Yesterday and today

last year my buddy Rich use to come by the shop and laugh, and ask "what are you making", he liked the idea of snowskates, but time was his issue, this past winter he would see some skates in the back of my truck, laugh and say "I gotta try one", but always follow up with, "I have to give up some hobbies not start new ones"....but yesterday we ran into each other and there was no excuses, he wasn't busy hunting, fishing, playing hockey,surfing, coaching lax or golfing...so we hiked to my little spot and rode...he picked it up fast...

jason meet up with us today, and brought his office with him

but this is what Rich spends his real time on....he's and older longtime bmx rider....learning tricks and naming tricks before foam pits were a realty.... here's some shots of him riding locally, he's one of the guys that established the community...click to enlarge the photos and check out how many hits they built...thats a serious crew...no wonder he has no time, the dude's constantly shoveling

style counts for everything....

day two for Rich, by the look of his hat I guessing this is the bomb drop he landed.. he's riding a 38" december deck (co-designed by lakeside) with a 42" boydhill sub......he wants his own set-up now... the hook has been set..

i love this picture, the snow on the farm is level with the snow bank....(this is the same area where that dust storm was a couple of days ago...things change)

Farmer/coffee baron/pnuematic j

...if you have seen any old posts (or those sad videos) on this blog, you know I suck at skating, if you have any skill at all I'm sure you could get these boyd hill snowskates' to pop seriously high...you will love the pop in this sub......the white topsheet shows the wood core very slightly, very cool looking ...the construction is SOLID...

. jason the dude in the first pic....sent this shot of the waves out in front of where he works today.....cold, empty, and totally set-up...people always ask isn't it cold? not really ....I've been much colder sitting on a chairlift.... you might have to click on it to see it better

the snowskating yesterday with my old neighbor jason was classic... if you have never ridden a snowskate, you gotta try........... ridiculously fun...the winter's still young...try one..

boyd hill-----quick peak

...recieved this boyd hill snowskate sub tonight, the construction seems bombproof...can't stop looking at it...hope to post high quality pics soon, the company is so professional, but I'll post more about them shortly....this thing is ready for tomorrows' snowfall

'big' thanks Bryce

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the forecast calls for snow tonight...13-18" ...might be a good powderstick type day....

....here's a photo of Kriss and his son...first time I met Kriss was in Puerto Rico, he was wearing a business suit and driving a rented mini-van, inside the van was the largest boardbag I had ever seen...oh no he's a logger I'm thinking, he was a longboarder, and an egg rider, ....this was over ten years ago when everyone was riding little thrusters....i wasn't prepared to surf longboard like waves the whole trip......but as usual I was way off base with my first impression, Kriss could surf!! he surfed like the way you thought you did, until you actual saw yourself surfing on home video... I always thought that the big move, or the air, or the killer turn was all that matter...Kriss proved that wrong, his clean style exposed the fact that turns look like shit if you enter them all herky jerky...smooth surfing between point A and B translated to good looking surfing.....one thing I learned watching him was style really does count for everything....

as we got out of the water he kept bumping into people he knew, and they were calling him by a nickname, shit I thought, this dude's a ringer...later that night I asked what the nickname meant... he said it was short for a local beach he surfed daily as a grom....the dude is named after a friggen surf beach....you can always tell the kids who grew on the beach, there style is sweeter...I grew up in the woods twenty minutes from a rinky-dink ski resort....I battle with style every session...so stoked Kriss will be riding this powderboard wherever heads this winter ...I'm sure his son will be shredding on whatever he chooses to ride too...

the broom of god


wind came up so hard on the way home the other day, it covered a few farm house in dust and dirt...never a dull weather moment during the winter

singles, powdersurfsticks, bi-decks

NYC SNOWFEST= FUN

LOTS of laughs, lots of smiles, lots of newly stoked snowskaters, it was great day in the big city, I'm glad I made the trek, even though the natural snow didn't show up, (20 minutes further south got 6" of snow, still shaking my head on that) and even though, they didn't blow snow on an actual hillside, the groms didn't care they had a blast on the array of snowskates...it was really great meeting a bunch of different people all with very positive comments on the idea of snowskating..

met the director of the event, very nice guy and even spoke about incorporating snowskating into the rail demo next year... huge thanks to SWS and his family for helping out, and keeping an eye out on all the decks... hahaha

rail jam

bobsledder

groms with decks

father and son demo

Jay-z's ny

NYC winter jam 2010

...recieved a text a couple days ago from my friend SWS about the NYC winter jam festival tomorrow in central park...its a day for people to go to the park and demo xc skiis, snowshoeing and snowboarding... they have a rail demo set-up, and they have been blowing snow all week. I'm gonna try and go and bring a bunch of snowskates so people can demo them... I emailed the director but never heard back,(big shock) so what the heck I'll go and try to weasel my way in, manhattan is only a couple of hours away...

manhattan is on the crux of a storm saturday, it should pick up about 5" of natural snow, with the potential of recieving a foot and a half if the storm jogs only 70 miles further north then expected... gonna try and make it, email If you like to meet for a demo...decembersnowskates@gmail.com

tuesday evening/ wenesday morning

filed under: No Way

Sean sent this pic in the other day, its a shot of his personal snowgun.....after receiving pictures of him robbing ice rinks of their zambonie shavings' to skate back in october, i knew he was serious about snow...... seany team has his own snowmaker...crazy...nicely done sean......ps i want one..
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here's two shots of his team deck after the sintered base has been applied, just needs to be trimmed, sanded, sealed, and gripped.

Lastly, here's a package I've been waiting on forever..... It's four way stretch polartec fleece. This fleece will be divided up and sewn into snowskate board socks....a board sock is a low maintence bag that you slide your skate into and drawstring close...designed to protect your skate, and keep your car or truck clean after a snowy wet session ...so soft and comfy feeling

..... look for it in the near future...

more Trucker HATS have ARRIVED

red TRUCKER hat

Option 1 $13.00 Option 2 $13.00 Option 3 $13.00

includes shipping

Thank You NOTE:

Nick C. and Steve -Lakeside- ...i have a hat for you guys.....