[Customized89Trail]

i took these from video. the video is from practicing on a woodchip track for snocross today. the first pic is of the pro-veteran champion mentioned in this topic http://www.snowmobilefanatics.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=56653
by Sickler. that's Sickler himself standing basically under the guy as he went big clearing this tabletop (click to enlarge pics)

here are a few pics of me. the first is taking a double. the others are going over the tabletop. that thing is quite intimidating.

more pics to come soon.

 

[XCFTodd]

wow that serously looks liek tons of fun!!!

 

[proxJ]

^^ That was form me but todd agree's too.

 

[v-maxsledder]

wow that looks like allto of fun

 

[Customized89Trail]

here are a few videos of me going around.

one of my better runs around the track. i was pretty sore and tired by this point though.

http://www.snowmobilefanatics.com/gallery/file.asp?id=12797&user=4198

going over some doubles.

http://www.snowmobilefanatics.com/gallery/file.asp?id=12798&user=4198

and this is my first attempt at this set of double/doubles. came up short on both, but not too bad for my first attempt.

http://www.snowmobilefanatics.com/gallery/file.asp?id=12799&user=4198

 

[Customized89Trail]

here's a certain 14 year old kid showing me how it's done. although to be fair to myself, he's been doing this for several years and today was the 3rd time i was ever on a track.

http://www.snowmobilefanatics.com/gallery/file.asp?id=12800&user=4198

 

[proxJ]

We were paning on making a track like that this winter to practice on for fun, me and todd youst to race moto cross so we know how much fun it is, and how expensive.

 

[RMK-KING]

Looks like a blast, thats a nice track setup.

 

[rev500ss]

looks like a good time, I'll have to watch the vid's when I get home. work comp won't play quicktime

 

[sickler]

Customized,That was a lot of fun watching everybody practice.The kids are pretty sore today but are going to ride today on there own.Still trying to figure out how to watch the videos.Like I said before me and computers dont get along.

 

[polarissledneck28]

looks like tons of fun, wish i had a place liek that and a jumping sled!

 

[Miker]

Originally posted by proxJ
[br]We were paning on making a track like that this winter to practice on for fun, me and todd youst to race moto cross so we know how much fun it is, and how expensive.

Me and edgexrider were gonna too.....but then i bought a new sled and ......its not really for the sno-cross obviously...but now im on the xc racing..well see how that goes, thats more for the sled i have now
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and those pics looks like a total awesome time....i know a buddy who has a wood-chip track kinda like that one....he used to race sno-cross for DSC

 

[sickler]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4xGKdm1-d0



Hopfully this works here is Sno-x practice on youtube from the same track.

 

[Customized89Trail]

cool, they put that up fast! he even stuck a piece of my slow ass going around the track once lol.

 

[ganch]

i dont know alot about sno x but how do the engines get cooled when you on dirt like that

 

[Customized89Trail]

Originally posted by ganch
[br]i dont know alot about sno x but how do the engines get cooled when you on dirt like that

it's mostly wood chips actually. on that track there are a couple of water holes that you run through. it splashes water up on the heat exchangers. you can't run it forever, only a handful of laps depending on how wet it is. gets very dirty. on a track with no water holes you use a hose, stop every couple laps and hose down the heat exchangers. then after it gets heated up you let it sit for a while.

 

[sickler]

Customized,he was fast with pics and it is a nice "site"

 

[HoleShotBoy550]

thats sweet man i love to try [8D]

 

[Zrxpilot]

You guys that do this are absolutely nuts. Cool, but nuts.

 

[ripperd]

Pretty fun! I would like to go do some pre-season warming up on a track like that.

One thing I noticed on the 1912 file, is when you jumped it looked like you leaned back and got out of shape. That will throw you off and unsettle you every time. One thing about these sleds is you gotta lean forward and keep your weight forward. Also once you get more comfortable you won't think of it as a battle between you and your machine. You will think of it as you versus the track, and your machine will become an extension of your body and controlling it with throttle/brake/leaning will become second nature. You can easily ride like the 14 year old in the video once you know your machine and are comfortable with being in the air