Okay, not really, but it should be. For those who live in areas that receive frequent snow, we are used to the rigors of winter. And the great thing is there are so many disciplines that can be factored into it:
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Speed - How long would it take to shovel a 60 square foot drive way? Throw in the categories of male, female, double, mixed double, and the various sizes of shovels, could be fun.
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Endurance - You keep shovellin’, and it keeps getting piled on. Whoever lasts the longest wins.
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Form and Figure - Yes, I know we all want to see judged competitions eliminated from the Olympics, but judge the competitors on their form while shovelling, the smoothness of the toss to empty the shovel, whether or not they have to force the shovel to move that packed in stuff.
So, for all those who are beset by snow shovelling woes, don’t fret. If we turn it into a sport, soon, instead of a chore, you’ll be able to convince your children that shovelling the snow before Dad gets home from work is training so they can become your countries next Olympic Hero.
(Inspiration for this thread goes to the current snowstorm outside my work, and Earl McRae, a coolumnist for the Ottawa Sun who originally brought up the idea over 8 years ago)
You have a driveway that’s 7 1/2 feet long (assuming an 8 foot width)? My deck is larger than 60 square feet. I usually do it with a broom. My driveway is 100 feet long and 10 feet wide near the road with a garage apron that expands to 20 feet wide for a length of almost 30 feet.
C’mon! Let’s make this competitive: a 600 square foot driveway (60’ long by 10’ wide). I’ll take on all comers in the unpowered division. I use a snow scoop rather than a shovel and can clear out an 8" snowfall on a 600’ drive in less than 10 minutes. (No lifting with a scoop (just push 'til it’s full, then lift the handle to empty it off the drive.)
the 600 sq ft would be for the endurance competition. But you are right, the driveway for the speed competition should be roughly 20 feet long, 10 feet wide. Covered in 10", of course. The scoop category though would be excluded from the form and figure competition.
The parking lot in front of my apartment a couple weeks ago would have been perfect for competition. Cars were parked side-by-side, and we had about two feet of snow. I brushed the snow off my car, and then had to shovel between it and the cars next to it. That meant a lot of right- and left-handed work (which goes toward the Technical Merit score); and had to go from front to back, which meant throwing the snow over my shoulder (Artistic Impression).
So, xayoz306, is this set to music or what?
The Form and Figure competition (as of now renamed Artistic Snow Removal) could be set to music. As well, the refined categories for the speed shovelling are:
Men’s Wide Shovel
Men’s Scoop
Women’s Wide Shovel
Women’s Scoop
Men’s Doubles (Wide Shovel Only)
Women’s Doubles (Wide Shovel Only)
Mixed Doubles (Wide Shovel)
Mixed Doubles (Scoop and Shovel)
All the while, clearing a 200 sq ft driveway of smooth concrete, piled with 10" of snow.
10 inches is hardly worth the trouble. Call me when you’ve got 2 feet. (Or would that be eXtreme Snow Shovelling?)
How do they prepare the surface for each competitor? I’m picturing a Zamboni driving backwards.
10 inches of heavy snow. How does that sounds??
You’d have to get jumps in there…although the landing might be ruff
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BOOM! lol
Yes! Jumps…and…Rails yes! rails!
and…mmmmm…
half pipe!!!
ya!
Can’t u just picture it!?