Dec 16, 2018 - Duration 4:05
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00:06 Jimmy Ography here talking with Chuck 00:08 Zwilling we're here to talk about the 00:10 second annual ice fest taking place 00:12 January 12th and 13th up on Green 00:15 Prairie Fish Lake which is by Camp 00:17 Ripley To start off Chuck why don't 00:19 you tell me a little bit about what 00:20 happened last year. Last year we 00:22 attempted a world record and set a world 00:24 record of 100.. hundred meters 00:26 basically cut a big circle in the lake 00:28 and made it spin. Okay so for those who 00:30 don't know that's a ice carousel; cut a 00:33 circle make it spin. So is it 00:36 still the world record? No nope, since 00:38 then I went to Finland, help them cut 120 00:41 meter circle and then went to Maine and 00:43 help those guys cut a hundred and thirty 00:45 meters. Alright, so are you looking to set 00:47 an even bigger world record this year? 00:49 Yes we will do something bigger than 00:51 that. All right. 00:53 Not only is this a fun event but this 00:55 benefits the flyer pride pack and I 00:57 believe you set up a non-profit why 00:59 don't you tell me a little bit about 01:00 those two things yeah so we had to set 01:02 up a nonprofit organization it's a 501c3 01:05 company called pay it forward foundation 01:07 and we turned it into money that we are 01:11 raising for flyer pride PAC which is a 01:13 weekend backpack food program for kids 01:16 that kids that live below the poverty 01:17 line all right so it's for a great cause 01:19 we saw that sponsorship positions 01:22 available for those that want to 01:23 contribute and not only are we doing the 01:26 ice carousel this year but you've really 01:27 expanded you got a lot of other events 01:29 going on so why don't we talk about some 01:31 of these other events yeah yep so one of 01:34 them is going to be curling Viking 01:35 Lander laying out of Alexandria is going 01:37 to bring some rocks and they're gonna 01:38 have I learned a curl day and a mini 01:40 bonspiel at the end of it so if you want 01:42 to if you ever wanted to try curling now 01:44 would be your chance there will also be 01:46 a three-on-three pond hockey going on 01:49 not necessarily a tournament but some 01:51 competitive games for people who play in 01:53 Greater Minnesota speed skating 01:55 Association is gonna have a learn to 01:57 speed skate kind of compete learn try 02:01 for yourself race against hockey players 02:03 apparently it's quite a bit faster is 02:05 what they tell me 02:05 figure skating going on on Sunday we 02:08 from Sunday to noon to 2:00 there will 02:10 be a figure skating program going on the 02:12 Little Falls High School Nordic skiing 02:14 team is going to have a learn to ski for 02:17 both kids and adults there's going to be 02:20 an international igloo building 02:21 competition so the guys from Finland are 02:24 coming they're gonna be a bigger 02:25 building igloo and we'll have some other 02:28 people out there in fact we're still 02:30 looking for teams if you want to build 02:32 an igloo let me know all right 02:35 we're of course gonna have food vendors 02:37 there will be one food vendor vendor for 02:39 the most part there will be white chili 02:41 free white chili in the Walmart white 02:44 chili and warming tents so we will have 02:46 warming tents this year the other event 02:49 they forgot is tour right bicycle shop 02:51 is going to have Striders out there for 02:53 the kids 02:53 and there'll also be a fat tire bicycle 02:56 Trek all right so we've got a lot of 02:58 stuff going on again it's January 12th 03:00 and 13th both days there's still 03:03 sponsorship opportunities available 03:05 we've got a bunch of sponsors that will 03:07 show all right so as far as sponsorship 03:09 goes right now we've got four platinum 03:11 sponsors who are they 03:12 Minnesota power foundation Grand Casino 03:14 Mille Lacs building force first saw 03:17 recital halls and Remax results and then 03:20 we've also got some other sponsors where 03:22 we got we got gold silver and bronze I 03:24 mean yeah are we up to so far we've got 03:26 51 partners so far total but of course 03:29 to run a big event like this there's a 03:30 lot of expense and even just donations 03:33 in kind there's been a big part of the 03:35 event we've got some contact info of 03:37 course I'll put at the bottom this movie 03:39 for more information be a sponsor as 03:41 well as some of these other the events 03:42 that are going on so hopefully we got 03:45 some good weather things worked out 03:46 pretty good last year we're going for a 03:47 new world record this year and got a lot 03:49 of fun things for everybody to come out 03:51 and enjoy so we hope to see you there 03:52[-- end transcript --]
Ice Fest - January 6th, 2018 - World Record Ice Carousel Attempt Green Prairie Lake, MN.
Dec 29, 2017 - Duration 3:25
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hello everybody Jimmy ography here with Chuck 00:05 Zwilling he's the organizer of a pretty 00:07 awesome event coming up here in January 00:10 6 where they're gonna he and his team 00:12 are gonna attempt to build the world's 00:13 largest ever ice carousel now for those 00:17 of you out there that don't know what 00:18 what is it ice carousel basically if you 00:21 take a chainsaw and cut a big circle in 00:23 the ice and make it spin that's a nice 00:25 carousel alright that's pretty simple 00:27 and you've done this before yeah 00:28 actually my brothers and sisters last 00:30 year we did just a 20 meter 00:32 ice carousel did it cut it all by hand 00:35 put a motor in it and made it spin 00:37 alright that sounds awesome so what is 00:40 the current world record for the largest 00:42 ice carousel 00:43 Yani kapolei doe in finland has a 00:47 hundred meter ice carousel and we intend 00:50 to break that record we're gonna do 110 00:51 meters 110 meter ice carousel alright 00:55 and this is Nick's 00:56 next Saturday January 6th and where is 00:59 this gonna take place 01:00 Green Prairie Fish Lake just north of 01:03 Little Falls 01:03 okay so just north of Little Falls and 01:05 it's not just for fun but you're also 01:07 doing it as a benefit to feed hungry 01:10 children tell me a little bit about that 01:11 yeah flyer pride pack is a program that 01:14 sends meals home with kids that 01:17 basically live at about the poverty line 01:19 so it's a great program it gives them 01:21 kids some need over the weekend and 01:23 we're hoping to feed at least 200 kids 01:25 okay awesome and they got a Facebook 01:28 page set up which probably displaying on 01:30 the bottom of the screen right now 01:32 they're also having getting a GoFundMe 01:34 page set up so if you can't go to the 01:36 event and donate you can donate online 01:37 it's obviously for a great cause it's 01:39 gonna be fun it looks like maybe 20 01:41 degrees on January 6 as of right now of 01:43 course that could change will be 01:46 shooting video out there of the event of 01:47 course I'm assuming there's going to be 01:49 some people grilling food on the ice 01:50 carousel it's gonna be big enough right 01:52 110 meters way bigger than a football 01:55 field spinning in a circle so it should 01:56 be a pretty fun event hopefully 01:58 successful hopefully a new world record 02:00 and hopefully we could see everybody 02:02 there what time should people try and 02:03 show up at what time do you think it's 02:04 gonna be ready for people to sit on and 02:06 spin we are starting to cut ice at 11 02:09 o'clock 02:10 who knows when it'll get done 02:12 it sounds like maybe a couple cones like 02:14 maybe a couple hours with the the 02:16 cutting sleigh that you guys have 02:17 invented correct yep twister industries 02:20 out of Mora Minnesota is building us a 02:23 cutting sled and we believe it will work 02:25 just great all right awesome well 02:28 looking forward to it we've also got 02:29 some great sponsors and again we got a 02:31 GoFundMe page a Facebook page so it's 02:33 going to benefit a great cause feed 02:35 hungry children and we hope to see 02:37 everybody there 02:38 [Music] 03:09 [Applause] 03:10 [-- end transcript --]
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