Outdoors/Adventure

Video: Snowmachine flips and tricks in downtown Anchorage

Three snowmachine acrobats dazzled a crowd of several hundred spectators in Anchorage Friday night during the "Flying Iron" freestyle show. The city shut down Third Avenue between C and E streets and piled giant mounds of snow for the snowmachiners to drive, jump and land on. The show started 30 minutes late as the drivers and mechanics worked on a sled that wasn't quite right.

The show kicked off festivities for Iron Dog weekend. The 2,000-mile race from Big Lake to Nome and then on to Fairbanks begins on Sunday after the pro class racers drive through the streets of Anchorage Saturday.

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