What about on a skateboard? The idea behind snowboarding was that it was going to be a way for surfers to have fun in the snow and was driven largely by the guys at Burton in the mid seventies 
Some of the first prototype boards had little fins, concaves, had fixed boots etc etc. I was really good friends with a guy called Thor Prohaska who ended up on the Australian Snowboarders Association committee and may have been president of the snowboarders association for the first couple of years. Talked a lot about design using the tried and true snowboarders performance enhancing substance?? This stick is the first great idea that snowboarding has come up with since they realized that you couldn't have permanently fixed boots to the boards. 
. It's common sense. You could do Nordic snowboarding for exercise! !. Make it retractable and wear it over your shoulders when doing jumps, freestyle or slalom (It might help some of the older chaps) I'd say leave it off for half pipe!!!! If you can't see the benefit in this stick then you're not looking hard enough
. I haven't had anything to do with snowboarding for over 30 years, but this seems like something that should have been developed along with the original design. Alpenstocks were far too dangerous to use for propulsion. Well done to the developers.
What about on a skateboard? The idea behind snowboarding was that it was going to be a way for surfers to have fun in the snow and was driven largely by the guys at Burton in the mid seventies Some of the first prototype boards had little fins, concaves, had fixed boots etc etc. I was really good friends with a guy called Thor Prohaska who ended up on the Australian Snowboarders Association committee and may have been president of the snowboarders association for the first couple of years. Talked a lot about design using the tried and true snowboarders performance enhancing substance?? This stick is the first great idea that snowboarding has come up with since they realized that you couldn't have permanently fixed boots to the boards. . It's common sense. You could do Nordic snowboarding for exercise! !. Make it retractable and wear it over your shoulders when doing jumps, freestyle or slalom (It might help some of the older chaps) I'd say leave it off for half pipe!!!! If you can't see the benefit in this stick then you're not looking hard enough. I haven't had anything to do with snowboarding for over 30 years, but this seems like something that should have been developed along with the original design. Alpenstocks were far too dangerous to use for propulsion. Well done to the developers. if you are that rich that you can afford to going skiing then you know how difficult it is to learn and expensive to do. Snowboarding is easier to learn, cheaper to afford, safer and IMHO more fun. (I used to pop my big toenails all the time.) It also doesn't require powder to become a world quality performer. Hey dude, , I'm not saying you're wrong.......have you ever tried snowboarding? I respect the fact you can make those two insane pieces of carbon fiber do what you want The best I could do was an impression of a chicken wishbone. Have fun freezing your nuts off this year. I'll go to a tropical destination, pay half the price and watch the Winter olympics go Steve Bradbury! ! Now that's how to win an Olympic gold medal
if you are that rich that you can afford to going skiing then you know how difficult it is to learn and expensive to do. Snowboarding is easier to learn, cheaper to afford, safer and IMHO more fun. (I used to pop my big toenails all the time.) It also doesn't require powder to become a world quality performer. Hey dude, , I'm not saying you're wrong.......have you ever tried snowboarding? I respect the fact you can make those two insane pieces of carbon fiber do what you want The best I could do was an impression of a chicken wishbone. Have fun freezing your nuts off this year. I'll go to a tropical destination, pay half the price and watch the Winter olympics go Steve Bradbury! ! Now that's how to win an Olympic gold medal
Over and out of this thread. 
Another one I'm sad I commented on because some people still don't think you're allowed to have an opinion that isn't theirs.
Not you Anton but the usual faceless men. 
