Sledding

No Tobogganing sign on Murray's Mountain, Orangeville, Ontario.

Canadians rally for their right to toboggan

January 15, 2015Sports

They call themselves ‘Freedom Sliders’ — they’re Canadians protesting for the right to toboggan in public parks. On Sunday, residents of Orangeville, Ontario, held a “Sled-In” where they ignored the “No Tobogganing” sign and spent the day riding and sliding.

Team USA's new 2-man bobsled is set to make its Olympic debut this weekend in Sochi.

US bobsledders go for gold next week, driving a BMW

February 14, 2014Sports

The new Olympic luge relay race has three sleds, four racers and a touchpad

January 27, 2014Sports

The 40th Iditarod

August 15, 2013Sports

Toboggan Delight

August 14, 2013

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Tobaggan Delight

August 14, 2013

For turning the chills of winter into the thrills of sliding, some folks head to their local toboggan hill where the action is. And that’s where producer Bob Carty went, to a little run near his home in Ottawa, Canada. There he found that while the means of going from top to bottom have changed, […]

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