Sled Alternative?

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I saw this article on the front page of my town's newspaper.
http://www.dailybulletin.ca/article/20101020/KIMBERLEY0101/310209978/-1/kimberley/a-new-way-of-skiing-in-kimberley
It looks like a pretty cool product, it's not in full production just yet. I don't have time to post the picture so if anyone else wants to, thx

Oct 20 2010 8:01PM

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BMskier

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i feel like that is going to be a lot of weight to support via your back like the picture

Oct 20 2010 8:04PM

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joshua

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Doesn't look as fun or as easy to use as a snowmobile IMO, kind of cool still though.

Oct 20 2010 8:08PM

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hucksplat

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does not look like a viable alternative for a snowmobile to me. seems like it couldn't hill climb worth crap. and how are you supposed to double and actually ride? i doubt the thing can be ghost ridden. i'm pretty skeptical about how well it would work in deep pow.

the viable use i can see for it is is use it to do laps on cat ski areas who groom their access trails. technically, most cat ski areas operate on crown land. they have paid for the right to operate their business on crown land, but any citizen can just rip in and poach it - legally. the operators may claim otherwise and try to impede you, but they have no legal ground to stand on. but this will only work if the machine can be doubled with

funny how the inventor claims it to be "environmentally friendly" the the thing is powered by a four stroke gasoline engine....

Oct 20 2010 8:09PM

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GreenStezz

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Same................

Oct 20 2010 9:01PM

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chicken

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but you still have the same problem as the sled, once you get up to the top you can't ski. at least on a sled you can take turns.

one sweet thing would be like hitting booters with no inrun. Like you could get going super fast, drop the whatever it is and then have tons of speed for whatever.

Oct 20 2010 9:08PM

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Dntel.

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that is seriously the dumbest shit ever. That doesn't look even remotely practical for any use as far as I'm concerned.

Oct 20 2010 9:39PM

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HeathR

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this would never work in deep snow.

Oct 20 2010 9:45PM

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Relish_man

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batman grappling hook, thats what we need.

Oct 20 2010 9:48PM

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buddychaps

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bitch boards, bitch

Oct 20 2010 10:21PM

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yellav

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LOL

Oct 20 2010 10:34PM

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titsLOL

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definitely can't do anything mountain sleds can do, but would be fun to play with.

Oct 20 2010 11:21PM

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shralpingthegnar

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I'm still holdin out for the Helicopter backpack

Oct 21 2010 2:25AM

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Yung_Gnarley

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FAIL

FAIL

Oct 21 2010 2:28AM

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lunchmeat

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Yeah, Sled Alternative was a stupid fucking title. I was thinking more along the lines of strapping a rope to the back and towing people places to build pow pow jumps. It's supposedly very maneuverable and works well uphill.

Oct 21 2010 10:22AM

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willy_baller

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it looks like the tracks need to be bigger... but I agree with the guy who is waiting for the helicopter backpack

Oct 21 2010 10:36AM

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