austinstair.com » art sled rally http://austinstair.com this nerdery is for you ... Fri, 13 Aug 2010 17:59:40 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 art sled awesomeness http://austinstair.com/2010/01/art-sled-awesomeness/ http://austinstair.com/2010/01/art-sled-awesomeness/#comments Sun, 31 Jan 2010 19:31:48 +0000 austin stair http://write.austinstair.com/?p=999 there are are lot of ways minnesotans try to entertain themselves during the long, cold winter – broomball, ice fishing, snow shoeing, winter carnivals, and the like. however, the powderhorn art sled rally is by far – by miles and miles – the best and most creative idea these crazy midwesterners have thought of – what better way to make the cold more fun then to create a bunch of insane and intricate sleds and ride them down a hill, through a mass of cheering people.

there were a lot of really awesome sleds, including hungry hungry hippos, pacman, and a viking ship made out of milk cartons. my favorite – and luckily the one i captured on video – was the i dream of jeannie sled. the physics of this sled are so improbable, it’s amazing that it didn’t topple over at the top of the hill.

next year i am totally making something equally as crazy – but be assured – i’ll be wearing a helmet. gotta protect the egg!

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