You’ll have to forgive me in advance on this one, but I’m about to do some soapboxin’. You see, I have an irrational love of mini shred. You might even call me a mini shred evangelist. For those who don’t know exactly what mini shred is, well its really anything at all. I guess it tends to fit into the broad spectrum of what we call “urban,” but there’s plenty of mini shred to be had at your local resort too. I guess I’ll sum it up as a creative re-imagining of the way small things can be ridden. How’s that for specific?
That lame attempt at a definition notwithstanding, mini shred is the SHIT! It doesn’t require you to live in a park mecca with perfectly groomed features and the stuff you need is usually accessible at little to no cost. The only real limit is your own creativity. It has a long and venerable history in just about any “street” oriented sport you can think of, and its time has come in skiing. Enough riding laps with your friends as if it’s the finals of a slopestyle event. Go find something small and try to do something you’ve never thought to do on skis.
You left out the part where mini-shredding requires zero actual athletic talent and/or balls to step up to larger features. You know…the reasons I live for it.
Essentially, you forgot to mention that mini-shredding is particularly attractive to the older freestyle minded gentlemen who aren’t quite ready to slink out of the terrain park try and pick up poon at the NASTAR gate wearing Patagonia or North Face one pieces.