WINNING BIG WAS THE NORM FOR POLARIS SNOWMOBILE RACERS DURING THE 2017 SEASON
The kids at Polaris just sent out a winter season competitive recap and what a season it was for big red. They won...a lot. Highlighting the top podium results were championships in ISOC snocross, CSRA snocross, a Soo I-500 championship, an Eagle River World Championship, and countless King of the Hill titles in RMSHA. Here's the recap direct from...
SLEDDER WHO GETS STUCK AND LOSES TOES BLAMES POOR PERFORMING SLED?!
In another example of "not taking responsibility for one's own actions" - a Pennsylvania man who lost his toes to frostbite after spending a night in the back-country has filed a federal lawsuit accusing a doctor of negligence and an outfitter of leasing him a snowmobile incapable of navigating through deep snow. While we won't comment on the aspect...
ALL CHARGED UP FOR SNOW – ELECTRIC SNOWMOBILES ARE COMING
The idea of an electric powered snowmobile certainly isn’t new. We’ve seen a smattering of hybrid examples over the past 10-years as shade-tree engineers converted an existing sled into battery powered prototype (such as the Austrian Snowbird E-Snowmobile pictured above developed by FH Joanneum University and Energie Steiermark). However, as technology continues to evolve and after having sampled a...
FINAL RMSHA RACE OF THE YEAR IS MARKED BY CONTINUED STOCK CLASS WINS BY POLARIS
It was another weekend of RMSHA hillclimb competition and another round of stock class wins by Polaris. The event in Alta, Wyoming marked the final race of the 2017 season and as they've been doing all season, Polaris racers cleaned up in the stock ranks led by Keith Curtis. Here's the official report from big P: Polaris snowmobile hillclimbers capped...
THE POWER OF ONE – CAN THE SNOSCOOT SAVE THE SNOWMOBILE INDUSTRY?
The Yamaha SnoScoot and Arctic Cat ZR200 are the buzz of the 2018 new model introductions. After decades of focus by all four manufacturers on an increasingly shrinking market and new model introductions subsequently targeted at those enthusiasts who remain (versus those who have left), 2018 might very well be viewed as a “turning point”. In my opinion, the 200...
TEXTRON FINALLY TALKS ABOUT FUTURE OF ARCTIC CAT BRAND THREE MONTHS AFTER ACQUISITION
Late last week we gave you some insight on our sister site ATVWorldMag about a Texas gathering by Textron Industries where they announced their next steps regarding their recent purchase of Arctic Cat. It was there Textron President Kevin Holleran announced major changes to the Arctic Cat brand including dropping the Arctic Cat name from the off-road line, pushing...
GET OUT IN FRONT OF IT THIS SUMMER AND GRAB A NEW LID FROM Z1R
It's said you can never be too safe. You can also never be too early when it comes to getting ready next winter's riding season. The kids at Z1R live by this motto as we just received word on a new SV Modular Helmet available in dealerships starting May 1. No need to scramble when the snow does drop...
TIRED OF LOOKING AT YOUR SLED’S CORRODED COMPONENTS? PROTECT THEM WITH AMSOIL
With the riding season over for most of us (yeah we have buds out west who look to be riding well into May...possibly June...lucky kids), we've put our sleds away for a summer slumber. Depending upon where you live and how you transport your beloved buggy, road grime and most notably salt is a killer on exposed components. Most...
KEITH CURTIS IS UNSTOPPABLE – CLEANS HOUSE IN UTAH WITH TWO KING TITLES
While there was parody at the biggest hillclimb of the season in Jackson Hole, the RMSHA series as a whole as been nothing short of total domination by Polaris rider Keith Curtis. During the Beaver Mountain event in Utah this past weekend, Curtis decimated the competition, winning every class he entered and capturing both the stock and mod King...
YOU CAN STILL GET YOUR RIDE ON – NEW SNOW MOTO RACING FREEDOM GAME HITS
Sure, the snow season might be winding down or is over for most of us, but that doesn't mean you can't still scratch that itch. A new video game for your PC or Play Station 4 was just released and if the few screen grabs we have here are indication of this games play, it looks to be stunning....
