Skiers and snowboarders take to the streets of NYC

January 24, 2016 by Ellen Wright

The blizzard hitting the east coast has placed New York City and New Jersey under a travel ban but that hasn’t stopped industrious New Yorkers from getting around.

Instead of using the mostly-empty subways, some are cross country skiing or snowboarding around town.

Casey Neistat, 34-year-old YouTube personality, snowboard-towed from the back of a car.

Since he didn’t have rope, Neistat used a 30 foot HDMI cable.

He even got pulled over at one point but instead of getting a ticket, the officer said “we’re just going to pretend like we’re talking to you.”

Neistat said he had absolutely no reservations.

“When it came to taking advantage of a storm this rare, riding around on a snowboard seemed like a clear choice,” he told Buzzfeed.

Luckily, he caught the whole thing on tape.

He wasn’t the only one with the idea. Lots of people decided to strap on cross country skis and head out into the city.