BSSD IDITABUDDY AWARDS 2008 - WEDS. 3/26

[MotorWerk]

1. Best idita-site - bssd
2. Funniest thread - Mr. Breaker
3. Best trail reporter - Frozen
4. Best iditapoem/song - the GPS tracker
5. Best avatar 2008 - Moose
6. Best idita-fact finder - Heidi
7. Fav.overseas bssd member - Everyone
8. Fav.usa based bssd post member - Everyone
9. Worst top ten pick ( decided)
10. Best top ten pick (decided)

iditarod 08 musher awards

11.Most inspirational musher - Rick Swenson
12.Most comical moment - Buser giving away his tracker to a pilot
13.Best looking team - DeeDee's
14.Best looking musher - Sigrid
15.Goldern harness award - Tess/Gebhardt

[klmobile]

1. Best idita-site - bssd, By far and away!
2. Funniest thread - Trail Breaker..you guys are whacky, and I loved it!!
3. Best trail reporter - Frozen/Sam: can't thank them enough
5. Best avatar 2008 - Motorwerk...looks like my uncle
6. Best idita-fact finder - Heidi...Heidi is a Rock!! always there!
7. Fav.overseas bssd member - Eskil
8. Fav.usa based bssd post member - All the alaska Folks..Thanks!!
9. Worst top ten pick ( decided)
10. Best top ten pick (decided)

iditarod 08 musher awards

11.Most inspirational musher - Jen FreKing
12.Most comical moment - Matin's GPS gag and hawaii shirt too
13.Best looking team - Karen's...runner up Jim L
14.Best looking musher - Sigrid...her smile might cause Global warmming.
15.Goldern harness award - Larry....the comeback leader

[fladogfan]

1. BSSD
2. Trail Breaker thread was the longest running, but the post that made me laugh THE most was the joke about
the novice chilli judge. but don't see a place to vote for it so put it here just to remind us all how funny it was.
3. JohncAn
4. Eskil's 'Dead Man's Curve'
5. MaxandTuk
6. Heidi
7. too many favs to name just one
8. ditto
9. decided
10. decided
11. Deb Bicknell
12. Martin's flying GPS
13. the puppy team driven by Sam Deltour--he got all 16 pups to Nome!
14. Sam Deltour, watched the vid of his team coming into Nome and his interview, he is one good looking man
15.BABE, to be her age and still doing such a good job.

[Heidi]

1. best idita-site - bssd
2.funnest thread - trail breaker
3.best trail reporter - frozen chosen
4.best iditapoem/song - emwcee

In the land of the midnight sun
Where strange things have been done
We heard everything
About Mackey and King
But nothing of true number one.

"Who is this guy, anyway?"
The fans were heard to say.
"All through the race,
He's been in first place.
The others are miles away."

Then on the 12th day of March,
His two sons Ice and Heart
Both watched him come in
And cheered his win
It was Trail Breaker under the arch!

5.best avatar 2008 - mith (the irony is too much!! )
6.best idita-fact finder - dilli
7. fav.overseas bssd member - how can I choose just one?
8.fav.usa based bssd post member - see answer to # 7
9.worst top ten pick ( decided)
10. best top ten pick (decided)
11.most inspirational musher - see poll above
12.most comical moment - martin buser's 130 mile "detour"
13.best looking team - karen ramstead's
14.best looking musher - I'm with Di: the Buser Boys!
15.goldern harness award put dog and musher/team - Babe on Ramey Smyth's team

[Moose]

iditbuddy awards

1. best idita-site - bssd!! Best idita-site EVER!
2.funnest thread - Trail Breaker, hands down. Funnies find on that thread: the EmoticonMobile!
3.best trail reporter - Really, really appreciate frozen's pics and sam's reports, but my nod goes to the bssd team, especially Mia and Tori, and the team of unknown faces behind that team
4.best iditapoem/song - I love emwcee's Old Lady Cabin poem
5.best avatar 2008 - The brownies--I laughed and laughed and laughed when first they appeared
6.best idita-fact finder - Dilli - give her a minute and oh, the stuff she can dig up
7. fav.overseas bssd member - Each and every single one
8.fav.usa based bssd post member - Ditto
9.worst top ten pick ( decided)
10. best top ten pick (decided)

iditarod 08 musher awards

11.most inspirational musher - Though he withdrew early, GB for starting the race rather than disappointing his Iditarider
12.most comical moment - Martin buser flying tracker
13.best looking team - Always, always, always The North Wapiti team. Simply gorgeous dogs.
14.best looking musher - At the start of the race, or at the end of the race? The photo that comes to mind is Kjetil, looking out from under the fur trim on his anarak hood. What a cutie!
15.goldern harness award put dog and musher/team (I'll get back to you on this one.)

[Heidi]

The awards are tomorrow Wednesday, March 26 at 4 pm Alaska Time (5PT, 6MT, 7CT, 8ET, 12GB, 1NO).

Tangles is the host and presenter of all awards. Thank you Tangles!

[CynCyn37]

OK here are some of my picks....

iditbuddy awards

1. best idita-site - bssd hands down
2.funnest thread -Trail Breaker
3.best trail reporter - Tori
4.best iditapoem/song -????
5.best avatar 2008 -Moose
6.best idita-fact finder - Heidi
7. fav.overseas bssd member -all
8.fav.usa based bssd post member -all
9.worst top ten pick ( decided)
10. best top ten pick (decided)

iditarod 08 musher awards

11.most inspirational musher - Jen Freking
12.most comical moment - martin buser flying tracker/matin busers 24 outfit
13.best looking team Karen Ramstead
14.best looking musher-as if you have to ask......Hugh Neff, duh!
15.goldern harness award put dog and musher/team Babe/Ramy Smith

Edited to add: Sorry I will miss you guys! I have to teach at the Community College. If I get finished early, I will check in!! Have a BLAST!!! Purple drinks with umbrellies and Brownies!!!!

[MotorWerk]

I'm sorry to say that I won't make it tomorrow either. Work, you see.

However - should you see an Alvanian cave sloth lurking in the corners that would be me in disguise.

Have a great time!

[sugarriver]

11.most inspirational musher - Though he withdrew early, GB for starting the race rather than disappointing his Iditarider

Thanks for also noticing G.B.'s selfless act at the beginning of the race, Moose. I voted for him and his doggies for Golden Harness for the same reason. I thought we were locked into the five given for Most Inspirational, but sometimes the most inspirational acts get overlooked if the musher isn't around for the long haul. G.B. always seems to be a great ambassador for the race, and is seemingly always willing to help the other guys, even if it affects his race. I hope his racing days aren't over -he and those dogs deserve to get accolades in Nome again.

15 g.b. – for making sure his Iditarider was taken care even though he knew he couldn’t make the run – and all his dogs for getting all excited and tacked up and not getting to show their stuff: winners all around

sugarriver

[Moose]

Oops. Sugarriver, I missed a lot of the nomination process, didn't realize we were limited in making selections. But it's late in the game, so I'll stand with GB. He just seems like a heck of a guy and I hope to see him back on the trail soon.