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Watch: Wheeler and Ollie’s Snowking ice slide time trial

Wheeler and Ollie tackle the 2019 Snowking ice slide

March is Snowking month in Yellowknife – and that means the ice slide is open.

Every year brings a new design.

In 2019, the slide is a straightforward, no-holds-barred, downward descent at a steeper-than-usual angle.

Wheeler and Ollie donned appropriate headwear, locked horns, and battled each other for the title… before the race took an unexpected twist.

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