@Ridgerunner: Actually, I'm Pretty positive Gilbert is talking about Demolition man. When the cars wreck they have foam instead of airbags.

ashtonisdrugfree

So this contest.. the purpose is to take a simple product like a sled and see how much more plastic you could possibly use to make it?

weatherman

The guys from Jackass would have (or lose) a ball with this one.

Trowble (XBL/PSN)

Living in MinneSNOWta I can see this being pulled by a car or snowmobile for added fun and danger... but we do it with out the roll cage and haven't died yet.... :D

Truth Bringer :D

@Gilbert: Actually, you're thinking about Running Man

Here's Ahnold...

And another shot

Ridgerunner

Wowwwww!!
Where can I purchase this?

Pwnage

Man, I hate living in florida for reasons like these.
=(

geiko

Hopefully there are crumple zones.

bucho54

widow maker!
but must be fun...
i miss snow

vinchbr

Ever see Demolition Man (of course you have). Yeah, throw some of that foam in these things, and I'm there.

Gilbert

How am i supposed to get that thing to the top of hill worth racing down?

Futileboy

Strap a huge fan on these and welcome to 21st century of redneck swamp boat cruising.

NaldoKlient

Watch these things be in the next James Bond movie.

Andwu

@Pwnage: Anywhere personal injury lawsuits are welcome.

OMG! Ponies!

@Joker10: haha, yeah it looks like a caged Nerf ball if you ask me (just without the little tail at the end)

11hawkinst

@smartboydan hates college: The use of face comes to mind.

Joker10

Does anyone else think these look like they were designed by NERF?

Joker10

I don't see any seat belts. A lot of good the roll cages will do when your flying all over the place after this thing flips going down a mountain.

duckballs

So... How do you stop once it's upside-down?

smartboydan hates college

Surely the idea is to stop when you flip over, not to have "extra runners".

hu_hu_cool

Wow, thats not a half bad idea. If it every snowed where I live, I would get one. But sadly snow is few and far between. But I might move just so to get to use this. I would find a way to improvise this. Put a parachute on it and jump out of a plane. :) That would be fun. Maybe put some metal feet on it, so to land right, but its safe. I think

Brewstermax

@bucho54: Yeah. The rider.

SMSDHubbard

I want one of these, they look like fun

MacAttack7388

This lucks funner and scarier than shit!!

LOL!! WOW

Some_F-in-ShiT_Ass

I'll stick to crazy carpets, thank you.

bysty

I just see this being a great sucess. Your children sliding down a mountain (to justify that monstrosity) and all of the sudden, the flip, but it's okay! They keep sliding, then you notice the large gap between the rollbars, and how there's no seatbelt, and then you see the red. the terrible red....

Nocturnus, the Online Bard

@smartboydan hates college: Same way Sonny did, use a tree.

Barry99705

@geiko: What? Just tow it behind an air boat! Beats using that sheet of plywood.

Barry99705

with enhanced construction and more protection for the driver it's possible to jump with it like those ski jumpers cause i think the aerodynamics is great with these thing, only how far will it get

btw i so do want one

TBM-Fan

@ashtonisdrugfree: Yea, I'm thinking the expanding foam air bags would be a good addition. They really could have used them in running man though. That family feud dude went out badly because he didn't have it.

Barry99705

@hu_hu_cool: Just like a Kayak, I bet you can use the same motion to flip yourself back over with your hips. A little rock and these would come back upright, especially since the bottom is heavier than the top. As for stopping, they have got to have some type of breaking that could be applied . . .

But, really, how is this much different than a sled or bobsled? Probably safer in the end . . .

maztec

@Futileboy: SUV

maztec

@smartboydan hates college: safety belt on and it doesn't matter if you are upside down or on it's side

But how to stop it? with your legs or look for a tree

TBM-Fan

What? No video?

phreakincool

@Barry99705: Man, that was cold.

ouphie

@maztec: all i know is that i want to be upright if i'm going 50mph down the side of a mountain.

hu_hu_cool

@smartboydan hates college: Since when do sleds stop in any orientation? =P

Green-E66

@asdfsdf: * a big model rocket engine. Like 20 seconds of 1000lbs of force would be AWESOME!

asdfsdf

@maztec: A model rocket engine on the back would be way cooler.

asdfsdf

@Nocturnus, the Online Bard: They were spoiled brats anyway. Just hope they don't make it so you can reuse the college fund.

asdfsdf

Someone direct me to a video of these babies in action, STAT!

aceball

These look totally fun and a lot safer than most things I have been sledding on.

Curves

@OMG! Ponies!: +1

djtooshay

if i had a blog and posted this story at the end do I say Gizmodo via Designblog via Trendhunter?

pdditty

Sweet mother of all winter activities! I want my stocking to be stuffed with this. Dash the torpedoes, full speed ahead.

surf.seppo

The worry is not for the driver inside, but for all of us outside once that thing is doing 100 mph and you get hit.

altus

@pdditty:
Yes.

TerryinSt.Paul

Wow, well it's not a Parahawk, or a snow kite boarding system by FlyOzone.com ; but it looks cool with the roll bar cage system, but it's missing kc lights etc...

StealthNinja

I wish I still lived in Kansas. There are some crazy hills in Lawrence near KU. There was this one hill where you could get up to about 300mph and then have stop once the slope stopped ten feet from a frozen creek. A wonder I never killed myself on the trees and rocks.

bagellord

I'd be more concerned about others on the slope.

ZAPPO1123

@bucho54:

Yea there are crumple zones... your head and face!

dOk

Hope there isn't a foot or two of powder. I would hate to see someone strapped in upside down under a 40 pound device suffocating.

im.thatoneguy

They stole the design straight out of 1980's Schwarzenegger awesome-fest Running Man. Good times.

mattdawg8

What happens when that thing hits a tree Sunny Bono style?

too soon?

spider2544

@Truth Bringer :D: Hey, another MinneSnowtan... cool.
Go-Cart + disc was my brilliant way to get towed around when I couldn't get to a hill...

Hmmm, I don't think this could fit in apartment door, and my Apartment's management might not like me chaining it to the bike rack... So... I'll stick to my snowboard... that I lost a while ago. It's warmer inside anyway.

mrtallbones

@Ridgerunner: No, you are thinking of Running Man but for a completely different (and completely valid) reason.

devilonsteroids

I don't see what is so dangerous about this. On any regular sled, if you flip or hit a tree there's nothing at all to protect you. This thing has a cage around it!

When are these for sale?

andyc52042

The fact that it has extra runners in case of flipping yet no visible safety harness concerns me.

P3nnst8r

the only thing thats missing is some rockets on the side...... :)

megacoolguy

So how fast do you think one of these things will go? Gather round and let me tell you.

Few years ago I was working on the weekend as a ski instructor at a semi-major NYC area ski mountain (that's a giveaway... there's only one). For winterfest they decided to have an employee contest to see which department could build a cardboard sled and go the fastest. The rules were that it had to be all cardboard, no special surface treatments no wax. Of course there was cheating. EVERYONE cheated.

The contest rules were simple: Jump on the cardboard sled at the top of the run, radar gun at the bottom of the run would determine who was going fastest. First up was (I believe) the electricians. They had coated the bottom of the "sled" with lift tickets, overlapping in a careful lamellar pattern to minimize friction.

They blew through the end of the run with a radar speed over 55 mph. They sped across the few yards of flat at the bottom of the run without shedding any speed. Next up was the berm built up by the front-end loaders that clear the parking lot, which formed an imperfect ramp that launcehd them ass over teakettle into the cars in the parking lot.

Serious Head Trauma ensued, including a medivac helicopter ride and a long, long stay in the hospital for two of the pilots. No further runs were made. Contest cancelled (duh!)

So, would I ride one of these things? Hell yes! Get me my helmet, Martha!

MykePagan

@ouphie: Almost as cold as Sonny was after he hit that tree.

Toshie

@Andwu: my thoughts too, it would fit in a classic cheese bond movie.

onewiththewurlitzer

@devilonsteroids: We're both right.

Gilbert

In the top picture, the two sleds side-by-side remind me of the ships that intercept the Millennium Falcon when it approaches Cloud City on Bespin in The Empire Strikes Back. As though one unattached sled did not look dangerous enough by itself!

Brian Sexton

@undefined: Ok what the hell is with all the people asking how to stop? You wanted to sled down a hill DIDN'T YOU!? Are you going to be a little sally and worry about things like stopping or are you here to SLED! Dude if this thing flips over and you act all nonchalant and badass as you approach an inverted 75mph, HOW COOL WILL YOU LOOK? Women will want to be with you and men will want to be you.

sakko

@smartboydan hates college:
Grab turf? It's not like you won't be able to reach it...

Purple Dave

This just made my day...

dandaman247

@maztec: Personally, I'd hope for braking, not breaking...

phealy

Imagine the swatchs of people you could kill with these thing going down a crowded ski hill!

Now if it was made of Nerf as someone mentioned, it would be much cooler. Something like this could be built much smaller and lighter and really make a cool winter toy.

SGTalon

I GOT NEXT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

whos-isaac

@geiko: I live in Youngstown, Ohio. Anytime you want to trade houses, call me.

EVEs_Mako

Looks like a prototype for those death sled transports straight out of The 'Running Man'. According to the movie, which are always right, we have until 2019 before the best men in America stop running for President and start running for their lives!

surfer88

Does it have an "ejection anchor" to stop you when out of control? ;-)

Some_F-in-ShiT_Ass

Cool! I wanna see what its like to START out upside down! Maybe its like a kayak and you can just sort of roll over anytime? Coooool!! I saw a jet powered kayak on Top Gear over the weekend and this might be very cool to strap a jet engine onto, but then again what isnt worthy of a jet engine?

VideoVampire

WTF? no seat belts?

Ariel_Wollinger

@Some_F-in-ShiT_Ass: lucks or looks?

Ariel_Wollinger

Did any one see that one movie "The Running Man?"

SaturnV

@Truth Bringer :D: Yeah but because of the roll cage there's no way to bail out if you're about to hit something you don't want to.

KRiSone87

GT SNOW RACER FOR ADULTS!!!

Remember the GT Snow racer... That was a fun POS.

KLanD

Tipped the shit out of this to Gizmodo way before they posted. Thanks for the credit...i mean lack there of.

Christen

stenspect

As a Minnesotan who grew up in Alaska, I simple must say..

AWESOME!!!

and wear your motorcycle helmets kids!

ArcticLotus

Wow, this thing almost too safe to be fun. Whats with the full Roll cage? Ever heard of the 'Great Northern Concrete Toboggan Race'. Now thats entertainment.

LizzieCader