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Backcountry Sledding at Bradbury Mountain, ME

16 Jan 2011
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Once winter arrives and the snow flies, one of our favorite weekly family activities is backcountry sledding. Thus far, this season has been missing one critical ingredient: the snow. That all changed this week when we had a huge dump; enough to merit a half-day off work due to poor weather.

Now that the snow is officially here, we are officially back on the sleds. We took the video camera out with us today and threw together this short video. Enjoy!

Mad River Rocket - Laurent Tougas
Artwork: Laurent Tougas

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MRR!

Yes! Mad River Rockets! My roomie and I took my Mad River Rocket up into the mountains a couple weeks ago and shot some footage. I'm hoping to get some more throughout the winter and put together a little edit as well.

I made some Rocket vids back in 2007 and your video prompted me to head over to Youtube and give them a re-watch. Thanks for the inspiration.

Posted by samh (not verified) on Jan 17th, 2011 at 2:15 am.

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Do you have some links for

Do you have some links for you videos? I would love to see them...

Posted by damien on Jan 17th, 2011 at 8:09 am.

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Hey that looks dangerous with

Hey that looks dangerous with all those huge trees and roaming vicious dogs. Those kids would be much safer playing video games inside all day ;-)

My favorite parts were when Laurent crashed while wearing his dragon hat and the long shadows towards the end of the video.

Can't wait to see you guys in a couple weeks!

Posted by John Sifferman (not verified) on Jan 17th, 2011 at 8:24 am.

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I liked Laurent's crash also,

I liked Laurent's crash also, and I'm his mother for Pete's sake! It was such a beautiful day and I was bummed I couldn't photograph those long shadows....

Posted by renee on Jan 17th, 2011 at 9:42 am.

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Oh man, looks like so much

Oh man, looks like so much fun! So glad we finally got some snow for you to enjoy the mountain! Those sleds look close to snowboarding - I think I'd like it! Ditto to John's remarks of seeing you all soon!

Posted by Renee Siff. (not verified) on Jan 17th, 2011 at 9:50 am.

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Looks like so much fun

Do your knees hurt after that? My knees hurt watching. Still it looks like a blast.

Posted by Mel (not verified) on Jan 19th, 2011 at 11:44 am.

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The sleds have thick foam

The sleds have thick foam pads for the knees. It is actually quite confortable.

Posted by damien on Jan 19th, 2011 at 12:21 pm.

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Doing your best Clark

Doing your best Clark Griswold impression --- going for a new land speed record!

Posted by David (not verified) on Jan 19th, 2011 at 6:12 pm.

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