"No more tough sledding"
(Jim Pendleton), Bodysled inventor says.
BodySled
"No more tough sledding"
(Jim Pendleton), Bodysled
inventor says.
The Body
Sled, which allows the with sledder to
become one with the sled.
I've never been hurt doing it. You feel like you're flying. You have
the sensation of speed, but it's completely safe.''
A word
of explanation:
A Bodysled consists of five bright, molded pieces that strap over
your arms, chest and thighs.
Each piece has its own metal runners. Once on, the wearer can
take off down a hill with a leap and a bound.
Benefits are obvious. You can turn on a dime simply by bending your arms
There's no fear of letting your sled run away from you.
Want to
stop? Move the points of your hands
together and snowplow. You can even ride a chair lift while wearing
your
Bodysled. If you don't mind the stares, that is. How well I remember
those swell childhood sledding adventures
I enjoyed with my best buddy, Randy Cloward. Like reckless fools
we zoomed down steep, rock-strewn
Rebecca Street on creaky wooden sleds. The things were fast, but as
unpredictable as intemperate bucking broncs.
Every now and then we'd hit a boulder and tumble off. The sleds,
however, would continue
down the hill like unguided missiles, randomly knocking over small
children.
Pendleton
came up with this 20 years ago,
while sledding one moonlit night at Manito Park.
After nearly crashing his nephew's Flexible Flyer into a tree,
he began to think of ways to improve the lowly sled." It wasn't
long before the Bodysled was born.
Will the Bodysled be
the sport of the future?
"People need to see this as an alternative to skiing and snowboarding,''
says sledding's answer to Edison. "It's the next best thing
to come along.''
