Tips | Mountain Sledder Magazine
The Look
October 9, 2015 | Mountain Sledder 1If you want days like this, avoid “the look” at all costs. Photo Nick Reedy. The look. Unless you are single and never had a significant other in your life—and no, snowmobiles don’t count as significant others—you know the look. It’s 5% fear, 5% jealousy, 10% hate, and 80% … Read More
What It Takes To Be A Hillclimb Racer
September 24, 2015 | Randall MerrittWith the sled season fast approaching, I decided to dive in and see what it takes to be a backcountry slayer during the week and a Pro Hillclimb Racer on the weekend. So I talked to some of our local pros here in Star Valley, Wyoming, to find out how … Read More
Guide to Summertime Activities
August 19, 2015 | Colin WallaceI prefer to sit on the couch in my underwear. With the blinds closed of course, the sun coming in through the window could harm my pasty white skin.Read More
Cdub’s Off-Season Training Regimen
July 20, 2015 | Colin WallaceWanna rip the face off a honey badger the next time you go sledding? Stupid question. Of course you do. Having the strength to be able to put your machine where you want is half the battle, the other half is convincing yourself you can. It’s the mental game … Read More
Summertime blues and the yardwork solution
June 12, 2015 | Colin WallaceDon’t be shy, mow everything. The garden, perennials, annuals, weeds, grass, shrubs, that ornamental orange tree, just mow it all man.Read More
Summerize your sled
May 7, 2015 | Aaron Bernasconi 6If you have never summerized a sled before, it is definitely something you should think about. There are many products out there, and many techniques, here is what we do…Read More
The Dirtbag Bible
May 3, 2015 | Colin Wallace 9Money management is at the top of the order if you want to swing for the fence all season long. It may all look like fun and games when you creep on someone’s Instagram, but no one is gonna post a picture of their bank account dropping down to zero in January when their truck breaks down in Revy or when they wiped the whole front-end off their sled in Trout Lake.Read More
How to Buy a Used Snowmobile
April 9, 2015 | Colin Wallace 4“The speedo stopped working 3 years ago but I think it only has like 750km on it”
– Ya, more like 750km a day for 3 years hauling a 3500 gallon water tank across the Arctic tundra for your seismic job.Read More
Riding Tip: Carving
March 30, 2015 | Tom CepekYou know when you’re carving down the mountain, and you or your buddy falls over on their side because they carved too hard? Well, here is how not to end up on your side, stuck.Read More
Don’t be a jammer
February 8, 2015 | Colin Wallace 6Jamming can take on many forms:
-The ‘maybe’ jammer. The least flattering form of jamming. They ‘maybe’ you all the way up to or very close to the day of the activity then WHAMMO! “Sorry bud can’t make it”. Jammer.Read More