It’s time for a reboot! Build Your Own Bobsled is a storied event that has happened at the Double JJ resort in years past. It’s been a while since we’ve worked on this amazingly fun all ages event that brings in competitors from near and far to try their skills at building and racing a bobsled out of nothing but cardboard and tape. With a healthy dose of imagination, what gets built is equally as thrilling as the attempts to make it down the hill at the fabulous Double JJ Resort. It’s an end of winter celebration that is free to participate in. It’s open early in the day for school groups to compete in and as the evening settles in….crowds come in droves for the party atmosphere, the hysterical attempts at actually making it down the hill and the designs that so many overly creative types come up with. February 28th is the date and this is the first notice of the fun.
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Imagination, planning and a thrill seeking mindset all come in handy when it comes to building your own bobsled. Your limits are utilizing noting but cardboard and tape. From there, it’s an open competition on design…large or small, different ways to increase speed….no, cooking spray isn’t the “secret sauce”. We’ve seen competitions like this elsewhere but none offer the surroundings and accommodations of the Double JJ. The Double JJ has a new management team and their goal is to increase the local fun as well as bring in people from out of the area to enjoy the 4 seasons of amazing fun offered at the resort and as winter winds down…the last hurrah on the hills could very well be the BYOB event!
It’s totally free for participants. We know there’s time and dedication going in to the production of your sled, so there won’t be a charge to enter. We’re planning on a day dedicated to 3 different divisions.
1) School Teams. Does your school have an engineering team or “creative lab”? This is an amazing opportunity for your school to participate in the event early in the day. All rules apply to school teams as they do other divisions. We will work directly with the teacher or advisor to make sure that the students have an enjoyable and fun day while showing off their work. Who says STEM education can’t become something super cool and maybe even bring home the win for your school? We’ll be judging on design, time down the hill and crowd favorite.
2) Youth Teams. Kids 12-16 can compete as individuals or up to teams of 5 sliders. Parents will need to be on hand to sign waiver forms for the kiddo’s. Gotta make sure that kind of thing is covered. We’ll be judging on design, time down the hill and crowd favorite.
3) Open Division. Individuals. Teams. Business. This is where pretty much anything goes. Please, let’s not have fireworks shooting off anything. (Yes, we’ve seen that in the past) but if you or you and your friends and coworkers can build a masterpiece out of cardboard and tape…you can be crowned the king of the hill for 2026 and carry the bragging rights with you. We’ll be judging on design, time down the hill and crowd favorite.
Stay and Play!! The Double JJ is making this a weekend to not be forgotten by anyone! Want to stay and play? Want to add in some waterpark time? Along with the fun on the tubing hill on the 28th The Double JJ will have all of the fun and activities going for the entire family. There are deals on rooms. Specials on waterpark passes and more if you are coming to be a part of the fun. The 28th will feature the bobsled event. A beverage tent will open outside at 4p for those 21 and over. There will be warm bonfires, music, food and more. As the evening progresses….there have been some pretty magnificent “end of it all” fires at the bottom of the hill too with the carnage of cardboard leftover after the bobsledding. An event not to be missed! The other great thing is that the tubing hill is not completely taken up by the bobsled event. Even if your not participating in the bobsleds, you can enjoy the day with the family sliding away on the other lanes of the hill and cap it all off with an amazing dinner in the Curly Horse American Bistro or grabbing a pizza at the Rustlers Roost. CLICK HERE to visit the Double JJ website for reservations.
Sponsorship. We have sponsorships available and there are premium perks for event sponsors. CLICK HERE to get into contact with _____ at the Double JJ and learn how your business can benefit from the exposure at this event while you possibly enjoy a weekend that’s attached to the sponsorship! We are really working to make this an amazing event. Your business can be highlighted in future promotion of BYOB as well as having premium placement of signs and presence at the event. We would love to have you be a part of this great day of fun.
February 28th 2026. We are out to put an exclamation point on the place for fun in all of the seasons in Michigan! We are thrilled to bring back the epic event of the season and hope that we can see what we once saw when this even began. Literally thousands in attendance…hundreds competing and everyone together in an amazing setting at play as winter closes out, and spring gets set to spring.
