snowblade 
noun
A type of short ski about a metre in length, used without ski sticks.Along with snowboards and snowblades, they are the latest skis lead the freeriding movement, said by supporters to be an entirely new approach to skiing....
- Where once skiing held the monopoly on the slopes, it now finds itself competing not only with the fatter boards but also with mini-skis, 90 cm in length and otherwise known as snowblades.
- Limited pairs of snowblades can be borrowed once the #5 race fee is paid.
Derivatives
snowblader
- Last year was a watershed: for the first time there were reported to be more snowboarders than skiers at the resorts of Europe, with a significant and growing number of snowbladers also vying for the snow.
- But the lawsuit states that the law doesn't apply to snowbladers or skiing at night.
- For every one thousand people on the slopes per day, less than 3 skiers, snowboarders or snowbladers will sustain an injury that requires medical attention.
snowblading
- Now something of a generic term for various activities on snow, skiing can actually mean snowboarding, snowblading or, for those with their finger firmly on the quickening pulse of snowsport, twin-tip skiing.
- There's little doubt snowblading, like snowboarding, appeals to thrill seekers.
- Those who only get out a few times a year to ski will find snowblading more satisfying and rewarding.
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