For the American professional wrestler, see Dominik Dijakovic. T-bar lift, a style of surface lift, in Åre, Sweden. A surface lift is a type of cable transport for snow sports in which skiers and snowboarders remain on the ground as they are pulled uphill. The Shawbridge tow was quickly copied at Woodstock, Vermont, in New England, in wonder bars by Bob and Betty Royce, proprietors of the White Cupboard Inn.
Their tow was driven by the rear wheel of a Ford Model A. This section needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. In the simplest case, a rope tow is where passengers grab hold of a rope and are pulled along while standing on their skis or snowboards and are pulled up a hill. These handles are easier to grip than a rope, making the ski lift easier to ride. Steeper, faster and longer tows require a series of pulleys to support the rope at waist height and hence require the use of some sort of “tow gripper”. Several were designed and used in the 1930s and 40s, but the most successful was the “nutcracker” attached to a harness around the hips.