Mini Ski Skate | Circa. 1994 (video from 2010s)
I began salvagin old skis, dumpster diving. Summer & Fall I would ski leavy slopes, wetlands, and gravel pits. That's right GRAVEL PITS! waiting in earnest for the snow to fall. in the late 80's, early 90's I had a motley crew of friends that traveled up & down the Appalachian Slopes - experimenting with mini-ski-skates that were yet to hit the market... My prototypes: Hacksawed K2 Skis to 30" & Throwaway Clip Boots were permanently screwed or bolted together... 1994 (freshmen year of college), I worked spuratically at a ski resort in Wisconsin called Telemark Ski Resort (Internationally known for the Birkebeiner Ski Race). It was here that I began to flip these skiis and test extensively the maneuverability of them on slopes, behind snowmobiles, horses, 4 wheelers and whatever vehicle could pull me. I had a little bit of entrepeneurial buzz, having previously run my own commercial/residential lawn business, and hustling smoked venison jerky on the side. Building my own Mini-Ski-Skate business never took off. But I still dream of running my own ski resort one day ~ Mountainrouski @ Hyonahil. [My apologies for the poor video quality - old film]
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