While reading kiwidude’s site the other day, i noticed he mentioned kids drinking cups from Ikea that are the perfect size for slalom cones. I went to check it out, and sure enough, there they were. 6 cups for $1.49. My only complaint is they came in 6 different colors per pack, so i couldn’t get all the same color.

I ended up getting 12 six packs for about $20, and now i have plenty of nice cones that won’t blow away in the wind. This weekend, i’m going to shut up about cones and actually put them to use. I was going to do a Barry Publow speed skating clinic (to work on my double push) but somehow he got turned away at the border on his way here, so the clinic got canceled. I’ll use the time to work on my slalom instead.

I just hacked up some new cones, as an upgrade to the plastic drinking cups we’ve been using. I just used a hack saw to cut some of my old skate cones down to the proper size. Not as nice as buying them at that size to begin with, but better than the plastic cups that blow away.

I gotta go to radio shack to get more of these cones, 12 isn’t enough.