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On Snow Magazine Dec 2011

Page 60

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fact it wasnʼt until 1994 and the Ski-Doo Summit series, did a manufacturer pay specific attention to riders who called the deep powder and steep inclines of the Rocky Mountains home. Those early Summit models, along with mountain entries from Polaris, Arctic Cat, and Yamaha changed the dimensions of snowmobiling. Tracks grew longer and taller, ski stances narrowed, lugs were deeper, and chassis and ergonomics became narrowed and more sculpted.

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THERE WAS A TIME IN THE NOT SO DISTANT PAST, WHEN A SNOWMOBILE WITH A TRACK STRETCHED BEYOND 136-INCHES WAS CONSIDERED BOTH LONG AND SLIGHTLY INSANE.

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