Are You Among the In In Crowd?

Nice editing…you never see a Ski-Doo crash. The quality of this video is excellent…did someone restore the film?

The disco footage looks a lot like the post-WOBLE party in sandberg’s basement.

I’m still using that dance step!! Is that wrong or am I cool?

Great video, thanks for sharing!

This video is so funny on so many levels. Wow. How did those guys not break their legs!? They apparently had not invented carbides yet. I plan on studying this video all summer so that I can be more “IN” come next wINter. Thanks for posting this!

Hmmm, where did I ever see people drinking out of the trophy before?

Yes this vid is a true gem.

I love how Ave’s Ski-Doo is a full-mod, and the rest are stock. No wonder he’s lapping people about 40 seconds into the race.

I love how the one dude on the white sled (not a Polaris, maybe a Yamaha???) crashes on at least two separate occasions. I am that rider.

I’m also struck by the whole party scene. Are those really snowmobilers? I’ve been to a lot of post-race parties over the years, but I’ve never seen people dressed up (except for year-end banquets, and even then “dressed up” usually just means clean jeans). And for sure I’ve NEVER seen a room full sledders dancing. So I wonder if that was a stunt they pulled in order to make the movie?

Kinda fires me up for the 50th though. I’m going to dance the whole weekend, using moves I see in this video as well as some sweet break-dancing stunts. Someone bring the cardboard!

Remember this is the 60s…farmers and hippies worn jeans, not sophisticated French Canadians. I have another Ski-Doo video around from the same era, and there’s a post-ride, disco thing going on in that one, too. I think they were trying to appeal to an upper-scale demographic, while Cat and Polaris were selling out of implement dealers. Has that changed much? I think Cat still has more dealers in smaller markets than SD and Polaris.

So you guys liked the party scene eh! Now you know why I like to snowmobile in Quebec 🙂

I’m confused, was the party before or after the race?

Great vid John, pretty…uhh…hip!

Please go easy on the dance moves at the 50th. I don’t want to have to explain “what is wrong with that guy” to Cari Deerest, LOL!

See you at the big party in July! Hopefully neither of us lock up a motor this time:>)

-Rainville

I will have to agree with Mr. Jennings that “It’s the sport that put some teeth into winter activity!” As Train stated, the traction-products-are-for-sissies attitudes displayed seem like a recipe for disaster, but definitely add a fun unpredictability factor.

I’ll also second Pluedy’s theory about Canadians and their celebration practices. I believe they can still be seen drinking out of “Lord Stanley’s Cup” after winning a hockey championship? Just thinking out loud.

Thanks for posting!