Bideck
A bideck snowskate is a snowskate that has a top skateboard deck which the rider stands on and a lower ski deck, which is in contact with the snow. Bidecks come in single blade varieties and multiple blade varieties. Bideck snowskates were reportedly invented by a Stevens Pass (Washington) local named Steve Frink. He came up with the idea of a skateboard with skis in 1993 while burning his skateboard in a skateboarders' ritual. In the year 2001, after many prototypes, he completed a final and finished product which he marketed under the brand "Bi-Deck Snowskates".

Single Deck
Single deck snowskates are usually made out of laminated wood with a plastic bottom or are made of solid plastic. Single deck snowskates have groves on the bottom part of the deck for easy movement while riding in the snow and also for riding onto rails. Single decks are preferred for riding in snowskate parks and urban terrain. Single decks can be ridden down hills but are rarely permitted on ski resorts. These kind of snowskates are most suitable for winter skateboarding tricks.

Single deck snowskates first appeared on the market in 1998, manufactured by Premier Snowskates and marketed by Andy Wolf, former snowboarder for the Nitro snowboarding team/.