Tag: Enrique G. Cubillo
SpikeBoarding is Skiing: Mechanical Equivalence of Poling-Driven Propulsion on Roller Skis and Skateboards
This article by Enrique Cubillo, creator of SpikeBoarding, argues that the two primary techniques of SpikeBoarding—Stand Up Spike (SUS) and Cubi-X-Cross (CXC)—constitute skiing under any biomechanically coherent definition. The distinction between ‘roller skiing’ and ‘SpikeBoarding’ is categorical, not mechanical. Cubillo presents video evidence demonstrating the presence, stability, and repeatability of the coordination patterns measured in the roller-ski literature, concluding that SpikeBoarding is skiing.
