Spring Sinks In

crust

May 22 2009
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During a filming session yesterday at Mammoth Mountain, CA, Forum Snowboards Am Niko Cioffi had a little snowmobile accident—luckily the only injuries were to Niko’s ego and bank account. Crossing open water on a sled can be done, but it’s a little risky since 450 pounds of metal and plastic are built to sink, not hover. Niko learned the hard way when he sank his snowmobile in 8 feet of water. We tried not to tool on him and asked a few questions about the incident. Check it.

Where did this water-crossing session go down?

Chair 4, What’s good?

How big was the puddle/mini lake?

100 feet across and I sunk at the end—it was a good 7 to 8 feet, must’ve been at least 20 feet deep in the middle.

What do you have for a sled?

It’s a 2008 Ski-Doo Summit 800. I bought it brand-new before this winter.

How many runs did you make through the pond before she sunk?

Well, on the first one I sank against the bank after making it across and hit the bottom and rallied out—then probably did like 5 or 6 runs before I sank it again.

Do you have to get the motor rebuilt?

I’m not sure yet, I just dropped it off at the sled shop. They said if I killed it before it sank I should be good, which I did. And I pulled the sparkplugs and drained a bunch of water out, so I hope it will be all good.

Do you still owe money on the sled still?

Yeah, 5G.

Ouch. What are your plans for the summer?

Going back to Rutland and probably getting a s@*ty job and working.

Do you have footage in the new Forum movie Forever?

Yeah, I filmed in Norway and Quebec for Forever and these last 2 weeks in Mammoth. Mostly rails in the streets.

Someday you’ll look back and laugh about this.

Yeah, I hope so. I’m pretty bummed right now.

photos: Forum Snowboards

21 Comments For This Post

i am Says:
May 22nd, 2009 at 1:47 pm

first

huo Says:
May 22nd, 2009 at 2:33 pm

dood needs some lessons from Pat Moore in thats it thats all.

FUNK ski companies Says:
May 22nd, 2009 at 3:20 pm

funkin rookies, thats what you get for riding a forum.

Not that great either... Says:
May 22nd, 2009 at 5:50 pm

Dood, the XP’s don’t float for shit! We were out the other day doing it and my buddy sunk his luckily there was still a lot of ice underneath so when it sunk the handle bars were still poking out. We drug it out drained the pipe and pulled the plugs pumped all that water out and it started up after about 2 hours of pulling haha. we continued to rally!!

vagina Says:
May 22nd, 2009 at 11:25 pm

KEEP TAHOE RUTLAND!!!

Derek t Says:
May 22nd, 2009 at 11:47 pm

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brain Says:
May 23rd, 2009 at 4:43 am

DHO!

eastcoastfuckyou Says:
May 23rd, 2009 at 3:43 pm

RUTLAND ALL DAYYY SONNNN

BANGSHOW Says:
May 23rd, 2009 at 4:31 pm

check out thebangshow.blogspot.com

EAST Says:
May 23rd, 2009 at 8:46 pm

its about time someone did this

RUTLAND Says:
May 24th, 2009 at 12:12 am

no. rutland really really sucsk

tbradley Says:
May 24th, 2009 at 12:58 pm

Damn Niko! Garrett told me about this yesterday…sorry dogger.

dubs Says:
May 25th, 2009 at 8:37 pm

….Ammist.

ak Says:
May 25th, 2009 at 11:13 pm

XP’s sink because the track is drilled to save a few pounds. Way more holes than regular tracks, does not perform on water

what Says:
May 31st, 2009 at 3:36 am

ha all the dumb rutland fools. they seriously think there the shit. its funny

what Says:
May 31st, 2009 at 3:39 am

maybe cause there from such a shitty place they feel they have to overcompensate and try to act extra tough and shit, but its just super annoying. especially the girls! chill the fuck out!!

cfouts06 Says:
May 31st, 2009 at 10:52 am

for real? Says:
June 8th, 2009 at 12:22 pm

Hey “what” That crew is thick, bet you wouldn’t talk sh*t if you were riding with them. The GBP kids destroy it, you think Niko is on Forum cause hes from Rutland? No, it was that much harder for him to come up because he is from Rutland. So check yourself you anonymous prick and recognize and congratulate Niko on making it as far as he has in snowboarding during the most difficult time in snowboardings short 30 year history. Niko doesn’t act tough, he’s quite nice and extremely humble. I’m guessing you are exactly the opposite cause you’re calling out someone that you don’t know… did it make you feel better too? Sad.