Our Most Common Whoopsies

[rknight111]

Driving into The Renshaw parking lot, Getting the covers off and straps taken off your sleds, getting all your gear on then realizing you left your keys at the bed and breakfast 1/2 hour away. Now I always go with 2 sets.

Going with a buddy that had a hard work week and hasn't really gotten much sleep. He then says you guys go ahead I'm going to have a quick micro-nap. It's a clear sky and sunny. He passes out with no helmet on over his seat facing the sky. Meanwhile my other buddies and I were having some fun shooting up through some steep terrain in the trees. My sled decided to come back on me and I ended up breaking my tailbone and had to slide down on my a$$. After laughing in pain for quite a while and stopping for a pain and lunch break we thought oh, where's Steve. Let's grab him, low and behold he's still passed out on his sled but he has one heck of a sunburn to his face and head. He hurt as much as I did for several days.

 

[Cat401]

Went sledding with the family for the day returning to the truck about 5 hours later realizing it was STILL RUNNING......nice and toasty inside.

 

[b_doornenbal]

Getting a bit too much track speed loading a sled....... Or spinning on the ice just before the ramp.......

Had one buddy park with his track on the sled deck and the skis dead center on the roof of the truck.....came in a bit hot

The GF wanted to load the sled on her own, I said make sure you don't spin on the ice before you hit the ramp. Long story short when her track caught the ramp she rocketed on to the trailer hitting the storage box at the front (3/4 inch plywood) cracking it and knocking the barrel of race fuel sideways off the trailer. Now she is a pro!

 

[scotts]

This thread is really making me feel better about myself, I've almost pulled every bonner on here at one time or another!
funny how excited a person gets to go riding,brain just slips into neutral!!

 

[northern bear]

Carving up a small hill in the wet heavy spring snow. Both feet on one running board, sled pulled right over, just to have your feet stripped out from under you by the heavy snow. At same time turning the old exciter back down the hill Get up and go chasing in hopes you can get back on, only to fall just as you get there. By that time, so tired all you can do is hope it stops by itself, and when that's not happening, hoping somehow it's gonna miss that big tree at the bottom. Nope direct hit.

 

[zeebs]

Ok.. a replay of one of the dumbest things I have EVER done...................There were a few whoopsies in one fell swoop...

K so my husband, Dean and I were up in John Bull...... The day ended typically.. My husband goes to Dean..

"hey I found something for you to hit".. Dean, "you do it".. My husband.. "no you"... Dean... "Ok." Dean hits it and breaks something.... We have to get back to the truck fast so we can run into town and get Dean a part for his sled before it closes...
To get out, we have to go through the trees... and we're going fast.... So needless to say I hit a tree, Fast.. with my head.. Upon my head was my brand new Drift camera....

We get back to the truck... My husband says.. where is your camera? Dun dun daa......... I'm mortified.. He takes his helmet cam off, and gives it to me, then proceeds to zoom back up to see if he can find it.. he locates the tree I nailed with my noodle, but to no avail.. Camera is gone.

When he gets back to the truck, Dean and I loaded up the sleds, he zips his sled into the trailer and we're off....

Once we are home, he asks me where his camera is? I look in the trailer, I look in my gear... turns out I have LOST his camera too... Now if my husband was mad before, he's freakin LIVID now.... bad wife.... I feel so horrible, I can't sleep that night, so I drive back up the summit to our staging area and do a search in my jammies... in the hopes to find the camera... nope....

so that week was pretty tense... came time to go shred again, as I was putting on my jacket, I felt something hard bump me.... ah ha!!!!!!! secret Ninja compartment in my Motorfist Jacket!!!! I found his camera, Husband was happy and I was only a 1/2 bad wife...

Thats probably a true story, but i think i have to call BS on this being the dumbest thing that youve done/had happen to you. Im not necessarily calling you old MOMMA, all im saying here is if youve been in or around this sport long enough, which i believe you have, you MUST have one better than losing your helmet cam.

Come on, dont let pride get the best of ya, share your FINEST snowmobiling stunt!

Sent while not working too hard

 

[MOMMA]

Thats probably a true story, but i think i have to call BS on this being the dumbest thing that youve done/had happen to you. Im not necessarily calling you old MOMMA, all im saying here is if youve been in or around this sport long enough, which i believe you have, you MUST have one better than losing your helmet cam.

Come on, dont let pride get the best of ya, share your FINEST snowmobiling stunt!

Sent while not working too hard

Haa ha ha ha haaa!!!! I'm thinking you're right... Dean is most likely going to chime in..... I know I'm in trouble when he comes to save my sorry arse and starts the sentence with... "TRICIA..........!"

 

[2fun4u]

• getting to the parking lot just to find that you did load your boots, but the liners are not there. So you ask around the entire parking lot for anyone with extra socks or boots that the liners come out of so you can go ride.
• NEVER say "Follow me" - you WILL do something stupid!
• When someone does something you think was dumb, coming up to them and saying "What were you thinking"! Duh - I was thinking that i'd just hit this rock, take out the entire left side and total my sled JUST to see if we were ingenious enough to get it out of this hell hole we are in.
• While riding an unfamiliar area with someone, he said "I know this area like the back of my hand." We ended up at sitting next to the ski hill watching them go up and down, because he didn't know how to get us out of there.
• When your steering post breaks completely off, do NOT tie ropes to the ski loops thinking you can steer that way!
• When coming down an extremely steep hill, don't hang onto the back bumper while someone else rides the sled down trying to use the brakes! When you get sucked completely up in the tunnel and are at their mercy to get you out, the camera WILL come out.

There are SO many more......

 

[MOMMA]

• getting to the parking lot just to find that you did load your boots, but the liners are not there. So you ask around the entire parking lot for anyone with extra socks or boots that the liners come out of so you can go ride.
• NEVER say "Follow me" - you WILL do something stupid!
• When someone does something you think was dumb, coming up to them and saying "What were you thinking"! Duh - I was thinking that i'd just hit this rock, take out the entire left side and total my sled JUST to see if we were ingenious enough to get it out of this hell hole we are in.
• While riding an unfamiliar area with someone, he said "I know this area like the back of my hand." We ended up at sitting next to the ski hill watching them go up and down, because he didn't know how to get us out of there.
• When your steering post breaks completely off, do NOT tie ropes to the ski loops thinking you can steer that way!
• When coming down an extremely steep hill, don't hang onto the back bumper while someone else rides the sled down trying to use the brakes! When you get sucked completely up in the tunnel and are at their mercy to get you out, the camera WILL come out.

There are SO many more......

oh man I'm laughing!! That's awesome!

 

[MOMMA]

Went sledding with the family for the day returning to the truck about 5 hours later realizing it was STILL RUNNING......nice and toasty inside.

Baa ha aha ha haaa!!!

 

[MOMMA]

omgosh.. ok I'm trying to read these out to the people in the store, but I'm laughing so hard I can't even speak..

 

[deaner]

Haa ha ha ha haaa!!!! I'm thinking you're right... Dean is most likely going to chime in..... I know I'm in trouble when he comes to save my sorry arse and starts the sentence with... "TRICIA..........!"

Yeah but thats half the fun of riding with you. There could be one tree in the middle of a 10 acre meadow.........and I guarantee I would leave for two minutes and come back and find you in that tree well. The funniest thing is there isnt usually anything even said. I pull up and give a funny look like "how the hell did that happen?".........and you are usually shrugging back with a puzzled look on your face like a kid that cant figure out why the VCR wont work after shoving his PB&J sandwich in it.

ahhh.......cant wait for winter.

 

[MOMMA]

Yeah but thats half the fun of riding with you. There could be one tree in the middle of a 10 acre meadow.........and I guarantee I would leave for two minutes and come back and find you in that tree well. The funniest thing is there isnt usually anything even said. I pull up and give a funny look like "how the hell did that happen?".........and you are usually shrugging back with a puzzled look on your face like a kid that cant figure out why the VCR wont work after shoving his PB&J sandwich in it.

ahhh.......cant wait for winter.

Me TOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOooOOOOOOOOOOOOooo!

 

[mxz sledhead]

riding west of White court we had a lady friend with us so to be polite i rode out in to the trees to go take a wizz jump off the sled i was buried to my solders and then try to get back on the sled without blown a nut 1/2 hour later walking on the trail with gps figure out where we at bang up to my waist lesson learnt be lazy never get off the sled!!!

 

[Summiteer]

First ride in the mountains at Clemina with my 06 Rev, my first sled with reverse. Went to back up so a guy could pass in front, started the sled, burped the flipper (while standing), fell forward on the throttle and smashed into the tunnel of my buddies sled. Fortunately he was quick and got his leg out of the way or I would have broken it for sure. I still get hacked about that.

 

[moyiesledhead]

HOLY CRAP!!!!! I'm laughing so hard I'm crying!!!!

I'm trying to be quiet at my desk.. but tears are rolling down my face... I even snorted trying to hold my laughter in!!!


You guys are awesome!!!

Im working up stairs and i can hear my mom laughing.. okay whats another word for laughing because this is beyond that. That was freaking funny, watching momma cry, snort, and hysterically laugh best part of my day!

Does Aaron know you two spend all day at work on Snowandmud?

Here's a classic example of "Don't look at that tree!" I was coming up the steeper than it looks hill behind me, on the other side of the tree.....I seem to be pointed back that way now! Catinthehat walked all the way up from the sled you can just see parked in front of the green trees in the background to help straighten out this mess.
I have no idea how this happened!

 

[moyiesledhead]

"Don't step on those little green trees sticking up through the snow! It's hollow under there!"

Fat guy couldn't get out of there on my own either! Catinthehat to the rescue again!

 

[MOMMA]

Haa ha haaa!!!^^^^^^

I was showing Aaron all of these... I was laughing so hard he came over and said, WHAT are you doing? Then he was in tears laughing too. Then the customers in the store wondered what we were laughing at... So I showed them.... then they were in hysterics!

oh man this is awesome!

Moyie, can you email me those whoopsie pics.. trishdrinkle@yahoo.ca I'd like to use them for the article if that's ok. That last pic is AWESOME! ba ha haa

 

[moyiesledhead]

Moyie, can you email me those whoopsie pics..

Done.

 

[growly]

There was our 1st Valentines ride a few years ago when I still had my old 98 Phazer,coming off Yanks peak,riding the trail to Wells the lead sled decided to stop on a sharp corner to show us where his buddy years ago had gone off the edge. Needless to say with the amount of speed and the snow dust,there was an incident. Wife rear-ended the #3 sled in the group and I turned and bailed to avoid a real bad crash,the sled didn't fair so well.