Many active winter sports have a long learning curve. Sledding isn't one of them. To enjoy sledding, you simply get yourself to the top of a snow-covered slope, then sit, belly flop or kneel on your ...

home town to let her kids go sledding. McDonagh, originally from Wilkes-Barre, and her husband brought their two children and two friends from snowless Wall, N.J., to sled at the Kirby Park levee ...

Ramping up the speed and maneuverability of sleds also means ramping up the opportunity to have something go wrong. Like anything else, sledding safely requires the right gear and a dose of common ...

Several mornings in the last couple of weeks, as I was driving to the hospital, I found myself wishing that I had my old wooden toboggan sled. As a child, I also had the more traditional, steerable ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." When the temperatures go down, we all tend to hibernate inside. But there are plenty of fun winter ...

A Flexible Flyer sled from 1936 from the permanent collection of The Childrens Museum of Indianapolis. In the late 19th century Samuel Leeds Allen took the age-old concept of the sled and improved on ...

BEIJING, China — During bobsled events at the Winter Olympics, a pilot is in charge of controlling the sled while it shoots down an ice track at speeds of more than 90 miles per hour. RELATED: Which ...

You can still get outside in the wintertime and have fun no matter how chilly it gets: Sled season is here. Whether you’re picking up a sled for your kids or you’re just a kid at heart, there are lots ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. AUBURN — More than 40 runner sled aficionados participated in the first ...

In the luge, athletes speed downhill face-up, feet-first on an icy track, riding a fiberglass sled. The sled rides on two sharp-bottomed blades known as runners, the only part of the sled that makes ...