The ESPN Winter X Games will add Snowmobile Freestyle to its sports lineup at the Winter X Games 11, January 25-28, 2007. Winter X Games 11 will air live on ESPN and ABC from its home at Buttermilk Mountain in Aspen, Colo.
Snowmobile Freestyle will feature 10 riders competing on the inaugural Winter X Games freestyle course.
Riders will take individual runs amd test their skills on jumps ranging from 45-100 feet. The bigger the tricks, the bigger the score.
Joe Duncan, Snowmobile Sport Organizer, said, “This will elevate the sport to a new level, allow new talent to emerge and bring incredible tricks to an already amazing sport. With 500-lb. machines doing backflips, it is sure to amaze on-site spectators as well as our television audience.”
November 16th, 2006
The patented product called North Legion SMX, is a natural winter alternative for mountain bikers, BMX and motocross riders in the same way as the snowboard is a winter alternative for skateboarders and surfers. After just a few hours of training, freeriders and dirt jumpers can pull of the same sort of stunning tricks that they nail on their bikes.
“The SMX is a real cool thing”, says Norwegian freeride star Trond Hansen, who already tested the
prototypes. “It is pretty much like riding a motocross or mountain bike on snow, but way more stable. The whole secret behind it is the carving, which means you can land better. It is really a cool new sport and hopefully a lot of people will do it. Doing tricks with the SMX is actually quite similar to being on a bike. And racing the SMX is as much as fun as tricking it.”
Carving turns
The core of the fmx is the suspended parallel motion frame that allows you to do perfect carving turns, both in sitting and standing position. By using three carving skies with steel edges the smx achieves unique turning abilities in groomed slopes as well as in the back country. As an added bonus you can really go charging in the halfpipe.
Airs and tricks
With full suspension and the stability of the three ski design you san realy go hard on big jumps and in the halfpipe. Foot pegs attached to the parallel motion frame makes it possible to control the smx in the air and allows execution of tricks when standing. The emergency stop function is another new invention, and it has been designed facilitate execution of various fmx and bmx tricks. This skis also allows for fakie (backward) turns and landings.
Safe and easy transport in skilifts
A special lift transport device has been developed for use with button and t-bar lifts. The device is easy to attach and detach, and will automatically release if the rider looses control or falls off. In combination with the emergency stop function this solution gives perfect safety.
Stopping and safety
The 3-ski design gives enormous stability, and testing has revealed that the smx requires shorter distance to make a full stop compared with a snowboard at various speed. With smx, you stop the same way you do with alpine skis. If rider looses control going down the slope the emergency stop function will be activated and should prevent that the smx races away from you.
November 16th, 2006
The ESPN Winter X Games will add Snowmobile Freestyle to its sports lineup at the Winter X Games 11, January 25-28, 2007. Winter X Games 11 will air live on ESPN and ABC from its home at Buttermilk Mountain in Aspen, Colo.
Riders will take individual runs amd test their skills on jumps ranging from 45-100 feet. The bigger the tricks, the bigger the score.
