- published: 01 Jan 2016
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Sledding, sledging or tobogganing is a worldwide winter activity, generally carried out in a prone or seated position on a vehicle generically known as a sled (English language), a sledge (Old English), or a toboggan. It is the basis of three Olympic sports: luge, skeleton and bobsledding.
The practical use of sleds is ancient and widespread. They were developed in areas with consistent winter snow cover, as vehicles to transport materials and/or people, far more efficiently than wheeled vehicles could in icy and snowy conditions. Early designs included hand-pulled sizes as well as larger dog, horse, or ox drawn versions. Early examples of sleds and sledges were found in the Oseberg Viking ship excavation. The Toboggan sled is also a traditional form of transport used by the Innu and Cree of northern Canada and the people of Ancient Egypt are thought to have used sledges (on the desert sand and on ramps) extensively for construction.
The generic term sledding refers to traveling down a snowy hill using a sled such as a flexible flyer with wooden slats and metal runners.It is usually done during the winter when there is snow. Flat plastic or aluminum discs and improvised sleds (carrier bags, baking trays, cafeteria trays, sheets of cardboard, etc.) may also be used. The activity has been known to exist as a fringe recreational activity far into the distant murky past in toboggan-type sleds which seasonally supplant the ubiquitous cart.
'From his new solo album Slideling - April 2003'
If you see me sliding
Say we're gonna slide together
If you see me hiding
Tell me I can hide forever
Come
With me now
As now I run
Show me how to be someone
Let me fly into your sun
When my clouds are crying
Say your gonna change my weather
If you hear me lying
Its never when we lie together
Come
With me now
As now I run
Show me how to be someone
Let me fly into your sun
If you see me sliding
Pray that I wont slide forever
If you see me hiding
Say that we can hide together
Come
With me now
Cos now I run
Show me how to be someone
Let me fly into your sun
Come
With me now
Cos now I run
Show me how to be someone
Let me fly into your sun