There’s nothing like blasting your AC for 24 straight hours to make you think, “What happened to that Boone summer skate-ski idea?” Boone made a thread about it awhile back that we can’t find anymore. Then there was some (not so serious) discussion of a prototype that would be somewhere between the cross country rollerskis that already exist and a simple freestyle inline skate. I could dismiss the idea as completely without a purpose, market, or a shred of coolness…but I’m exactly nerdy enough to think it’d be fun for a day.

We promise to tirelessly pursue the answer to this question and never allow ourselves to think: “Who really cares?” So expect an answer to this most pressing question by the end of the day. In the meantime, Photoshop (or just Paint) your own dream prototype and throw it on our FB. There might be a t-shirt in it for ya (unless you’re from Australia)!

Answer from Erik Boone:

Hey Jon!

Yeah man we killed the idea for a few reasons:  Primarily, we weren’t really serious to begin with but – 1. the market size isn’t big enough to actually produce and sell.  2. We couldn’t figure out how to build a ski-skate that did what we wanted at a price we were willing to pay. 3. We’d rather just go skiing.