I’m not advocating anyone doing this. Really. I’m not. But if you WERE to, say, trim a skateboard to fit the bottom of a whitewater kayak and bolt the whole mess together, put yourself into it, and drop into your local skatepark… then, while I would NOT be fiscally responsible for what happened next, I WOULD be owed some photos. That’s all I’m saying.
Here you go: You could, (YOU, not me… I’m not, legally or otherwise speaking, saying that ANYONE should try this) bolt these things together and let me know how it goes. And send photos. Remember it was YOUR idea. Click on ’em if you wanna shop ’em.
With winter approaching, maybe Hubris could remove the wheels from a skateboard, and attach blades from ice skates. New sport Ice Skateboarding. That is, if the legal department approves.
Don’t try this at home kids.
IceBoatSkating… Definitely the Next Big Thing.
IceBoatSkating? Sounds like Bobsledding without the skill, track, steering or brakes. It could be very bloody and bone breakish, COOL.
There’s got to be a way to add ‘Curling’ in there. We’ll put weights on the front of the IceBoatSkate and we’ll have guys sweep the ice in front of it.
We should probably have a Yeti involved, too. Or, as I like to call them, IceWukilars.
I’m not so sure about the ‘Curling’. But if you can figure out how to add a Net/Goal and/or a Ball/Puck. You are on your way to Winter Olympic Gold.
You, sir, are the Abner Doubleday of IceBoatSkateBalling. My team will, of course, be the Memphis Wukilars. I’m just sayin’.
It’s on! My team is the Chicago Sasquatch. Teach us the rules,and we’ll show you how to break them. I’m just sayin’
Are you ready to RRRRRRUUUUUMMMMMBBBBBLLLLLE!!
IF you have a long enough rink and a sit-on-top kayak, you could curl, by pushing the kayak and hoping on before a foul line (perhaps belly first with a broom to self sweep?). Lean forward to go faster, lean back to engage a braking weight on the back.
Only real problem is you’d need 16 different kayaks for a game, mined from a Scottish quarry.
My friends, we have seen the future, and it is called IceBoatSkateCurlBall. Or, if we want it to be really successful, Quidditch.
OK. you put skates on it. In the back, you put a 5hp Briggs & Stratton lawn mower, attached to two brooms that are cut off and attached to the front to ‘sweep’ for you, and also attached to a ‘push wheel’, that’ll propel you forward. Steering is done by leaning.
Right! That leaves your hands free to shoot the ball and curl the weight at opposing players. Awesome!
I am SO in!
In my mind I picture a post game Hubris, with a hockey player smile.
You know, a black eye, bloody nose and missing teeth. Saying it was great game.
Oh, Greg, we need to call this game “CALVIN BALL!”
Or, to keep the copyright lawyers off us, “Carnage Ball”.
It’s starting to sound like Douglas Adams’s ‘Brockian UltraCricket’ wherein you build a giant, tall wall around a hundred or so players, then toss any implements of destruction you like into the arena and let the players have at it. You never get to see the game, but the audience’s imaginations are always better than what actually happened.
Greg – right, pesky lawyers. I thought you had a moat around your castle, with man eating croc’s inside it. 😉
Well, YEAH. I designed it to resemble YOUR place.
Greg – I rent a basement apartment … I don’t see how you woulda designed it to look like MY place. haha
A basement… that could be flooded with an inch or two of water and then cooled to freezing? Arena-style basement? Tournament central for IceBoatSkateCurlBall kind of basement?
LOL I LOVE your sense of humour Greg. Right now, with the way I feel about my landlords (I’m despising them) I’d love to flood/freeze the basement … after I get my stuff off the ground – don’t want to ruin MY stuff! 😀
Yes!