There are different events held across the globe annually where competitors from all parts of the world compete. The most popular of these include drag racing, oval racing, lap racing and water skipping. Snowmobile games and sports have become popular across the world. They are equally useful and allow riders to have fun. It kind of breaks them, and they struggle to rebound from that.With time, snowmobiles evolved into fast machines that pack quite a punch. There are definitely a lot of riders out there who are really, really fast, and have a lot of potential, but they mentally can’t handle things going wrong, or having a tough day. You have to be prepared to take the challenges of racing, the ups and downs that happen from week to week, and not let that affect you mentally. It’s not all about one race, or one weekend. “It’s a long race series, and we have to be mentally prepared for the whole series. There’s also the mental component, which can’t be ignored. Tucker admits that he feels the old injuries more now that he’s on the far side of 30. It’s all part of competition and racing.” “The body takes pretty good pounding if you don’t ride real smooth or if you take a lot of big jumps. “The snowmobile is about 450 pounds, so you’re dealing with a really heavy machine with a lot of power, and you have to be able to maneuver that thing and take the big hits,” he says. Mark McMorris Q&A: X Games Big Air and Slopestyle, In Motion tour, moreĬertainly has a big endurance aspect to it, and a lot of strength and a lot of force. But the sled can also be a handful, which requires the 6', 175-pound Hibbert to maintain exceptional fitness. Tucker’s rig is designed to be quick and agile, with more than 100 horsepower producing a 0-to-60 acceleration under 3 seconds, a top speed over 100 mph, and a foot of suspension front and rear. So it’s a really good relationship we have with Arctic Cat, and my dad.” Then we take what we learn at the track, and my dad helps bring that back to Arctic Cat for their production models. “We’re all at the race track, working on our sleds, getting them all figured out to make them the best they can be. “It’s all basically the same job,” says Tucker. While the elder Hibbert still works for Arctic Cat part-time as an engineer, he has also assumed the role of Tucker’s crew chief. In 2007, together with his wife Mandi (a former high school sweetheart), Tucker branched off to form his own Team Monster Energy/Arctic Cat/Ram Truck squad, and continued his assault on the SnoCross record book. That’s what we focus on: making sure that every single detail is figured out and planned for.” If you leave one part of that puzzle not taken care of, it can lead to poor performance. “Every little angle that goes in to preparing for racing, you have to be good at it. “It takes the snowmobile, it takes the rider, it takes mechanics and a team,” says Tucker. Snowboarder Chloe Kim surveys the mountain and the half pipe at Park City. Somewhere along the line he picked up that if you want to be really good at it, you have to work really hard at it.” He couldn’t wait to get doing it himself. He followed me around racing, and was totally intrigued. “He developed that because of his pure excitement and love for racing at a young age. “If there’s one particular thing, it’d have to be his complete dedication and commitment,” says Kirk Hibbert, still considered one of the most versatile snowmobile racers ever. Says his son took whatever natural talents the gene pool may have provided and honed his racing skills over countless hours of practice. The Weekender: Snowboarding in a waterpark, race cars on the hill, more
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I just really loved the challenge of how to be a better snowmobile rider.” “When you’re a little kid, and you’re just learning to ride, there’s so much room for improvement, and there are so many things that you learn over a short period of time. “I’ve always been motivated by challenging myself, by figuring out ways to be better,” says Tucker.