The newer Flexible Flyer was my older Daughter's. Still has the labels on it, etc, and still has red paint on the runners that I think slow it down.
It is also not as tall a mine, but that should not matter in only 1" of snow.
I'm not sure how old I was when I got that sled, but I'm guessing about 5. It has been used and abused but has held up remarkably well and the Grandkids still fight over who gets to use it!
The new wave plastic sled just does not glide out on the flat part of the ball field like the sled with the runners. (We were sledding at a ball field, go down the slope for the stands, and across the field to the HR fence (almost).