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Ohio man's need for speed takes him across ice

Imagine yourself on a frosty winter afternoon, launched like a pebble from a slingshot at 60 mph and skimming just inches above the ice on Maumee Bay or some other suitably frozen body of water.

Hear the moan and hum of the wind in a sail and rigging, the hiss and clack of stainless runners gliding and bumping across the ice at breakneck speed _ it's a kick. It's iceboating.

It is why 35-year-old Aaron Stange of Toledo has been involved in this unusual winter sport since childhood. more...