sleds
Vehicles
Slicer Brings Sledding to Summertime
6:30AM Adam Frucci | Sledding, generally speaking, rules. Unfortunately, it only works in the winter time. Not so with the Slicer, which promises good times and grass stains. More »
Vehicles
Dual Purpose Surfster Double Black Great For Sledding Down Hills and Into the Hospital
7:00AM Jack Loftus | While I think the Surfster Double Black looks like a head-on date with a tree waiting to happen, it does have one redeeming quality. That quality being it conveniently doubles as a two-person body board. More »
Vehicles
The Rocket Sled that Made Winter Cry
4:30AM Mark Wilson | Ky Michaelson, or The Rocketman as he’s known in some circles, doesn’t trudge through the frozen winter tundra like the rest of us. More »
Gadgets
Millennium Falcon Sled is as Close as You’ll Ever Get to the Real Thing
2:00AM Adam Frucci | You may never fly the Millennium Falcon with a Wookie by your side, but at least you can fly down a hill on a rough approximation of the famous ship. That’s still pretty good. More »
Design
Slegoon Sled Might as Well Double as a Coffin
6:00AM Jack Loftus | When you go to pick out your Slegoon for that next killer run down the mountain, be sure to pick a colour you like, because you could be living in it for a while. Underground. Like, because, you’ll be dead and it’s your coffin! Get it?! Anyway, the Slegoon here is the winning entry in the UK IOM3 Design Innovation in Plastics competition. The roll cage, such as it is, protects the rider and doubles as extra runners should the death trap sledding device flip over mid-run. More »
Vehicles
Ice Hovercraft School Bus Is Coolest, Worst News for Students Ever
10:34PM Jesus Diaz | This ice hovercraft school bus has to be the coolest and worst news ever to descend upon children all over the world. I mean, I would have loved to go to school in one of these spiffy snowspeeders powered by dual fan engines. More »
Random Stuff
X-WIng Sled is Porkins’ Transport of Choice in Tahoe
1:16AM Addy Dugdale | We’ve had X-Wing Fighters that go up and down; here’s an X-Wing that just goes down. The venue was Minneapolis’ Powderhorn Park, and the event was Minneapolis’ annual Art Sled rally. Photographer Tony Nelson took pictures of the day, including a rather spanky la-la double robot one, which you can see below, alongside another shot of the X-Wing after its tumble in the snow. More »
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