Fun is at the very heart of skiing. That, and looking good. The latter point is probably why the fringe sport of ski blading has never really caught on (although I do see the occasional misguided newb wallowing in two feet of powder and hating life on ski blades from time to time.) But the guy in the video “InsaneBlades,” is not that newb. This “snowlerblader” rips the gnar and is the epitome of the former point – that skiing is all about fun.
“InsaneBlades” was shot entirely at Brighton, and features a fellow wearing a Captain America-style motocross suit paired with a macho beard and ridiculously short sticks on his feet tearing up the terrain with absolutely no grace whatsoever. Then again, he’s killing it bigger and better than any other ski blader I’ve ever seen.
He rails features at the terrain park, he tucks down steep runs, he straightlines couloirs, he hucks cliffs that make skiers quiver in their plastic foot shells, and does it all on snow blades. The only thing Mr. InsaneBlade isn’t doing is picking up chicks, which puzzles me as that rocking beard should be a friggin’ magnet.
No worry bro, your steeze is in tact and on proud display on You Tube. May you go viral and show the world what breed of snow blader Brighton, Utah produces. Blade on!