Grass Drags This Weekend, And More Sled-Related Fun Is Coming!
August 27, 2010
Have you noticed the earlier sunsets in the past few weeks? I have, and a couple of nights this week the nighttime air blowing in the bedroom window actually felt a little bit cold. Oh sure, the forecast for the Minneapolis area is calling for highs to return to close to 90 degrees starting tomorrow with increased humidity, but the kids are going back to school in 9 days... [Read more]
Am I An Expert Or Idiot? Both!
August 20, 2010
Everybody is an expert at something, yet no matter how big of an expert they are, there is always somebody else who can make them look like a relative novice. I was reminded of that fact this past weekend, when my family went on our annual long-weekend vacation with another family in our neighborhood. When I hang out with that family, I appear to be a... [Read more]
The Old Snowmobile Photo Search From Hell
August 12, 2010
Once a month, longtime contributor David Wells tries to kill me. Not on purpose (I don’t think?!). Wells is a very nice, well-intentioned guy who would never intentionally cause me bodily hard (probably). The problem? Wells writes our Timeline articles for each issue of Snow Goer, and does a hell of a job with the assignment. He decides on all of the... [Read more]
Sled Racing: May Not Be Big Time, But It’s Easy To Access
August 6, 2010
Wednesday night viewers of the Speed channel’s “Intersections” show got to see a comparison between Troy Dewald’s winning drive at the Soo I-500 and a truck racer’s efforts at the grueling Baja 500 race. I, in turn, got to enjoy a flashback to my first time seeing the famed Soo I-500 track in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan. I was snowmobiling in the U.P. about a dozen years... [Read more]
The Battle Over Yellowstone Continues: Get Involved
July 28, 2010
It’s baa-aa-ack. Just when you thought the snowmobiles-in-Yellowstone issue was going away (OK, admit it, if you’ve been following this thing, you’ve NEVER thought the issue was going away), another list of proposals for winter access to Yellowstone National Park has been launched. Several of the proposals, of course, include banning you, I and all other snowmobile riders from this great American... [Read more]
Will New Swedish Sensation Remind Of The Flying Finn?
July 23, 2010
Quick: Name your favorite Scandinavian snocross star! When most North American snowmobile race fans think of racers from Scandinavia, the first name that pops into their head is Toni Haikonen. The “Flying Finn” came stateside in the mid 1990s and changed our sport with his high-flying, dynamic style that made him a joy to watch on the track. What’s... [Read more]
What’s Worse Than LeBron James’ Self Indulgance? Snowmobile Grass Drag Racing, Apparently!
July 16, 2010
Moments ago I was driving back to work from some lunchhour with a local sports radio station (AM-1500) playing in the background. They were yammering on-and-on about the LeBron James self-gratification last week – you know, the hour-long, made-for-TV event on ESPN-TV, where James apparently wanted us all to hold our breath until the moment he told us he was going to play for the Miami Heat and... [Read more]
The Great Land Debate We MUST Get Involved In
July 8, 2010
Should the recreational opportunities in the National Parks and other public lands in the future include us snowmobilers? That, indirectly, is the question being posed at a series of meeting across the country these days – and whether you can actually make it to one of the meetings in person or just want to make you thoughts known from afar, this is one debate in which you may want to get involved.... [Read more]
Haydays Is Coming Soon, At A New Location
July 2, 2010
Tick…tick… tick… You hear that? Tick…tick…tick… that’s the sounds of time melting away… tick…tick…tick… The only problem is, that’s not seconds, or even minutes… tick…tick…tick… it’s the sounds of entire DAYS disappearing, pulling us through summer and toward fall. I remember when I was young(er), my parents would talk all the time about how... [Read more]
Snow Goer Editor Admits He’s Biased!!
June 24, 2010
As a magazine editor, sometimes it’s easy to get thin skinned about other people supposedly being thin skinned. I mean, when we conduct a comparison test and brand X falls in fourth place, we hear all the backtalk. “Those guys are biased.” “They don’t test them right.” “My machine never gets a fair shake.” Our initial knee-jerk, thin-skinned reaction (internally and emotionally)... [Read more]