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Snowskating

Ralston Snowskates is reaching out and looking to spread the love of strapfree shredding to our friends in Australia.  Winter is near and its time to rid yourselves of your bindings.  We provide the best snowskating equipment available.  Looking for shops and distribution down under.  Until that day we are offering free shipping on all completes.  Visit us at http://www.ralstonsnowskates.com.

 
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Hey guys, welcome to Boardworld.  cool smile

Have you been in contact with any stores or distributors in Australia?

There’s a list of stores here to get you started: https://www.boardworld.com.au/forums/viewthread/669/

Feel free to email me if you need any help contacting distributors in Australia - .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

 
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I would really like to try one of those one day. Is it like a skateboard with a small ski attached to it? Do you wear normal snowboard shoes?

 

our boards run the ski underneath.  tons of pop and hard carving.  i wear the north face “snow sneaker” for snowskating.  boots are too stiff.

 
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just my opinion dont mean to offend but due to living in Australia and getting very minimal snow restricted to an area that is a 6hr drive away i find i would much rather use a snowboard. If i lived in and area that was blanketed with snow over a long period of time i think i would own one of these. they look hell fun but most people in australia would barely use them.

 

our skates are made for resort riding.  they are for the person looking for a little more than snowboarding.  snowskating is getting big in the states and europe and people are starting to realize they do not need the bindings.  i enables a whole new approach to resort riding and brings the tech and progression.  there is this common misunderstanding that snowskates are for backyards and playgrounds.  this is true w/ single or flat snowskates.  double deck snowskates are for ripping the slopes.

 
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cool smile Yeah man, I’ve seen some people ripping around Whistler on them this season. I tried snowskating in Colorado a few years ago, super fun!

 

check this vid:

http://vimeo.com/16335121

 

right on man.  thanks for the insight.