Bret Rasmussen snowmobiling seminar

I just attended the Snowest Intermountain snowmobile show.  It was pretty cool.  There where a lot cool innovative products.  I enjoyed going around and seeing all the displays.  But the real reason I like to go is for the free riding seminar put on by pro rider Bret Rasmussen.  He is a mountian snowmobiling celebrity, and an excelent rider (one of the best in the world.)  Naturally I was sitting as close as I could to the front.  I was on the second row and pretty close to the center.  I really wanted to hear what he had to say. 

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Bret always starts every seminar by asking what brands people ride.  In the past when he would ask who rides a Ski Doo, he would always follow the question up by saying "I am sorry."  This year was a different story.  As some of you may have read or already know.  Bret switched to Ski Doo over the summer.  Instantly my co-auther, PinNgiggle, gave him a bit of crap for that because of how much he slammed slammed Ski Doo in the past.  Bret just made a brief comment: "In the past, you are right, I would of said "I am sorry" and I didn't like Ski Doo, but they have done some amazing things with this new XM platform and it made the switch easy.  So now they are my sponsor."

I was also interested in what he had done to the sled to make it his own.  Here is a short list;
- Skinz Airframe runningboard with a stepover bar added.
- Titanium coilover and tortion springs.
- Skinz Bret Rasmussen series steering post relocation bracket. Pushes the post forward 2" more than the stock XM, and 4" more than the Stock XP.
- Boondocker turbo
- Took off ski doo 8" steering post riser and added a 2" riser and laid it backward
- WRP Bret Rasmussen signiture series seat
- Custom graphics

This is probably a short list of what he has done to his sled.  The one that I was interested to hear about was that Skinz made his post forward kit and not C3 who already makes one for the XP.  I know this question has been asked online before.  I am the first to provide an answer as far as I know.  I am sure you would have to call Skinz and special order it.

Here is a short video of bret talking about steering post height.



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