Our Testing Grounds (Research & Development) 

MISSION: Made in the USA

Our Materials (NEW MESH INFO)

Manufacturer 1 year warranty

Why SnoSkinz® was created?

In 1999, the family and I were weekend warriors in the WSA MN North Region. Half way into the first season, we started to see the costs involved in a very real way! Do we spend $50/ea. shock to have all four rebuilt? the fronts only? we just couldn't afford to do it every weekend, but we don't want to loose a final from a blown shock. After some discussions as to why shocks blow out, the idea for a performance shock cover was born, it was all about saving money. By 2000 we were more serious about our racing, and the shock covers were starting to come into their own, always keeping cooling airflow as the focus. There is nothing that will heat up shock fluid like a snocross race, sled suspensions just don't see anything more difficult & demanding.

In 2001 we lost a 1st place finish to a moisture arch caused by the roost from a sled who's rider had an off. Later that year we lost a podium finish from belt slippage from roost on the track... sled hood bras were born.

Being involved with snocross enabled us to have a platform, the TOUGHEST platform to perform research & development... Team Snoskinz was formed! Following the success of our research platform we decided to take our knowledge over to the summer side of things... MudSkinz! We realized that sleds weren't the only types of toys that were having thier suspensions pounded on and in need of serious protection, MudSkinz was born!

Testing Grounds (Research & Development)

Team SnoSkinz enabled us to collect data & feedback from our sponsored riders on the snocross track. We started to realize how important shock fluid cooling was. We proved that your suspension with actually become soft from the viscosity break down of the shock fluid when you completely cover your shock without any cooling... in other words, you should re-valve your shocks to keep the same performance of your suspension when you have shock covers with no venting. On the snocross track we also learned that neoprene was the best fabric to use, very flexible in hot or cold, dry or moist conditions, while at the same time no marring or scratching of the paint on the coil!

We also used the snocross track for the beginning of the hood bras, keep air flow but eliminating the roost entering under the hood of your race sled was time consuming to R&D, because there isn't many options of incredibly strong mesh factories in the WORLD! Finding our first proven mesh, proven meant it would stand up to the roost of a Pro Open Mod sled in a WPSA Pro Open Class, took over 2 years. Good enough for the pros, just fine for the trail rider! Another market opened up that needed these types of products... the mountain rider, powder can be a serious, vacation ruining, problem.

Ryan Britt of Valdez, AK has been a great R&D rider for our mountain riders. Testing is now done in CO, UT, WY, AK, MI, BC to ensure our products perform in all powder types. We have developed our new SnoSkinz Performance Shock Covers with the mountain rider in mind, keeping the venting as high as possible in front. SnoSkinz hood bras have a new mesh, because our old mesh was good in powder, except in Summit County CO's world famous champagne powder, the old mesh was not good enough, the new mesh needed to cover all types of powder... We found the UBBER of all mesh!

MISSION: Made in the USA!

Simple and straight forward... we are proud of our country and what it stands for. Going overseas for our products isn't going to happen, because of that, we cannot work with the big distributors (i.e. Parts Unlimited, Bell Industries, WPS, etc.) because we cannot meet their mark-ups being made in America, we move on without them! We won't be forced by the industry to go overseas!

Call us control freaks... we want to be able to control all aspects of the manufacturing process, with quality control being the top priority. We can't get that with some dude somewhere overseas assembling our products! We purchase all of our materials from US owned companies, period...USA...USA...USA

Our Materials (NEW MESH INFO)

Our new pricing reflects our commitment to being Made in the USA and the quality of our materials. We have spent 8 years & Tens of Thousands of dollars research and developing our products, there is allot of industry sensitive information, but there is also a bunch of information we can tell you!

Our new mesh is absolutely incredible, the strongest we have EVER found! Tensile strength levels we have NEVER seen before. The P.P.M. reduction in airflow is minimal yet it cannot be torn by human hands! For two days at Hay Days 2007 we walked around and asked anyone, dealers, individuals, freestylers to tear our mesh with their bare hands. At first they were apprehensive, once they realized how string it really was, people were actually cranking on the mesh! I personally used the same hood bra for the whole time, no one ripped it, not even this 325 lb. dude, he REALLY wanted to prove us wrong.... we won!

Our Velcro® is the most expensive material we use! We worked with Velcro USA to ensure no failure. The adhesive that attaches to your hood is strong when applied with a heat gun, yet the same adhesive, used with a heat gun is easily removed from your hood. The adhesive Velcro is very important because it allows the user to remove the bra and clean any powder, ice, debris off the mesh and place it back when clean, no other product offers the removability feature! It also enables the buyer to his/her hood or belly pan INTACT, no hacking needed!

Our chosen exterior material is neoprene. In extreme variations of temperatures, neoprene keeps its form, flexibility, and strength. It's waterproof... ice and wet snow have little effect on the neoprene's ability to perform. The laminating on the neoprene protects your coil's paint, there will be no scratching or marring of your paint on the coil.

The thread we have chosen can pull a truck! Strongest we could find! We have never had failure with the thread, it's just that strong!

Manufacturer's LifeTime Limited Warranty

We stand behind every product we manufactor from manufactoring defects. If for any reason, your product fails, contact us, we will work with you to replace the product. Warranty does not cover blatent mis-use of our products.

Why SnoSkinz® was created