Snowmobile double backflip being compared to newschool skiing

good point, but ski technology changes too, imagine people trying to do cab tens on wooden skis :)

I'm going to have to agree with you on this one. I am really not too fond of snowmobiling at all. Sure they allow  easy access to various types of terrain, and the majority of pro skiers and snowboarders alike all own sleds or at least use and benefit from them on a regular basis. But there is something so unsettling about this. Snow mobiles are loud, dangerous, and most importantly EXTREMELY harmful to the environment. I'm sure the majority of pro skiers love snow and winter way more than I do... so why don't they reconsider putting away the snowmobiles, pulling out some skins and touring bindings and shred the good stuff without destroying the environment. And to call snowmobiling a sport. Why don't we just call fucking lawn mowing a sport!

thats the truth right there.  twin tippers are the exact same as modifying handlebars.

Without snowmobiles, a lot of pro skiing would be impossible. So many trips and hits rely on sleds to get the shot. If you have ever tried to go into the BC looking for spots on your feet and then tried it on a sled you'd realize the difference. To tell people that snowmobiling should be stopped because it hurts the environment is like saying people shouldn't use paper towels. The bigger problem with the environment is everything else that is polluting. Here are some figures:

" In 2001, the EPA estimated the percentage contributions made by snowmobiles to the overall output in the U.S. to be: HC 1.2 percent, CO 0.5 percent, NOx 0.007 percent and PM 0.07 percent.

This is truly a tiny contribution to the total emissions released in a year, but snowmobile engines were lumped in with many off-road engine types and standards were established for them all.

In the case of snowmobiles, the EPA measures and regulates only HC and CO levels in the exhaust. Levels of NOx are inherently low in two-stroke engines because of their lower combustion chamber temperatures. While four-stroke engines will have higher NOx emissions, they are not of great concern in the winter when temperatures aren't high enough to act as the catalyst to create smog. Particulate matter is an issue with diesel engines and the EPA does not anticipate the application of diesel engines in snowmobiles.

C[O.sub.2] is not a pollutant. If it were, we would all be dead because that's what we release every time we exhale. "

And not classifying snowmobiling as a sport is pretty extreme. Although I hate that snowmobiling takes up so much of the X Games, it is definitely a sport. Don't even try to argue that.

Yeah but I think that the point that he's getting at is that you snowmobile next trick / snowmobile freestyle should be about just you and your snowmobile and not your snowmobile and 50 extra pounds of weight. That would be like adding like a jetpack to your skis or something.

Yea we should all just take heli's to the BC it's way less harmful :P

And no offense but you seem like an old man when you say "snowmobiles are loud, dangerous..." Metal music is loud but I'm going to keep listening to it and skiing can be just as dangerous but I'm going to keep doing that too! I have a sneaking suspecion to make your arguement you either live by a snowmobile trail (or where they wanted to put one) or your that much of an enviromentalist. And FYI I have race pipes on my machine they're really loud

Exactly, I'm cool with the handlebar mods, but when weights start being added, its like what next