The best toboggin we ever had when I was a kid was the upside down hood from a '52 Chevy on Suicide Hill (near King's Park)...
I doubt I'll see any of these kids today doing that on the hood from a Beemer after a good snowstorm...
"There is no royal road to this heavy surf-fishing. With all the appliances for comfort experience can suggest, there is a certain amount of hard work to be done and exposure to be bourne as a part of the price of success." From "Striped Bass," Scribner's Magazine, 1881.