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HISTORY AND DESIGNS OF SNOWSKATES The snowskate, according to skisk8.com, was first invented at a bonfire party when an old Skateboard deck was combined with a broken Ski , creating the Bideck Snowskate which is named so because it has both ski and board. Later on, Burton would make the bideck model popular and Premier Snowskates created a plastic, single deck model. Today the single deck snowskate is generally more widespread for tricks. The single deck type is made out of wood with a p-tex base or plastic with rubber foam for grip on the top. The bideck consists of a skateboard deck mounted by special trucks to a mini snowboard or ski. Bidecks generally have more control for riding but require more balance for tricks. Single decks have little direction control but, due to construction, are capable of many tricks. COMPANIES INVOLVED IN THE SPORT More and more companies have joined this sport including Premier , Narmerton Inc., Vans Shoes, Burton , Transworld, World Industries , Ambition Clothing, Switchfilms, Bideck, Gnu, Varient3, Skisk8 and more. Switchfilms , the first independent snowskate film company has put out 3 full length snowskate DVD films with their latest being ''Adieu'' SEE ALSO Snowboarding EXTERNAL LINKS
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