A trip to Ely this past saturday enlightened me in several areas. One was these crazy guys on snowmobiles that where skipping open water. It was the wildest thing. They've taken their sleds and rigged them up to go on open water. The tracks have large paddles built in to help them. They've removed the seat and off they go. After reading about this strange activity, I learned that you must be at speeds of around 90 mph to stay above the water. The state of Minnesota says that this sport is illegal unless it's done at an authorized event. I question that this was an authorized event. There where quite a few fellas there to try their sleds on this body of water. They would go along way and we didn't see anyone sink. I'd say "that was cool"!
A trip to Ely this past saturday enlightened me in several areas. One was these crazy guys on snowmobiles that where skipping open water. It was the wildest thing. They've taken their sleds and rigged them up to go on open water. The tracks have large paddles built in to help them. They've removed the seat and off they go. After reading about this strange activity, I learned that you must be at speeds of around 90 mph to stay above the water. The state of Minnesota says that this sport is illegal unless it's done at an authorized event. I question that this was an authorized event. There where quite a few fellas there to try their sleds on this body of water. They would go along way and we didn't see anyone sink. I'd say "that was cool"!
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