{"id":12165,"date":"2026-05-04T20:55:47","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T20:55:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wildgreenquest.com\/?p=12165"},"modified":"2026-05-04T20:55:47","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T20:55:47","slug":"how-to-try-the-viral-ice-shoe-trend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wildgreenquest.com\/?p=12165","title":{"rendered":"How to Try the Viral Ice-Shoe Trend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"justify-start\">\n<nav class=\"align-left col-span-full mb-base\" data-pom-e2e-test-id=\"breadcrumbs\"\/>\n<p>We tested the viral social media stunt of ice-shoe-skiing, where teens glide down grassy hills on blocks of ice. It was actually thrilling; here&#8217;s how you can do it at home.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"border-border-light border-t py-base-tight\">\n<div class=\"flex h-4 justify-between\">\n<div class=\"flex gap-x-base-tight\">\n<div class=\"\"><button class=\"inline-flex shrink-0 items-center justify-center rounded-full hover:cursor-pointer bg-bg-surface hover:bg-bg-light focus:bg-bg-dark text-primary border border-solid border-border-light aria-pressed:bg-brand-primary aria-pressed:text-text-surface py-very-tight px-base-tight gap-tight font-semibold font-utility-2 opacity-50\" aria-label=\"Loading audio\" aria-pressed=\"false\" id=\"article-listen-button\" disabled=\"\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"18\" height=\"18\" viewbox=\"0 0 18 18\" fill=\"none\" class=\"\"><title>Listen to this article<\/title><path d=\"M12.5265 16.2C12.2326 16.2 12.0122 16.1265 11.7184 16.053C11.2775 15.9061 10.9102 15.6122 10.6898 15.2449C10.4694 14.8775 10.3959 14.4367 10.5428 13.9959L11.5714 10.3959C11.6449 10.1755 11.7184 9.95509 11.8653 9.80815C12.0122 9.66121 12.1592 9.51427 12.3796 9.36733C12.6 9.29386 12.8204 9.2204 13.0408 9.14693C13.2612 9.14693 13.4816 9.14693 13.702 9.2204H13.7755C14.2163 9.36733 14.5837 9.58774 14.951 9.95509C14.951 9.66121 14.951 9.29386 14.951 8.99999C14.951 7.38366 14.2898 5.8408 13.1877 4.73876C12.0122 3.56325 10.5428 2.9755 8.92652 2.9755C7.31019 2.9755 5.76733 3.63672 4.66529 4.73876C3.48978 5.8408 2.82856 7.38366 2.82856 8.99999C2.82856 9.29386 2.82856 9.66121 2.82856 9.95509C3.12244 9.66121 3.56325 9.36733 4.00407 9.2204H4.07754C4.29795 9.14693 4.51835 9.14693 4.73876 9.14693C4.95917 9.14693 5.17958 9.2204 5.39999 9.36733C5.6204 9.4408 5.76733 9.58774 5.91427 9.80815C6.06121 9.95509 6.13468 10.1755 6.20815 10.3959L7.23672 13.9959C7.38366 14.4367 7.31019 14.8775 7.08978 15.2449C6.86938 15.6122 6.50203 15.9061 6.13468 16.053C5.76733 16.2 5.39999 16.2 5.03264 16.2C4.66529 16.1265 4.29795 16.053 4.00407 15.9061C3.63672 15.6122 3.41631 15.3918 3.12244 15.0979C2.90203 14.8775 2.75509 14.5102 2.68162 14.1428L2.38774 13.0408L2.2408 12.6735C2.2408 12.6 2.16733 12.453 2.16733 12.3796C1.87346 11.2775 1.79999 10.1755 1.79999 8.99999C1.79999 7.08978 2.53468 5.25305 3.9306 3.9306C5.25305 2.60815 7.08978 1.79999 8.99999 1.79999C10.9102 1.79999 12.7469 2.53468 14.0694 3.9306C15.3918 5.25305 16.2 7.08978 16.2 8.99999C16.2 10.102 16.053 11.2775 15.8326 12.3796C15.8326 12.453 15.7592 12.6 15.7592 12.6735L15.6857 12.9673V13.0408L15.1714 14.1428C15.0979 14.5102 14.8775 14.8041 14.6571 15.0979C14.4367 15.3918 14.1428 15.6122 13.849 15.7592C13.5551 15.9061 13.1877 16.053 12.8204 16.053C12.7469 16.1265 12.6735 16.2 12.5265 16.2ZM3.71019 13.849C3.78366 14.0694 3.85713 14.2163 4.00407 14.4367C4.15101 14.6571 4.29795 14.7306 4.51835 14.8775C4.73876 14.951 4.8857 15.0245 5.10611 15.0979C5.32652 15.0979 5.54693 15.0979 5.76733 15.0245C5.98774 14.951 6.06121 14.8775 6.13468 14.7306C6.20815 14.5837 6.20815 14.4367 6.20815 14.2898L5.17958 10.6898C5.17958 10.6163 5.10611 10.5428 5.10611 10.4694C5.03264 10.4694 4.95917 10.3959 4.8857 10.3224C4.81223 10.3224 4.73876 10.249 4.66529 10.249C4.59182 10.249 4.51836 10.249 4.44489 10.249H4.37142C3.9306 10.3959 3.63672 10.6898 3.41631 11.0571C3.26938 11.351 3.19591 11.7184 3.26938 12.0857C3.34285 12.3061 3.34284 12.5265 3.41631 12.6735L3.71019 13.849ZM13.2612 10.3224C13.1877 10.3224 13.1877 10.3224 13.2612 10.3224C13.1143 10.3224 13.0408 10.3224 12.9673 10.3959C12.8939 10.4694 12.8204 10.4694 12.8204 10.4694C12.7469 10.5428 12.7469 10.6163 12.7469 10.6898L11.7184 14.2898C11.6449 14.4367 11.7184 14.5837 11.7918 14.7306C11.8653 14.8775 12.0122 14.951 12.0857 15.0245C12.3796 15.0979 12.5265 15.0979 12.7469 15.0979C12.9673 15.0979 13.1877 15.0245 13.3347 14.8775C13.5551 14.8041 13.702 14.6571 13.849 14.4367C13.9959 14.2898 14.0694 14.0694 14.1428 13.849L14.5102 12.6735C14.5837 12.5265 14.5837 12.3061 14.6571 12.1592C14.7306 11.7918 14.6571 11.4245 14.5102 11.1306C14.2898 10.7633 13.9959 10.4694 13.5551 10.3224H13.4816C13.3347 10.3224 13.2612 10.3224 13.2612 10.3224Z\" fill=\"currentColor\"\/><\/svg><span class=\"hidden sm:inline\">Listen<\/span><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/p>\n<p class=\"fp-leadCaption py-tight text-left font-utility text-utility3-size leading-utility3-line-height text-secondary\">Carter Markey ice-shoe-skiing<!-- --> (Photo: Courtesy Carter Markey)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-body\">\n<p>Published May 4, 2026 02:12PM<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>My doctor friend hates it when I send him texts that start with, \u201cHey, how bad of an idea would it be\u2026\u201d But while there\u2019s nothing like launching an activity with the disapproving wince of a medical professional who loves you, there are also bad ideas that I\u2019m capable of trying on my own, thank you very much. The moment I learned of a new viral social media trend that involves freezing your shoes in blocks of ice and using them to \u201cski\u201d down grassy hills, I was already mentally going through the contents of my freezer, figuring out what I needed to eat in order to make enough room. And now, having completed this experiment, I, who am not a doctor, would like to tell you: This is fantastic. You should do it too.<\/p>\n<p>The concept is beautifully simple: take shoes, freeze \u2018em in containers with water, put them on, and slide. Inits current incarnation, it\u2019s the brainchild of 18-year-old <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"text-brand-primary underline hover:text-brand-primary\/85 break-words overflow-wrap-anywhere underline-offset-[3px]\" data-afl-p=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/carter_markey\/\">Carter Markey<\/a> of Hawaii. Carter\u2019s a high school senior, working on growing his Instagram (current follower count: 11.6K), who spends much of his time inventing and filming the kind of stunts that would make any doctor cry. Take a recent video, which features the text \u201cWhy can\u2019t dad walk?\u201d\u2014a phrase that will presumably be uttered by his future children\u2014layered over a montage of Carter and his friends riding shopping carts down steep asphalt, boogie boarding over jumps on a huge slip-n-slide, and whipping around at top speed on a rickety furniture dolly. (His other ventures include drifting a kayak on gravel behind a truck, tossing flaming tennis balls on a beach, and sharing bible quotes about Christ.)<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2740375\" class=\"pom-image-wrap photo-aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Adrien Raza ice-shoe-skiing\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2400\" height=\"1350\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2740375\" style=\"color:transparent\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.outsideonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/ice-shoe-skiing.jpg?width=3840&amp;auto=webp&amp;quality=75&amp;fit=cover 1x\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.outsideonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/ice-shoe-skiing.jpg?width=3840&amp;auto=webp&amp;quality=75&amp;fit=cover\"\/><figcaption class=\"pom-caption\"><span class=\"article__caption\">Adrien Raza ice-shoe-skiing<\/span> (Photo: Courtesy Adrien Raza)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>If Carter seems an unlikely source for a trend that would obsess a 37-year-old mom of two, perhaps it\u2019s because this is the first that\u2019s gone mega-viral. Over a dozen other creators\u2014mostly young men\u2014have now filmed the stunt too, including <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"text-brand-primary underline hover:text-brand-primary\/85 break-words overflow-wrap-anywhere underline-offset-[3px]\" data-afl-p=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DWE6q8UAAxF\/\">skimboarder Adrien Raza<\/a>, who has a combined 4 million followers and whose ice shoe video on TikTok has 18.5 million views. What does Carter make of this explosion? \u201cI think it\u2019s really cool I started a trend when I didn\u2019t even really think the video was gonna do well in the first place,\u201d he told me. \u201cIt\u2019s super crazy seeing so many people do something just cause of one idea you had.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Carter got the ice-shoe idea from iceblocking, a kind of warm-weather sledding that involved folding a towel on a chunk of ice, sitting on it, and gliding down a grassy hill. That seemed inadequately extreme; he \u201cremembered that he had crocs,\u201d he told me, and decided to freeze them into ice instead. It took him some experimentation to get the blocks right, as it did for me (not to mention that it required the heroic consumption of a very large bag of frozen garlic knots that had been filling my freezer for about eight months), but the technique is forgiving. As long as you finagle some kind of ice, your shoes will <i>definitely<\/i> slide.<\/p>\n<p>It doesn\u2019t take much of a hill, either; the ice is so slippery that even a gentle slope is fine. If you\u2019re used to skiing, ice skating, rollerblading, or any other sport in which your feet glide, you may think you\u2019ll have an advantage. You won\u2019t. Skis and skates have edges; ice chunks don\u2019t. This activity is nonsensical and lawless. You <i>will <\/i>lack control. You <i>will<\/i> fall. But for those glorious seconds in between? I don\u2019t remember the last time I\u2019ve laughed so hard.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2740376\" class=\"pom-image-wrap photo-aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"the author's husky and feet in Crocs in ice blocks\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2400\" height=\"1350\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2740376\" style=\"color:transparent\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.outsideonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/blair-ice-shoe-skiing.jpg?width=3840&amp;auto=webp&amp;quality=75&amp;fit=cover 1x\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.outsideonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/blair-ice-shoe-skiing.jpg?width=3840&amp;auto=webp&amp;quality=75&amp;fit=cover\"\/><figcaption class=\"pom-caption\"><span class=\"article__caption\">The author and her skeptical husky<\/span> (Photo: Blair Braverman)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>While the trend\u2019s videos have mostly featured sliding down hills, I attempted two other techniques: (1) being pulled by a husky, and (2) being pulled by a friend. The first failed miserably; when I immediately wiped out, the husky was disgusted and refused to participate further, opting to flop in the shade instead of exposing herself to this secondhand humiliation. She\u2019s a dog that takes competence seriously.<\/p>\n<p>The second, on the other hand, was a blast\u2014and much easier than sliding downhill. Holding a friend\u2019s arm, as they ran ahead across flat grass, allowed for better stability; I crouched low, which both lowered my center of gravity and made the inevitable wipeout gentler, and within a few attempts had increased my record ice-shoe-skiing distance from roughly 8 feet to about 200. Plus there was the fun of taking turns. It doesn\u2019t take much force to pull someone on ice; a moderately strong kid could pull an adult and vice versa. And though one of my shoes broke out of the ice, it didn\u2019t slow me down; I just stuck it back on top and kept going.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2740377\" class=\"pom-image-wrap photo-aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"husky staring at Crocs frozen on ice\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2400\" height=\"1350\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2740377\" style=\"color:transparent\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.outsideonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/crocs-in-ice-and-husky.jpg?width=3840&amp;auto=webp&amp;quality=75&amp;fit=cover 1x\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.outsideonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/crocs-in-ice-and-husky.jpg?width=3840&amp;auto=webp&amp;quality=75&amp;fit=cover\"\/><figcaption class=\"pom-caption\"><span class=\"article__caption\">The Crocs and husky<\/span> (Photo: Blair Braverman)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>How to Ice-Shoe-Ski<\/h2>\n<p>Is ice-shoe-skiing about to be the next serious sport? Doubtful. For one thing, it needs a catchier name. But it\u2019s perfect for an outdoor party or a day at the park, or just to delight friends\/kids\/strangers on a random summer day. Here are some tips to try it yourself:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>It works best if your shoes float, so foam clogs, like Crocs, are perfect. You want them to embed a little bit in the water; use a strip of tape to hold them down until they freeze.<\/li>\n<li>If your shoes don\u2019t float, that\u2019s fine too. Just make a layer of ice, sans shoes, then add them on top with a bit more water before freezing once more.<\/li>\n<li>The bigger your ice blocks (within reason), the more stable you\u2019ll be when you slide.<\/li>\n<li>Ice-shoe-ski at your own risk, of course, but in my experience, it felt far less dangerous than I\u2019d presumed. If you start on flat grass, with someone pulling you, you can test the waters at a slow, controlled speed.<\/li>\n<li>Freeze big shoes, so they\u2019ll fit a range of feet. After watching a bit, even reluctant folks may want to try.<\/li>\n<li>While you\u2019re at it, freeze or buy a plain old ice block and use it for sledding too. It\u2019s a classic for a reason! Besides, you know what they say (I\u2019m sorry, I\u2019ll see myself out): make new trends, but keep the old.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!-- --><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.outsideonline.com\/culture\/books-media\/how-to-try-the-ice-shoe-trend\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We tested the viral social media stunt of ice-shoe-skiing, where teens glide down grassy hills on blocks of ice. It was actually thrilling; here&#8217;s how you can do it at home. 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