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
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.
Earn coins from tricks to upgrade your snowmobile.“I’ve always been motivated by challenging myself, by figuring out ways to be better,” says Tucker. Race on a snowmobile on ten different tracks against the rest of the world. Now is your time to take over this mythical hero. Others may have met him on campfire in the Lapland. Sometimes this mystical figure has been discovered in the spring fells of Sweden. He climbs the steepest hills and performs longest wheelies in his snowmobile. The villagers are rumored that Sled Bandit will make the longest jumps and the biggest flips. According to rumors, Sled Bandit is an outstanding snowmobile handler. It has been said that he is the best snowmobiler ever. Many have heard of this mysterious figure, but few have seen him. Earn coins from tricks to upgrade your snowmobile.