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A toboggan is a simple sled traditionally used by children. It is also a traditional form of transport used by the Innu and Cree of northern Canada. Illustration of a toboggan. In modern times, it is used on snow to carry one or more people (often children) down a hill or other slope for recreation.
Toboggan is a 1934 French sports drama film directed by Henri Decoin and starring Georges Carpentier, Arlette Marchal and Raymond Cordy. [1] It was voted amongst the most popular films of the year by readers of the Pour Vous magazine. [2] The film's sets were designed by the art director Jean Lafitte.
The first form of summer toboggan was the alpine slide, which started in its present form in the 1970s. Josef Wiegand had envisioned the idea of creating a roller coaster ride for ski resorts that would take advantage of the topography of the land, rather than building a structure to create the elevation changes that traditional roller coasters required.
A toboggan is a type of sled. Toboggan may also refer to: Knit cap, called a "toboggan" in some regional dialects of the United States; Toboggan (BMX trick) Toboggan (Lakemont Park), a roller coaster; Toboggan Handicap, a thoroughbred horse race; Toboggan (horse), a thoroughbred race horse; Water slide, called a "toboggan" in some languages
Abtenau Summer Toboggan [1] near Salzburg: Coaster 1.920 kilometres (1.2 mi) long, reaching speeds of up to 40 km/h (25 mph) Imst Alpine Coaster Imst, Tyrol: Coaster The world's second longest mountain coaster, 3.5 kilometres (2.2 mi) long Mieders Summer Toboggan Run Serlesbahnen Monorail coaster
The U.S. National Toboggan Championships is the only organized wooden toboggan race in the country and possibly the world. The toboggan chute is located in Camden, Maine, at the Camden Snow Bowl, a community-owned year-round recreation area which has developed thousands of dedicated skiers since 1936. All race revenue goes to off-setting the ...
Carros de cesto do Monte (from pt. basket carts from Monte), known as Monte Toboggan – means of transportation from Monte in Funchal, the capital of Portuguese island Madeira. It consists of carts that are wicker baskets mounted on skids, sometimes compared to toboggan. They are pushed by men called Carreiros. Currently, they are a tourist ...
Philadelphia Toboggan Coasters (PTC) is one of the oldest existing roller coaster manufacturing companies in the world. Based in Hatfield, Pennsylvania , it was established in 1904 by Henry B. Auchy and Chester Albright under the name Philadelphia Toboggan Company .