What is tubing, or sled cheesecake.

Tubing or cheesecake - a balloon filled with air and placed in a special frost-resistant and shockproof cover with a halyard. For the first time tubing appeared in America, where they are very cleverly rafted along the rivers. At us this adaptation use for driving from snow hills or on tjubing-lines on which lifts are provided. They are called in different ways: inflatable sleds, snootubbing, toboggan, donuts, bagels and cheesecakes for skiing. Tubing is considered a more modern sled, but if you look into history, you can recall that such devices have once been. In the postwar years, children, whose fathers were chauffeurs, rode on inflated car cameras. In fact, even now, sledges are simply a car camera, but hidden under a cover made of PVC-coated fabric. For convenience, handles and a tow strap are attached to them.

Their popularity tubing cheesecakes deserve the fact that they have a long season for skiing. They perfectly slip even on a thin layer of snow, and no longer need to wait for a heavy snowfall to sweep from the hill. The heavy lifting capacity of the tub allows you to ride like children, what they do with delight, and adults who want to participate in this fun. Children's models have two pens, and adults have four, which is convenient for riding together. The cheesecake has found its use in the summer, it can be used on the water, for example, by attaching the tow strap to the boat.

Sleds are safe, but due to their light weight, they are convenient for transportation. In disassembled form, they are easily placed in a small bag and occupy only one shelf in the pantry. Their service life, under the condition of careful exploitation and proper storage, can be quite large.

Where to drive on tubing in Moscow?

You do not know what to surprise your children, what games to offer them in the winter? The answer is simple: to buy a cheesecake - inflatable sled, and the whole family to go for a drive from the hill. On the tubing you rush from the slope, rotating and bouncing on every hillock and hummock. At the same time you get a lot of thrills, a charge of vivacity, positive energy and a wonderful mood.

Snoutyubing - descent from low snow-capped hills, was already known at the beginning of the XIX century, but then the tube had a different shape. The movement of the sleigh occurs with the help of gravity, and the speed depends on the frictional force. The cheesecake is controlled by the displacement of the center of gravity caused by the change in the position of the body. A modern tube is a rubber circle made of high-strength material and a plastic bottom.

When the sled is purchased, the next question arises - where to ride on tubing and how to choose the ideal hill? Having a slippery bottom, the cheesecake can develop a speed of 60-90 km per hour, so the slope is chosen with a slope not exceeding 20 degrees. Since the sled is managed only by tilting the trunk, it is almost impossible to control the descent. Rolling on a cheesecake, we must remember that the tube has no brakes, so when choosing a hill, you should pay attention to whether there is enough space at the end of the descent for safe braking. The skiing area should be open for viewing and not have obstacles on the way, such as trees, snags, sharp, protruding objects, boulders. The snow cover can be minimal, since for such sleds a large layer of snow is not required.

To make the skiing process safer and more comfortable, a special tubing route is built on the slope. It is a trough with small jumps to give the sensations more acuity, and to glide on an even surface is not so fun. The descent follows the ascent, and going uphill, and even with the sleds, is not entirely convenient, so these tracks are equipped with a lift.

But the place where small children can ride on tubing, on the contrary, should not have jumps, because the baby can fly out of the sled and get injured. Slopes for them are chosen more level and not at all suited to extremals, giving preference to descents, on which they storm more and throw (then laughter is more and adrenaline).