Annual Boardman Olympics/Boardman games ?
  • JohnJohn July 2008
    This would be a great event during the off-season, to keep all the boardmen in peak athletic performance! Could be hosted by our local breweries and resturants, the important places that help us keep out bear-like physiques up!

    Could have events like:
    -riding the mechanical board, try and hold on as the board bucks and shakes violently.
    -The squelch carry relay race, picking up a different squelch each mark until the finish.
    -scrapple egg sandwhich eating contest
    -swimsuit competition
    -The gauntlet, trying to survive the course without spilling any beer, while skippers from each boat pelt you with rocks and beat with whips with broken glass on the ends also running over hot coals barefoot
    -Beard towing contest, towing the canoe tied to the end of the boardman's beard while doing the backstroke.

    There's so idea to keep the ball rollin!
  • Big+Boy1Big Boy1 July 2008
    one more- chug a beer-toss a board into the water swim on the board around a mark, come back in and chug another beer.
  • ThePreacherThePreacher July 2008
    I was thinking three events:
    strength related
    agility related
    swimming related
  • JohnJohn July 2008
    there should definitely be an eating related sport though
  • ThePreacherThePreacher July 2008
    what about a drinking event?
  • MuscleMuscle July 2008
    A beer chugging contest balancing on a board.
  • MuscleMuscle July 2008
    Keg Tossing? Distance and form.
  • JohnJohn July 2008
    full or empty?
     
  • MuscleMuscle July 2008
    Empty...
  • JohnJohn July 2008
    That should be the event before though, each person has to empty their own keg
  • scrappledogscrappledog July 2008
    Here's a good team event that can involve primaries and squelches alike: the mast-carry obstacle course. Think of the navigations and carefully executed turns we have to execute at Canoe Harbor, now add in mud pits, old tires, fire hoses, zigzags, traffic cones (oooh, maybe a slalom event...) and more stairs.
  • ThePreacherThePreacher July 2008
    mast-carry obstacle course is an excellent idea!
  • JohnJohn July 2008
    Hmmm, how about the Log Canoe Caber toss. Take Woodstock's masts and The ghost of Whoville's masts, each toss would be judged on speed, acurracy, and distance.
    Special event to be held at the M-time mussem though, give tourists an idea of how to step masts the traditional way.
  • MuscleMuscle September 2008
    The kegs are empty and ready to toss. this weekend sould be a hoot.
  • Vodka+%26+CaviarVodka & Caviar September 2008
    Get ready boardmen, the record keepers are prepared to take your measurements to assess boardmen prowess against factors such as age and experience.
  • MuscleMuscle September 2008
     
    The perfect Primary- Speed, weight and agility....I think Japan would kick some butt if there was a Olympic Log Canoe Race.
     
  • JohnJohn September 2008
    ah, soooooo (this guy just needs a boardman nipple twist)
    Still think these good'ole'boys down here would tear them up on a log canoe race. Besides where could the japanese ever find another robert bouquet?
     
  • ThePreacherThePreacher September 2008
    Are purple nurples allowed on the boards? Here I thought the rule was "one hand for the boat - one hand for yourself". Which hand is doing double-duty?
  • MuscleMuscle September 2008
    While riding on the boards when there is steady breeze one can use one hand to get the purple nurple- however the purple nurple is usually done by a squelch, seeing how they have the ablity to move quickly away from the primary that has just been tweeked.
     
  • ThePreacherThePreacher September 2008
    Wow, that's a lot of hubris for a squelchy! As some of my more cantankerous crew mates have reminded me in the past, you've got to sleep sometime. Payback's are hell.
  • scrappledogscrappledog September 2008
    With the possibility of making the inaugural Boardman Olympics a reality come springtime, we need a refocus on actual events that could be staged at Miles River Yacht Club. Now's time to sharpen your ideas and offer them here.
  • JohnJohn September 2008
    Sponsored by the ES Brewery i would hope, with a boardman's stout on tap for the events maybe?
     
  • MuscleMuscle September 2008
    I do not know about the Boardman's Stout, but I am sure there will be something.
  • MuscleMuscle June 2009
    As we get closer to opening day of Canoe Season I think we should start a list of games that could be done.
  • ThePreacherThePreacher June 2009
    Obstacle course with a mast has to be an event.

    Swimming with your board.

    Some sort of "speed getting to the end of a board" contest would be good.
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