A Sled Maker's Journal

A toboggan full of family!

There is a definite correlation between snow on the ground in December and families having a toboggan under the tree for the holidays. While some may grumble when the white stuff starts piling up ...

My introduction to handcrafted toboggans and sleds came in about 1985, when my uncle, Fr. Raymond DesChenes of the Oblate Fathers of Winnipeg, Manitoba encouraged me to build toboggans for the Can...

Dad has always had a way with teaching. My brother and I have countless memories of learning of the goose migration, the conservation management of the many generations of forest, moral mushroom p...

“John, The toboggan arrived late morning.  IT IS AWESOME ! We will be using it this weekend. It will be the family heirloom that will be passed down.” (Bruce Calder, Bishop CA) Downhill Product Page