Snowmobiling: Safety First at Expo for ‘Coolest Ride’

PRLog (Press Release) - Sep 22, 2009 -
Snowmobiling is widely known as the coolest ride. But a major focus at the official kickoff to winter next month – the 18th annual Washington Snowmobile Expo & Swap Meet – is safety.

That’s especially true for youngsters.

On Oct. 17 and 18, thousands of people from throughout the Northwest who are interested in snowmobiling as a fun winter sport, will gather for the major event sponsored by Washington State Snowmobile Association (WSSA), http://www.wssa.us.

It will be will held at the Western Washington Fairgrounds in Puyallup, WA.

Safety is the first consideration for the thousands of snowmobiling families and members of WSSA.

To keep the winter sport safe, WSSA presents these important events :

• Safe snowmobile seminar for 12 to 16-year-olds to earn their Snowmobile Safety Certificate
• Avalanche safety and other free seminars

In addition to the association’s focus on safety, it is an exciting time for the thousands of attendees  as they anxiously wait in anticipation for the Northwest’s great snow season, which is only weeks away.

In addition to the free safety seminars, the Washington Snowmobile Expo & Swap Meet is the best chance to see and experience everything you need to know about the latest in snowmobiling at more than 200 exciting booths, including:

• The latest snowmobiles and specialty sled manufacturers
• Trailers
• Clothes
• High-performance parts and accessories
• Destination packages
• Swap meet

It is fun for the whole family – just $10 dollars admission, and children 12 and under get in for free.

Doors open at 10 a.m. Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 17 and 18.

For more information, visit http://www.wssa.us.

WSSA, http://www.wssa.us was founded in 1972 as a group that wanted to protect and preserve snowmobiling for future generations. WSSA is registered with the state of Washington as a non-profit group. WSSA members devote many hours to raising money for the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Washington.

In addition to grooming snowmobile trails and working on land use and legislative issues, snowmobilers across our state actively participate in maintaining Sno-Parks and warming shelters in our mountains. This includes picking up litter, cleaning restroom facilities, painting and cleaning shelters, clearing brush and fallen trees from trail systems, refurbishing bridges and culverts necessary to maintain access to the trails, building new Sno-Parks and sheds for the trail grooming machines, picking up litter along state highways in conjunction with the Adopt-A-Highway program and much more.

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