Mattress racing takes over the slopes at Maine ski resort
CALL OUTS FROM WORK ARE DOUBLING AS WELL. RACE DAY TODAY AT PLEASANT MOUNTAIN, BUT NOT THE KIND YOU MIGHT EXPECT. OUR RONNIE PERILLO WAS THERE AND TELLS US ABOUT THIS UNUSUAL TRADITION. WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT HITTING THE SLOPES, DOING IT ON A MATTRESS MIGHT SEEM, WELL, A TAD UNCONVENTIONAL, BUT DON’T SLEEP ON IT TILL YOU TRY IT. MATTRESS IS THE BEST TIME OF THE YEAR. I’M READY TO GO, MAN. WE’RE GONNA ROCK THIS MATTRESS. YEP. IT’S MATTRESS RACING. BRINGING OUT RACERS AND MATTRESSES FROM ALL OVER MAINE. SOME MORE EXPERIENCED IN THE SPORT. IT’S A 15 YEAR RUNNING. WE’VE BEEN DOING IT FOR A LONG TIME NOW, AND OTHERS WITH SOME PRETTY SWEET DREAMS. WHAT’S THE TOP SPEED TODAY? WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU’RE GOING TO GET UP TO? I DON’T KNOW, LIKE 30 MILES AN HOUR. ALL RIGHT. MILLION MILES AN HOUR. 50 MILLION. NOW, YOU MIGHT THINK THAT MATTRESS RACING. THAT SOUNDS PRETTY SIMPLE, RIGHT? BUT NO, THERE ARE CERTAIN TECHNIQUES WE TALKED ABOUT WITH PEOPLE TO MAKE THESE BABIES SAIL DOWN THAT HILL. WE DID A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO WITH SUSIE WILES. SO, YOU KNOW, WE TRIED TO REDESIGN IT. WAIT, YEAH. WAIT IS PROBABLY YOUR BEST FRIEND. HOSPITAL MATTRESSES AND DUCT TAPE. THAT’S ALL YOU NEED. AND CHECK OUT SOME OF THESE FINISHES. I’M LOVING IT RIGHT NOW. IT’S THE BEST THING I DO EVERY YEAR. AND I THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO SEND IT OVER. AT ONE POINT WE WENT BACKWARDS. IT’S CRAZY. BUT NO MATTER THE SPEED OR HOW HIGH THE JUMPS THIS DAY WAS, WELL, WE’LL JUST LET THE RACERS TELL YOU ABSOLUTELY ELECTRIC. THAT WAS
Mattress racing takes over the slopes at Maine ski resort
Chances are, when you think of a Saturday on the slopes, you don’t think of taking along the mattress from your guest bedroom. But that is exactly what dozens of people did on Saturday at Pleasant Mountain resort in Maine.”Mattress race, best time of the year,” said Tanner, a racer now in his 15th year.Racers got to take a mattress, decorate it and slide down a hill in the middle of Pleasant Mountain. With themes ranging from St. Patrick’s Day to lumberjacks, all of the teams went down a hill with two jumps and a hay bale to stop them at the end.We asked what the best techniques are to make the fastest mattress. Some said wrapping it with duct tape is the secret, while others said to spread a little bit of dish soap or WD-40 along the bottom.
Chances are, when you think of a Saturday on the slopes, you don’t think of taking along the mattress from your guest bedroom. But that is exactly what dozens of people did on Saturday at Pleasant Mountain resort in Maine.
“Mattress race, best time of the year,” said Tanner, a racer now in his 15th year.
Racers got to take a mattress, decorate it and slide down a hill in the middle of Pleasant Mountain. With themes ranging from St. Patrick’s Day to lumberjacks, all of the teams went down a hill with two jumps and a hay bale to stop them at the end.
We asked what the best techniques are to make the fastest mattress. Some said wrapping it with duct tape is the secret, while others said to spread a little bit of dish soap or WD-40 along the bottom.
