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Sno-Mo-Days Alberta Beach

With the temperature reaching as low as -35 degrees Celsius overnight. Everyone was a little nervous on the turn for Saturdays very popular snowmobile poker rally and Sundays snowmobile drag race. Well even with the cold weather we were happy to see a great turn out from the diehard riders and families. The snowmobile club [...]

Media Event – Sno Mo Days Alberta Beach

On Wednesday the media was invited to have a little competition against each other while checking out the newest feature at the Alberta Beach Sno Mo Days family day weekend. The contest was to drive a electric scooter through the ice maze without hitting the sides (Every hit was time docked) they could earn time [...]

Fundraisers and Giveaways

Ecko Marine has been involved with 2 major fundraisers this winter. In December Ecko and East Side Marios in Spruce Grove teamed up to raffle off a DS 90 to raise money for Breast Cancer research. The draw was made at East Side Marios on Dec 23 just in time to make a great Christmas [...]

Alberta Beach riding area and trail map

If you are looking for a place to ride in central Alberta you should check out Alberta Beach only 40 minutes west of Edmonton. With over 120 km of groomed trail in Lac Ste. Anne County the Alberta Beach Snowmobile Club is one of the oldest clubs in Alberta. Operating for over 40 years the club [...]

Snowmobile Pre-Season Maintenance

The Snow is Here! And it’s time to get your sled ready to ride. Here are a few pre season tips to keep your sled properly maintained and out of the shop. Fuel – This will depend on what you did for winterizing your sled. If you completely drained the tank and ran your sled [...]

Sno-Mo-Days Alberta Beach

Posted by ecko on February 22nd, 2011

With the temperature reaching as low as -35 degrees Celsius overnight. Everyone was a little nervous on the turn for Saturdays very popular snowmobile poker rally and Sundays snowmobile drag race. Well even with the cold weather we were happy to see a great turn out from the diehard riders and families.

The snowmobile club had sold 468 hands on saturday for the poker rally.

For the snowmobile drag race there were 205 entries and 141 races run.

On Monday they had a respectable turn out for the ATV Poker Rally with a 184 machines and over 400 hands sold.

Over all it was a great weekend in Alberta Beach.

Here are a few photos from Poker Rally registration.

-30 degrees but worth the ride

The Sno-Mo-Days Sponsors

just a quick nap before the ride

Took a quick a break from the starting line at the snowmobile drag races to quickly take a few photos .

ready to line up at the start line.

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Race board in the pit

pit area

our entry into the snow carving competition

Media Event – Sno Mo Days Alberta Beach

Posted by ecko on February 17th, 2011

On Wednesday the media was invited to have a little competition against each other while checking out the newest feature at the Alberta Beach Sno Mo Days family day weekend. The contest was to drive a electric scooter through the ice maze without hitting the sides (Every hit was time docked) they could earn time back by donating food to the food bank and going down the ice slide on the crazy carpet. It was a spirited afair with the competitive spirit coming out in everyone.

Some of the members of media getting ready to ride though the Ice Maze

A snowmobile ice sculpture tops the ice slide

The Ice slide almost done just some final touchups left.

Visit the Sno-Mo-Day website for all of the events during the weekend. Some of the events include Snowmobile Poker Rally. Snowmobile Drag Races, ATV Poker Rally, Fishing Day, Broomball, Snowball softball tournament and many other events for the family like fireworks and money dig.

Sno Mo Days 2011

Posted by ecko on February 14th, 2011

Only a few days to go before the Alberta Beach kicks off 2011 Sno Mo Days. This year there is more family events then ever!

New this year is the Alberta Beach is the Investors Group – Winter Ice Park. Featuring a Ice Maze and Giant 20′ Ice Slide located in on the lake in front of Beach Side Food Town. Open all weekend.

Saturday Feb 19

Snowmobile Poker Rally. Registration 9am-11am
Cadets Breakfast 8:00am – 11:30 am at the Agliplex
Fire Department Extrication Demo – During the poker rally registration.
Beachwave Park
Skate hut & concession 12 – 10pm
Public Skating 12 – 2pm
Ice Capades Game 2 – 3pm
Family Skate 3 – 1pm
Beachwave BBQ 4 – 6pm
Couples Skating Contest 7pm
Bonfire 7-10pm
Spaghetti & Meat Balls Dinner
4-7pm at the AB Seniors Club
Sled/ATV Parade 7pm from the Boat Launch
Fireworks 9pm from the Boat Launch

Sunday Feb 20

All Ages Novelty OHV challenge
Registration at 10-noon
Snowmobile Drag Races
Registration 9am-11am Races start at Noon
Cadets Breakfast 8-11:30am
Fire Department Extrication Demo
During the drag races
Beachwave Park
Skate hut & concession 10 – 10pm
Broomball Tournament 10 – 4pm
Public Skating 4 – 10pm
Ice Capades Game 2 – 3pm
AG society Hay Rides 1 – 3pm
Money Dig 11am at Tri Village Pizza
Snow Sculpture Judging at 1pm
Trophy Presentation (Chili & Bun) After the races at the Agliplex

Monday Feb 21

ATV Road Poker Rally Registration from 9am – 11am
Fishin Hole Family Fun Fishing Day 9am – 2pm
Beachwave Park Skate & Hut Concession Noon- 8pm
Over the line snowball tournament 10am – 4pm at Beachwave Park

Call 780-924-3255 for more information or visit www.snomodays.com

Fundraisers and Giveaways

Posted by ecko on February 9th, 2011

Ecko Marine has been involved with 2 major fundraisers this winter. In December Ecko and East Side Marios in Spruce Grove teamed up to raffle off a DS 90 to raise money for Breast Cancer research. The draw was made at East Side Marios on Dec 23 just in time to make a great Christmas gift and over $3000 were raised for the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation.

In January Aerials Gymnastics raffled off a Sea-Doo Challenger Boat and a Can-Am Outlander ATV.

Congratulations to all of the lucky winners!

The Summit E-TEC 800 is the machine to own!

Posted by ecko on December 21st, 2010

The feedback from our customers and the media reviews, it’s all the same, the Summit 800 E-TEC is the machine to beat! And the crazy thing is most machines haven’t even been broken in yet.

From The Magazines we’ve seen raving reviews. I found these reviews from snowmobile magazines at the Elevation blog.

SnowTech Magazine:

On the Rotax E-TEC 800R:

The new 800 E-TEC motor is the most technologically advanced engine the snowmobile industry has ever seen to date. It offers a smooth power curve with great top end pull making it easy to ride.

The throttle response is excellent and peak horsepower is great. We also really like the extremely light throttle pull, and the running quality is amazing.

It starts so easy, no matter what! Cold, hot, upside down…it doesn’t matter, it starts easy.

It usually burns about 2 to 3 gallons less fuel than the other sleds we ride with, and the fuel consumption is always better than the competition.

Instead of haing to pack an extra 2.5 gallon fuel can on the back to enjoy a full day of riding, you will be able to do so on the main tank.

Conclusion:

About the only problem [with the Summit] is riders don’t know how good it is. They don’t understand the changes because the chassis still looks the same on the surface…It takes riding one to really understand how much better the 2011 is.

It makes such a difference that the Ski-Doo SUmmit shoudl get the award for the most improved in 2011.

Snowmobile.com:

In their full review of Summits with E-TEC 800R raved about the improvements for 2011:

As mentioned, the Snowmobile.com Mountain Team purports the 2011 800R E-TEC-powered Summit X and Summit Everest to be the most improved mountain snowmobiles for 2011. The Summit does indeed fulfill what Ski-Doo communicates in its literature: easy to sidehill and light in the trees. At the 2011 test evaluations, we completed maneuvers on the 2011 XP Summit that we could not complete on three-previous year’s XP Summits – wrong-foot forward downhill sidehilling with a 180-degree turn to ascend back up the hill.

The new 800 E-TEC is easy to start and is steady throughout its powerband.

Click here for the full review

With the new E-Tec 163.9 HP and the new handling and chassis changes the Ski-Doo Summit is hard to beat. If you are looking for a price point Summit that matches up with Polaris in horsepower and price, Ski-Doo has some great rebates on the 800R Summit SP available right now.