Snowdown is the annual winter festival. It ran Thursday through Sunday with events including slalom kayak races in the municipal pool and mountain bike snow slalom races at the ski area. This year the theme was Ye Olde Snowdown, with knights, ladies and jesters.
For the belt sander races, people dress up their belt sanders and race them at the local hardware store. It is a town tradition, and there are lots of entries. This belt sander is dressed up as a knight.
The belt sander on the right was dressed up by a grown-up, while the sander on the left was dressed by the kids. Note the integration of the Tonka grader with the Barbie heads. Very creative!
The crowd around the tracks is paying attention, because the sanders go really fast.
The race officials make sure the sanders are all plugged in
And they’re off!
This might look like an example of collective insanity, but these races were actually pretty entertaining. Belt sanders last a long time, and people grow fond of them. Bob’s belt sander tried to eat his leg about eight years ago; next year he might enter it as “Jaws”.
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