HELENA, Mont. — The state approved emergency restrictions Thursday to ban "water skipping," an increasingly popular summer sport in which snowmobilers speed across lakes and waterways. Citing concerns ...

The sport involves running a snowmobile into the water at full speed and hydroplaning across the water. HELENA, Mont. — The state approved emergency restrictions Thursday to ban “water skipping,” an ...

HELENA — Gary Hoyt couldn't swim and was deathly afraid of water. Yet authorities say friends persuaded him to climb aboard a snowmobile, open the throttle and drive it across an open reservoir on a ...

HELENA — The state Fish, Wildlife and Parks Commission, saying the practice of skimming snowmo biles over open water poses a danger to riders and other water users, adopted emergency restrictions on ...