Just came back from sled riding with the family.

[Moogy]

Driving
Snowmobiling
Racing
4-wheeling
Tobogganing
Skiing
Sledding

The above are all things you do. That you control.

Sleigh riding.

The above is something you do passively (horse drawn variety, for example).

"Sled riding" is just crazy nonsense!

 

[PSUJam]

At one point we took the wheels off a garbage picked tricycle and replaced them with skis. That didn't go well so we resorted to pulling a Jon boat behind a quad in the snow. We all lived but I'm beginning to believe the CTE hype is real.

 

[PhillyBillyReprise]

I had a Flexible Flyer sled with steering control. It was phenomenal.

My Lightning Glider was faster!

We in Lancaster County went sledding.

 

[TiogaLion]

These type of sleds were (and still are) the Cadillacs of sleds WHEN YOU HAVE A GOOD ICE PACK UNDER THE RUNNERS. If it’s just snow on a hill, nothing beats plastic. But if your road turns into a sheet of ice, these sleds are perfection.

When we had new snow to deal with several of us would bring along flying saucers and run those down the hill a few dozen times until we were able to pack the snow. After, it was sleds until parents came to physically take you home. Icy roads were the best. We would play cops and robbers with the robbers starting at the top and cops hidden along the way. The idea was to crash into or even better was to catch a rear runner and spin the robber out of control. We would spend hours after hours on this game. After each run down, the cops became robbers and the robbers became cops for the next run.

Before going out I would sand the runners with a very fine grit sandpaper and either wax or soap the runners. I would bring along that wax or soap and reapply after every other run or two to keep it going fast. All the others would borrow that and apply to their sleds as well.

BTW, I'd never heard "sled riding" before this thread. What a hoot as it's clearly sledding!

 

[Nitt1300]

I have never heard it called sledding. Not growing up, at psu, or living in any part of Maryland.
Always sled riding.

grew up in Maine- where there is actually snow- it's sledding

 

[berklion]

I guess it depends how slippy it is out.

My Lightning Glider was faster!

We in Lancaster County went sledding.

 

[PAgeologist]

I had a Lightning Glider that was steerable.


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I had one of those as well. Grew up on a road with very little traffic that was perfect for that sled.

 

[PAgeologist]

We used to pull a saucer or tube behind a snowmobile or quad. A ton of fun, but you ate a lot of snow.

 

[republion]

When we had new snow to deal with several of us would bring along flying saucers and run those down the hill a few dozen times until we were able to pack the snow. After, it was sleds until parents came to physically take you home. Icy roads were the best. We would play cops and robbers with the robbers starting at the top and cops hidden along the way. The idea was to crash into or even better was to catch a rear runner and spin the robber out of control. We would spend hours after hours on this game. After each run down, the cops became robbers and the robbers became cops for the next run.

Before going out I would sand the runners with a very fine grit sandpaper and either wax or soap the runners. I would bring along that wax or soap and reapply after every other run or two to keep it going fast. All the others would borrow that and apply to their sleds as well.

BTW, I'd never heard "sled riding" before this thread. What a hoot as it's clearly sledding!

You had me until the last sentence. Lol.

 

[NewEra 2014]

The correct terminology is “riding sled”. As in, “I just came back from riding sled with the family”.

 

[DELion]

Some years there is a toboggan track set up in Eagles Mere, depending upon sufficient ice thickness in the lake among other things.

I have done that toboggan ride. They form a chute made of ice blocks on the hill from the main street down to the frozen lake. A radar gun clocked us at 50 mph. We shot out on the lake and probably went a good quarter mile. There also used to be a great xc skiing place in Eagles Mere - Hanley's Happy Hill. Sadly, it is now a housing development.

 

[Fortheglory612]

Some years there is a toboggan track set up in Eagles Mere, depending upon sufficient ice thickness in the lake among other things.

Love the Toboggan. Many fun memories as a kid but haven’t been up there in the winter time in years.

 

[Woodpecker]

In college (I was not at PSU as an undergrad), we stole trays from the cafeteria

 

[republion]

I lived in Penn Tower. Once in a blue moon in the winter, we’d block the drain on the big deck (above parking garage) and run water to the deck to make a skating rink. Good times.

 

[SW-Lion]

One of the best places growing up in the Hershey area was the old Milton Hershey High School hill on Hersheypark Drive. If you started high enough on the hill, you would end up on the old airport road.

 

[91Joe95]

In college (I was not at PSU as an undergrad), we stole trays from the cafeteria

Ha! I still have my cafeteria tray, although, garbage dumpster lids worked much better. Just be a little selective when choosing the dumpster.

 

[LionJim]

I had a Flexible Flyer sled with steering control. It was phenomenal.

I still have mine.

 

[PSUJam]

I'm going to be feeling this one on Wednesday. The hills were extra bumpy this time out.

I never thought of you as a Busch drinking HVAC guy. I know you're not the dude talking, because he's a Union man.

 

[91Joe95]

I never thought of you as a Busch drinking HVAC guy. I know you're not the dude talking, because he's a Union man.

That's awesome, although we didn't attach fancy ropes to the lids (or clean them).

 

[PSUJam]

That's awesome, although we didn't attach fancy ropes to the lids (or clean them).

Union men work smarter not harder.