BRIDGTON, Maine, February 27 (ESPN) -- It takes a certain kind of confidence for an athlete to wear a cape. You can't just be good. You have to be amazing, as in world champion-caliber amazing. Otherwise, you run the risk of looking ridiculous. Luckily, Christian Housh, better known as Tiger Claw, proved himself worthy of a world title. "I can't say I ever had any dreams of being a four square champion until I found out about the world championships of four square," Housh said. "Then the dream came alive."
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posted by not_on_display
on Mar 10, 2010 -
14 comments
Slides used to be dangerous..... After climbing up those sandy, metal crosstrax steps you got to the top and stared down at that steep ride below. The slide was burning hot to the touch, a stovetop set to high all day under the summer sun, just waiting to greet the underside of your legs with first-degree burns as you enjoyed the ride
posted by bluesky43
on Jul 21, 2008 -
170 comments
The
antidote to the controlled, indoor world of modern kids might be
Adventure Playgrounds. Messy, chaotic, but counter-intuitively, safer than traditional playgrounds, there are only two in the US:
Listen to
Berkeley's Adventure Playground on NPR, or check out some
flickr shots.
In Europe, where they originated
from the rubble of WWII, and in Japan where they are also popular, the importance of play that involves risks is
better understood. There are
hundreds of
Adventure Playgrounds outside of North America.
posted by serazin
on Aug 18, 2007 -
38 comments
Super(-expensive) Playgrounds are nice to look at, but
what makes a playground fun? Experiments in play:
Snug & Outdoor (
1,
2,
3) Mcdonald's (
1,
2,
3)
KaBOOM! (
1,
2,
3)
Boundless Play (
1,
2,
3)
posted by anotherpanacea
on Apr 22, 2007 -
34 comments
Babies, Footsies, Holdies. Carry, Foul, Slam. Tea Parties, Fairbacks, Cherry Bombs. Double Taps, Underhand, Blackjack. Bitch Serving, Jedi, Extreme. Chicken Drops, Peppermint Sticks, Kamikazes. Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus. Land Mines, Demons, Black Magic.
posted by bardic
on Feb 20, 2006 -
18 comments
Safeplaces is an interactive playground. Mushrooms twitch and squeak, trees react and the environment shifts between day and night. It even has its secrets. Further, less adorable work can be found
here.
posted by Alison
on Apr 28, 2005 -
8 comments
Playground Finder is a community service created by Ben and Suzette Hosken. The parents of two young children, they saw a need for a service providing details of playgrounds within their local area as well as when travelling. This idea grew into Playground Finder.
[found while eyeballing loobylu]
posted by FunkyHelix
on Feb 1, 2005 -
8 comments
Playground law - a comprehensive (warning: pun) list of school yard insults. Beware - it sucks you in, I've been reading for an hour and I'm only on 'c'.
posted by Orange Goblin
on Jan 16, 2003 -
9 comments
