2012 Toboggan Nationals, Day 1, more pics

My friend B is a much more creative and intrepid photographer than I.  These are some of her shots.

Random pictures from around the ice:

This guy is just grooving out with some penguins:

The Schleddy Balls dudes again:

And the Royal Dutch National Toboggan Team, which wins the costume competition every single year:

Here, Thing One and his friend T are being interviewed by a reporter from the Bangor Daily News about their fundraising scheme.  They made $127 running sleds up that hill:

After their first qualifying run, they are coming off the ice while a couple of younger sibs are running out to congratulate them.  They have quite a little following of groupies after doing this for five years, in addition to quite a bit of name recognition after having their homemade sled featured in the local paper last week:

And here come the (justifiably proud) team dads:

Inspecting the sled for damage:

Though their run of 9.47 was excellent for the conditions at the time, the temperature fell and the chute got faster later in the afternoon.  Second runs were this morning, and the lower of the two times determines if the boys will qualify for the finals.

Yes, I know what happens next, but I'm not telling just yet!