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RIDE NEW YORK THE ADIRONDACKS 750 MILES OF SNOW HEAVEN! ST. LAWRENCE COUNTY NEW YORK STATE’S BIGGEST! WWW.POLARIS.COM S 2019 INDY® XC 129 | 2019 SWITCHBACK® PRO-S | 2019 RUSH® XCR® Follow more epic trails, celebrate more riding firsts and find more thrills in every mile. All because you’re BORN FOR MORE. CONTENTS WWW.NYSNOWMOBILER.COM FALL 2018 Volume 8#1 PUBLISHER Kent Lester | CO-PUBLISHER Mark R. Lester | MANAGING EDITOR Matt Lester | NYSSA EDITOR Anne O’Dell | FEATURE EDITORS John Arkwright, Matt Lester, Mike Lester, Craig Nicholson, Dom Jacangelo, Jim Rolf | PUBLIC RELATIONS EDITOR Harold McAdam | ART & PRODUCTION Andrew Knor, Emily Schmidt | ADMINISTRATION Barb Lester, Leslie Austen | CIRCULATION Matt Lester, Garth Atkinson, Publication Partners. | MARKETING Vern Putzer, Gary Broderick, John Arkwright, Paul Stewart WARNING: Some of the action shown in this magazine COLUMNS INFORMATION is potentially dangerous. Almost all riders photographed are professionals, racers or experienced experts. It PRESIDENT’S DESK NYSSA NEWS is strongly recommended readers do not attempt to Get Excited, Aging Updates on Trails, duplicate stunts beyond their capabilities. Always wear Snowmobiler! Programs, Laws and Events. a helmet, boots and safety equipment. NEW YORK STATE SNOWMOBILE ASSOCIATION EYE ON NYSSA PO Box 1040, Pine Bush, NY 12566-1040 Status, Trends and 1.888.624.3849 Challenges. TRAVEL Supertrax New York Snowmobiler Magazine is published twice yearly by Supertrax LLC. Mailing address for TRAIL REPORT returns, marketing and editorial is PO Box 197, Niagara Another Bucket-list Item RIDE NEW YORK Falls, NY 14304-0197. Copyright 2018 Supertrax LLC. *OLJRLK6Ɉ All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be The Adirondacks. reproduced by analog or digital means without the written consent of the publishers. Publishers are not NYSSA STAFF responsible for unsolicited manuscripts. Dominic Jacangelo, Executive Director RIDE NEW YORK TOLL-FREE NUMBER FOR ADVERTISING AND KVTPUPJ'U`ZUV^TVIPSLYJVT _ St. Lawrence County. SALES ONLY: 1.888.905.TRAX (8729) James E. Rolf, Trail Coordinator QYVSM'U`ZUV^TVIPSLYJVT _ Anne M. O’Dell, General Manager NYSSA promotes safe and responsible trail riding. All U`ZZHVѝJL'U`ZUV^TVIPSLYJVT _ riders should stay on designated trails and have full Membership Help Line control of their sled at all times. Some advertisements in TLTILYZOPW'U`ZUV^TVIPSLYJVT _ this publication may not represent this policy. Vol.8#1 3 By Rosanne Warner, [email protected] Get Excited, Aging Snowmobiler! e have all heard the stories about people aging out of snowmobiling. The New York State Snowmobile Association(NYSSA) has done plenty of surveys that indicate that at some point, people do fall out of the sport purely Wbecause of age. In past surveys NYSSA asked riders why they would get out of the sport and amazingly over 27% VMWLVWSLHZRLKZHPK[OL`^V\SKZ[VWZUV^TVIPSPUNPUÄ]L`LHYZK\L[V[OLPYHNL;OPZZ[H[PZ[PJTVYL[OHUKV\ISLZ[V VM people asked who said they would exit the sport in 10 years due to age. season to be taken down by nostalgia. brapp, brapp! We are just beginning to plan our season and hope that we can get our miles back up to pre-kid totals. Areas to ride, things [VZLLZ[\Ɉ[VLH[HUKWSHJLZ[VZ[H`HYL all things we have been talking about – who wouldn’t be excited? When we were `V\UNLY ^L JV\SK UL]LY HɈVYK [V NV [V the places we wanted because we took all three boys. It was important to us that they grow up snowmobiling, just like we did. This past summer, my husband and I went to our camp in Oneida County – alone. We bought NY strip steaks, cooked them on the grill and spent the weekend looking at trail maps, and planning snowmobile excursions. We think we have P[WYL[[`^LSSÄN\YLKV\[ There are a lot of things to look forward to this season! In case you have not checked In both questions, age was the number a new sled last season, giving him his old out the Farmer’s Almanac predictions for one reason given over: cost, lack of snow, VUL/VWLM\SS`PUIL[^LLUÄUKPUNOPZSPML this winter, you will be delighted to know plans to move south and physical ability. and making student loan payments he can that the almanac is predicting a “teeth Interestingly enough, there were a large save enough money for his own gas, oil chattering” winter, a “cold one, with plenty number of responses that came from riders and lunch out on the trail. We are doubtful of snow”. over the age of 50 and there were quite but it will be nice to have him home to ride The Northeast could see some great a few replies from people well into the again this winter. conditions for riding. With over 10,000 60’s, 70’s and 80’s. With that said, I would Even though we are not completely miles of trails in New York and our new guess that it’s safe to say that there will empty nesters, we are looking forward found freedom, this could be the bumper likely be a place for me in snowmobiling [V [OL ÄYZ[ ZLHZVU UV[ PU[LYY\W[LK I` crop season we have been waiting for! as I get older. school sports and the never ending hectic Hopefully if the predictions are This year, both my husband and I are schedule kids keep which always results right, everyone will have some good excited, feel renewed and are ready to ride. in our weekend riding being replaced by opportunities to ride from home. Who Granted, we ride slower and get in a lot less playing taxi driver. doesn’t love leaving from their own miles then we did when we were younger It seems like it went by so quickly. One backyards? You get to sleep in longer, I\[ [OPZ `LHY ^L ^PSS L_WLYPLUJL V\Y ÄYZ[ day they were bombing around the farm avoid the trailer drama and still get home snowmobile season as empty nesters. on their Kitty Cats, the next day they were before dark. Our two younger sons are in college now! taking their snowmobile safety classes Clubs, including my own have been Hence the excitement, but before I get too and helping with trail work. Now they are working on the trails for months. Trail anxious about regaining the freedom I gave gone; well sort of. The basement dweller preparation usually goes on all year but \W `LHYZ HNV ^OLU T` ÄYZ[ ZVU ^HZ child has some free time on his hands things really ramp up in September after born, I have to remind myself that this is UV^ZVOLYLJLU[S`NV[YLJY\P[LK[VÄSS[OL the kids go back to school. By the time the also the child who recently graduated from unexpected vacancy as Treasurer for the ÄYZ[ÅHRLÅPLZ[OLJS\IZ^PSSHSYLHK`OH]L college and is now living in my basement. County Association. thousands of hours logged just getting I think it’s a millennial thing. Either way, we :LL`V\Z[HY[[OLTVɈ`V\UNHUK[OL` ready for the snow so next time you are are glad to have him home as he is pretty ^PSSJVTLIHJR[V]VS\U[LLY^OLUULLKLK out and see a club volunteer, thank them low maintenance now-a-days. Every parent dreads the time when their for doing what they do so we all can enjoy He was pretty happy when he got home JOPSKYLUÅ`[OLULZ[HUK0KPK[VVI\[YPNO[ the greatest trail system in the country! from college and found that Dad bought now I am too excited about the coming Stay safe and see you on the trails! O 4 Vol.8#1 TRAILS NEAR HOLLAND PATENT GET AWAY & Explore Camden, Taberg, Rome, Boonville, & All Points In Between Our winters are among the finest in America. Boonville consistently ranks in the nation’s snowiest places, sometimes topping the list. With more than 500 miles (804km) of trails, it’s the perfect destination for snowmobiling. Take a ride around Oneida Lake, through the North Country, the Tug Hill Plateau, and the world-renowned Adirondack Park trails. Off the trail, take advantage of over 300 restaurants, local attractions, museums, sporting events, two casinos, brewery tours, and much more. Add some variety to your winter when you… get away to it all in Oneida County! TheGetawayRegion.com/snowmobiling 800.426.3132 ® NYSDED, used with permission Vol.8#1 5 HERE’S WHY NEED TO EYE ON NYSSA YOU VISIT By Dominic Jacangelo, NYSSA Executive Director, [email protected] SUPERTRAX Snowmobiling: MAG.COM Status, Trends and Challenges ON A REGULAR BASIS! ummer and fall are those times that I tend to think about snowmobiling in relation to what the winter will bring. Will we have lots of snow? Will rain avoid us at all Scosts? Will registrations go up? More money for the trail fund! Or will the weather once again disappoint us and crash registration numbers? Bad for the trail fund! Many of the statistics I will quote here across the snowbelt. While snowmobilers come from Ed Klim, President of the Inter- are the eternal optimists, repeated years of national Snowmobile Manufacturers Asso- thin snow and rain can strain anyone’s com- ciation. In the United States snowmobiles mitment. For many years baby boomers generate $32 billion in economic activity. (of which I am one) were the largest demo- A study we did in 2011 showed that in NY, graphic group and the driving force in snow- snowmobiling was responsible for at least mobiling. The oldest “Boomers” are 72 and $432 million in direct spending without the youngest are 54.