Poll, How long have you been sledding?

[skibreeze]

Started riding in '97.

89 Exciter and 94 Pol 440 2 up
99 700 RMK
00 800 RMK
01 600 RMK's
02 800 Vertical Edge
07 600 RMK
08 Dragon
11 800 Etec
11 800 Pro
12 800 Pro

 

[4Z]

10 years in AK, 11 years in WA.

 

[Jeff C]

I jumped on my first sled in 1970.......

YOu do the math, its too painful for me to do it.......

It just confirms how old I am getting....

 

[hillclimbx]

Started riding around the feild when I was 6 yrs old on a Yamaha Ovation. Been going west to the mountains for 6 yrs now.

 

[Bendy]

4 years old!

Spent Christmas out on the drilling rig with MY Dad and Mom when I was 4 years old and woke up to a Kitty Cat under the tree at the camp. Nearly got run over by the water hauler that same day riding on the road (LOL). I've had a sled every year since then. So I've been riding for 30 years!

 

[winter brew]

going on 40 years...except for a few years in my early 20's when I couldn't afford it.

 

[Himark]

WOW...look at those % #s! I knew we were a bunch of old guys but didnt think it was going to be quite that high of #. Kudos to you guys for sticking with it!

 

[joshkoltes]

where

Where is my category? 18 hard years!
Thinking about it now I was eight when my dad had to get the old lynx running till I would get it suck and needed to be rescued fifty feet from the house. After I had nobody to start the old kitty I converts my motor 4 front end into skis till I got the

95 indy lite deluxe
97 formula 500
98 formula 500
99 mxz. 600
98 mach z
98 mach z again 76 jag 3000-last made it into an on snow magazine article last month!
08 summit
09 summit 02 edge1200
03 edge 800 rmk
011 pro
So more like 21 years!

 

[sl*dhead6]

Years Sleddin'

28 years!

 

[snowmobile6]

Since i was five and hopefully every winter until the day i die!!!!!

 

[WyoRMK]

Parents bought a set of 1980 Kawasaki 440 Drifters in 1981.
Got to start riding my on own in 1986!

1973 Polaris Colt 340ss
91' indy lite
98' 600 RMK
03' 800 RMK
08' Dragon 800
( 13' Pro I'm hopping )

 

[The Fourth Wolf]

It was always something I wanted to do but couldn't really afford it until my 30's. I'm in my 10th year and making up for lost time.

We've got a couple of guys in their late 70's in our club and they hit it every weekend--both guys are on mountain sleds too! I wanna be like them when I grow up.

 

[AZ800]

Started when I was 12 on a 1969 399 Ski Doo Olympic. No grooming, snoparks, parking permits, sled license, the man, no snowmobiling signs, skinny skiers, and the women stayed home (still does).

Haha, close! I was 10 on a '70 Olympique 340.
Then....
72 Panther 440
76 Pantera?
76 Exciter 440
'79 Kawi Invader POS
no sleds for a while
'95 XCR600
'98 Cat ZRT600
'98 ZR500 (wifes but I rode it alot)
'01 RMK 800
'05 M7 (wifes)
'08 M1K
29years since I first fired up a sled and rode thru the corn fields.

 

[longtrack156]

45 years, started on a 67 Mcullough, my son on it;

 

[I Dare Ya Rene!]

Started riding the Hunters Range Mountains and Alpine 31 years ago on a 1974 John Deere JDX6(36hp). My ridin buddy (Brad Stordahl) had a 1972 Olympic. It was a great day if we ever made it to the Chalet, walked out a few times! Those were the years we siphoned lots of fuel out of the parents vehicles to go back up with a bag of tools and parts! 45 sleds later I am ridin the same mountains on a Yamaha Nytro(270hp).

 

[Summitseeker]

35 years for me.....

1977 Sno-Jet 295 was my first sled that I actually owned
1980 Yamaha 340 Enticer 121
1982 Kawasaki Invader 440 121
1984 Yamaha Phazer 480 121
1989 Yamaha Phazer 485 121
1992 Yamaha V Max 4 750 136
1995 Summit 670 136
1997 Summit 670 136
1998 Summit X 670 136 (wrote off by falling into a 70 foot ice crevasse)
2000 Summit HM 700 151 x 2 that year (head on collision and wrote one off)
2003 Summit 800 HO 151
2004 Summit Rev 800 151
2006 Summit Rev 800 151
2008 Summit X XP 800 154
2008 Yamaha Turbo Nytro 162
2010 Summit 800 Everest 163
2012 Summit X 800 etec 163
2014 ??????? Something with a stock turbo that's light....(dreaming)

 

[Boostfreak]

LOL I feel like a young un Started in 2000
1980 exciter 440
1996 cougar 550
2003.5 900 cat 159
2005 m7 153, brad story turbo
1996 summit 670(coyote chaser)
2004 900 cat custom built with hooper 1100
2006 apex, powderlites turbo in 2009
2008 M1000
Currently a
2003 F7 151 track and
2012 proclimb SP162

 

[Rockies rule]

Wow it would seem sled heads are a dying breed haha! Most of you are older than my dad! The poll seems very top heavy.... Why? I know lots of young people riding in my area.

 

[Bkinz]

11 years for me...now 16yr old
indy lite 340
super sport 488
xc 600
Dragon 700
09 rmk 800

Loved it since day one and wont stop till I cant physically do it anymore.

 

[Jaynelson]

7 years for me.

Family was never into it, so I had to wait till I was done college and had a "real job" to buy a sled.