Mountainman52
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Is that the ORGINAL Red RUTKING...............never follow that trench maker up...........
Revelstoke - The good ol' Days - Thread of Memories
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snopro
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Yep that was the original name I gave him before he morphed into Ozone Guy. Hope he is doing well wherever he is.
I don't remember the sled but do recall the paddles were that raw plastic white colour.
snopro
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I think Vernal Simmons was the original creator of the plastic paddles. His were flexible but pricy compared to all the guys making them homemade out of cheap plastic.
My cousin Howard sold thousands of the plastic paddles in all sorts of colors in the early 90’s.I think he sold more than anyone else. He made a chit load of money distributing them,until the rubber paddles took over around 1995.
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Breaking trail up Sale 07/08 ish
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snopro
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Sadly haven’t been to Sale since a couple friends had their trucks and trailers broke into a few years back on two different weekends. 
snoflake
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Been leaving everything unlocked and nothing to steal method for the last 10 years. knock on wood we haven't had to replace any windows or trailer doors. It seems if its locked, they find a ways to do more damage than the value of what's in the truck.
snopro
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Thieves will take anything. Lots of guys losing sled covers over the years at Quartz. Super Clamps and spare tires are free game as well
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I fawkin hate theives!!
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In 36 year of riding in BC I haven’t lost a thing lucky I guess
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Did you touch a piece of wood? I hope the above hasn’t put a jinx on you.
gedakbx
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Way fancier set ups than mine to break into
snoflake
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Hopefully there are some stories of thieves losing teeth and hair soon. Gotta be a real POS to steal clamps or tarps.
The Kickass One
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25 years BC nothing stolen sledding wise!!
there were guys like Huynka and RG, and Ted (owned the service station / shop in Genelle and had a cabin up where Davidoff passed away) using paddles before anyone made them commercially, and lots of guys were running them in the RMSHA in the late 1980's. Before then, guys were using "cleats" made of aluminum angle. Owen was prototyping his own paddle tracks with conveyor belt and various paddle designs in the late 80's. Testing my memory but as far back as 1993 Wayne McCarthy in Castlegar had a 900 T-Cat with 3" plastic on it. Dug this out from the old race archives - this was spring 95 on the BCFS and we were already on rubber - pre-production 96 Storm in the background I think. Couldn't find the other album with the early 1990's in it.
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Was that V4 yours Niner? Worth more than your alpha in todays world lol
Yes that was mine 95 vmax4. Owned it for 2 years and 15 belts.
NoBrakes!
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Did you buy it off a guy named Al out in the Sorrento area?
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