Sledding is probably one of the best winter sports ever! My friend lives close to Lake Bonavista so we always go sledding down that giant hill in the winter after a fresh snowfall. My mom lets us borrow her old toboggan which makes the experience even more exciting because of its efficient shape makes it go really fast and it’s hard to turn which makes the ride unpredictable. Tobogganing is like going down a winter roller coaster as you have to swerve around trees and sometimes you fly off jumps that people have built. One of my favourite things about sledding is racing your friends to see who can get to the bottom first and watching them fall off as they go over bumps. It’s always funny to see your friend’s crash into trees and other racers. Sadly you can't go sledding all year so in the summer my passion is tubing behind my uncle’s boat. I love racing down the lake like a jet plane and going over giant waves that feel similar to a rollercoaster. Before it was illegal was uncle used to have a kite tube which actually flies in the air like a kite when the boat gets going fast enough. My cousins tell me stories of how they used to have competitions with their friends to see who could stay in the air the longest and the injures they got when they fell off. Sadly lots of people died from kite tubing so I never got to try it. Luckily I have been able to participate in tube wars which thankfully for parents everywhere are much safer. Tube wars are when you tie two tubes to the back of the boat and see which team can stay on the longest or knock the other players off their tube. It’s always fun to try and jump on the other teams tube and try and push the other players off yourself. Tubing is an awesome way to get an adrenaline rush and have fun with family and friends.
