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roltskar t1_j331bos wrote

Clearly you live near a hill with no trees to run into. I remember that even old sleds with metal frames were destroyed by hitting something. Or when someone built a ramp

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glaurung_ t1_j34vx0v wrote

My childhood ('90's-00's) involved a lot of smashing up plastic sleds by pulling them around a pasture behind a pickup truck (and later a four wheeler). I don't recall a plastic model that survived more than a day or two of frozen cow pies and tree roots, but we eventually dug up an antique wooden toboggan that we beat to hell, but which as far as I remember is still in one piece, sitting in some rafters at my parents house.

Not totally relevant to this post, but it was fun! We lived in an area too flat for any proper snow sports so it was the next best thing. I suspect that my wife and I will have a heated debate one day about whether our children will get to do this...

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roltskar t1_j35ondz wrote

A skier drawn by a horse is an actual sport for the record. But generally, as long as the speeds dont get too high it's a fun sport, but people have died due to extreme speeds and forgetting that the sled has no brakes. A helmet would be also wise.

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