LaVallee turns Duluth into personal snowmobile playground

LaVallee turns Duluth into personal snowmobile playground

Levi LaVallee filming for Red Bull Portside at Spirit Mountain Ski Resort in Duluth, Minnesota on 04 March, 2021. // SI202104070518 // Usage for editorial use only //

American legend sleds off course and onto streets of Minnesotan port city.

American snowmobile legend Levi LaVallee achieved a personal dream of taking to the streets of historic Minnesotan port city Duluth for his latest project Portside. Here is what you need to know:


– Minnesota native LaVallee has built an enviable career on the back of his snowmobile exploits with seven Winter X Games golds, four silvers and two bronzes to his name since breaking through in 2004.

– Alongside his competitive achievements, the 38-year-old has set world records like his 412ft jump at 2011’s Red Bull New Year No Limits and fun projects like Red Bull Barn Burners in 2020.

– For this project in early 2021, LaVallee made the short trip to Northern Minnesota’s historic port city Duluth where he participated in Snocross races at Spirit Mountain from a young age.

– He had often wondered what it would be like to take his sled off course and onto the steep city streets with his dream of creating a personal snowmobile playground finally becoming reality.

– Shot over the course of a week, and racing against the changing of the winter into spring, LaVallee showcased many of Duluth’s famous locations starting from Spirit Mountain to the vast Lake Superior by the end.

– Along the way he takes the Skyline Parkway into downtown, clears a Duluth Police cruiser, leaps over a brand new fire truck, makes his way to the Superior Lakewalk and races alongside the Duluth Zephyr before launching into the first ever snowmobile backflip over a moving train.

– When he’s not constantly pushing the boundaries of what is possible on a snowmobile, LaVallee and his wife run Team LaVallee Snocross Racing.

Robbie Maddison and Levi LaVallee in action during Red Bull: New Year, No Limits at the Convention Center Waterfront in San Diego, CA, USA, on December 31, 2011. // Garth Milan/Red Bull Content Pool // SI201201010008

Robbie Madison and Levi LaVallee in action during Red Bull New Year No Limits at the Convention Center Waterfront in San Diego, Ca, USA on December 31 2011 // Long Nguyen/Red Bull Content Pool