Zipfy Freestyle Mini Luge Snow Sled

by Zipfy

Product Features

• Recommended for ages 5 and up with a weight limit of 250 pounds
• Lighweight, compact, and easy to carry up the hill
• Built with high density polyethylene plastic with UV stabilizer
• Very rugged; will retain its vibrant color
• Made in the USA

Product Description

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Kids will have lots of fun in the snow riding the uniquely designed Zipfy, a fast and exhilirating downhill sled. Rails on the bottom of the sled give the rider the ability to slalom down the hill while a distinctive lever provides stability and helps with turning. The feet-first design make it easy to stop and control speed. Designed for young sledding enthusiasts ages 5 and older, Zipfy measures 21 by 13 by 16 inches and is available in an array of bright colors.

Zipfy is available in several fun colors and features rails on the bottom for a fast ride in the snow.

Product Description

Even if you've watched the Winter Olympics and thought to yourself, those guys are nuts, this is a lot of fun. Inspired by the Olympic sport of luge and coal shovel racing, this unique plastic snow sled is safe, easy to learn and a very exhilarating downhill sport! It's compact, lightweight, very maneuverable in turns and handles all types of terrain. Feet-first design for easy braking. Lever for stability and turning. Low center of gravity and rail design for easy carving on slopes. U.S.A.

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• Shipping Advisory: This item must be shipped separately from other items in your order. Additional shipping charges will not apply.
• ASIN: B001UJGU22
• Item model number: FREESTYLE
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (84 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,495 in Sports & Outdoors (See Top 100 in Sports & Outdoors)
  • #4 in Sports & Outdoors > Snow Sports > Sledding > Snow Sleds

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

39 of 39 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Need a Bigger Mountain, January 12, 2009

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D. Sullivan "I'm That Guy" (Southampton, MA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Zipfy Freestyle Mini Luge Snow Sled (Sports)

I bought 2 Zipy's for each of my boys (11 and 13). Brought them out to the local sledding hill to try them out. I couldn't resist, I had to try them for myself. They were alot of fun. Just about as fast or faster than anything on the hill, and was a huge hit, everyone wanted to try them, and were runnning home to tell dad they wanted one. Still, I felt the need for more. I want to go down those ski slopes like they show in the videos at zipfy.com, because the fun is in the handling with more speed. I'll be calling the local ski mountains here in Western Massachusetts to see if anyone allows any sledding. If anyone knows of any, let me know. Happy sledding!!

22 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A blast!, February 24, 2009

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Primadog (Wisconsin) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Zipfy Freestyle Mini Luge Snow Sled (Sports)

I bought one to replace yet another blown snowtube. It is a blast! I agree with other reviewers that it would be easier with a tow rope and a grippier seat (I was in deeper snow) but I screamed with laughter all the way down the hill. I blew away my Godson on his sled. I'm 46 but yesterday I was 10 years old again. For the price it is lightening fast light weight and super-fun.

57 of 67 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars For Steep Hills & Small Butts Only: Design Gone Bad, December 22, 2009

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Jay Finnsey "Luka's Dad" (Bucks County, PA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Zipfy Freestyle Mini Luge Snow Sled (Sports)

My wife saw this and ordered it for my son, a six year old. It's odd shape makes you keep turning it backwards, until you get used to it's strange look. As for performance, on a steep hill, as shown in those STEEP SKI SLOPE videos, I'm sure it would do well... BUT, on average at-home country sledding slopes (we have a decent one) it under-performs when compared to our normal sleds.

We have a fresh, day old, 6" granular (slightly heavier than powder) snow cover. When my son got on it the thing just sat there. We had to make a few slick sled tracks with our other sled FIRST before this thing would even move at all. And even then, because of its very short length and only two "tracks" on its belly side, the thing would not hold true to the tracks we made. It kept going left or right. It does not track straight.

My son easily mastered the body-tilt steering needed to control the thing, but again, because of its short length, over-steering is a problem.

The worst thing about it... even after developing a slick run which our other sled performed fast slides with, this thing would just sit there with my son's 55 pounds on it. I had to push to get him started on EVERY run. Ridiculous. Oh... and because you have to keep both hands on that "joystick" to keep yourself on the darned thing (the "seat" is sloped down at the back and slick when wet!) it's impossible to use your hands for a starting push. Oh yea... and my son found it very hard to carry... especially by the joystick (easier for my bigger hands).

Now... as for as my bigger butt--I'm a short, overweight man... pretty average for the U.S., I suppose. When I tried it I kept sliding off the back before I could get started--pulling back on the joystick just to keep from sliding off! I had to use my heels to pull me forward to get going. Very awkward. A sort of dorky rocking motion. Again, on a very steep slope, and with a dry butt (I had been already sledding with the other sled), maybe an adult could stay on it because the seat's angle would be forced downward to almost flat and level. The designers didn't shape this for a human butt.

We'll save this thing for when we go on an outing to a very steep hill in a park nearby, maybe then it might slide by itself with a steeper downhill angle.

I really think this is a good idea gone bad. They need a redesign with a longer bed (twice the length) and more tracking ridges on its belly (for straighter tracking). The redesign should include a longer seat with a flared up tail (a rear spoiler shape comes to mind) to help keep your butt on the darned thing. A long enough nose to tuck your heels onto wouldn't be bad either.

Back to the drawing board... or take it with you to the ski slopes (and watch it stall on the kiddie slopes).

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