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This January 4-13 is the first annual Western Upper Peninsula Sled Fest organized by the Western U.P. Convention and Visitors Bureau. The promoters goal is to make this the Sturgis rally of snowmobiling. The whole week is packed with events, the first weekend (Jan 4-6) is the opening race of the 2008 USSA Ice Oval Series. The second weekend (Jan 9-12) is the Sled Jam Freestyle Competition. There are also many other events throughout the week.
Sled Jam has a purse of $10,000 and as if that weren't enough it's also the last chance a rider has to qualify to ride in the Freestyle Snowmobiling event at Winter X Games 11. There will be a lot of big names at this event going head to head for some serious cash and the X games invitation.
So far the rider roster is:
Justin Hoyer
Dane Ferguson
Nate Haag
Matt Tingstad
Jason Semler
Kourtney Hungerford
and there are sure to be more of the top riders signing up as they hear about this event.
for more info on Sled Jam, go to:www.sledjam.com
for more info on the entire week of SledFest's events, go to: www.sledfest.com
for info on riding at the only open freestyle/freeride terrain park in the lower 48, go to: www.sledpark.com