Replying to Snowmobiling (X Games, and in general)

Well i know its hard for everyone to appreciate it and what these guys do, because most people dont have sleds, because of their price.
Personally im always on mine to get in the backcountry and those things are not easy to throw around (now i have a 900cc with reverse, so it weighs way more then what those guys in the x games use)...
But wondering what everyones thoughts are on it here.
like do you guys like watching it and stuff, you ever ride one?
Also a little known fact. Scary enough a snowmobile was flipped before a dirt bike. Jim Rippey (a pro snowboarder at the time) flipped one over ten years ago now.