Posts Tagged ‘sport’
Wednesday 04.15.2009
Get on board with the team from Streetwars this spring for their three week water-gun assassination tournament.
From June 1st through June 22nd join the hoards of supersoaker packing maniacs chasing each other around the city. Streetwars will provide you with a picture of your target, plus his or her …
Friday 04.03.2009
In a frenzy of feathers New Yorkers will happily unleash a winter’s tale of pent up energy on anyone and anything standing still long enough to be hit. Come join the fun at the 2009 Pillow Fight, the first official all-city-outside event of the season, tomorrow on Wall St. …
Thursday 05.01.2008
A large, oblong, slightly projectile-shaped package arrived in the mail yesterday. In the past we’ve had some postal surprises (albeit good) from intern mailings, so we approached with a bit of caution.
Happily, the box emitted no stench or blast, but an autographed snowboard from Gretchen Bleiler, a thank-you …
Wednesday 01.23.2008
WHO: New York’s once and future-great urban athletes.
WHAT: Idiotarod shopping cart race. Teams of 5 “athletes” strap themselves to a shopping cart and mush for miles through a wintry mix in Brooklyn. Contestants are encouraged to modify their sleds and their bodies. The Idiotarod usually turns into …
Wednesday 01.16.2008
Olympic snowboarder Gretchen Bleiler’s new website is up and running, shiny and smooth like Gretchen landing a crippler.
GretchenBleiler.com
The new site has a blog, videos from the slopes, gorgeous photo sets, info on Gretchen’s non-profit work and …