Let me know your thoughts as well – leave a comment below if you have ideas or suggestions on what everyone should do every pre-season.  Also, you can leave your own poll answer above!

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With sleds from nearly every manufacturer there has been in the last 50+ years, this event is a great time for any snowmobile enthusiast.  The Vintage Snowmobile Club of America (VSCA) is sponsoring the event with pricing at $8 for adults and kids getting in for free (12 & under).

For more information on the event, go to www.sledmass.com, or check out the SnowWeek article below.

Via: SnowWeek – Vintage snowmobile championships set for October

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Nothing really to do at the moment except day dream a little, maybe remember a favorite ride, or trail, or overlook.  It gets a person through the hotter days.  This week in the upper Midwest, we’re in the mid to upper 90s.  Wish it was closer to 10.

Well, I know that I need to renew the registration for 2008/2009 so I might as well do that, at least it’s related to getting out on the trails.

So I have been lax in posting on Snowmoblog – one of my ideas for this blog was that I would post news as well as personal observations, stories and the like. Well, sled news is slow this time of year, and of course I knew that, but I figured I’d find some things. Like production news, or new advertising campaigns being planned, or new product lines being announced. There is some of that out there, but its pretty rare. The only real news on the manufacturers is financials – and thats mighty sad in some cases because of the lousy snow this past winter.

Now I bet your thinking, hey of course spring/summer is slow news and such for snowmobiling – doh! What kind of idiot starts a snowmobile web site in spring?

Well think that one through – a snowmobile addict of course!

I mentioned a few posts back that this site would be slow to take off, and that it will take time to get things rolling. I’ve got some infrastructure work to do here, getting the exact layout and color scheme planned, and dull stuff like that.

However, the way I see it, there isn’t much time before the next season starts. I mean, I still haven’t washed and waxed the sled from the last ride, there is some maintenance & mods to do, maybe a new sled for my wife, planning that mid-winter vacation… Damn, I better get cracking!

Alright, stay tuned, we’ll be getting things started here with some perspectives – even while the layout isn’t complete – we’ll start talkin’ sleddin’ so you might as well join in.

‘later

-Rick

This is really disappointing – I’ve always marveled at the ability of some of these riders, and its always been a fun summer diversion during the long wait for the next snowflake. Well “all good things…” as the saying goes.

There is a lot more information in the article at the Sentinel, so head on over and read up on this loss to the sport.

Trail run: Baldwin-Woodville SnoHawks Snowmobile Club is hosting a half-marathon and 5K “Uff-Da” Trail Run on May 20 on the Wildwood Trail between Woodville and Spring Valley. Registration is from 6:30 to 7:30 a.m. at Zion Lutheran Church in Woodville. Cost is $20 for the half-marathon and $15 for the 5K run. For more information, contact Dennis at 715-698-2555 or Connie at 715-684-3603.

My old stomping grounds growing up (I used to live in Spring Valley), kind of neat – the trail that the run will be on is a very pretty old railroad right of way (if I remember correctly). Used to take that trail at least once a week up to Woodville, grab a bite to eat and head back home.

If anyone is curious the area is in western Wisconsin – here is a google map of the general area.