For Throwback Thursday I thought I would go back to 2005 to 2007 when Jon and I led the BSU to 3 straight Bed racing world championships. Our rise to bed racing fame in the bed racing world was very well documented on local news stations and even had a hit you tube video. I hope you enjoy the below pictures and as always I have included a write up on our winning outfits.
We have gone plaid at ludicrous speed down the hill.
The original racing gear donned from L to R Jon (goose), Griff (Ice Berg), Luke (Ramrod).
In our first entry into the bed races we donned these spectacular flight suits inspired by the movie Top Gun. With a little arts and crafts the helmets were created with dust masks, tape, spray paint and biker helmets. The hard task of making safety gear fashionably was sucessful as you can see. The things covering our face with the tube coming out of them which are supposed to be oxygen masks, don't make fun of us though, we were just poor college kids trying to make it in the competitive world of bed racing fashion.
Jon and myself celbrating victory #3
Held this trophy a bunch. As you can see our fashiable safety helmets made it through the years but the outfits were cut for a more comfortable/traditional look. Through the years the helmets took some abuse as dust masks are not very rigid, they are kind of a princess leia look. We did not intend to dress up as princesses but I am sure you could figure that out by looking at the rest of our outfits. The sweatshirt I am wearing was purchased at a Butte thrift store for $2.00. This sweatshirt has a lot of miles on it and will likely make a few appearances on throwback thursday. Sweatshirts make for great purchases as they last forever and can be worn basically everyday. In Butte you would typically need two sweatshirts and a jacket to keep your joints from freezing up when walking from class to class. As always if you are going to spend money on a sweatshirt dark colors are important to prevent the fish from seeing you. If I were to calculate the cost per usage on this sweatshirt it would certainly be less than a penny. Which is pretty good in the fashion industry.
Raising the trophy for the last time
Winning the Bed racing Championships 3 times in a row ain't easy, but looking good well doing it can even be more challenging. A little creativity teamed with some electrical tape, dusk maks, and spray paint and a fashionable look for bed racing can be created. On my next post I will be sure to touch more on fashion. Thank you for tuning in. Go America.
Here is a link to a video unfortunately the audio was cut out after 3 minutes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWWs8RhCIas
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