Snow Shorts

[Lady Fury]

What a neat idea! (http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2009/10/snow-shorts-a-wearable-sled-for-kids/)



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Snow Shorts are over-shorts for kids. They have a ridged plastic butt-plate, and while wearing them you can slide down any snowy slope and never have to drag a sled uphill again.

When I was a kid we used tea-trays or plastic garbage bags to slide, as we never had a real sledge. And just a few years ago I discovered that a drunken flatmate can function as a perfectly good ride (not that kind) as long as they lay on their belly and keep their chin up. The bonus here is that double-weight means a faster run.

Still, kids shouldn’t get drunk and throw themselves down snowy slopes at 2AM, so these $35 shorts should do the trick. Wondering if you can squeeze your own lard-ass into these? You can. There is an adult sized pair, fitting humans with waists of up to 42 inches.

[Harry]

Still, kids shouldn’t get drunk and throw themselves down snowy slopes at 2AM...

But how else are they going to learn?

[shiningbrow]

It beats sneaking trays out of the cafeteria and riding them down the snow covered library steps in the middle of the night! Probably a whole lot safer, too!

[The Winslow]

Reminds me of the "spank-proof pants" devised by a character in one of the Comtesse de Ségur's books.

[nerfherder]

I could have done with them when I was learning to snowboard!

[Bregh]

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[Redallia]

It beats sneaking trays out of the cafeteria and riding them down the snow covered library steps in the middle of the night! Probably a whole lot safer, too!

XD

My old school would have a cafeteria amnesty day in the spring, where anybody could bring back lunch tray still in serviceable condition, no questions asked. :lol:

[doc]

Like the idea buyt I never slid down a hill, hardly enough snow and it's flat here