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Vermonters: you may have heard about the “sledder’s paradise” track in Hinesburg? Some friends of mine built that. Let me just say, it’s awesome:

I managed to get out there yesterday for a couple of runs in the afternoon.  Incredibly fun stuff.  We experimented with a few different styles of sleds…  It’s interesting how the shape, size, and materials can effect the speed and performance.  The track appears to be optimized for “the torpedo” sled style¹ but tons of different kinds get going remarkably fast.  Watch out for those turns though — if you don’t know how to steer, you’ll quickly find yourself flipped.  Too much fun to pass up though.  You can get going quite fast, let me assure you of that.

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1. A small, narrow, plastic sled about three feet long.[↩]