OLD SLED ZONE
The yellow baron

This dashing young sled pilot in the flying scarf is none other than 65-year-old Florian Mamer of Dorintosh, Saskatchewan who has 35 years of riding under his belt.

According to Joe Twidale who sent in the information and photo, Mamer is a member of the Waterhen River Runners Trail Club and likes to wing it on his 1969 Ski-Doo Olympic 300 while towing a homemade trail drag.

Mamer purchased the broken sled eight years ago for a mere $110 and nursed “Old Yeller” back to health with tender loving care. The Ski-Doo has a 300cc-Rotax engine that needs only a couple of pulls on the start cord to come to life. Mamer likes the machine for its agility on narrow back trails. He also scoots around on a 1996 Polaris 500cc and has logged 8,000 kilometres on it.