January 12th, 2011
Raise your hands if winter’s awesome snow falls and you wish for a more exciting topography for better snowboarding and skiing right in your backyard. Yes? Well sitting around wishing is for wussies. The big boys and girls of the Iowa State University Ski and Snowboard Club pull up their big kid underpants and make it happen. Not only do they command the snow to arrive on a lucky city street in Ames and form it into fun-ness, but they invite everyone to come over and play. Maybe even win something.
At 10:00am on Saturday, February 12, with the assistance of the city of Ames, the snow will arrive on Chamberlain Street at which point the Club’s event committee will begin creating a course for the competition. Preliminaries will determine the final competitors, and then the main event swings into full rad-ocity. Once the competition is over there will be an awards ceremony, and all the while a DJ will be rocking the faces off of us all, competitors and spectators alike.
While the Club and the city make it seem like snow fairies come down and produce awesomeness for all to enjoy, it really takes months of preparation and hard work on the part of the Club. The competition is always at risk of being cancelled due to warm weather and lack of snow, but fortunately this has only happened one time in the last 6 years of its history.
40 to 50 competitors, many from Iowa State and many from other schools around the Midwest, are expected to attend this year. Contact the ISU Ski and Snowboard Club if you are interested, as registration begins soon! Live Action Sports is proud to be a sponsor and will be there to cheer on the Club, competitors, and bulk up the spectator numbers. Come on by to show some love and support the efforts that goes into bringing this event to life.
Take it from Cody Pancratz of the ISU Ski and Snowboard Club, “ It’s a great event for the whole Campustown area to come and enjoy, not just people who like to ski and snowboard! There will be lots of live music and fun competitions to watch!”
Do you shred? Or are you a wussy?
Tags: Campustown Rail Jam, ISU Ski and Snowboard Club, radocity, shred, ski, snow fairies, snowboard
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November 29th, 2010
Many years ago I started planning my funeral table. You know what I mean? The table at a funeral that usually has items like photos of the deceased and the deceased’s family, military accolades, etc. Basically items that the living think sum up the deceased’s life. I decided to live my life by the rule of the funeral table. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: cool kids' club, Discovery Flight, flight instruction, Gareth Ellis, helicopter, Home Team, Iowa City, Jennifer Eicher, tours, Whirlybird
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August 18th, 2010
Backstage Passes, Baby
I’m just going to start off by saying I have never been a fan of NASCAR and frankly I’m not sure if I am now or what. I do know that I’m a HUGE fan of the racing teams’ crews and their hard work. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: garages, haulers, Home Team, Joe Gibbs Racing, Kyle Busch, Matt Aschbrenner, Matt DiBenedetto, Matty Aschbrenner, NASCAR, Newton, Newton Speedway, pits, racing, sweet corn
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