The 2022 Buyer's Guide
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FRESH FEBRUARY 2021 TRACKS BY THE 2022 BUYER’S GUIDE ACCESSORIES & APPAREL FOREWORD BY CARL KUSTER BUCKET LIST RIDES DISCOVER THE 2022 SKI-DOO LINEUP CONTENTS Foreword Ambassadors Fresh tracks. The ultimate form of discovery. These imprints show a rider’s desire to see what they’ve never seen. 5 6 To venture further than they ever have. To experience a ride like never before. To make their mark on the undiscovered corners of winter. Fresh tracks are what we push for every year. But our fresh tracks How to Plan The Viragos aren’t just made on the snow. They’re made in the factory, an Overnighter on long test runs and through endless trial and error. 8 12 Every year, we break new ground on sled technology, riding gear and accessories to advance our sport and great pastime forward. We keep pushing, so you can keep making newer, fresher tracks Buyer’s Guide and keep up your search for the next level of 15 Deep Snow Apparel 16 Trail Accessories 26 One-Piece Suits & Crossover Apparel 18 Full Face Helmets 28 Deep Snow Accessories 20 Utility Accessories 29 Snocross Helmets & Goggles 21 How to Get Ready for Your Ride 30 Trail Apparel 22 Sportswear 32 Trail Performance Apparel 24 Hats & Gloves 33 Jesse Cook: Bucket List Rides 34 Chasing38 the Dream Ski-Doo 2022 Lineup 3 40 by SKI-DOO FRESH TRACKS FOREWORD by Carl Kuster SNOWMOBILING. Right then and there, IF YOU’RE LUCKY, YOUR I realized two things: FIRST SNOWMOBILE #1 My dad was cooler MEMORIES ARE FOGGY. than I ever dreamed. This would prove they’re ingrained as “first memories.“ #2 I would ride I think my first Ski-Doo memory was riding on the seat 2022 brings a lineup bristling in front of my father when HE was still a young man. with the greatest technology snowmobiles for the I was in the middle of the single digits. I remember the derived from rigorous field Olympique badge and “the cog.” And I vaguely recall testing and the will to be the rest of my life. wood paneling on the dash area. From my very young best. We’re truly blessed to have perspective, there seemed to be all these mesmerizing such cool products to explore parts and contraptions moving in unison directly in front and this year we have some new models as well! of me. We were sidehilling a soft snow drift beside a lonely backcountry road. Right then and there, I realized The Ski-Doo & Helium gear these days is undoubtedly two things: the unsung hero of the snowmobile experience. This gear goes through the same meticulous testing as the #1 My dad was cooler than I ever dreamed. sleds to ensure confidence, comfort and performance. #2 I would ride snowmobiles for the rest of my life. From head to toe, you’re covered in the same technology that’s in your machine. Quality. It makes the difference. This is just one of many treasured memories from the first half of my life that allowed snowmobiling to shape me into Today you’re probably planning your next riding season, who I am. The second half of my life? I’ll spend it sharing excursion, adventure or outing. If you’re new, come and teaching the craft of snowmobiling to as many people along, we’ll show you! If you’ve been “in this for a as possible, creating miles of endless grins, exhilaration, while,” you know what to do, but always remember to laughter, friendship, stories and satisfaction. share and connect others to the outdoors, the scenery, the feeling. After all, the great sport of sledding is best when shared. So, here’s to a long cool winter ahead with your favorite people and destinations. Get outside. Get on a sled. And remember to reshare and relive the highlights that got you here. Viva La snow! CARL KUSTER on the 2022 Summit X with Expert Sincerely, Package // Carl is wearing the Helium Jacket, Packable Jacket Carl Kuster in Army Green, Helium Highpants, XP-X Peak Helmet, Ski-Doo Edge Goggles, Tec+ Boots, and Mountain Gloves 5 by SKI-DOO FRESH TRACKS Rob Alford Carl Kuster Ashley Chaffin Tatum Monod Charles Gagné Dave Norona MEET alfordrob carlkustermtnpark OUR ashley_chaffin SKI-DOO tatummonod charles.gagne159 davenorona Jay Mentaberry Jeff Hann Steve Martin John Gibbs Matt Downey Troy Oleson jaymentaberry411 jeffreyhann_ steve_martin12 Admin of Facebook Group: matt_downey906 troy_oleson AMBASSADORSSki-Doo Owners Club Jeremy Mercier Stephanie Dean Rob Koenig Tony Jenkins Craig McMorris Brett Rasmussen mercier4colorado stefplayer koenig_rob tony_jenkins craigmcmorris bret.rasmussen.9 Scan here to see the stories behind the faces of Ski-Doo. 7 Aki Hautaniemi Ella Snäll Fredrik Andersson Antti Eira Rasmus Johansson by SKI-DOO aki.hautaniemi ellasnall speeeedygonzales anttieir4 rasmusjson FRESH TRACKS They continue to chat even as they liberally apply strips of DREAM TEAM frost tape to their foreheads, cheeks, noses and temples until their faces resemble homemade versions of “The Phantom of Given the geography, Coreen and Rebecca had little chance of the Opera” masks. Then they ask for something that clearly even meeting. Richibucto-Village, New Brunswick, and Wasilla, disheartens them: no socializing at the checkpoints, please. Alaska, are in different countries. They’re five time zones and They don’t have a second to spare. At the 13 checkpoints already 8,000 kilometers apart. completed, crowds of cheering fans and inspired, starry-eyed little girls welcomed Team Virago, even in the small hours of the THE Rebecca didn’t discover snowmobiling until her late 20s. With her morning. They gave hugs, selfies, interviews and discussed what 35 sled dogs and Iditarod dreams, she moved from Massachusetts it was like out there. to Alaska in 2004. In 2012 she discovered the Iron Dog. She got serious about riding and maintaining snowmobiles and two years Now, sitting in a warm, comfortable hotel room in Nain, the later, she raced it. northernmost permanent settlement in the province, they were in danger of timing out. Once the clock restarted after this Coreen grew up in Northwest River where snowmobiles were the mandatory rest, it wouldn’t stop until the finish line. But with main source of transportation even for utilitarian tasks like grocery five checkpoints and 895 km to go, they sat 16 hours behind the shopping. The family had more sleds than cars (four at one VIRAGOS leaders. If they crossed the checkered flag more than 18 hours point) and Coreen fondly remembers doing backcountry trapping by Brett Smith back, they would not be credited with an official finish. runs with her dad on his Elan and Mirage 377. Ski-Doos are eponymous in Labrador; the activity is called ski-dooing instead of Forty-eight teams competed for the $100,000 Cain’s Quest purse snowmobiling. in 2020, which coincidentally began March 7, the first day of International Women’s Week. By the time Rebecca and Coreen In 2012, Coreen became the first woman to enter Cain’s Quest. reached checkpoint 13 in Nain, half the teams had already She teamed with her husband, Jason, to form “Better Half Racing.” A virago is dropped out. They finished 12th overall after a final day of 22 straight hours riding. After leading Jason’s support team in his 2018 attempt, A virago is a woman of strength and spirit. They wouldn’t be a woman of Coreen mused out loud at an afterparty that she wanted to return here if it was easy. at the next event in 2020 but with a female teammate. strength and spirit. They oreen Paul looks tired but her brain is running too many having an arm and leg calculations to betray exactly how weary she is. When she pinned underneath her wouldn’t be Cconfirms the live video feed runs, she plops back down on sled in one of many tip the bed and picks up a GPS device to plan the final 895 kilometers overs, common while riding of riding. Next to Coreen sits Rebecca Charles who fumbles with in the deep, sugary snow here if it the shoulder straps of her riding bibs in a manner that suggests of Labrador, the mainland she’s never done this before. That’s far from true. She’s just that portion of the Canadian exhausted and her barely open eyelids provide further evidence. province of Newfoundland was easy. and Labrador. Despite her fatigue, Rebecca gabs while she slips on, zips and buckles up her layers. She tears up describing how beautiful the The viewers on the other side of their screen are the 3,900 ride across the sea ice was at 3 o’clock in the morning. followers of the Team Virago Facebook page. They’re interested She talks about the unique riding methods she employed to keep in this live update because Coreen and Rebecca are more than her Ski-Doo running below 180 degrees after she lost an ice two-thirds of the way towards a never-been-done feat by a scratcher and how she’s currently in the depths of the absolute female duo: completion of a team race called Cain’s Quest, most difficult thing she’s ever done in her life. And this is a woman a 3,100-kilometer slog referred to by organizers as “The World’s who has completed the 1,000-mile Iron Dog race four times and Longest & Toughest Snowmobile Endurance Race.” After four comfortably knows how to rebuild a snowmobile. She even likens it days and 2,200 kilometers through the wilds of Labrador, this to something that doesn’t seem comparable: giving birth.