The Week contest: Safe Sport - Feb. 26, 2010

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last updated 8 January 2015

Results: We asked you to come up with a much safer sport for the next Winter Olympics and you curled up with:

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Channel Surfing

Marilyn Woerner, Sea Girt, NJ

Ski pole balancing

John Guzowski, Kearney, NE

Almost Licking a Frozen Flagpole: How close and long a competitor can hold his/her tongue to a pole without touching licking it?

Megan Bury, Mendham, NJ

Breath-Fog Exhaling: Who can exhale the most?

Julie David, New York City

Hot Chocolate Cool Down: First to blow on their hot chocolate till it reaches a drinkable temperature wins.

Marlowe Boukis, Lutherville, MD

Ice Cube Toppling: Similar to domino-toppling, but with ice cubes.

Brian Rhoads, West Chester, OH

Nordic Combined: Car-lock de-icing/Car-starting

Bill Muse, Seattle

Tax Extension Filing

Melissa Noebes, Canton, GA

Earmuff Horseshoes

Bill Baker, Tucson, AZ

Sno-Cone Eating Contest

Barbara Hoffman, Philadelphia

Snow-Globe Shaking Contest

Andrew Trentacosta, Rancho Mirage, CA

Catching snowflakes on your tongue

Beth Klaine, Batavia, OH

Basset Hound Dog Sledding

Elicia Elliott, Mercer Island, WA

Hawaiian Beach Sitting (They have a winter too, you know.)

David Levin, Edgewater, MD