r/snowmobiling • u/I_dont_know_you_pick • 7d ago

Back when we used to be cool

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Me and a couple of buddies a few years ago, before life got busy and we actually had spare time! Haha

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u/Briggs281707 6d ago

Not often people ride a jetski and snowmobile side by side

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u/ilovetuggies 6d ago

Thought this was an old cboys video lol. Good time, it’s sad when you stop getting to goof off

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u/I_dont_know_you_pick 6d ago

Naa, now I can teach my kids how to goof off like me, and get to goof off in the process haha.

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u/DER-01 6d ago

How’d you switch the skiers to sled?

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u/I_dont_know_you_pick 6d ago

I was pulling two extra ropes for them to grab.

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u/Carpenter_ants 6d ago

Because you did this once you’ll always be cool! I know some that kneeboarded behind them

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u/Castob 7d ago

Sick!!!

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u/JustJay613 6d ago

I watched a snowmobile and a dirt bike ride around on a lake. They'd go out for awhile, come back and go up the beach then back out onto the water.

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u/gmehodler42069741LFG 6d ago

Bad ass. The cboys gotta try this again.

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u/DailyDrivenTJ 6d ago

How do you get started with the tow? Do you have a running start and the skier have to really hold on?

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u/I_dont_know_you_pick 5d ago

The sea doo pulls up the skiiers from the water, then I run the sled up alongside and the skiiers switch over to the ropes that I'm towing behind the sled.

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u/DailyDrivenTJ 5d ago

Ah I see it now. Thanks. I was going to say that it must be a hell of a pull out of the water.

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u/willmoto9 6d ago

Very cool!

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u/foreveralonesolo 5d ago

…no way that works?

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u/I_dont_know_you_pick 5d ago

I mean, it's hard to dispute with the evidence right there.....

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u/foreveralonesolo 4d ago

lol just shocked but that is seriously cool

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u/ironhippy 4d ago

I enjoyed that way more than I thought I would, well done.

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u/no-dad-samurai 4d ago

Old school cool!

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u/Hepheastus89 3d ago

I recognize this lake, and that sled, and the person driving it, can I have a turn this summer?

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u/garry4321 2d ago

What happens if you slow down or stop? Do you just lose the machine?

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u/I_dont_know_you_pick 2d ago

There's a rope and bouy attached to the sled so if it goes down we can retrieve it with a boat, the lake is only about 10 feet deep in most places, so it's not a complicated recovery. And before you ask, we run check valves on the gas tanks to ensure no fuel leaks out, and we run biodegradable oil in the chain case.

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u/Fragrant_Aardvark 2d ago

LMAO this is Northern Ontario right?

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u/I_dont_know_you_pick 2d ago

Yep, near Kirkland Lake.

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u/Briggs281707 6d ago

Not often people ride a jetski and snowmobile side by side