Check out the cool interactive panorama......of the 2010 US Toboggan Championship by clicking on the image to the right.(You might have to "allow blocked content" for this image if your browser blocks the script it takes to run it. Check the top of the web page in Internet Explorer to see if there is a notice that the web page was restricted from running scripts.) After it loads, use your mouse to look around: click on the photo and drag in the direction you wish to view. You can also zoom in and out with the on-screen controls. |
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U.S. National Toboggan Championship celebrates 20 years1st Timers take 1st place in 4-Person event“20 years ago, we never thought we’d be standing here today” remarked David Dickey looking over the gathering crowd from his post at the top of the toboggan chute Saturday morning. Dickey is the man with the headphones who gives the go-ahead for each team to be released into the chute. He was just one of the people involved when Ken Baily came up with the idea of hosting a toboggan race daring to call it “The Nationals” over 20 years ago. Dickey didn’t have much time for musing however; there was a massive task before him. He and his crew had to launch over a thousand toboggans for the 20th annual Toboggan National Championships. Click here for full text and photos Liar, Liar, Your Tobogganing Pants Have Burned Up in the Chute.By Tom SadowskiAt the running of the 20th annual National Toboggan Championships, I found that if you ask a team member about their strategy to be the fastest down the chute, everyone feels compelled to give you an answer. They may be coy, or they may launch into a scientific analysis of what they think makes them go fast, but mostly I think people just lie about it. |
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 Jack Williams: "It's not my birthday. My birthday is in July"
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"I thought you told Jack!"For years Jack Williams was the first person in the first toboggan down the chute at the Nationals. He always holds the American Flag as his toboggan whisks past the crowd during the singing of the national anthem at the opening of the championships. For years Jack has shown up right before 9am to make sure he has time to get to the top of the chute and into the toboggan so the race can start on time. |
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 Devon Dean (left) and Chris Corso from Team "Section 2074" Prep their toboggan bottom on Hosmer Pond for the 2010 Nationals in this endless annoying animation that you can't turn off. Animations like this are usually used in a web site to attract attention to an advertiser, but the Toboggan Times has no sponsor or advertiser at this time willing to pay to annoy you with this technique. The Toboggan Times Online however, is pleased to bring this pox upon you for no apparent reason whatsoever. The team name Section 2074 refers to the Main State Statutes referring to prudent vehicle speed. They won the "Fastest College Team" trophy representing the University of Maine, School of Law.
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