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A toboggan is a simple sled traditionally used by children. It is also a traditional form of transport used by the Innu and Cree of northern Canada. Illustration of a toboggan. In modern times, it is used on snow to carry one or more people (often children) down a hill or other slope for recreation.
A toboggan is a type of sled. Toboggan may also refer to: Knit cap, called a "toboggan" in some regional dialects of the United States; Toboggan (BMX trick) Toboggan (Lakemont Park), a roller coaster; Toboggan Handicap, a thoroughbred horse race; Toboggan (horse), a thoroughbred race horse; Water slide, called a "toboggan" in some languages
Sledding in Yyteri, Finland. Children sledding in a park, 18 secs video. Sledding, sledging or sleighing is a winter sport typically carried out in a prone or seated position on a vehicle generically known as a sled (North American), a sledge (British), or a sleigh.
According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the etymology is uncertain, but probably derives from the slang term "bean", meaning "head".In New Zealand and Australia, the term "beanie" is normally applied to a knit cap known as a toque in Canada and parts of the US, but also may apply to the kind of skull cap historically worn by surf lifesavers [1] and still worn during surf sports. [2]
Inflatable sled or tube, a plastic membrane filled with air to make a very lightweight sled, like an inner tube; Foam slider, a flat piece of durable foam with handles and a smooth underside; Backcountry sled, a deep, steerable plastic sled to kneel on with pads and a seat belt; Airboard, a snow bodyboard, i.e. an inflatable single-person sled [15]
A luge (/ l uː ʒ /) is a small one- or two-person sled on which one sleds supine (face-up) and feet-first. A luger begins seated, propelling themselves initially from handles on either side of the start ramp, then steers by using the calf muscles to flex the sled's runners or by exerting opposite shoulder pressure to the pod.
The U.S. National Toboggan Championships is the only organized wooden toboggan race in the country and possibly the world. The toboggan chute is located in Camden, Maine, at the Camden Snow Bowl, a community-owned year-round recreation area which has developed thousands of dedicated skiers since 1936. All race revenue goes to off-setting the ...
The first form of summer toboggan was the alpine slide, which started in its present form in the 1970s. Josef Wiegand had envisioned the idea of creating a roller coaster ride for ski resorts that would take advantage of the topography of the land, rather than building a structure to create the elevation changes that traditional roller coasters required.