A type of short ski about a metre in length, used without ski sticks.
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Along with snowboards and snowblades, they are the latest skis lead the freeriding movement, said by supporters to be an entirely new approach to skiing.
We're told that anyone who can get the knack of skating can get the hang of snowblades in a jiffy.
Where once skiing held the monopoly on the slopes, it now finds itself competing not only with the fatter boards but also with mini-skis, 90 cm in length and otherwise known as snowblades.
Limited pairs of snowblades can be borrowed once the #5 race fee is paid.
So it's not so much snowblades I have a problem with, but a large proportion of snowbladers, as they pose a risk to other slope users.
Derivatives
snowblader
noun
I stay out of the way of snowbladers for the same reason: if they're unstable on the snow, they're putting me at risk, the same way I stay well clear of beginner skiers and boarders on green runs.
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But the lawsuit states that the law doesn't apply to snowbladers or skiing at night.
Last year was a watershed: for the first time there were reported to be more snowboarders than skiers at the resorts of Europe, with a significant and growing number of snowbladers also vying for the snow.
For every one thousand people on the slopes per day, less than 3 skiers, snowboarders or snowbladers will sustain an injury that requires medical attention.
There is now more data available for injuries associated with snowblading - interestingly, Scotland would appear to have the most snowbladers anywhere in the world!
snowblading
noun
For my money the risk in snowblading is the lack of stability from a small sliding base, which means if you go over it's likely to be a fast fall with a smack landing.
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He was injured while snowblading at night when he hit a metal cable separating two trails.
Now something of a generic term for various activities on snow, skiing can actually mean snowboarding, snowblading or, for those with their finger firmly on the quickening pulse of snowsport, twin-tip skiing.
There's little doubt snowblading, like snowboarding, appeals to thrill seekers.
Those who only get out a few times a year to ski will find snowblading more satisfying and rewarding.