Fort McMurray Slush Cup 2010

On April 4th, 2010, Fort McMurray held its 10th annual Slush Cup, an event in which skiers and snow boarders go down the ski slope and attempt to hydroplane themselves safely across an approximately 20 ft. pool of water.

The Slush Cup started at 1 pm and lasted until 4 pm and all the while children and young adults attempted to make it across the water. While most didn’t make it all the way, many did make it across.  Besides the obvious reasons not to think you can make it across the pool, it was also a lot chillier than it had been in recent days and cold and wet are never a good combination.

It was an interesting event and I had a blast covering it. I got to meet some great people and I also got the chance to see some great snow action.

I hope I can come back next year, but we’ll have to see what’s going on.

Two children follow their friend down the slope.

A wider shot of the Slush Cup

A skier goes through the pool of water as the crowd watches on.

The crowd smiles as the snow boarder makes it across the slush bare bottomed

A snow boarder wields his light saber as he tries to make it across the slush cup.

Jeffery Stodola attempts to make it across the slush cup, instead he fell face first into the pool and lost a tooth in the process.

A skier goes down slope as I am on the lift out of the Slush Cup.

A mother and son enjoy the lift back to the top as their skies dangle on the way up there.

A snow boarder goes over the Slush Cup

The same snow boarder from the image before goes face first into the pool.

Daniel Granger in full super hero regalia hydroplanes on top of the pool. He made it all the way across the pool.

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