Skirider

A Skirider is a kind of scooter designed to work on snow in 2002 by 2004 British inventor of the year Andrew Hubert winning Platinum for design and Gold leisure. It was invented to make the slopes more accessible to people whose physical limitations prevented them from skiing but ironically it soon caught on with extreme sports enthusiasts. It won Silver prize at Salon Des Inventions in Geneva in 2005 and is increasing in popularity. It won its first slope approvals in Whistler B.C. in early December 2005 and quickly became approved for popular ski resort slopes around the world meeting health and safety standards for the following slopes:

Austria

Mayrhofen, St Christoph, St Stefan

Canada

Cypress Mountain, Fernie Alpine Resort, Red Mountain Resort, Sun Peaks, Whistler-Blackcomb

France

Saisies, Les Menuires, Morillon, Val-d'Isère

Greenland

Nuuk,

Italy

Bolzano, Val Gardena

Serbia

Kapaonik

Slovenia

Krvavec, Soriska Planina, Vogel

Switzerland

Davos

United Kingdom

Milton Keynes (indoor), Pontypool (artificial), Tamworth (indoor)

USA

Aspen, Mount Lemmon, Winter Park

In 2006 it came in second place on Sky 1's The Big Idea.

External links

• http://www.vodafonesmallbusiness.co.uk/bigidea/contestants_winner.aspx?id=910
• http://www.newswales.co.uk/index.php?section=Business&F=1&id=7728
• http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/south_east/3981585.stm