A Sled Maker's Journal

Having a trade mark or logo for the business is an important part of building a brand and establishing a reputation for your products and mission. When we were creating our logo for Northern Tobo...

Each season we build sledding equipment for various niches using our sleds and toboggans for their various pursuits. It all began with a phone call from my uncle telling me that I should start mak...

Northern Toboggan & Sled is quite “green” in its manufacturing processes and the raw materials used in the products we make. Most of which are renewable and abundant. The shop uses modest amou...

They say that hindsight is 20/20 vision and very often the present isn’t quite so clear. Yet undoubtedly, the future is uncertain in most ways. If we fail to file a tax return we can be confident ...

The popular TV program “Ice Road Truckers” has been around for a few years now and I guess I haven’t watched much of it. Seeing the ads and how it is produced was perhaps a little much for my tast...

In a world that is getting smaller and smaller, it is wonderful how we are building close ties in trade and cooperation with the nations of the world, from North America to the Far East. I think t...

There is one simple thing we can do to make someone smile and that is to smile at them. I was over at the care center the other day visiting my mother. I am always impressed by the senior resident...

Well it’s getting to be that time of year. February 6th, 7th, & 8th 2015 are the dates set for the “25th Annual US National Toboggan Championships” at the Camden Snow Bowl in Camden, Maine. It...

Here is a recent video we did of me giving some of our history and background while making a traditional toboggan. While I share some of the story, you see some of the process including how a wood...