DIY Snowskate

Kinja'd!!! "HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles" (hondasfordsvolvo)
02/23/2019 at 21:52 • Filed to: None

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With all the snow we’re getting I wanted to buy an snow skate. Jonah has been riding down just a board on the snow bank behind our house, and I bought him a kids snowboard at a thrift store today. I wanted to be able to have fun with him, but my feet are too big to ride down on just a skateboard, I need more width or elevation. Then I found out that a bi-level snow skate goes for like $ 150 on the bottom end. Why is snow snow stuff so much more expensive than Skate stuff? I guess all that urethane is expensive.

Any way I figured I have an old deck, and a cheap board that some one gave Jonah(he also has a 28” Birdhouse that actually “fits” him)... a few cut chunks of 2x4 and 4 screws later.

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I had my own free snowskate. It’s far from perfect, but it works. I may try to had some utathane or aluminum rails, or edges to the bottom board.  I went around town looking for big snowbanks to bomb. Much Succes!

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also I have to say I really missed having a job where work ended when I left the building. Having a job that you stress about when you get home “ is for the birds” as my very North Carolina mom would say. Being free at home gives you the energy to do stupid stuff like this !


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