Only in Canada...

I'm not sure if this is unique to Canada or maybe just my city but the kids raced belt sanders today at the Canada Day festivities downtown. The sanders were decorated and there was a LONG chute they raced from end to end. I'm really not sure how it all worked but they moved FAST! The boys basically flipped switched and they were off. It was all over in about 5 seconds.

***update: google "belt sander races" images and you'll see it's quite popular and in the US too.

Here's another shot from today: http://365project.org/kwind/365/2014-07-01

[Annie D]

hahaha how bizarre - love it!

[Kim]

How odd, we throw gumboots in NZ

[Tammy]

I bet those boys loved that! I know my son would. We've never seen belt sander races before.... Love all the red and yellow in this pic. Great color!

[Islandgirl]

What city or town in Canada races belt sanders?
Sounds interesting!

[Kerri]

Awesome shot

[Leana Niemand]

That sounds very canadian!

[KWind]

@radiogirl Campbell River, BC. The race is sponsored by a Home Hardware.

[Leslie]

never heard of this but I'm sure sounds interesting

[Julie Ann]

Happy Canada Day - how appropriate!

[Skip Tribby - ​🖖]

Sounds like a fun things for kids. I vaguely remember hearing of this on one of those fillers for the nightly news awhile ago, but I don't remember where they were doing it.

[Rach_who]

What a novel idea

[Kay Hodges]

Fun shot and activity

[Catherine W.]

Too funny!!!

[eDorre]

One of the more unusual things I learned on 365! Thanks!

[julia]

Well that's a bit different,, heard of racing frogs/ crabs/ trolly's but never belt sanders...

[bkb in the city]

That one is new to me

[Debbie]

Not in the UK but looks like fun.

[Debi 🐩]

Never seen anything like that but looks fun

[Nicole Campbell]

This is really funny, not something we do down under

[Joan Robillard]

Oh, sure every town has these races. Not

[Babs]

Wow, never seen that before.

[Elaine]

lol did they sand the surfaces as they went along!

[Pat Knowles]

What a great idea for your tree loving country....showed Harry , he was fascinated! Must ask at the Westmorland Show if they have ever heard of that... Lots of tree cutters there.

[KWind]

@happypat Be sure to Google it. It seems like it happens in a lot of places.

[Katia]

:D Each to his own i guess! ;) But, fun capture!

[Corinne]

.... Only in America and Canada...I never heard and saw this before ! It's always great to discover new things !

[Margaret Obey]

I have never heard of this before, great shot