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Subscribe to RSSParticipants jump with their sled during the traditional Schnablerrennen sledge race in a valley near the Bavarian village of Gaissach, Germany, on Jan. 27. More than 70 teams took part in the event.
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Participants compete during a comic tobogganing competition, dedicated to the upcoming All Fools' Day and the end of a winter sports season, at the Vetluzhanka ski stadium in the suburbs of Krasnoyarsk, Russia, March 31. More than 70 participants competed using basins, baths, and refrigerators as sleds according to organizers.
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A child pulls his toboggan sled in a ski resort near Kolasin, Montenegro, on Feb. 12.
A boy and his sled cross the slopes in Montenegro
I like the simple shapes and texture in this photograph.
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Sled dogs rest after returning from a tour run by Outdoor Adventures in the Soo Valley north of Whistler, British Columbia, Canada, on Monday, Jan. 31, 2011. An organization that fights animal abuse is calling the slaughter of 100 sled dogs by an outdoor adventure company in British Columbia a bloodbath and police are investigating.
100 sled dogs in Canada killed after business slows
Vancouver radio station CKNW radio is reporting that the company expected more sledding business in an anticipated post-Olympics tourism boom. But the boom never materialized and the sled dogs were killed last April.
Read the AP story here and the CBC News story here
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Participants of a horn sled race wear viking costumes as they speed down a hill on January 6, 2011 in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany.
Extreme Viking sledding in Germany
The expressions on these guys are priceless. Traditionally, "horn sleds" were used by farmers to transport hay and wood, but now the large sleds are used in what can only be described as an annual extreme down-hill sledding competition.