--- title: Viral Video Shows Amish Man Skiing Behind Horse and Buggy description: A captivating video of an Amish man skiing behind a horse and buggy that captured by a woman in Iowa woman has gone viral. canonical: https://time.com/5533375/ski-horse-buggy/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2019-02-20T16:56:24.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:57:34.060Z og:title: Man Skis Behind Horse and Buggy for Joy Ride of His Life og:description: As one does og:url: https://time.com/5533375/ski-horse-buggy/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt25e96588b250591b/69894578096a9489196a49b7/amish-man-skis-horse-buggy-viral-video.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3000 og:image:height: 1688 og:image:alt: Second Snowstorm Slams Into St. Mary's MD og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Man Skis Behind Horse and Buggy for Joy Ride of His Life twitter:description: As one does twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt25e96588b250591b/69894578096a9489196a49b7/amish-man-skis-horse-buggy-viral-video.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # The New Winter Hotness Is Skiing Through the Snowscape Behind a Horse Buggy > Sponsored content. 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(Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images) Mark Wilson—Getty Images  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Feb 20, 2019 4:56 PM UTC What’s the best way to get from point A to point B in the snow? According to a new viral video, skiing behind your [horse and buggy](http://time.com/5358732/amish-uber/). In a video captured by Jennifer Staggemeyer of Waukon, Iowa, an Amish man is seen skiing on the side of the road being pulled by a horse and buggy that appeared not to have a driver. In an interview with [_KWWL_](https://kwwl.com/news/top-stories/2019/02/18/video-captures-amish-man-skiing-behind-horse-buggy/), Staggemeyer said that she initially thought that the horse and buggy was stuck in a ditch. When she got closer and saw that the this was a recreation situation, she was tickled. She did have two queries about this joy ride, however — first, how the man was able to keep his hat on during his endeavor and secondly, the safety of his feat. “We were hoping he had a spotter because what if he wiped out?” she said. “No one would know!” Watch the full clip below. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5533375/ski-horse-buggy/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5533375/ski-horse-buggy/"},"headline":"The New Winter Hotness Is Skiing Through the Snowscape Behind a Horse Buggy","datePublished":"2019-02-20T16:56:24.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:57:34.060Z","description":"As one does","url":"https://time.com/5533375/ski-horse-buggy/","keywords":["Newsfeed","viral","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt25e96588b250591b/69894578096a9489196a49b7/amish-man-skis-horse-buggy-viral-video.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt25e96588b250591b/69894578096a9489196a49b7/amish-man-skis-horse-buggy-viral-video.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Second Snowstorm Slams Into St. Mary's MD","caption":"Second Snowstorm Slams Into St. Mary's MD","creditText":"Mark Wilson—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5533375/ski-horse-buggy/","name":"The New Winter Hotness Is Skiing Through the Snowscape Behind a Horse Buggy"}}]}] ```