Slushie Cup

On Saturday we went to the Alyeska Sushie Cup. The Slushie Cup is a a weekend festival of activities based around skiing down a mountain over (or into, as mostly was the case) a 90 foot near freezing pond. We got there around 2:30 or so to see all of the contestants. To participate you must be voted in by the crowd by having a winning costume. Costumes included a gigantic hot dog, Ted Saddler (the crazy Mattress Ranch owner who dances in his own commercial), moose, Duffman, an ipod, three blue guys, etc. Once the participants were chosen they warmed up the audience with a cheesy bikini fashon show. It was pretty awful, and I felt sorry for the girls. They looked freezing even beneath their spray on tans. Next any idiot who wanted to was allowed to swim across the pond. Then the fun began. There was a little jump at the bottom of the hill in front of the pond to give the skiiers and snowboarders a little lift off. Surprisingly about 7 or 8 people made it completely across the pond to teh other side. Participants were graded on distance, height, costume, style, and something else. The judges were "celebrities" like the "first dude" (the governor's husband), Lance Mackey, the four-time winner of the iditarod, Keikan Randall a local Olympic skiier, a news castor, and some guy who was really bad judge. It was pretty fun to watch, but probably something you only need to see once in a lifetime.