Skimming: Don't Try This at Home

This morning NHPR aired an audio postcard produced by Exchange Executive Producer Keith Shields.

Shields recorded a recent fundraiser for a Northwood Snowmobile club, the Crankpullers.

The fundraiser featured a contest called skimming, in which snowmobilers ride their machines over water.

(sound from Shields' piece)

Shields's piece caught the attention of the New Hampshire Fish and Game Department.

They wanted us to remind listeners that skimming is illegal.

And as Fish and Game's Major Timothy Ascerno told NHPR's Mark Bevis, skimming accidents can be deadly and listeners should not try it at home.

Major Timothy Ascerno is the Assistant Chief of Law Enforcement for the Department of Fish and Game.
(Editor's note: After this interview aired, we learned that the Northwood skimming event did not take place on Jennesse Pond as Major Ascerno suggests in the conversation. It was held at the Lake Shore Farm Resort. We regret the error.)