SNOWSKATES

with no prior tting or customization needed before barreling down the mountain.

One of the biggest obstacles Aloud is currently trying to navigate is making the public comfortable with seeing snowskates on the mountain.

“A lot of people haven’t even heard of snowskating until they see us,” Parkinson said. “ ey think we are on a snowboard because we are ying past them and going the same speed as skis and snowboards.”

Once introduced to what a snowskate even is, the Aloud crew is often then met with a fury of questions ranging from how does one ride and stay on one to how could you not injure yourself.

From the perspective of Sixberry and Parkinson — who both used to snowboard — snowskating does not di er much from its cousin, snow-