BY JESSICA PARKS
AND ALEX MITCHELL
There’s a brand new, frozen
activity in NYC that will leave
you spinning — literally!
Bumper cars on ice have slid
into the rink at Aviator Sports
in Brooklyn’s Floyd Bennett
Field just in time for the winter
holiday season.
Offi cially making a public
debut Friday, these fl ying saucer
like bumper cars will be the
fi rst of its kind in the city, according
to Aviator.
So here’s how it works: the
bumper cars are four-wheel
drive and feature a dual steering
system that goes in any
direction. Straightforward
enough, the gear shift is comprised
of one lever on each
side of the bumper cabin —
push the two forward to go
forward, push both back to reverse,
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etc.
The real fun comes with maneuvering,
though. That’s when
every wannabe Lieutenant Pete
“Maverick” Mitchell can attempt
a “Top Gun” style, hard
brake on ice by shifting one
throttle forward and the other
in reverse … just don’t hold it
for too long, otherwise you risk
spinning out, which is less than
pleasant while on ice.
Since the bumper cars are
set on an Aviator hockey rink
from its blue line down, keep
your head on a swivel because
the boards are certainly in
play.
Being the competitive news
group that we are at Schneps
Media, these two reporters
challenged each other to see
who would wear the honorary
ice bumper car champion
crown.
Alex’s tips
“When you get those bad
boys out in the open a whole lot
of damage could sure be caused.
Since staying straight can be
a bit tricky at times given the
slippery terrain, I found moving
in reverse to be quite effective
at taking your opponent off
guard. Not to mention, if you’ve
played enough Need For Speed
then drifting from reverse to
forward will be a no brainer. I
will admit that Jessica did land
more incidental impact on my
frozen bumper, though when I
retaliated it was fi erce and she
went fl ying into the boards a
few times as well.”
Jessica’s tips:
“Who knew that ice could
bring bumper cars to a whole
new level? The ice rink’s low
friction sent the saucer-shaped
cars fl ying at the slightest collision.
But aside from relentlessly
ramming into your fellow
co-worker, spinning in
place also proved to be quite
amusing. It wasn’t too hard to
get a grasp of steering, though
it was sometimes challenging
to keep a straight line. Luckily,
it didn’t take me too long to discover
that driving in reverse
was the solution. And while I
maneuvered my ice car swiftly,
and attacked my opponent with
a fl urry of tactical blows, the
raw power of several of my opponent’s
strikes sent me reeling
across the rink.”
Given that Jessica landed
more contact but Alex’s strikes
prove to have greater effi ciency,
determining a winner here is
quite ambiguous. Though we
hope that our readership takes
kindly to the soccer style approach
of calling the bout a
draw between amNewYork and
Brooklyn Paper.
If not, give us a ring and
we’ll be happy to rematch during
one of the weekends that
Aviator’s ice bumper cars will
be open on.
ICE RIDE!
The Aviator Sports Complex at Floyd Bennet Field now has ice bumper
cars. Photo by Todd Maisel
Mill Basin events center opens new bumper cars
on ice ride in time for the holidays
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