In college I see a lot of people steal cafeteria trays and others (usually small girls) use laundry baskets to go sledding.

Sled riding and tubing. My dad would get a huge black tube from some heavy machinery. They were awesome, you could put like 6 people on it.

 

That's what we did when we hit up Devou.

I've never heard the term "sled riding". It's tubing and sledding.

Sleigh Riding is what I call it.

I've never heard the term "sled riding". It's tubing and sledding.

 

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I've never heard the term "sled riding". It's tubing and sledding.

 

Now you have.:thumb:

Sleigh riding.

Edited February 17, 201511 yr by LRCW
I'm an idiot with early dementia.

It was sleigh riding in my neck of the woods.

sleigh

noun \ˈslā\

: a large, open vehicle that is usually pulled by a horse over snow or ice

 

sled

noun \ˈsled\

: a vehicle usually on runners for transportation especially on snow or ice; especially: a small steerable one used especially by children for coasting down snow-covered hills

 

Sled riding and tubing. My dad would get a huge black tube from some heavy machinery. They were awesome, you could put like 6 people on it.

 

Us too! My neighbor was a fireman and brought us home a fire truck tube to use. It was awesome!

For those of you who called it "sleigh riding"...what did you call these items?

 

 

 

 

The results lead me to believe that 'Sled Riding' is primarily a NKY thing. I bet you all borrowed it from Ohio.

Tubing at Doe Run Lake

For those of you who called it "sleigh riding"...what did you call these items?

 

Not sleighs, but when you are 10 years old and it snows, you don't take time to analyze the linguistics. You just grab your boots and go.