looks to be a *dupeof=http://videosift.com/video/Incredible-Snowmobiling-Accident

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I want an asphalt-ready snowmobile!?? WTF?!!

...thought they only worked on snow w/henchmen with machine guns-

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In the LiveLeak comments for this, autowolf says:

sleds tend to have lower top speed numbers compared to say sports bikes etc because spinning that track requires an incredible amount of effort. That snowmobile might be making 300 or so hp but its top speed probably wont be much over 130. The thing is it will get to 120 in about five seconds. A really built out race sled will have a power to weight ratio similar to a formula 1 car. most stock snowmobiles will have one equal to about half that of a formula one car. an average weight sled with a 150 or so hp engine will be sitting at around 500 HP per ton

nobody calls them snowmobiles in Alaska

Snowmachine is the one that makes snow..snowmobile is the one that rides on snow

Looks like a snowmobile to me.

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http://www.denverpost.com/sports/ci_22495095/first-ever-x-games-death-caleb-moore-prompts

Also a snowmobile accident.

@kymbos @Fletch @pavel_one

Jackson Strong is an extreme Motocross rider, and a dam good one but he is not a rider of sleds.
Within a week after winning gold in LA, he decided he would try his luck at XGames Aspen. He went out and bought himself a snowmobile just for the event, flew to Minnesota and trained for four hours before arriving to compete. His plan was to pull the same trick he did on his motocross, (called the Jack), only this time on the sled to see if he could pull another gold metal win without even putting in the time to properly train.

Watch this report which happened live at the event: http://videosift.com/video/Jackson-Strong-Crashes-on-his-first-run

"Jackson Strong is great at doing tricks in motocross, but his snowmobile skills need work. Strong only had four hours of experience on a sled, but decided to enter the best trick competition at the Winter X Games anyways. What happened next really needs to be seen to be believed.
I really think that Strong should have thought more about doing this. He is lucky someone did not get seriously hurt because of this stunt. Luckily everyone was paying attention and they were able to bail out of the way before the sled could have done a lot of damage."

Read more at http://www.rantsports.com/clubhouse/2013/01/27/jackson-strong-loses-control-of-snowmobile-at-winter-x-games-flies-into-crowd/?mj3tq62shIAM42mJ.99

There is no way he qualified for an X-Games event with only four hours on a snowmobile. Possible he only had four hours on this particular snowmobile, but I think the report you saw had bad info or just wasn't very clearly stating what info they did have.

So there's a good way to do a runaway snowmobile after a trick jump?