Almost A Century of Fun: A Brief History of Pond Skimming For many years, spring skiing has brought forth sunshine and smiles, bikinis and bathing suits, and most famously, the pond skim. People have been using skis or variations of skis dating thousands of years back for transportation, hunting, and recreation. The concept of water skiing and skimboarding came to fruition in the early 1920s. So when did these all get […] Brains John Cunningham | April 1, 2025 0 Comments
VIDEO: First Ever Backflip Pond Crossing Last spring, Ben Pichotti became the first person to ever successfully complete a 360º pond crossing at the Cushing Crossing at Squaw Valley, USA. This year, a skier successfully completed a backflip pond crossing at the Alyeska pond crossing. It does make us wonder what’s next? Rodeo flip pond crossing? 720º pond crossing? Pond crossings very well may likely take on a life of their own and start catering to tricks and build better jumps as this one in Alyeska had. We’ll see. A skier successfully completed a backflip pond crossing […] SnowBrains | April 16, 2015 0 Comments
1st Ever 360º Pond Crossing | April 12th, Squaw Valley, USA skip to 2:41 to see Ben huck his 360 to full pond crossing Squaw Valley held its annual pond crossing on April 12th, 2014. Squaw was the first place to ever do a pond crossing and it has been imitated at ski resorts all over North America. Ben Paciotti was the first to ever do a 360 pond crossing and it was pretty impressive. We don’t think too many people will ever pull this off successfully. Ben is a pond crossing master not to be taken lightly. […] SnowBrains | April 16, 2014 2 Comments
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