Chris brown signed with.......

[Bnorth]

I am also surprised that Yamaha let Chris get away. He was one of the only riders showcasing that you can actually boondock a 4 stroke and I'm sure it sold tons of sleds for them. Good luck with Polaris, pretty excited to see how it comes together with a lighter, more mountain designed chassis.

 

[EmEight]

Honestly who cares what he, or anyone else for that mater, rides!! Does anyone actually run out and buy a sled because Chris or Bret or whoever rides it? Are consumers really that idiotic? Do a little research, ride a buddies sled. Make a decision on your own. Obviously these guys ride the sled that pays them the best and no one can blame them for that. When it comes to making a living anyone would do the same. But for those of us that ride for fun, we have to chose the sled that best fits us. Since we are PAYING for it. All im saying is make an educated decisins on the sled itself not on who is PAID to ride it.

 

[Clode]

it doesn't really matter what sled that man rides, he is very talented and what ever he rides will go where he wants it to, all I can say is yamaha's loss is polaris's gain

 

[ABMax24]

Honestly who cares what he, or anyone else for that mater, rides!! Does anyone actually run out and buy a sled because Chris or Bret or whoever rides it? Are consumers really that idiotic? Do a little research, ride a buddies sled. Make a decision on your own. Obviously these guys ride the sled that pays them the best and no one can blame them for that. When it comes to making a living anyone would do the same. But for those of us that ride for fun, we have to chose the sled that best fits us. Since we are PAYING for it. All im saying is make an educated decisins on the sled itself not on who is PAID to ride it.

That is exactly how sleds are sold, maybe the repeat buyers think differently, but many new to the sport do buy this way. It's no different than if all your buddies ride a particular brand you are more likely to ride that brand as well. And many new riders don't have the experience to know it is mostly the riders ability that makes the difference, not the brand, and marketers know this and exploit it well. Regardless of whether or not high profile riders ride your brand, most do take satisfaction in the fact that an elite rider also rides that same brand.

BTW, I can't wait to see what Chris's Boost-It Pro will look like.

 

[EmEight]

That is exactly how sleds are sold, maybe the repeat buyers think differently, but many new to the sport do buy this way. It's no different than if all your buddies ride a particular brand you are more likely to ride that brand as well. And many new riders don't have the experience to know it is mostly the riders ability that makes the difference, not the brand, and marketers know this and exploit it well. Regardless of whether or not high profile riders ride your brand, most do take satisfaction in the fact that an elite rider also rides that same brand.

BTW, I can't wait to see what Chris's Boost-It Pro will look like.

I can agree with that. When i started i bought what the guys i rode with had. But it had nothing to do with what big name rider was on that sled. It must work to sell sleds or the manufacturers would not pay big bucks to elite riders. Good luck to you Chris. Im sure you will love the Pro.

 

[maxwell]

First of all congratulations Chris. I hope you will spend a lot of time on a stock pro rmk aswell. I know that's one thing I dislike about burandt is that he never showcases the stock attributes of his machines there is not much of anything stock left on them. To me if your promoting a brand it should be out of the box. That being said boost is fun and you gotta have one of those too!


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[TPOWER]

Well said Maxwell and Congratulations Chris and we hope to see you in the Valemount area this winter.

 

[007sevens]

I think that just about any of us would like to have the opportunity to do what Chris gets to do for a living. Good on YA Chris. Personally my choice of sleds is not dictated by somebody else but I know a lot of kids these days are. They might not be spending a lot of money but plant the seed and watch it grow.

 

[Destroyer]

Sponsorships are totally necessary to progress the sport. Sledding is flippin expensive, same with most other sports. Sponsorships allow the best athletes to do what they do best instead of having to make a pile of cash to support their sport. This creates fans that continue to grow and push the sport because of the direction the pro riders push the industry

 

[snopro]

First of all congratulations Chris. I hope you will spend a lot of time on a stock pro rmk aswell. I know that's one thing I dislike about burandt is that he never showcases the stock attributes of his machines there is not much of anything stock left on them. To me if your promoting a brand it should be out of the box. That being said boost is fun and you gotta have one of those too!


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I agree Max. Carl has a stock XM and a boosted one as well. He told me he enjoys the stock one when riding with buddies as it forces him to up his game to stay with the modded stuff. By riding the stocker you force yourself to be a better to keep up. Congrats to Chris on the new venture! I like sponsored riders. Its great to watch these guys ride, especially on product we ride. Kinda like comparing Usain Bolt to the average joe in a 100 meter race. Lol.

 

[T-team]

I agree Max. Carl has a stock XM and a boosted one as well. He told me he enjoys the stock one when riding with buddies as it forces him to up his game to stay with the modded stuff. By riding the stocker you force yourself to be a better to keep up. Congrats to Chris on the new venture! I like sponsored riders. Its great to watch these guys ride, especially on product we ride. Kinda like comparing Usain Bolt to the average joe in a 100 meter race. Lol.

I prefer riding with no snowflap when with my buddies... Forces me to up my game. Can't beat modded stuff.... lol.
Agreed... Will be nice to have someone with some game showcasing a stock one! We obviosly have all seen what they can to with a turbo... Congrats and good luck chris.

 

[Skegmeister]

I am a "glass half full" kinda guy and my first read on this was that Polaris needed a high end 4-stroke rider to pilot the ultra-super secret and totally new Polaris 4-stroke machine that would totally dominate and change sledding they we way know 4 strokes today. But that is just me...

 

[fnDan]

Honestly who cares what he, or anyone else for that mater, rides!! Does anyone actually run out and buy a sled because Chris or Bret or whoever rides it? Are consumers really that idiotic? Do a little research, ride a buddies sled. Make a decision on your own. Obviously these guys ride the sled that pays them the best and no one can blame them for that. When it comes to making a living anyone would do the same. But for those of us that ride for fun, we have to chose the sled that best fits us. Since we are PAYING for it. All im saying is make an educated decisins on the sled itself not on who is PAID to ride it.

I don't think most people buy into a brand just because "insert name here" rides one but I think they'll buy it when they see what that rider can do with that machine. It's about the possibilities.


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[Modman]

Sponsorships are totally necessary to progress the sport. Sledding is flippin expensive, same with most other sports. Sponsorships allow the best athletes to do what they do best instead of having to make a pile of cash to support their sport. This creates fans that continue to grow and push the sport because of the direction the pro riders push the industry

Long before sponsorship (at least in the west), certain guys were putting long tracks, "big bores" and boost on sleds, climbing hills etc, and progressing the sport, all without sponsor funding. Sorry, no disrespect to the sponsored folks here, but the mountain sleds that everyone is riding were not funded by sponsorship or pro riders, but by guys driven to explore and pioneer new areas, it wasn't mainstream at the time (or called anything like "backcountry sledding" - it was just called "sledding") and no one cared if it ever got there. It was bolt some plastic to your track (and before that it was..well, nothing really...), and scratch and claw your way up the mountain. Tunnelled, dropped and rolled, paddled up etc, more sleds than lots of guys have owned, Our big bores used to be 500cc jugs on a 440cc bottom end..... Never got a dime, don't really care, we had great fun doing it and still do, but now we have handwarmers! No amount of money can make up for seeing your buddies smiling faces around a lunchtime campfire eating smokies and having a laugh after you've busted a new trail all morning. The progression of a sport is not limited by how much money is put in, only by what level of effort that is put in. Congrats to Chris for signing with Polaris and all the best in your new adventure!

 

[deaner]

Long before sponsorship (at least in the west), certain guys were putting long tracks, "big bores" and boost on sleds, climbing hills etc, and progressing the sport, all without sponsor funding. Sorry, no disrespect to the sponsored folks here, but the mountain sleds that everyone is riding were not funded by sponsorship or pro riders, but by guys driven to explore and pioneer new areas, it wasn't mainstream at the time (or called anything like "backcountry sledding" - it was just called "sledding") and no one cared if it ever got there. It was bolt some plastic to your track (and before that it was..well, nothing really...), and scratch and claw your way up the mountain. Tunnelled, dropped and rolled, paddled up etc, more sleds than lots of guys have owned, Our big bores used to be 500cc jugs on a 440cc bottom end..... Never got a dime, don't really care, we had great fun doing it and still do, but now we have handwarmers! No amount of money can make up for seeing your buddies smiling faces around a lunchtime campfire eating smokies and having a laugh after you've busted a new trail all morning. The progression of a sport is not limited by how much money is put in, only by what level of effort that is put in. Congrats to Chris for signing with Polaris and all the best in your new adventure!

I agree. And the beauty of this system is that you would get honest reviews on how stuff worked. If you try out "brand x" big bore, turbo, pipe, etc...... and it is a dog, you arent going to promote the product. You are going to give honest answers on how stuff works because you spent your hard earned money on it, and you dont want to see someone do the same if the product just doesnt work. Thats why I have a bit of a chip on my shoulder when it comes to sponsorship. I think there are alot of people promoting products that they would not buy with their own money if they had to. Generally speaking, people work dang hard for their money......and to talk someone into parting with that to buy a product just to make my stock go up isnt cool.

The only part that I do like about sponsorships is hopefully guys like Chris are providing valuable feedback to the manufacturers to really improve the products. I think that is going to start happening more, and we as consumers are going keep ending up with better and better products.

 

[007sevens]

Long before sponsorship (at least in the west), certain guys were putting long tracks, "big bores" and boost on sleds, climbing hills etc, and progressing the sport, all without sponsor funding. Sorry, no disrespect to the sponsored folks here, but the mountain sleds that everyone is riding were not funded by sponsorship or pro riders, but by guys driven to explore and pioneer new areas, it wasn't mainstream at the time (or called anything like "backcountry sledding" - it was just called "sledding") and no one cared if it ever got there. It was bolt some plastic to your track (and before that it was..well, nothing really...), and scratch and claw your way up the mountain. Tunnelled, dropped and rolled, paddled up etc, more sleds than lots of guys have owned, Our big bores used to be 500cc jugs on a 440cc bottom end..... Never got a dime, don't really care, we had great fun doing it and still do, but now we have handwarmers! No amount of money can make up for seeing your buddies smiling faces around a lunchtime campfire eating smokies and having a laugh after you've busted a new trail all morning. The progression of a sport is not limited by how much money is put in, only by what level of effort that is put in. Congrats to Chris for signing with Polaris and all the best in your new adventure!

I agree but it goes without saying that Chris is being paid to inform Polaris of what to improve on and what to let go. I think he is the one we should be telling what we want to see and maybe Polaris will listen.

 

[rightsideup]

I agree but it goes without saying that Chris is being paid to inform Polaris of what to improve on and what to let go. I think he is the one we should be telling what we want to see and maybe Polaris will listen.

I have been a long time polaris rider who will now be experimenting with doo this year while considering a Viper very seriously. One thing I have noticed in my long history with polaris is they have stopped sending customer surveys out. I think its there loss.

 

[Bnorth]

I have been a long time polaris rider who will now be experimenting with doo this year while considering a Viper very seriously. One thing I have noticed in my long history with polaris is they have stopped sending customer surveys out. I think its there loss.

They probably got tired of complaints on the longevity of the 800 motors.

 

[007sevens]

They probably got tired of complaints on the longevity of the 800 motors.

That would be my guess.

 

[lilduke]

Long before sponsorship (at least in the west), certain guys were putting long tracks, "big bores" and boost on sleds, climbing hills etc, and progressing the sport, all without sponsor funding. Sorry, no disrespect to the sponsored folks here, but the mountain sleds that everyone is riding were not funded by sponsorship or pro riders, but by guys driven to explore and pioneer new areas, it wasn't mainstream at the time (or called anything like "backcountry sledding" - it was just called "sledding") and no one cared if it ever got there. It was bolt some plastic to your track (and before that it was..well, nothing really...), and scratch and claw your way up the mountain. Tunnelled, dropped and rolled, paddled up etc, more sleds than lots of guys have owned, Our big bores used to be 500cc jugs on a 440cc bottom end..... Never got a dime, don't really care, we had great fun doing it and still do, but now we have handwarmers! No amount of money can make up for seeing your buddies smiling faces around a lunchtime campfire eating smokies and having a laugh after you've busted a new trail all morning. The progression of a sport is not limited by how much money is put in, only by what level of effort that is put in. Congrats to Chris for signing with Polaris and all the best in your new adventure!

Not to take any thing away from the old school of plastic paddles and boogy wheels, (just a bit before my time). I started "sledding" in the mountains in 96. My dad got me a 670 summit with a 2inch track and some light weight goodies. Right around the same time movies like Slednecks and 2stroke Cold Smoke were appearing showcasing guys like Jay Quinland hucking his sled off 50foot cliffs ext. Shortly after this there was "Freestyle Sledding" showing up in the X games and Gravity Games. This was around the time that "extreme" sports were becoming popular with the Kids of the day. Now, to a 14year old skate boarding, baggy pants wearing, punk, this looked a whole lot more appealing than changing jets and cooking hot dogs all day. With the sleds progressively getting better each year and the "Pro" riders of slednecks ext continuing to push the envelope farther and farther each season, a whole new sport was born. It was no longer just sledding,, its now "back country sledding". Stuff we do today on a sled was not even thought possible way back when. Like it or not the Pro riders of Slednecks ext have had a HUGE influence on the direction of this sport,, which is still evolving passed "back country sledding" into "Big Mountain snowmobiling" And although 99% of riders will never try the stuff pro's do, it still influences people purchases and the direction of this sport.