Adult Downhill Sledding - Light Stick Races

How to start your adult downhill sledding

1. Gather up some good friends. Send out a mass text message or email. Maybe send a Raven? But find some fun folks to head to the hill.
2. Gather up some sleds. These can be found at most Big Box Stores. I found mine at my parents house. Make a cardboard sled or use your brain to create a super sweet sled.
3. Purchase a pack of glow sticks. I'd say a glow stick per person.
4. Now you have what is needed for a good adult sledding session (maybe a drink too!)

Find a downhill sledding hill

Now you're required to find a good to adequate hill for some sledding. Use the internet, ask friends and family members. This is the most important part... YOU can't go sledding a nice hill and some SNOW.

Glow in the dark sledding

Here we go... the game begins. How do you play? Find a starting line and place the racers on the line. You'll want at least 4 racers for this to be a good time. Have a few people go down the hill to mark a finish line out.

They'll be the ones responsible for cracking the glow sticks and spreading them out at the bottom of the hill. You'll want a fewer glow sticks than racers. The idea is like musical chairs, one or more of the racers will be left WITHOUT a glow stick.

Once glow sticks are lit up and placed across the finish line the race is ready to start. Someone at the top of the hill needs to start the race.

READY... SET.... GO!!!!

The racers speed down the hill. It's a race and anything goes. Winners move on.... Losers get punished. What's the punishment? A shot.... a few push-ups..... walking up the hill with their pants down. This is your call and can change every time or make a tradition out of it. 

Campout Afton State Park Bluffs

Price: $5 (per group)

Location: http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/state_parks/afton/index.html

Afton State park is just past Woodbury, Southeast of the twin cities. It costs $5 per car to park there or $25 for a year long pass. Camp along the bluffs of the St Croix River. They have firewood, water, toilets, everything else. The views are spectacular. Fall is a good time to go to see the treeline across in Wisconsin. You have to hike about 1/2 mile from the parking lot to get to the camp site. Bring a cooler with some beer and look for a triple rainbow.

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Poisonade Bum

Price $8
Location: Public - any Central Business District

Buy Windex, Blue Gatorade & a ripped suit from the Salvation army...pour out the windex and replace it with the Blue Gatorade. Sit on a street corner in the suit and act like a bum for an hour or so. This way you can say the things you have always wanted to yell at people in public and they'll just think you're crazy and ignore it.

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One for the Narnians

Price: Free
Location: IKEA

Go to IKEA, hide in a wardrobe, wait 10 min, then jump out yelling “for Narnia”

–taken from FreePostia.com

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Winter lawn games - shuffleboard

Price: $4 (cheap spray paint)

Making your own shuffleboard alley or curling alley isn't that difficult. Of course, you won't have the ice perfectly flat, but it still works to make up your own games.

Things you will need:
warm water (hose or bucket)
shovel
spray paint
large rocks / bricks
shuffleboard-type sticks (optional)
All you do is find a pond or lake and shovel off a 30' x 3' area and spray paint some lines on each end (I usually do 2 black lines leaving a white space in between). Then pour the warm water over the whole thing to make it slick. Wait until the surface water is frozen then make up some type of game similar to shufflboard or curling. I usually play with 2 bricks each and assign 1,2,3 point values to each line. If you like playing lawn games in the summer, this is your best bet for continuing through the snowy winter.

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A Good Cry (not you though!)

Price: $2 for some paper

Location: Not near your house / apt

Put signs up that says free Beagle puppy...if not adopted soon, will be put to sleep. Then set up voicemail on your phone to say "if you're calling about the puppy, we already put it down. If not, leave a message." -all in a heartless tone.

You will have people crying and saying ridiculous things on your machine to laugh about later.

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Punishments

1 - Upside down body shot (out of the plumber butt-crack...only show an inch or so please) We don't want to punish everyone. Only the loser.

2 - Right side up body shot (for women)

3 - 1 piece of clothing

4 - Blindfolded for the next #X rounds

5 - Loser goes on their hands and knees and is the chair for the winner for the next #X rounds.

Ask out a Random

Price: $0

Location: Coffee shop (preferred)

The key to asking out a random person is finding someone who is somewhat open-minded and will try new things. Here's the idea....Throw a party with some of your buddies or set this up when you are going to a party. Make a note / letter that says something like (Party at 1XXX West XXXX St, Bring ANYONE you want. We are thinking like 100 people or so. I will be on Peter's cell (555-XXX-XXXX...etc.) Go into a Coffee shop where you're likely to find someone a little more open-minded. If you are a guy, ask a girl and say "have you seen a guys, about 6' tall, really good looking, name is John etc.? Well I am supposed to meet him here, but I have to run and I don't have my phone on me. He will be here soon, can you give him this? After you give it to her (him) strike up menial conversation for a minute, and hopefully they will read the card and you can invite them to the party casually.

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