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By Linda Hales
Washington Post Staff Writer
Saturday, December 10, 2005; Page C02

The Airboard is so hot that Hudson Trail Outfitters in Tenleytown had to sell the display model to meet demand on Washington's first snowy day.

No, scratch that. It's the neatest innovation since the snowboard. But it had not sold that fast. The manager lent the only visible Airboard to a magazine writer, who wanted to blitz headfirst down a ski slope on this four-foot inflated pillow before contributing to the burgeoning buzz about Xtreme sledding.
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... [A]bout 200 early adopters in this area have paid $269 for an Airboard with bag, repair kit and hand pump, or $149 for a child's version. The inflatables weigh less than six pounds. After pumping up the air chamber, riders flop headfirst, belly down and toes up to trace graceful S-turns or avoid trees.

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