Hello everyone, I have had quite the weekend of travel and am almost all the way home. I have been in Moscow for a few days to do a small demo, and have spent a lot of time in my hotel room sleeping. Yes I know, I fly all the way around the world to hang out in my room. Cathedrals and museums are everywhere in a city that has tremendous history, but in my defense I had a rough time getting over here and felt exhausted.
The crowds came out in warmer weather than expected. Last year we were here it was full on winter, and this time there were no funny furry tank driver hats, but they were still drinking lots of vodka! It’s really fun to do these shows in Russia towards the end of the season. After all my practicing and touring around the USA and Canada, it’s refreshing to still see excited and happy faces. We did two shows that went off well, but there was some trouble on the horizon brewing, literally.
As anyone who hasn’t had their head in a hole knows by now, Iceland had a major volcanic eruption this weekend, and the resulting ash cloud has put a serious dent in European travelers plans, myself included. There are worse things than being stranded in Europe, but hanging out in airports gets old after awhile. Regardless of how frustrated I was, I knew there were thousands of other people trying to get home as well, so I relaxed and had a beer.
I would also like to thank everyone who asked questions on Facebook. I have copied and pasted the answers below.
What mods do you guys do to your sleds so they are ready for freestyle?
I usually put a skidoo mod engine kit on my sled. I also put on a freestyle seat, Fly mini-moto bend handlebars and a Fly 3 inch handlebar riser.
How hard was it to become what you are today? And what are some of the things you did to get where you are?
It was a lot of work there were a lot of years were I had a lot of fun but there was no money and it was very hard for me to pay my bills. I practiced and I love what I do so i just kept working hard and keeping my eyes on the main goal.. winning Winter X games.
How did you start sledstyle and how often do you hurt yourself doing it?
I started because I wanted to be a freestyle motocrosser but I couldn’t make the cut when I was younger. I have been hurt a bunch I broke my left leg tibia and fibula three times. My left ankle three times, dislocated my right elbow and shoulder, broke my jaw, broke my right heal, broke my back, collapsed my lung, and broke three ribs.
What is it like the very first time you hit the ramp? What should I start first, freestyle fmx or snowmobile?
I was really scared to hit the ramp the first time because there had only been three other people in front of me and they all crashed… I started on my bike doing tricks, it was easier to find jumps than ramps at first.
Are you filming for Slednecks 13?
We filmed some in Idaho for X Games and are going to be working more this season on my segment.
There is no better way to end the decade than showcasing a Red Bull Sledstyle event in downtown Boston. An electric day surly blew the SOX off the spectators! Heath Frisby once again proved he is the most innovative athlete in the sport of Sledstyle showcasing tricks never executed and completed on snowmobiles before. His partners in crime Issac Sherbine and Willie Elam helped hold the bar high putting on a amazing performance. Big thanks to Red Bull and the City of Boston as well as everyone behind the scenes for another spectacular event!
Stay tuned for a full recap with more photos and video in the days to come. In the meantime, have a happy and safe New Year! Thank you for your support.
Cheers, SCS and the Crew!
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For the 110th time the Oregon State Beavers took on the Oregon Ducks. As Reser Stadium filled to its 55,000 fan capacity RedBull/SCS Sledstyle was there to put on a show. With the help of CAT, Peterson Machinery Co. and Parts Unlimited and 12 semi-truck loads of snow, Heath Frisby, Kourtney Hungerford and Ryan Britt came out for the first event of the season looking like seasoned veterans.
Shortly after the three riders amazed fans for a pre-game demo, Frisby led the Beavers onto the field, escaping injury after a close call with the pyrotechnics display. The Beavers had the lead after the first half and SCS fired up the sleds for the second show. Under a downpour of rain Frisby, Kourt, and Britt didn’t miss a beat. Fans were packed in on the ground level and above on the fourth level balconies trying to get a piece of the action. The fans were amazing!
As the two teams took the field for the second half, SCS tuned up the course with the CAT equipment provided by our friends at Peterson Machinery Co. for the post-game show. Battling back the Ducks scored with three minutes left in the game, taking the lead 28-27 after a gutsy 2-point conversion. The Beavers answered right back with a field goal securing the game 30-28. Fired up fans marched out of the stadium to the Red Bull/SCS Sledstyle venue to watch the riders jump in the rain for a third time! On a course that was melting away the three riders fed off the crowds´ intensity giving the fans the best show of the day!
SCS would like to thank all of the people involved that help make this vision a reality. OSU being so open to creative ideas along with Red Bull, CAT, Peterson Machinery Co. and Parts Unlimited for believing in a group of riders that just want to make history one event at a time!!!! It´s winter and it´s time to keep raising the bar! Stay tuned.
Thousands stand quiet waiting patiently in Whitefish, Montana accompanied by thirty degree weather and a light snow fall. The sun shines down on two, seventy foot kicker ramps that look as if they aim to shoot something straight to the heavens above. As a two-stroke engine on an Ski Doo 440 comes to life the crowd goes wild in anticipation of one the most extreme stunts about to be performed throughout the world. Immediately after Heath Frisby sparks up his snowmobile which is known to all snow junkies as a “Sled”, he propels himself around the closed off street to further gather the attention of the eager crowd. Once he has everyone’s attention, he lines himself up to the seventy foot kicker and proceeds to hold the throttle wide open catapulting his sled thirty feet into the air and lands flawlessly on a mound of snow setup as a landing. The crowd ignites with claps, whistles and cheers, however they have no idea what awaits them.
The urban assaults have continued and again SCS and Red Bull killed it!! The crime scene was Seattle’s Qwest Field. The assassins; Justin Hoyer, Kourtney Hungerford, Heath Frisby, Chris Burandt and the Seattle Seahawks. It was the perfect crime and it just made sense to have the Seahawks who are number one in their division and SCS’s riders who are the best in world, blow up downtown Seattle. Most people would say there is no way you can have a full out freestyle snowmobile demo in the concrete jungle of Qwest fields north plaza but when you bring in the best such as CAT equipment, 12 truck loads of snow and SCS’s vision you will soon be able to witness a ground breaking event. As 67,000 of the most hard core NFL fans walked up to the entrance of quest field they were stopped dead in their tracks by Frisby, Hungerford, Burandt and Hoyer ruling it off of a 65 foot super kicker. This was just a tease though.
After the Seahawks destroyed the 49ers is when it really went down. Under the lights and with Seattle’s lit up skyscrapers as a backdrop it was time for the riders to destroy on their own terms, and they did. Frisby took it to new levels. Burandt was solid as always, Hungerford with a shoulder that does not like to stay in socket ignored it and stepped up huge and Hoyer….. Wow, are you kidding me. Not only on a brand new sled out of the box, but a completely different manufacturer then what he has ridden before hit the ramp just a half dozen times before he was upside down over concrete sticking back flips. Everyone that was there were eyewitnesses to SCS slam-dunking another marquee event that will not be forgotten As an og of this sport I have been blessed with many cool things. Growing up in Jackson I rode with a group of friends that was like a tight family, I’m stoked that I was apart of the beginning movement with SledNecks that helped change snowmobiling and I am super stoked to now be apart of another tight family that is planning, designing, and building ground breaking events that will enable riders to blow it up even more. SCS is about the riders; it is good to be back.
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- Faron & Aleta: Wow! Sure enjoyed the pics-we got a photo of “Hot Rod” flying off THE jump last years...
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- stephen Prodaehl: hey there man, this is stephen im not sure if you remeber me or not i went to one of your shows...
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