Historically this has involved demolishing and detonating automobiles, street theatre, the Titanium Sporkestra marching band, fire cannons, burning Christmas trees, The fire department, the popo, and always, always, always with the flaming tetherball.

This year HBL set up some fantastic and far far far over the top lighting, Djs, and boozes, and a photo boot that automatically uploaded. Radness and badness.

Hazardfactory set up a little show with a two person fire breathing Dragon puppet, a hapless victim in a fire resistant proximity suit, and a couple of hand held flamethrowers.

We also developed a fun little system that allows partygoers to play with fire by scooping up a handfull of flammable gas and igniting it. This proved to be great fun, as the photos attest.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/espressobuzz/sets/72157622990131319/show/with/4234716930/

I’m sure someone will ask me whether this is safe. I am not sure why they would ask me that, but someone always does.

Congrats to Katja and Craig Ackerman for deciding to get engaged while saturated with white gas (external) and alcohol (internal). We wish you all the best and promise to excercise an almost modicum of restraint if we get invited to anything.

Happy New Years to one and all.

I hope to post a new youtube segment within a day or two. Yes it’s about working with fire, and it’s not pyromania, it’s a profession.

R

Hanks’ excellent photos.

Power Tool Racing is where you take an ordinary electric appliance and/or power tool, add wheels, and race it down a wooden track for no good reason… It is hard to explain in words, so watch this video instead…

Some highlights of what to expect this year: Races! With trophies! Power Tool Demolition Derby with jumps, head-on collisions and other spectacular and dangerous mayhem! Grudge Matches! Unsportsman-like behavior such as swearing, bribery, and sabotage! Arbitrary and drunken judging!

Still not convinced?
Then check out these pictures of last year’s races…

Now are you ready to play? Here is how you participate:

• Be sure to read The Rules.
• Build a racer made out of a “Power Tool”
• Register your entry.
• Show your friends what you did, get them to build racers too…
• Show up at Artopia in Georgetown on June 27th and kick some ass…

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If you have any more questions or comments you can contact us, otherwise we will see you at the races!