It weighs about 800 pounds and traverses the ice on two repurposed snowmobile tracks.
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Finally, an Army National Guardsman got to her on a snowmobile after 4 a.m.
Their snowmobile then appears to have crashed through protective netting, before plunging a further 100 metres.
The network had previously cancelled its planned snowmobile exhibition at X Games Tignes later this month.
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The skis dug into the lip of the slope, bringing the 450-pound snowmobile crashing down on him.
The 450-pound snowmobile struck him as he slid down the hill and the machine tumbled over him.
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She spoke of her union-member, snowmobile-champion husband and her five children, including one who is about to deploy to Iraq.
He's happy launching a snowboarding Lucas 30 feet off a homemade snow ramp with his snowmobile near the shop.
Mr. McPheeters's weekend ended early, when he busted a piston on Saturday, sending his snowmobile to the bottom of the lake.
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"Instead of spending all day on a snowmobile, they would be able to be in two places at once, " said Ms Doria.
And these days in Sapmi, the snowmobile has replaced the reindeer for transportation purposes, anyway -- something Santa may want to consider.
"This is America, " said Ed Klim, president of the International Snowmobile Manufacturers Association, which represents Ski-Doo, a unit of Bombardier Recreational Products Inc.
Moore died from injuries sustained when a failed backflip sent him headlong into a hard landing ramp, his snowmobile crashing down over him moments later.
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Six Russian tourists have died and two others have been injured after their snowmobile flipped over on a ski slope in north-eastern Italy, reports say.
Shawn did not rent the snowmobile, because of the potential risk.
Snowmobile manufacturers say it is a happy coincidence that their products can stay on top of the water as long as they keep up their speed.
He under-rotated the flip, driving the front end of the snowmobile into the landing and sending him flying over the handlebars and into the snow head-first.
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Caleb Moore, 25, was competing in the snowmobile freestyle final Thursday in Aspen, Colorado, when he came up short while trying to do a back flip.
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Freestyle snowmobiler Caleb Moore, attempting a backflip with his snowmobile at the Winter X Games in Aspen, Colorado, couldn't rotate his machine enough to land the maneuver.
Sebastian Landry, a filmmaker who specialized in snowmobile features, told the New York Times last year that injuries in the sport made him lose interest in filming.
Red Bull has previously sponsored events where records for the longest rally car jump, highest BMX jump and longest snowmobile jump were all broken.
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In Rangley, the weather didn't stop a massive snowmobile parade.
Eagle County sheriff's officials said the man and another snowboarder likely triggered the slide after a friend on a snowmobile dropped them off at the top of Avalanche Bowl.
Per an ESPN statement made Tuesday, the network has cancelled its plans for a freestyle snowmobile exhibition at X Games Tignes 2013, scheduled for next month.
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Between April 2009 and November 2010, she underwent five surgeries after twice shattering her left kneecap, first in a snowmobile accident and then while dancing with friends in Las Vegas.
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The incident comes hours after a group of Russian tourists died when the snowmobile they were travelling in overturned on an unlit black run on Mount Cermis, in the same area.
However, for those seeking a more intensive race experience, travel operators offer various "flightseeing" and snowmobile excursions in order to catch mushers crossing through some of the more than 20 remote checkpoints.
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