ARCTIC CAT ANNOUNCES AGREEMENT TO BE ACQUIRED BY TEXTRON
Arctic Cat is a worldwide known organization that designs, engineers, manufactures and markets all-terrain vehicles. On January 25, 2017 Arctic Cat has signed a merger deal with Textron Inc to become part of Textron’s Specialized Vehicles business, while still keeping their recognized brand. Textron will obtain the Artic Cat brand with a cash offer worth $247 million, with the...
They’re Back; Snocross Racers Return to Woody’s
Planning on heading to The AMSOIL Champion Snocross at Soaring Eagle Feb 24-25 and your route takes you near Hope MI? If so, here is some news that you may want to hear about; On the Thursday before the race you can stop at Woody's Traction and meet face-to-face your favourite snocross racers. Back for their yearly visit, Woody's is...
Take My Money Now.
Imagine my surprise when I recently ran across this sweet drift buster on Craigslist. Not only has this person freed this poor XCF of it's wheezy fan-cooled engine, they've stuck a 600 twin in it with a new crank. There's also a host of other new goodies like various bearings, a gas station pavement-shredding 1.75-inch track and, saving the best...
Follow Heath Frisby on the Road to Winter X Games 2017 as He Attempts a Double Backflip
This winter Heath Frisby is putting it all on the line as he attempts to become the first athlete to successfully land a snowmobile double backflip at Winter X-Games. Heath has agreed to give OSM readers an inside look as he prepares for his biggest X-Games performance ever. Plus we will have exclusive Heath Frisby X-Games content on...
Ski-Doo Loves The Elite
Charles Bombardier has visions of bringing the Ski-Doo Elite back as a four-seater family adventurer machine. Let it go man, let it go.
FIVE MINUTES WITH – Bruce Cameron of Marlon Recreational Products
If you’re one of our West Coast readers, you may very well be already familiar with Marlon Recreational Products. For the rest of you here is a quick snapshot – the Marlon name has been around for more than 40-years, starting out as a distributor of truck canopies to a small dealer network in Western Canada. In 1996, the...
International Snowmobile Hall of Fame Announces Date for DeVault/Merwin Memorial Ride
The International Snowmobile Hall of Fame recently announced the date for the annual DeVault / Merwin Memorial Ride, Thursday. January 19, 2017. The Ride will cruise through the beautiful and scenic snow trails of Vilas County and will take place during Race Week in conjunction with the AMSOIL World Championship Snowmobile Derby in Eagle River, Wisconsin. Twelve years ago, the...
Polaris and Levi LaVallee to Donate a New Indy 120 to Childrens’ Wish Foundation of Canada
The kids at Polaris are in a giving mood this holiday season and evident by their recent partnership with Children’s Wish Foundation of Canada. Polaris along with our pal Levi LaValee will donate a new 120 youth snowmobile to the Children's Wish Foundation as well as make an appearance on the Weather Network to talk about the family benefits...
More Last Minute Sledder Gifts – Solid Aluminum Customized Sledder Cribbage Boards
When the guys and gals here at OSM are not ripping up the trails or pounding powder, we are kicked back with a cold one and hoping for a good crib as we settle down for a few hands of cribbage. We always have a portable board in our gear bag but we stumbled across these customized cribbage boards...
BRP Lynx Adventure Series Looks to Travel 4,400km to the South Pole
So you think your boon-docking adventures are rugged...most likely they pale in comparison to the planned trip by a group of four riders who hope to ride Lynx snowmobiles more than 4,400 kilometers across Antarctica. The trip is being led by Finnish explorer Patrick Degerman as he hopes to celebrate New Years at the south pole. Here's the official...
