14 DAY TRIAL // Sleds are fun and all in the winter, but sometimes they break and other times they're just not exciting enough anymore. For people who are in either situation, a man by the name of Steve Wood has an alternative.
Scooters are one of the most common toys that also double as means of transportation. Many kids have them. Unfortunately, they can't be used in the winter.
Steve Wood's kid ended up with a broken sled a couple of years ago. Now he could have bought another one, but he decided to be more creative.
He actually did set out to buy a new sled, but the small snowboard0style sledges in the store gave him the idea to print some snow shoes for his kid's scooter instead.
You can see the result in the attached gallery. The new snow scooter is definitely something that provides fun times as well as balance training.
You can get the same plans for the Snow Scooter Shoe from Thingiverse, since the man who came up with them was gracious enough to publish them there.
Hard, compact snowed-over areas are the best places to ride the snow scooter.
There are some snow scooters for sale in the world, but they mostly date from after Wood invented the first ones. He doesn't seem to mind.
