Rules:
The Glide consists of four individual scooter distance coasting competitions. The first two begin at the top of Piccadilly hill. The competitors are allowed to step-push for ten feet and then begin coasting down the hill. They take a left onto Manchester, coast down Manchester, and take another left onto Wellington; at which point they will start going uphill. The goal is to coast as far as possible up Wellington. The second race is identical to the first except the competitors switch scooters.
The next two races have a slightly different dynamic. While one competitor runs the same course as the first two races, the second competitor starts at a different location: the top of the Pinckney driveway. As the first competitor approaches the Pinckney house the second competitor begins and the two finish together. The fourth race is identical to the second race except the competitors switch scooters. (The first competitor's course, and the course of the first two races, is mapped in red while the second competitors course is mapped in blue.)
After the four races are completed the competitor with the most total coasting distance wins.
Scoring:
The winner automatically earns 25 points and can get up to 25 more points depending on his margin of victory. (An exact scoring scale is yet to be released.)
History:
The Glide was one of the early Pinckney sports invented after arriving in North Carolina originating sometime in 2004. The inventors included Andrew Pinckney, Shawn Rumsey, Matthew Pinckney, and Joel Pinckney. The four would oftentimes play this sport on Wednesday nights while their parents were in Bible Study.
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