What will you do with all your equipment when snowmobiling is banned?

[SledsWest]

Without being negative here, like Utah is any better???

Your public lands are closing to OHV and OTS use just as fast or faster than Colorado.

What's that group that you have the anti sicker for Dog? Funded by some rich toolbag from another country?

I don't see Utah as being worse at all. In fact, I have many more riding areas here than I had out there. There is a stronger conservative base here that won't let liberal politicians do what they are doing to Colorado. True, there are areas that have been closed, but the rate of closing areas and significant threats isn't what it is in Colorado....for now. Utah has filed suit against Salazar, the first state to do so, for suggesting that large blocks of Utah should become eligible for wilderness designation. Heres the article .

If you buy into the "aaahhhh, SUWA is coming to take our land!!!!" story then you also ought to sell your conbustible engined vehicle, buy a prius, convert your house over to solar, and start drilling for geothermal heat because global warming legislation is coming to take away anything fueled by hydrocarbons. Rolling over and throwing in the towel is exactly what they want you to do with their big scary talk. As long as there is a resistance to these types of groups, they won't dominate like so many people claim that can. They make life difficult yes, but not impossible and cooler heads will prevail.

 

[SledsWest]

Without being negative here, like Utah is any better???

Your public lands are closing to OHV and OTS use just as fast or faster than Colorado.

What's that group that you have the anti sicker for Dog? Funded by some rich toolbag from another country?

It also doesn't help when ignorant people post idiotic vids like this on youtube and fan the fire:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWIeQ7C_EOA&feature=related

 

[Boston Racing]

How about you take that video down PJthemunchkin

You should be ashamed of yourself.

 

[ruffryder]

How about you take that video down PJthemunchkin

You should be ashamed of yourself.

This^^^ x100

 

[Sunridge Sledhead]

We need to be smart! We need to be committed! We need to come together in #s! We need to spend some money and time for our cause, because I can guarantee you, our opposition is doing all of these things! I am an American, and I still believe in democracy and the power of the will of the people. I, for one, will stand and fight, for my own rights, but also for the rights of my children and grandchildren who will come after me. Sell my sleds and stop sledding? HELL NO!!!!

I have found there are those people who make things happen, others who let things happen, and some who sit around wondering what just happened! I prefer to choose the first of the three!

 

[sledin]

How about you take that video down PJthemunchkin

You should be ashamed of yourself.

PJ(the idiot) as well as the flippin loser that filmed the video,what a scumbag!!!!!Donate to the BLUE RIBBON COALITION,they fight for us!!

 

[hatchers]

i always thought this PJ kid was a creep on this forum, but that video takes it to another level

 

[hatchers]

I have found there are those people who make things happen, others who let things happen, and some who sit around wondering what just happened! I prefer to choose the first of the three!

100%

 

[snowmobilesrme]

PJ(the idiot) as well as the flippin loser that filmed the video,what a scumbag!!!!!Donate to the BLUE RIBBON COALITION,they fight for us!!

yeah, that video was kinda sad, if you're gonna take out a cayote ( which i support) do it with a friggin gun, not by killin it slowly.

a good arguement though:

theres a 2ft base limit. sleds dont touch the ground. we're off the land anyways!

oh, and that was a snowbike. BAN THE SNOBIKES!!!

 

[jbozdragon800]

Just my .02....

I had a discussion with my wife on our way up sledding about the onslaught of videos lately of people in the trees on their sleds tearing stuff up. Not simply riding through, but using the trees like bumpers on a pinball machine. I'm not going to say it's right or wrong, but all the videos just give leverage to those who would love to see sledding (and all other motorsports, hunting, fishing, everything fun) come to an end. I think we should all think about what we put out there, and the effects it could have, before we do it. You can't take it back......

Jbo

 

[mountainhorse]

Become an outlaw. pretty simple, really.
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I think that is what Koresh said in Waco Tx!

 

[Scott]

It also doesn't help when ignorant people post idiotic vids like this on youtube and fan the fire:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWIeQ7C_EOA&feature=related

We launched a campaign to have that vid taken off Youtube last year...and it happened. Too bad it's back. Everyone can make their move to report it and get Youtube to pull it again.

 

[Boston Racing]

Just tell PJ to remove it or ??????????

 

[Dogmeat]

I am trying to think of another multi-billion dollar industry that was regulated into nonexistence?

It could happen quite easily given the current political climate.

 

[Dogmeat]

I had a discussion with my wife on our way up sledding about the onslaught of videos lately of people in the trees on their sleds tearing stuff up. Not simply riding through, but using the trees like bumpers on a pinball machine. I'm not going to say it's right or wrong, but all the videos just give leverage to those who would love to see sledding (and all other motorsports, hunting, fishing, everything fun) come to an end. I think we should all think about what we put out there, and the effects it could have, before we do it. You can't take it back......

Jbo

I've said for the last several years that when the greenies see sledders in professional sled videos bashing trees they're going to use that as ammo to claim off trail snowmobiling aids in pine beetle devastation or some **** for that reason.

I'd urge all sled film makers to stop putting people running over (the tippy tops of) trees in the videos for that reason

 

[sledin]

Just tell PJ to remove it or ??????????

Can't fix stupid

 

[snowmobiler]

id put my sled in the front room,use it for a couch and for fun chase xc skiers around the forest in a bigfoot costume.

 

[Mjunkie]

I say that if snowmobiling is going to be banned soon, QUICK get all those mods done NOW that you've been wanting to do because they can't arrest what they can't catch. I'll try that argument with my wife to get permission to buy everything now and let you know how it goes...

 

[The Fourth Wolf]

If we could just keep the dumbest 30% of us off of the internet the PR problem would be solved....but then this very forum would lose half it's membership.

Dogmeat, my (as yet, unmet) friend. Move to AK.

You can ride from your front door in most communities (except Anchorage) and the riding is, well, you've seen the pictures.

We got jobs too!

As to your question? Woe be unto any AK politican who to votes to ban snowmachining....they'll just end up out of office with a tracked up lawn.

 

[kraftymike]

Sleds will be like every other vise they can't outlaw. They will tax them and keep creating tougher emissions standards that will drive up the price until fewer and fewer people can afford them. 14k for a new 4-stroke is starting to push that limit already.

The other issue threatening our sport are these wilderness designations. Our corrupt politicians are repaying favors to all these "Green Groups" who helped get them elected. They have found the best way to do it is to sell the general public (who knows nothing about nor uses these public lands) the idea that if we don't designate these areas as wilderness it could all be logged to the dirt or drilled to china tomorrow. Until common sense finds a new place in the world and we start holding these lawyers accountable for these frivolous lawsuit, all of our freedoms are at risk.

...and I do agree, the idots among us don't help either!