The BEST of Sled Heads: The First Five Years
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Start: 07:00 AM, Wed, Feb 03, 2010
Deadline: 12:59 AM, Thu, Mar 04, 2010
Status:
Online voting has ended!
8-10 riders will be featured so VOTE now (limited to one vote per IP address). There will be one past Be Extreme and one past Miss Extreme representative.
Contest sponsors include:
Celebrity Judges:
Thomas Opre
Chris Brown
A regular rider in the Slednecks film even producing two installments of the classic extreme snowmobile film series. He resides in Whistler, British Columbia.
He was featured in Sled Heads 3
He was featured in Sled Heads 3
Chris Burandt (Essay)
Some say he is the best all around snowmobiler in the world. Chris has won gold at the X Games and pulled off major wins at various freestyle events including the Red Bull series. Currently, he runs Burandt's Backcountry Adventures out of him home town of Kremmling, CO.
Brett Turcotte (Essay)
Brett is a medalist at Winter X and is a professional snowcrosser. You can finding him flying big for the cameras on several sled flicks including Slednecks. He resides in Clearwater, BC.
He was featured in Sled Heads 4
He was featured in Sled Heads 4
Cody Borchers
Cody is a tall, lanky rider who knows how to pull off some major backcountry freestyle moves. Currently his riding for the Monster Energy/Slednecks Invasion Tour throughout North America. He resides in Alberta.
Featured in Sled Heads 4.
Featured in Sled Heads 4.
Rob Alford
Rob is a staple in major POW scenes in several sled flicks each season. Living and working out of his McKenzie Mountain B&B in Revelstoke, BC he gets to ride some of the sickest terrain in the world.
Rob was featured in Sled Heads 2.
Rob was featured in Sled Heads 2.
Ryan Nelson
Ryan is a true master of serious POW riding. You can find his hardcore riding in all the Boondockers films. He resides in Utah.
Ryan was featured in Sled Heads 5.
Ryan was featured in Sled Heads 5.
Geoff Kyle
Probably one of the best POW - big drop guys around, Geoff has been on the Slednecks team for many years. Geoff lives in Whistler and hits the best snow right in his backyard.
Geoff was featured in Sled Heads 5.
Geoff was featured in Sled Heads 5.
Trenis Baer
Trenis likes to go big as in ripping up huge avy chutes. Last season he powered up the mountain in a propane powered turbo Yamaha 4 stroke. He has survived more than his share of crashes, though he is known for his harrowing avy escape in Thunderstruck 1.
Trenis was featured in Sled Heads 5.
Trenis was featured in Sled Heads 5.
Rene St. Onge
Rene was our very first Be Extreme Contest winner. A wild rider with incredible skills he now makes a living out of his lodge in Sicamous, BC riding with friends all season long.
Rene was featured in Sled Heads 1.
Rene was featured in Sled Heads 1.
Bret Rassmussen
Brett is one of those who pushed the industry into serious boondocking with the advent of turbo powered mountain sleds. He is known for real technical riding and make a sled do things you don't even dream about.
Brett was featured in Sled Heads 5.
Brett was featured in Sled Heads 5.
Ross Mercer
Ross has done it all. A Red Bull athlete he has broken the snowmobile world distance jump record twice and attempted a double back flip. My shoot with him occurred at Haines Pass where we experienced blizzards that almost blew our trailer over, yet we had 3 days of incredible blue bird and NO other riders.
Ross was featured in Sled Heads 4.
Ross was featured in Sled Heads 4.
Dan Adams
Dan is the original Sledneck -- the first one. A native of the Jackson Hole, WY area he was behind much of the first backcountry freestyle scene. Today he still hits it hard riding for a variety sled films and is a Slednecks team member.
Dan was featured in Sled Heads 2.
Dan was featured in Sled Heads 2.
Steve Martin
Steve came to my attention at a Ski Doo film shoot. We decided to meet later that winter for a segment. Unknown to us was that he would walk away with the overall points snowcross championship that winter. Our shoot in the Unitas Mountains was incredible with many insane images being captured. He has been featured for several years in the Sledneck films.
Steve was features in Sled Heads 1.
Steve was features in Sled Heads 1.
Jimmy Blaze Fejes
Blaze is one of the first to backflip a sled and the first to do it on a 4 stroke. A regular on the Crusty Demons Dirt Tour Down Under he has since started his own sled show tour business. He also owns Pro Helmet with the Landry twins of Turnagain Hardcore fame. You'll even find Jimmy out hunting for our TV show Primal Adventures™ on Versus.
Jimmy was featured in Sled Heads 1.
Jimmy was featured in Sled Heads 1.
Emilie Moreshead
Emilie is one tough gal. She builds her own sleds and does everything from serious POW to technical to backcountry freestyle. She is better than most male riders! Emilie resides in Washington.
Emilie was featured in Sled Heads 5.
Emilie was featured in Sled Heads 5.
Randy Swenson
Randy is known as the guy who started the big 4 stroke turbo revolution in snowmobile hillclimbing. He has climbed chutes that may never be climbed by another sledder. All around incredible backcountry snowmachiner he resides in southern British Columbia working for Yamaha.
Randy was featured in Sled Heads 4.
Randy was featured in Sled Heads 4.
Jared Sessions
Jarod is a true technical rider who spends his winter months testing new product for Boondockers Performance.
Jarod was featured in Sled Heads 4.
Jarod was featured in Sled Heads 4.
Kristy Martin
Miss Extreme Contest winner in Sled Heads 4 hailing from Colorado.
Paul Thacker
Paul is another Monster/Slednecks sponsored snowmachiner who currently owns the world sled distance jump at over 300 feet!
Paul resides in Alaska.
Paul resides in Alaska.
Dan Davidoff
Dan is known for attempting some real crazy avy chutes in BC. He has been voted twice to the honor of top sledder Xtremey Award.
Dan lives in Castlegar, BC and guides sled tours.
Dan lives in Castlegar, BC and guides sled tours.
Amber Holt
Amber was our Miss Extreme Contest winner in Sled Heads 3.
She lives in Idaho.
She lives in Idaho.
Donnie Book
Donnie was the Be Extreme Contest winner in Sled Heads 3.
He lives in Colorado.
He lives in Colorado.
Sarah Whipple
Sarah was out first Miss Extreme Contest winner in Sled Heads 1.
She live in Idaho.
She live in Idaho.
Shawn Hastings
Shawn, a past winner of the Xtremey Award for best sledder, pulls some insane chutes and was featured in Sled Heads 2.
Shawn lives in Washington.
Shawn lives in Washington.
Dave Craig
Dave, the producer and rider in the Roops sled vids, was featured in Sled Heads 2 back when he was living in Stewart, BC running the Stewart Mtn Lodge.
He now resides closer to civilization in the Whistler, BC area.
He now resides closer to civilization in the Whistler, BC area.
Chuck Hogan
Chuck, past winner of the King of the Hill at Jackson Hole Hillclimb, was featured in Sled Heads 2. He lives in Bozeman, MT.
Joe Parsons
Joe is a multiple gold medal winner at Winter X. He was featured in Sled Heads 5 and resides in Washington.
Rod Whelpton
Rod was our Be Extreme Contest winner in Sled Heads 5. He lives in British Columbia.
Award-winning, action film director Thomas Opre revisits some of his favorite extreme snowmachiners in this exciting new film. A mixture of the past and the present Opre films with Chris Burandt, Geoff Kyle, Chris Brown, Emily Moreshead, Randy Swenson, Ryan Nelson and Bret Rasmussen. He also looks back at his shoots with Cody Borchers, Brett Turcotte and Ross Mercer. This hour long film has some of the best snowmobile cinematography ever shot on film. Plus, Opre selects his top music from some of the best indy bands in North America. Best of Sled Heads: First Five Years is about as good as snowmobile films get. 
