Exceptional Snowmobiling: Ride - Technology - Racing

by Scott Sumner

In our lives there are certain activities that we get involved with and enjoy
so much they become part of our lifestyle forever. For me one of those at
the forefront has been snowmobiling. It all started as a young 11 year old
boy growing up in a small mining town in Northwestern Ontario, Canada.
My father and I were out on an ice fishing trip in the winter of 1969 and
all of a sudden a bright yellow machine came towards us as we made our
way into the lake. The man on the snow machine, as they were called in
those days, was someone my dad knew from the mine where he worked as
a mining engineer. His name was Carson Hoy and he was trapper out on
his line with his brand new 1968 Ski Doo Olympic 16 HP. Carson looked
at my wide open eyes and asked me if I wanted a ride. I hopped on the
sled as fast as I could and that was the beginning of my lifetime interest in
the sport of snowmobiling!
Now over 40 years later I am still riding sleds in all parts of North
America, visiting snowmobile factories and seeing races with today’s best
snocross pilots on the planet. It has been a fun journey and one I don’t see
ending anytime soon. My interest in the sport has lead me to become a
snowmobile magazine publisher, snowmobile web site developer and
producer of snowmobile trade shows. My next project has been writing
this book, Exceptional Riding, Technology & Racing.
Inside you will read about snowmobiling around North America including,
NW Ontario, Minnesota, West Yellowstone Park, Montana, Lake
Chelan, Washington, Revelstoke, British Columbia, Whitecourt, Alberta
and Lac St Jean, Quebec. You will find out about my visits to the Arctic
Cat Factory, Thief River Falls,MN the Polaris Factory in Roseau, MN as
well as the Ski Doo Factory in Valcourt, Quebec. You will meet some of
the sports leading race figures like Captain Kirk Hibbert an icon in the
sport, his son Tucker Hibbert todays leading racer, Blair Morgan the sports
winningness rider of all times ,leaping Levi LaVallee who recetly tried a
double back flip at the Winter X Games and many others.
My goal is to give you an interesting insight into the sport from someone
who has enjoyed all that is has to offer. I hope you will enjoy reading
it as much as I did writing Exceptional Riding,
Technology & Racing.
www.scottsumner.com

136 pages, Kindle Edition

Published October 25, 2026

About the author

Scott B. Sumner is Research Fellow at the Independent Institute, the Director of the Program on Monetary Policy at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University and an economist who teaches at Bentley University in Waltham, Massachusetts. His economics blog, The Money Illusion, popularized the idea of nominal GDP targeting, which says that the Fed should target nominal GDP.