I am looking for a toy snowball throwing device called a Snowstick
that was popular (at least in Salt Lake City) 10 or 15 years ago.

The Snowstick is a hollow molded plastic tube about one inch in
diameter and about three feet long with a handle on one end and a cup
on the other end. You would take the cupped end and stick in the in
snow where it would pack in the snow and create a snowball, then you
would swing the snowstick overarm and it would fling the snowball
farther than you could throw it using your arm alone. Snowsticks came
in several colors and sold for something like $5. It's possible the
name isn't exactly "Snowstick" it could be Snow-Stick, Snostick,
Snostik, Snostic, Snowstik, Snowstic, or another of numerous
variations on the words snow and stick.

My question is where can I buy one or more of these snowsticks? It
would be fun to know what happened to the company that used to make
them, but I really just want to buy one (or more).

I realize there is a spikey looking pole used to unjam a snowblower
that is currently marketed as a snowstick, that's not what I'm looking
for. I also found a tennis ball thrower stick in the U.K. being sold
on eBay as a snowball thrower, but to use it you'd have to pack the
snowball on the end of the stick with your hands instead of just
sticking it in the snow. That's not what I'm looking for either.

Any help in finding a Snowstick would be greatly appreciated. Happy researching.

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Request for Question Clarification by pinkfreud-ga on 22 Mar 2006 14:30 PST

I could not find that exact brand name, but how about a "SnowChuck"?

http://www.snowchuck.com/

http://www.snowspeeders.com/snowchuck.html

http://www.dickssportinggoods.com/sm-snowchuck-snowball-launcher--pi-2175894.html

If this is what you're looking for, I'll be pleased to post it as your
official answer. Please let me know if this will meet your needs.

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Request for Question Clarification by pinkfreud-ga on 25 Mar 2006 11:12 PST

Did you have time to look at the SnowChuck links? I haven't found
anything else that so closely matches your description. It may be that
the Snowstick brand just isn't made any more.

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Clarification of Question by sjqchill-ga on 11 Apr 2006 11:54 PDT

Pinkfreud, 

Sorry for the delay in clarification, I forgot I'd posted this
question here until today. Thanks for looking into the snowstick for
me. The snowchuck looks like a similar idea, but not exactly what I
was looking for. The snowstick I'm looking for makes snowballs that
are more cyndrillical than spherical, and it doesn't require you to
use both hands to mold and form the snowball, you just stick it in the
snow and the downward force compacts the snow.

Do you think I could find a snowstick through a vintage or collector
toy dealer of some type, or perhaps find the manufacturer through
patent records? Does anyone know how to look up patents based on a
product description like this? Thanks again.

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Request for Question Clarification by pinkfreud-ga on 11 Apr 2006 12:18 PDT

Sorry, but I'm out of leads. In several hours of searching, I found no
mention of a Snowstick, nor any description that precisely matches the
one you've given. Perhaps it was a locally-manufactured product. I
hope another Researcher will be able to succeed where I have failed.