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Care of Your Sled
Wax the bottom of the sled for best performance (though you'll find that it flies down the hill right out of the box). Ski wax is preferred, but in a pinch you can use paraffin or candle wax. After using the sled, bring it inside to dry. Use furniture oil to protect the top surfaces of the sled. The sled is warranted to be free of defects in workmanship or material for one year.
The Mountain Boy Story
Bruce Hoskin's lifelong fascination with wooden sleds became a way of life when he moved to the high mountain town of Silverton, Colorado. He was able to combine his woodworking experience with his love of sledding to create innovative, beautiful sled designs. Mountain Boy sleds give new meaning to the term "functional art"--they are known for their durability, speed and craftsmanship. Hoskin's wooden sleds hearken back to a century ago, when craftsmen made sleds by hand out of fine wood and steel. While Mountain Boy sleds complement any home, they are also made to last. Each sled is an individual work, designed to be passed from one generation to the next.
Environmental Commitment
Mountain Boy works hard to minimize the impact of all of our operations on the environment. Some key elements include:
Lead Free Finishing
All of our sleds are made with non-toxic finishes, and we have them regularly tested so we are sure that they are lead-free. We use wood dyes to bring out the color and figure of the wood, and then a clear lacquer or polyurethane on top. We put on four coats of lacquer or three coats of polyurethane to create a marine-grade finish.
Sled Manufacture
Mountain Boy make limited quantities of specialty sleds in its Silverton, Colorado workshop, including the Elegant and Royal Flyers, Bambino Superior, and Silverton and Double Kicksleds. Other Mountain Boy sleds, wagons, scooters and ornaments are designed in Colorado and made in Huangyan, China, by our good friend Yu Guanglin and his crew.
In his small, family-run workshop, he makes sleds the same way we do - by hand, paying attention to the beauty of the wood, selecting the best materials, getting all the details right. He buys sustainably harvested birch logs, and has planks cut from them to just the right thickness. All the little pieces are used to make ornaments, and the sawdust is used to fire the wood-drying kiln, so there's very little waste. In his shop, he carefully prepares all the materials: each plank is planed by hand, and each willow branch is peeled and sanded by his crew. When he assembles the sleds, he makes sure that all the parts match and have no flaws.
Mountain Boy sledmaker Brice Hoskin is fluent in Mandarin, and travels to China to inspect sleds several times a year. In our long relationship working with Mr. Yu, Brice has been able to closely monitor not just the quality of the product, but also working conditions and the way the workshop is run.
Takes sliding to the next level! Don't just slide down the hill, steer down! Mountain Boggan Slalom is the first fully steerable toboggan. The entire front section pivots for incredible steering power. Wide stance allows for excellent flotation in powder and picks up top speed on hardpack with the hardwood runners. Thick rope attached to the front serves as handhold when you sled lying down or footrest for sit-down sledding. Made of marine-grade, waterproof, molded plywood with stainless steel hardware. Includes extra-long pull rope. Item is factory shipped.
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About Paricon
Paricon, makers of the original Flexible Flyer sled, began making sleds in 1861 with the founding of a family business, Paris Manufacturing, in South Paris Maine, by the great grandfather of current CEO Hank Morton. When Henry Morton started making sleds at home, Henry constructed them by hand and his wife decorated them. Hand-decorated sleds today are much sought after by collectors, but the originals simply ensured each sled would be a child's prized possession.
Today, Hank and his sons, Ted and Tom, are continuing the family tradition in the sled business with Paricon. The sled line has evolved to include a wide assortment of products for winter use such as sleds, snowboards, foam sliders, inflatable tubes, wooden toboggans, and snow toys. Paricon serves customers throughout the U.S. from its distribution center, which remains in South Paris. Paricon's Toddler Boggan 625, is great to tow your little one in down the snow.
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The Hammerhead supports a myriad of cool accessories, including headlights and taillights for riding at night, mirrors for viewing others on the slope, a backrest for comfort, a cargo net, a reflector tape, and whatever else you can dream up. Sledders can buy many of the accessories from CherryMax Sleds--the manufacturer of the Hammerhead--or they can use bike components, which snap easily to the Hammerhead's standard tube size. Perhaps best of all, the Hammerhead weighs less than 10 pounds, so you can almost toss it back up the hill for the next ride. Other details include stunning machine-age styling guaranteed to appeal to modern consumers; a number of safety features, including ergonomic mesh seating designed to absorb the ride; and the ability to customize your sled with different ski rails depending on the snow conditions. The Hammerhead measures 23 by 9 by 51 inches (W x H x D), weighs 9.7 pounds, and carries a one-year warranty.
About Hammerhead Sleds
Hammerhead Sleds was founded in 2002 with the goal of re-creating the excitement evoked by sledding a century ago, when the Flexible Flyer was first marketed. To attract new sledders and re-connect with old ones, the company took the challenge of bringing an ancient technology up to date using new-age materials, manufacturing techniques, and user experiences. After three prototype versions, multiple patent applications, many test hours, and intense industrial design work, the company unveiled the Hammerhead, the company's flagship sled. At home in both the backyard and the ski slope, the Hammerhead looks and performs nothing like the sleds of the past, with attractive and comfortable ergonomic mesh seating, a lightweight aluminum frame, a responsive control system, and custom carving skis. The company's long-range plan is to bring sledding to the forefront of modern winter sports, with such sponsored activities as team riders and events, slope side venues, and sled races. Hammerhead Sleds is based in Vermont.
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