Buddy built his own board !!

This is NOT your regular water windsurf board !!

Looks like fun but it doesn't seem to turn. I guess if that's a conventional ski that it's running on it really needs weight in the middle and some way to rail it over. Sounds difficult.

I think Guy Trudeau's solution of riding a pair of skis loosely coupled at the front by a link that supports a mast foot may be more versatile and pretty simple too.

many models work on ice and/or packed snow
Guy Trudeau is a trickster and runs on homemade skateboards too
this model looks very similiar to the windski that was once commercially available
turns require speed and finesse
that video was in 10-15 mph - when most people wait for more wind - in the summer temps
I suggested to Brian he try a longboard jibe and he states that works better

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GasHazard said..
Looks like fun but it doesn't seem to turn. I guess if that's a conventional ski that it's running on it really needs weight in the middle and some way to rail it over. Sounds difficult.

I think Guy Trudeau's solution of riding a pair of skis loosely coupled at the front by a link that supports a mast foot may be more versatile and pretty simple too.

The ski maneuvers upwind and downwind very well. It does need to be leaned to windward to track well and to reduce spin out. As soon as the ski is leaned to windward, you just lean back, dig the rear windward rail into the snow, and the ski just takes off!

The ski is tricky to gybe. As Joe was saying, long board style gybes are the only way to gybe it with this model. To do so, the snow needs to be undisturbed. But being on this thing is adrenaline rushing, just as it is on water. You get the same feeling on this ski as on water. Footstrap settings, mast step settings all match my modern windsurfing bump n jump board's foot strap and mast settings to a "T". Makes for a comfortable ride!