Windski- a wind-powered winter sport.
by Lloyd Alter, Toronto 
on 11.18.05
While taking our hits for yesterday's post on snowboards, we learned about the Windski- almost a hybrid of three different sports, it takes a ski, a shrunken snowboard/skateboard deck, and a windsurfer sail and smushes them all together into a sailboard for snow. This looks like a fabulous alternative for those of us with lots of flat ground, frozen lakes and piddly hills. For thrill seekers, speeds have been measured at over 45 MPH. What a great idea- we want one. (but with a bamboo deck!) ::Windski and watch the "Best of" video thanks, tipster Clive
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"Ice Sailing" and "Wind Skating" are the heritage versions of this sport. As a child I used to Wind Skate on Wisconsin's lake Winnebago by holding one of my mom's old sheets, hocky skates on my feet. It was scary going 30 or 40. Board sailing variations have a long way to go, as the world speed record for ice sailing was set on Lake Winnebago in Wisconsin by John Buckstaff in 1938 when he reportedly reached 230 kilometres per hour. Ice sailing regattas are periodically held on Winnebago and also in some Canadian lakes.
Don't forget about Snow Kiting
http://www.mtbz.com/snowkiting/snowkiting_faq.htm
does anybody know what a windskierboard is what can you do wit it i have some pictures off them if you know anything about it please mail me and i can show you the pictures off it .i have two off them philip from the netherlands