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>>> "COMMON GROUND" IS FUNDED BY
THE MINNESOTA ARTS AND CULTURAL
HERITAGE FUND WITH MONEY FROM
THE VOTE OF THE PEOPLE OF
MINNESOTA ON NOVEMBER 4, 2008.
>>> WELCOME TO "COMMON GROUND".
I'M YOUR HOST ASHLEY HALL.
"COMMON GROUND" CAPTURES THE
CREATIVE PROCESS OF VARIOUS
ARTISTS LIVING THROUGHOUT OUR
REGION.
EACH WEEK WE DELVE INTO THE
VEILED HISTORY OF OUR AREA.
PLUS WE TAKE YOU INSIDE THE
CULTURAL EVENTS THAT PUT THE
NORTH IN NORTH COUNTRY.
ON THIS WEEK'S EPISODE OF
"COMMON GROUND", WE MUSH OVER TO
DEER RIVER TO CHECK OUT THE
WHITE OAK CLASSIC DOG SLED RACE.
ANTIQUE SNOWMOBILE COLLECTORS
SHARE THEIR LOVE OF RESOARING
SNOWMOBILES, IN BREEZY POINT.
PLUS THE SONS OF NORWAY
CELEBRATE SCANDINAVIAN HERITAGE
BY PRESERVING THEIR LANGUAGE,
>>> THIS IS THE WHITE OAK
CLASSIC, ONE OF THE BEST RACES
RUN AROUND.
FOR A LOT OF US THIS IS OUR
FIRST RACE OF THE SEASON.
WE HAVE GOT A LOT OF GOOD TEAMS,
AND VOLUNTEERS ARE GREAT.
AS A MUSHER TO HAVE THE FOUR
WHEELERS HELP, AND WHEN WE GET
TO NORFOLK, I'M DOING 130-MILER.
THEN WE HAVE GOT FOUR WHEELERS
TO HELP US GET OUT, AND SAFETY
IS REALLY GOOD, AND THE
VOLUNTEERS ARE GREAT, AND THE
WAY THEY RUN THE RACE IS JUST
GREAT?
THEY HAVE VOLUNTEERS FROM ALL
OVER THE STATE THAT HAVEN'T
GOTTEN ANY SLEEP.
EVERYONE OF THE DOGS, THEIR
SHOTS WERE CHECKED BEFORE THEY
WERE ALLOWED ON THE COURSE.
SO THEY WERE DEEMED TO BE IN
GOOD HEALTH BEFORE THEY WERE
HITCHED TODAY, AND WE WILL BE
CHECKED AT VARIOUS LOCATIONS
ALONG THE RACE ROUTE.
HIS DOGS ARE FAST.
SMOKING FAST.
WE WISH YOU GOOD LUCK.
>> I HAVE ONLY RACED TWO RACES.
I DID WALKER AND WISCONSIN, AND
MUSHER FROM WISCONSIN CALLED ME
AND SAID DID YOU WANT TO RUN THE
TEAM?
AND IT WAS A BLAST.
IT WAS AN ABSOLUTE BLAST.
I WAS IMMEDIATELY HOOKED.
I NOW HAVE 30 DOG KENNELS, AND
IT'S A HIGHLY ADDICTIVE, VERY
EXPENSIVE HOBBY.
BUT WORTH IT.
THERE'S NOTHING ELSE I WOULD
RATHER BE DOING.
>> GET READY FOR THE BEAR RACE,
THAT'S THE NEXT RACE ON THE
CIRCUITS IN MINNESOTA.
A LOT OF THESE TEAMS WILL BE
RUNNING THE BEAR RACE.
IT IS FROM DULUTH AND LASTS
UNTIL JANUARY.
>>> I'M THE 201 2010 CHAMPION.
I DIDN'T THINK IT WOULD EVER
HAPPEN.
I PUT MYSELF ON A RACE PLAN TO
GO GET THE LEAD.
JUST DEFEND WHOEVER WAS COMING
UP FROM BEHIND ME OFF.
I DON'T KNOW.
I HAD A VERY STRONG TEAM, AND A
VERY FAST TEAM, AND I BROKE
EVERY RECORD THERE WAS.
>> GOOD RUN.
>> THAT'S A LOD.
>> LOT.
>> JUST WATCHING THE DOGS, I
THINK THERE'S JUST NOT INVOLVE
PEOPLE INVOLVED IN IT.
THERE SHOULD BE MORE.
THE DOGS WOULD LOVE IT.
IT'S SO ADDICTIVE.
EVEN THOUGH I HAVE NEVER DONE IT
MYSELF, BUT WASMG THE DOGS AND
HELPING HER.
>> ALL I CAN SAY IS THIS EVENT
IS VERY SPECTATOR FRIENDLY, AND
ONE OF THE BETTER EVENTS AS FAR
AS GOING DOWN AND SEEING THE
MUSHERS, AND TALKING TO THE DOGS
AND ALL OF THAT.
WHEN YOU GET INVOLVED IN SLED
DOG RACING, THE LEARNING CURVE
IS VERY, VERY STEEP.
BUT YOU TALK TO OTHER MUSHERS,
AND PEOPLE ARE GOOD ABOUT
SHARING WHAT WORKS FOR THEM, AND
IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS YOU
HAVE TO GET OUT AND DO IT.
IT'S WELL WORTH DOING.
>>> TODAY WE ARE HAVING WHAT WE
CALL A NORDID SHOWCASE.
WE ARE SHOWING WHAT WE ARE
COMPRISED OF.
LIBRARY LANGUAGE GROUP, SINGING
GROUP ACTUALLY, AND IT'S JUST A
SHOWCASE OF VARIED TALENTS OF
DIFFERENT PEOPLE, AND THE
HERITAGE AND CULTURE OF NORWAY,
DENMARK, ICELAND AND FINLAND
ACTUALLY.
WE HAVE MANY VARIETIES OF FOOD
MADE BY OUR LODGE MEMBERS THAT
HAVE VOLUNTEERED TO MAKE
DIFFERENT THINGS, AND WE HAVE
SUN BUCKLES, BUCKLES.
>> IT'S KIND OF, I WOULD SAY, A
POWER PERSON FOOD.
IT'S VERY BASIC.
NORWAY DIDN'T ALWAYS HAVE
POTATOES, BUT WHEN POTATOES WERE
INTRODUCED, THEN I THINK THAT'S
WHEN THEY STARTED GOING ON A
RECIPE, AND OF COURSE WHEN THEY
CAME OVER HERE TO AMERICA, THEN
THAT WAS KIND OF THE COMMON
THREAD, I THINK, THAT BROUGHT
ALL OF THESE NORWEGIANS
TOGETHER, MAKING OUR DIFFERENT
KINDS, AND THIS HAS A LOT OF
SHADING IN IT.
IT'S EASY TO TEACH THE STUDENTS,
BECAUSE IT HAS RULES AND
REGULATIONS, AND EVERY COLOR HAS
THREE OR FOUR SHADES IN IT.
THIS IS LTS SYMMETRICAL, BUT
IT'S GOT SEVERAL ROUND BRUSHES.
THIS IS ASYMMETRICAL, AND IT HAS
SHADING AND A LOT OF DETAIL IN
IT.
EVERY DISTRICT HAS ITS OWN
STYLE.
THEY STARTED DOING IT BECAUSE IT
WAS DARK, AND DREARY, AND THEY
WANT TO DO BRIGHTEN UP THEIR
COTTAGES, THEIR HOME, AND THEIR
FURNITURE, AND THEY STARTED
TEACHING BRIGHTLY COLORED
DESIGNS.
>> I WROTE THIS BOOK.
THE TITLE OF THE BOOK IS "60
YEARS OF COUNTRY LIVING IN
NORTHERN MINNESOTA", AND IT'S
FOUR CHAPTERS, FISHING AND
TRAPPING, AND THAT'S WHAT I HAVE
BEEN DOING IN THE LAST 62 YEARS
NOW.
YOU CAN LEARN HOW TO CALL A FOX
AND KISS A GIRL AT THE SAME
TIME.
>> FELLOWSHIP WITHIN THE
MEMBERSHIP THAT WE HAVE.
WE HAVE ABOUT 150 MEMBERS.
>> THIS IS IN NORWAY, AND IT'S
USED FOR DRINKING FROM MOSTLY IN
WESTERN NORWAY, AND THEY WOULD
HAVE THEIR OWN BEAR ALONG WHEN
THEY WENT TO WEDDINGS, AND THEY
ALSO USED THEM AT FUNERALS.
AND THIS COMES FROM DENMARK IN
NORWAY, AND IT'S COMMON FOR THE
PAINTER TO WRITE A POEM.
THIS ONE WAS WRITTEN IN
NORWEGIAN, AND THIS ONE SAYS
[SPEAKING A FOREIGN LANGUAGE].
AND KISS THE GIRL BEFORE SHE
GOES TO SLEEP.
THIS IS WHAT THEY CALL A
CARVINGS, AND IT CAME TO NORWAY
WITH CHURCH CARVINGS ABOUT 250
YEARS AGO, AND HERE YOU HAVE --
THIS IS THE ROOF.
IT'S A PLANT THAT GOES UP FROM
THE ROOF.
FROM THIS ROOF, IT GOES THIS
WAY, AND THIS WAY.
THEN THESE ARE KIND OF LIKE
WHERE IT'S GOING TO SHOOT OUT
ANOTHER BUT IT'S KIND OF LIKE A
SPIRAL.
BUT IT'S VERY SIMILAR.
THESE ARE NO LONGER IN
EXISTENCE, AND IT RAN FROM WORLD
WAR I TO WORLD WAR II.
THIS IS ALSO USED AS A FLAT
LINE.
HE DIDN'T WORK TOO OFTEN, AND
ALSO WORE A TUXEDO, AND
NORWEGIANS FELT IF YOU WERE
DRESSED UP, YOU DIDN'T WORK.
SO HE WAS ALWAYS DRESSED UP.
THIS IS WHAT THEY CALLED THE
DRAGON STYLE CARVING, AND HERE
IS KIND OF BEEF, BUT THEY ARE
LIKE DRAGONS, AND YOU CAN SEE
THIS ONE FIGHTING THE OTHER ONE.
THIS WAS FIGHTING THE OTHER ONE,
AND THEY ARE INTERTWINED, BUT
THIS GOES BACK.
I THINK IT'S BEFORE CHRISTIANITY
NORWAY, IT'S REALLY NORWEGIAN.
TRULY NOR WEE NORWEGIAN.
>> WE HOPE THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE
FROM THE COMMUNITY WILL SEE WHAT
THEY ARE WHAT, AND WHAT WE ARE
ABOUT AND WILL WANT TO JOIN WITH
US.
>> 1976, THE ANTIQUE SNOWMOBILE
CLUB OF AMERICA IS FOR THOSE
THAT WANT TO BRING IT BACK TO
LIFE AGAIN.
PEOPLE'S GARAGES, AND SHEDS, AND
IT'S NICE TO KIND OF RECYCLE
THEM AND BRING THEM BACK TO LIFE
AGAIN.
THE ANTIQUE SNOWMOBILE CLUB IS
VERY HELPFUL WITH RESIST RAITION
TIPRESTORATIONTIPS.
THEY ARE JUST GOOD PEOPLE, THEY
ARE A LOT OF FUN.
THERE ARE EVENTS, AND ALWAYS
THROUGH THE SNOW BELT, ANYWAY
YOU WANT TO GO.
THERE'S SOME SORT OF AN EVENT,
TRAIL RIDE, AND GOING ON ALMOST
CONTINUOUSLY.
WHEN I FIRST STARTED GETTING
INTO THIS, MOST OF THE PEOPLE
WOULD JUST TELL YOU TO COME PICK
THEM UP AND GET THEM OUT OF THE
YARDS.
WITH THE POPULARITY OF IT NOW,
WITH EBAY, WITH THE DIFFERENT
ORGANIZATIONS AND DIFFERENT
CLUBS, AND WITH THE VINTAGE
SNOWMOBILE MAGAZINE AND THE CLUB
OF AMERICA.
THERE'S A LOT OF SMALLER GROUPS
THAT STARTED UP, AND THIS HAS
BECOME VERY, VERY POPULAR, AND
OF COURSE IT'S MORE OF A DEMAND
FOR THEM AGAIN.
THEY DON'T MAKE THEM LIKE THIS
ANYMORE.
IT'S PRETTY UNIQUE.
THERE'S A LOT OF JOCKEYS OUT
THERE THAT ARE IN FOR BUYING AND
SELLING FOR THE BUCK.
I ENJOY THE PEOPLE THAT ARE
INVOLVED IN THE HOBBY, TOO.
I MET A LOT OF NICE PEOPLE OVER
THE YEARS.
IN THE COLLECTING OF
SNOWMOBILES, YOU HAVE THE
ANTIQUE SNOWMOBILES AND VINTAGE
SNOWMOBILE.
THEY ALL FIT UNDER THE VINTAGE
SNOWMOBILE.
IN THAT CATEGORY THE ANTIQUE
SNOWMOBILES ARE 1968 AND OLDER.
ALL THE MACHINES UP TO 64 OR 65
WERE MORE OF A WORKHORSE.
THEY WEREN'T THE SUPPORTING
MACHINE YOU HAD.
THEY WERE MORE OF A WORK
MACHINE.
HE WAS THE ONE THAT FIRST CAME
OUT THAT WAS A FUN LITTLE
MACHINE TO RIDE, AND THAT WAS IN
ABOUT 1959.
IT TOOK A FEW MORE YEARS BEFORE
THE OTHER COMPANIES FOLLOWED
SUIT.
CLAIRE CAME OUT WITH THE COMET.
AND MANY OF THE EARLIER MACHINES
RAN FOUR STROKE FOUR CYCLE
ENGINES ON THEM.
THIS TYPE OF A MORTAR WAS
COMMONLY USED IN CAR TRACTORS,
AND WHAT HAPPENED OVER THE
YEARS, PEOPLE STARTED GOING TO
MORE OF THE TWO CYCLE ENGINE
WHERE YOU HAD TO MIX THE GAS AND
OIL TOGETHER.
I GOT INTO ANTIQUE SNOW BOARDS
15, 0 YEARS AGO, AND I STOPPED
AT A GARAGE SALE, AND I SAW THIS
TRAIL MAKER SITTING HERE, AND I
ENDED UP PULLING IT, AND GOING
WHAT IN THE WORLD IS THIS THING?
WHAT ENDED UP HAPPENING I PICKED
UP A HULL AT HOME.
I HAD SO MUCH FUN PUTTING IT
BACK TOGETHER, AND JUST THE
CHALLENGE OF GETTING IT BACK,
AND OPERATING IT ACROSS THE
SNOW.
I WAS DRIVING AND ICE FISHING ON
THE LAKE, AND I HAD SOMEONE COME
BY, AND SHE SAID SHE BOUGHT IT
AT AN ANTIQUE SNOWMOBILE CLUB.
THEY WERE BASED OUT OF IOWA AT
THE TIME.
I GOT INVOLVED WITH THAT, AND I
GOT A LOT OF GOOD HELPFUL HINTS
FOR RESTORING THEM, AND FIXING
THEM ALL UP.
I REALLY STARTED HAVING A LOT OF
FUN WITH THEM.
EVERYBODY HAS SOMETHING
DIFFERENT THAT THEY LIKE TO DO
WHEN IT COMES TO THE ANTIQUE
SHREDS.
SOME PEOPLE LIKE TO RESTORE THE
RACE SLED OR THE ONE GRANDPA AND
GRANDMA HAD ON THE FARM OR WHEN
THEY CAME UP TO THE LAKE CABIN.
I HAVE ALWAYS HAD MORE OF THE
MINNESOTA MADE THING.
A COUPLE DIFFERENT THING IS THE
FACT THAT THIS IS A 1969
SCORPION, AND THE SCORPION WAS
BUILT BY THE HARRISON FAMILY.
THIS IS ABOUT 10 YEARS AFTER
BUILDING SNOWMOBILES, AND SPORP
I DON'T KNOW IS IN CROSBY,
MINNESOTA, AND THIS IS KIND OF
THEIR MACHINE SHE PUT TOGETHER
BEFORE THEY SOLD OUT TO A
CORPORATE COMPANY.
IT WAS ALL PRETTY MUCH MINNESOTA
MADE.
I TRY TO BRING A LITTLE BIT OF
HISTORY INTO EACH OF MY
SNOWMOBILE.
IF YOU LOOK AT THESE MACHINES,
FOR EXAMPLE, THE MACHINE LIKE
THIS ONE HERE, INSTEAD OF IT
BEING A MOTOR SKI, I WANTED IT
TO HAVE A STORY BEHIND IT, TOO.
THIS MODEL HERE, THIS IS A '71
CAPRI, AND WHEN I PICKED THIS
ONE UP, IT HAD THE COVERING AND
EVERYTHING WITH IT.
IT'S ALL ORIGINAL.
BACK IN '71, '72, '73, A
GENTLEMAN BY THE NAME OF BILL
COOPER DID AN EXPEDITION AROUND
THE ARTIC CIRCLE AND HE NEVER
FINISHED IT, BUT OVER THREE
YEARS THEY WERE RIDING MACHINES
LIKE THIS AND WANTED TO GO ALL
THE WAY AROUND THE POLAR ICE
CAP.
BESIDES IT JUST BEING A
SNOWMOBILE, THERE IS A LITTLE
BIT OF A STORY THAT GOES WITH
IT, THEY NEVER HEARD OF THE
TRANSWORLD SNOWMOBILE COMPETENCE
ADDITION, AND IT'S ANOTHER STORY
THAT GOES FROM THE WOMEN-RIVER
AREA.
AS FAR THE MOST FAMOUS, THERE'S
A PLACE OF EXPEDITION, AND THIS
IS CALLED THE LITTLE LADY.
THE LITTLE LADY IS ACTUALLY THE
NICKNAME FOR THE FLOOD THAT WALT
PETERSON DROVE.
HE WAS THE CHAPLIN, AND A
MECHANIC, AND HE HAD TO KEEP
THESE THINGS RUNNING, AND 40
SOME DAYS ON THE POLAR ICE PACK,
THEY TRIED THE FIRST 1967, DID
NOT MAKE IT, CAME BACK AND DID
IT AGAIN IN 1968 AND THEY DID
MAKE IT.
THE STORY OF THAT, WHEN I TAKE
THESE SHREDS TO SNOWMOBILE
SHOWS, THERE'S A STORY THAT GOES
WITH THE SLED.
IT'S AN EVENT, LIKE I SAID I
LOVE MINNESOTA HISTORY, AND
THAT'S A PRETTY IMPORTANT PART
OF IT, THAT WE DON'T WANT TO
FORGET ABOUT.
HE FOUNDED THE PLAYERS COMPANY
IN 1954 1K3 SOLD IT IN 1960 TO
HIS BROTHER ALLEN AND
BROTHER-IN-LAW DAVID JOHNSON.
THE PLAYERS COMPANY WAS IN THEIR
HANDS.
FIRST YEAR IN 1962 IT WAS CALLED
POLAR ENTERPRISES.
POLAR ENTERPRISES, AND POLARIIS
AND CHANGED IT FROM POLAR TO
ARTIC.
THIS WAS HIS EXCITE MOBILE, AND
THIS IS SOMETHING HE HAD IN HIS
GARAGE, AND HE WOULD BUILD
THINGS LIKE THIS, TAKE IT DOWN
UP TO THE FACTORY AND SAY HERE
IS AN IDEA, AND SOME OF THE
IDEAS THEY USE, AND SOME OF THE
IDEAS -- IF YOU LOOK AT
SOMETHING LIKE THIS, THIS IS A
250 SUE SIEWKY MOTORCYCLE
ENGINE, AND HAS AN INDEPENDENT
RIDE IN THE BACK AND ON THE
SEAT.
IT'S VERY UNIQUE, YOU JUST DON'T
SEE SOMETHING LIKE THIS EVERY
DAY.
A LOT OF THESE IDEAS, THE MOTOR
BEING DOWN LOW, THE MOTOR
TECHNOLOGY THAT YAMAHA USES, AND
THE INDEPENDENT RIDE ON THE
SEAT.
THIS IS WHERE YOUR IDEAS COME
FROM.
HOW YOU GET INVOLVED IN THE
SNOWMOBILE BUSINESS.
THERE WERE 191 SNOWMOBILE
COMPANIES THAT GOT STARTED
THROUGHOUT THE YEARS, AND THE
THING STARTED BLOOMING IN THE
60s, AND IT'S A LOT OF
COMPANIES, MASSEY FERGUSON MADE
SNOWMOBILES, AND JOHN DEERE WAS
BIG INTO IT FOR MANY YEARS, AND
ACTUALLY JOHN DEERE GOT INTO THE
CROSS COUNTRY RACING, AND
ACTUALLY WAS BASED OUT OF BREEZY
POINT, MINNESOTA, AND THEY GOT
UP IN THE MORNING, HAD
BREAKFAST, AND RAN 150 MILES A
DAY, AND COME BACK IN, AND TEAR
THE MACHINES DOWN.
GO THROUGH DID YO STUFF.
TOUGH REGIMENTS THEY HAD TO GO
THROUGH EACH DAY IN THE FALL.
EARLY WINTER UP UNTIL THE CROSS
COUNTRY RACING SEASON STARTED.
>> WE USUALLY GET TOGETHER ONCE
A WEEK OR SO.
SOME PEOPLE HAVE KNITTING
PARTIES, AND WE LIKE TO GET
TOGETHER.
TAKING OFF ON THE FIRST RIDE, GO
GETTING THEM GOING, AND IT CAN
BE FRUSTRATING AT TIMES, AND
*** THE RELIGION, BUT BEFORE
I RESTORE ANY MACHINES, WE
USUALLY GO THROUGH THEM
MECHANICALLY AND GET THEM GOING,
AND GET EVERYTHING WORKING AND
MAKE SURE EVERYTHING IS RIGHT.
I MIGHT RUN THEM A YEAR OR TWO.
WHEN I GET TIME, I WILL REPAINT
THEM AGAIN.
>> MY DAD BOUGHT THE FIRST ART
CAT PANTHER IN 1976, AND JUST
GREW UP WITH IT OVER THE YEARS.
I JOINED ABOUT THREE YEARS AGO,
AND JUST THROUGH THE ASSOCIATION
WITH DAVE AND SOME OF THE OTHER
CLUB MEMBERS GOT INTO THIS WHOLE
ANTIQUE THING.
THEY ARE SIMPLE TO WORK ON, AND
YOU DON'T NEED A LOT OF TOOLS OR
KNOWLEDGE.
THE NEW MACHINES GOT FUEL
INJECTION AND WHAT NOT.
YOU HAVE GOT BATTERIES AND
COMPUTERS.
YOU HAVE GOT GAS AND SPARK, THEY
SHOULD RUN.
I HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN IT FOR
ABOUT THREE YEARS NOW, AND IT'S
KIND OF AN ADDICTING THING.
ONCE YOU GET INVOLVED IN IT, YOU
ARE INVOLVED.
ONE OF THE NEAT THINGS ABOUT IT
IS WHEN WE HAVE OUR RENDEZVOUS
IN A WEEK OR SO HERE, WHEN YOU
SEE 100 PLUS OF THESE OLD
MACHINES GOING DOWN A TRAIL AT
THE SAME TIME, IT'S A NEAT
EXPERIENCE.
>> IS THIS THE 17th ANNUAL?
>> SEVENTEENTH ANNUAL LAKES
TRAIL RIDE.
IT ALWAYS TAKES PLACE AT A
FRIDAY.
WE LEAVE 1:00 SHARP.
ABOUT AN 8-MILE ROUND TRIP
MAYBE?
>> RIDE TO THE LOCAL SUPPER
CLUB, AND THE LOCAL CLUB
SPONSORS FREE LUNCH.
>> AT TIMBER JACK.
>> AND FROM THERE, WE WILL RIGHT
BACK INTO THE LAKE HERE, AND WE
HAVE A BONFIRE ABOUT A MILE
NORTH OF TOWN, AND AS FAR AS FUN
FOR FRIDAY, AND TOMORROW WE HAVE
RACES WITH THESE TOLD SLEDS, AND
THE RACE, OBSTACLE COURSE, AND
THE DRAG RACE, AND FOR
EVERYBODY, NO MATTER WHAT KIND
OF FRIEND YOU HAVE GOT, IT ALL
GETS PUMPED IN THE COMPUTER AND
COMES OUT WITH A FORMULA, AND
EVERYONE IS COMPETITIVE WITH
EVERYONE ELSE.
>> IT GENERATES A THE LO OF
PEOPLE.
I THINK LAST YEAR WE HAD OVER
100 SLEDS ON THE TRAIL.
>> AND WE ARE FIGHTING THE
WEATHER THIS YEAR.
WE WILL STILL HAVE I IMAGINE 56
SLEDS.
>> IT'S FUN.
>> THIS IS PROBABLY THE BIGGEST
ANTIQUE SNOWMOBILE RENDEZVOUS
AND RACE IN THE UNITED STATES,
PARTICULARLY FOR OLDER SLEDS,
AND FOR COMPETITION, YOU HAVE TO
BE 58 OR OLDER.
WE HAVE EVERYTHING FROM EARLY
'60s.
>> AND YOU HAVE A 1960 IS THE
STORM TRAVELER OVER THERE.
>> MADE RIGHT HERE IN MINNESOTA.
EARLY '60s STUFF MADE RIGHT
HERE IN MINNESOTA.
LARSON FALCON MADE BY LARSON
BOATS.
MADE IN MINNESOTA AGAIN.
SO WE HAVE GOT SU SUZUKIS, AND 0
DIFFERENT MANUFACTURERS THAT
WILL BE ATTENDING HERE TODAY.
IT'S KIND OF LIKE GOING BACK IN
THE OLD DAYS OF SNOWMOBILE,
BECAUSE THEY ARE RIDING THE
SLEDS FROM THE PERIOD.
IT'S JUST KIND OF A BLAST FROM
THE PAST, AND GOING BACK 40, 50
YEARS AND WE ARE REARE LIVING
THE WAY IT USED TO BE.
>> THE COMMUNITY HAS BEEN VERY,
VERY GENEROUS ABOUT HELPING US
OUT WITH THIS SHOW, AND OUR
TROPHIES ARE PAID FOR, AND
PEOPLE HAVE TO SPEND ENOUGH
MONEY IN GAS AND HOTEL
ACCOMMODATIONS WHEN THEY COME
INTO TOWN, AND WE DON'T WANT TO
MAKE IT MORE EXPENSIVE THAN IT
HAS TO BE.
BASICALLY WE GET TOGETHER AND
HAVE A GOOD TIME.
GO TO OUR WEBSITE, AND THERE'S A
LOT OF DIFFERENT PEOPLE OUT
THERE THROUGHOUT THE UNITED
STATES, CANADA, AND WE HAVE
MEMBERS OVER IN EUROPE, AND NOW
RUSSIA, IT'S JUST FUN.
THE PEOPLE ARE FUN, EVENTS ARE
FUN.
WE STILL RIDE OUR NEW KNOW
SNOWMOBILES, TOO.
YOU APPRECIATE A LOT MORE.
THEY ARE UNIQUE, AND IT'S A PART
OF THE HISTORY OF MINNESOTA WITH
THE MACHINES THAT WE HAVE, IT'S
ALL PRETTY MUCH A MINNESOTA TYPE
OF A CONNECTION.
THE ANTIQUE CLUB IS A BIG PART
OF THAT, AND THAT'S HOW I GOT
STARTED WITH THE CLUB, AND I MET
A LOT OF GOOD PEOPLE THROUGH THE
YEARS, AND AS MY GOOD FRIEND
WOULD SAY, PEOPLE ARE ALL GOOD,
>>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
JOINING US.
WE HOPE YOU ENJOYED THE SHOW,
AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING
YOU NEXT WEEK RIGHT HERE ON
"COMMON GROUND".
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