englishbay.com/rec/snowblad.htm/" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E"));var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker("UA-5764068-1");pageTracker._trackPageview();

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