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    skiing without snow

    There are a few youtube videos of people skiing on rocks, sand dunes and mud and why not. I have done a bit of racing with cars last Sunday :-D http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dsoDCUD3FI
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    skiing without snow

    Although, there is patent pending on the device I am reluctant to put any close-ups for the very simple reason that Chinese manufacturers have no respect for our IP laws so you have to take my word for it that it's really easy to do carved turns on it. More precisely, there's a spring mechanism...
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    skiing without snow

    I got larger wheels mounted which required some changes to the wheel assemblies. I picked the gear up last Sunday and tried going faster and it made a difference. Since it was raining most of the weekend there was too much mud on off road slopes to even try. If it rains again I'll try it on a...
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    skiing without snow

    L4P, thanks for your comments. Interestingly enough I managed to attract some attention of extreme sport enthusiasts who suggested mounting larger pneumatic wheels to make the device usable on a rogher surface which I am currently doing. I am also adding rear wheel brakes that will engage in...
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    skiing without snow

    Hi everyone, I live in Australia where as you may know we have rather short snow seasons lasting at best three months and pretty poor quality snow. The situation seems to be getting worse during the past decade which made me think how we could enjoy a bit longer something that at least remotely...
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