It has continued to be busy at the ISMA Office. My update is as follows: The International Snowmobile Manufacturers members conducted the annual Snow Shoot in and around Yellowstone, MT. Snowmobile Editors from around the globe attended the event to test ride and enjoy the new snowmobiles being built for Model Year 2019. ISMA wasRead More
2019 Rider’s Journal: Joel Mellenthin
The MY19 snow shoot proved to be one of the best since I began attending Snow Shoots in 1990. So doing the math, you note that I’m not a young buck anymore – hit the big 60 last year. Regardless of my age I still enjoy riding sleds that pump up my adrenaline, pinning theRead More
2019 Rider’s Journal: Wade West
Amid the thousands of variants and options you can pick and choose from in the snowmobile dealerships this spring, I picked these five things that really warrant your serious consideration if you’re in the market for a spring deposit trail sled. True, there aren’t any wholly bad sleds on the market anymore, but there areRead More
2019 Rider’s Journal: Jerry Bassett
My first annual snowmobile test review session came in March 1973 when Invitation to Snowmobiling magazine brought its cast of writers, editors and photographers from 1 Park Avenue Manhattan to Houghton-Hancock, Michigan for a week-long evaluation of the next year’s key models. We weren’t certain we’d get a week as mud kept replacing snow andRead More
Opinion: The New Rider Market- New attempts to grow the sport and invite new riders.
Having been around this snowmo-biz as an opinionated editor since the mid-1970s, I find it heartening to see another attempt to invite new and ride-again winter enthusiasts to experience our sport. This introduction of “new rider” sleds like the recently announced Polaris Indy Evo and the “bridge” 200cc sleds from the snowmobile partnership of ArcticRead More
Belonging To Your Local Club Tantamount To Growing Our Sport
Water is the source of life, and the quality of drinking water directly affects our health. However, due to the existence of various pollution factors, the water quality of our drinking water is getting worse and worse, so many families have bought water purifier. However, the water purified by the water purifier is limited, whichRead More
Rider Journal – Model Year 2017 Snow Shoot – Dan Canfield
Ok, I know I say this just about every year, but being in West Yellowstone, MT in March and walking into the staging area to line upon line of new snowmobiles from the 4 OEMs is a really cool experience. Yes, sometimes what you think about being a snowmobile test rider or media member orRead More
MaxSled 2017 Snowmobile Brand Choice Awards
It’s been a long time since we’ve given out any choice awards, so we thought maybe it’s time we named names and did it for the 2017 models. We’ve seen and ridden the new machines, so now it’s time to roll out the red carpet, put on our best (snowmobile) suits, splash on a littleRead More
The Future of Snowmobiles – Concepts and Ideas by Charles Bombardier
Charles Bombardier is a concept vehicle creator who imagines new vehicles and describes the stories behind them, along with their basic engineering guidelines. Charles then teams up with unique industrial designers from around the world to draw each concept and improve them so they can be presented to potential investors. – See more at: charlesbombardier.comRead More
2015 SnowShoot Journal
Dateline West Yellowstone, MT. 2015 Snowshoot once again is in full swing and I find myself in the very hospitable town right on the west entrance to Yellowstone. Always a great place to visit, I especially like West in the winter. Just something about a town that is 100% focused on winter and recreating inRead More