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4 Things We Like About Ski-Doo 2015
The Best Gets Better – Lets cut through the crap, and just say like this… until someone comes along and really blows the handling capabilities
Sledders Look to Get Dirty in 2014 Terracross Series
Yeah we know this is a snowmobile site, but unfortunately its gotta be summer for a bit before we can get back to the good
Polaris What’s New… 5 Head Scratchers for Model Year 2015
After sampling the new iron this spring; putting another season of experience on the 2014 models; and listen to you along with reports from dealership
What’s Good at Camp Polaris for 2015?
We tend to be a bunch of cynical coots here at OSM, especially when it comes to talking shop about the new sleds. But just
Race a Yamaha Buggy for FREE…No Kidding!
If you haven’t noticed as of late, the crew in blue from across the ocean blue (damn, we are poets eh?!) has been slowly making
Malinoski Calls It Quits…Looks to Manage
We could see the writing on the wall, or was it on the clutch guard? No matter, we got word this summer that pro snocross
2015 First Burn – Our Take Yamaha Viper XTX LE
Following the formula they have used the past few seasons, Yamaha showed up at Snow Shoot with bevy of factory approved boosted buggies in a
2015 First Burn – Our Take Polaris AXYS Chassis
The crew from Roseau told us 93% of the platform on the new Rush and Switchback models is new, and aside from claims of being
2015 First Burn – Our Take Ski-Doo RAS 2 Suspension
When the Valcourt crew introduced the rMotion rear suspension geometry a few years back, they set a new bar for a rear suspension compliance that
2015 First Burns – Our Take Arctic Cat Pantera
What do you get when you pair a smooth and powerful engine with a chassis that’s the epitome of versatile? The long standing Pantera name
REALLY NEW SLEDS FOR 2015 – THE ULTIMATE DO IT ALL BOONDOCKER?
By now you’ve seen all the market hype on the latest new models from Arctic Cat, Polaris, Ski-Doo and Yamaha. Heck you’ve probably even read
We Ride Old School to the World’s Largest Vintage Event – The Waconia Ride In
It was the year of all things Yamaha at the world’s largest vintage snowmobile event, the Waconia Ride In, and we invited Yamaha brass to
2015 Yamaha Mountain Sleds in Action
On the heels of yesterday’s launch of the 2015 snowmobile models from Yamaha, here’s how the new mountain buggies look in full-color action
More Vipers…More Bite; 2015 Yamaha OSM Exclusive
After shocking many of us last winter with the announcement of the “partnership” between Yamaha and Arctic Cat and the subsequent launch of several all-new
2015 Yamaha Snowmobiles Announced
The boys and girls in the Yamaha playhouse just pull the sheets off their 2015 lineup and blasted the press release and images over to
Ten Things We Learned at Duluth
On Snow Magazine made the trek to the port city of Duluth Minnesota for the 22nd year in a row this past weekend. The race
FIRST BURN – The Tiger Returns With a Bite
News of Arctic Cat’s launch of a long awaited two-stroke 600 motor in consumer trim was reason enough for most sledders to get excited about
Yamaha Returns to SnoCross??
Well not actually, but the blue crew will be at the first two national snocross races of the season in a “test” fashion as they
TIME MACHINES – 1972 Moto Jet 290
LOST TO TIME… Snowmobiling was big business in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Over the course of snowmobile history there have been some 130
DOIN’ IT – Caliber Glide Install
Last season, we upgraded our fleet of trailers with fresh aluminum from our pals at Legend. The affordable Thunder series trailer was looking tight, but
Yellowstone Battle Over?
The U.S. government Tuesday announced new rules for snowmobiles in Yellowstone that should make the country’s oldest national park cleaner and quieter. The rules were
Holiday Spectacular Returns This Winter
During the heyday of ice oval racing in the mid 1970s, the ice tracks where these warriors of winter competed became hallowed grounds and the
Yamaha Vipers Begin To Roll Off The Line
More than two years of engineering, development, manufacturing and logistics work came to fruition in Thief River Falls, Minnesota, as the very first Yamaha SR