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January 22, 2006
:: Only In Minnesota
(Photo copyright 2006 Eric Miller, US Pond Hockey Champioonships, www.uspondhockey.com)
The first-ever US Pond Hockey Championships were held this weekend on Lake Calhoun in Minneapolis. They cleared and flooded 26 rinks on the sheet of ice currently covering the lake to hold the tournament which pitted several amatuer (like I mean I-play-with-the-guys-from-work-every-Saturday amatuer) teams against one another to with the covented "Golden Shovel" (the champion's trophy).
I figured this was about the best thing to blog about today, as many people I enocunter who are not from here are mystified by the fact that Minnesotans are brave enough to "walk on water" when the lakes freeze. Congruent with the fascination over pond hockey are other frozen lake sports: ice fishing and sled skipping:
Photo courtesy of Lyn Yost, via www.stragesports.com
In this sport, people dare to "skip" over open water in snowmobiles at high speeds. Makes walking across a frozen lake look pretty safe, doesn't it?
Posted by pierre at January 22, 2006 11:19 AM
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