Snowmobiling is a sport that, until recently was dominated mostly by the race track.  The sport added a new segment to Winter X games six years ago with an event, Snowmobile Freestyle, including a timed run, and a best trick format.  Much like dirt bikes, snowmobiles can be launched of 100 foot jumps while executing crowd inciting tricks.  However, snowmobiles weigh upwards of 400 pounds, where your typical 250cc dirt bike comes in around around 250, making it a little more challenging to throw around.

However, the current athletes make it look like a breeze to fly through the air riding on an engine with a seat and skis.  Perhaps taking something from dirt bike freestylers, freestyle snowmobilers have taken to throwing backflips with relative ease.  Now that it appears that backflips are becoming something of the norm in competitions, riders have started to attempt new tricks, like the double backflip or even a frontflip.  

Justin Hoyer tried to do a double backflip, unfortunatley he under rotated and crashed upon landing.  He was taken off the slope on a backboard, but was later reported to be in stable condition recieving only a broken arm.  After seeing fall he took he is certainly lucky to walk away with just that.

Following an accident where someone is boarded off the event, might be enough of a deterence for some people to attempt new tricks, but not for Heath Frisby.  Frisby hit a specially designed ramp and performed the first ever frontflip on a snowmobile, catapulting him to X Games Gold.  He scored a 96.66, but besides a little rough landing, which might be expected for something of that magnitude, Heath made it look like he could do it in his sleep.

With athletes continuing to push the boundaries of snowmobiling, the limit to how far the sport can grow seems to loom near.  With the last two riders attempting the double backflip walking away virtually unscathed you wonder where the sport can continue to grow.  Continue to look for creative new ways in which riders will step up their game.