Throwing a nine-day party every August for 39 consecutive years requires shaking things up. A willingness to try new things is vital to keeping things fresh, so having an open mind is key. While judging people is against everything The Best Party Anywhere® stands for, sometimes it’s hard not to look back at some of the events and resulting odd moments that have taken place over the years and go, “uhh… wut?!” Check out some of the weirdest moments that have ever taken place at the Best Party Anywhere and be assured that your mental health is still in good standing.
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Just for Fun
19 Weird Songs For These Weird Times
Music provides the soundtrack to our lives. From the bliss of traveling the open road on your way to the Sturgis Buffalo Chip® to the pain of being stabbed with a pencil by your significant other, there’s at least one song that perfectly captures virtually every aspect of our existence. However, “normal” has recently gone on vacation, and we’re exactly not sure when it will be returning. So in the meantime, check out this list of 18 freaky, funny and downright weird songs sure to give you a laugh during these weird times.
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Avoid The Worst Camping Problems with this One Surprising Tool
*thump*
What was that?
*THUMP-THUMP-THUMP*
Oh no…it’s RAIN!
You quickly spring into action, frantically pulling a GEICO poncho over your head while scrambling around the campsite to secure your belongings. As you scurry through the wet grass to cover your motorcycle seat, a gust of wind catches your open RV hatch, ripping it right off the hinges and hurling it into a neighboring campsite.
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Strange, Funny and Borderline Inappropriate Conversations Heard through a Sena
If you’ve been riding long, you probably know a couple hand signals to communicate with your friends while you’re on your bike. “Follow me.” “I gotta pee.” “Watch out for that turkey.” Basic stuff like that.
But what if what you want to share isn’t basic? Like “Your kickstand’s down” or some smack talk on the track like, “I bet you look sexy, but I wouldn’t know because you’re behind me.” What if something is making you laugh hard enough inside your helmet that you just want to share the laugh with a friend?
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Let’s Get Weird: 2019 Sturgis Buffalo Chip Lost & Found
SUPER WEIRD traces of occupancy are all that remain on the vacated 600-acre campground and biker entertainment destination known as the Sturgis Buffalo Chip®. The steady hum of V-Twin engines, the pounding thud of high-powered speaker systems and the unrestrained cheers and revs of huge concert crowds partying their faces off indicate the first full week of August has passed and another Sturgis Motorcycle Rally is in the books.
Bikes, cars, campers, trikes, and all sorts of wheeled contraptions and their riders have all headed home, but the same can’t be said for some of the wonderful, crazy and weird sh*t left behind by all the people who raged at the Best Party Anywhere®! Check out what was found.
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An Insider’s View of the Outsiders: The Sturgis Buffalo Chip through Aaron Packard’s Lens
If you were given a camera and set loose at the Best Party Anywhere®, you wouldn't have to be a pro photographer to capture some moments that would impress the average music or motorcycle enthusiast. Let's be real. When you're spending two weeks surrounded by two-wheeled fun, thousands of friends and a larger-than-life Sturgis Motorcycle Rally soundtrack, sometimes the shot practically sets itself up.
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No Fun at Mama Tried and Flat Out Friday
The Mama Tried Custom Motorcycle Show in Milwaukee, WI has earned a reputation as an impressive collection of diverse custom motorcycles mixed with an atmosphere of fun-loving moto junkies. On top of that, they kick off the weekend with an indoor flat track race called Flat Out Friday that pulls some of the fastest on the track. That sounded like an experience we couldn’t pass up, so we hitched a ride with the Go Fast Don’t Die crew to take you inside the event that goes down right in Harley-Davidson’s own backyard.
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Stupid Human Tricks that Will Earn You Free Chip Passes (and 5 that Won’t)
Know any sweet party tricks? Have any weird hidden talents? Got a knack for doing things that are completely useless? Here's the deal, unless you know the trick to making a viral video, your “skills” probably aren't going to make you millions or change the world. But one thing they CAN get you is free passes to The Best Party Anywhere®.
The Sturgis Buffalo Chip® will be giving away dozens of passes in the Bar Wars to those who can skillfully perform a series of stupid human tricks. But before you learn more about that, check out these five insane (and totally real) stupid human tricks the Chip won't be asking you to perform.
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Safety Second: 24 People Who Sent It at the Chip
To send or not to send, that is the question. And the answer? It’s yes…Or at least it is if you were one of the Sturgis Buffalo Chip partiers who made it into this blog presented by CAMP ZERO.
Have you ever sent it at the Chip? Can you appreciate good stories about people who have? Check out these photos and videos to see whose big ol’ cojones bought them 15 minutes of fame. Just imagine what sends lie ahead.
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Something Weird This Way Comes: 2018 Sturgis Buffalo Chip® Lost & Found
Another Sturgis Rally has come and gone, which means hordes of fans and friends have passed through the legendary Sturgis Buffalo Chip gates once more to party at the Largest Music Festival in Motorcycling®. Each year, these folks bring a host of strange and wonderful objects to make their party one for the books, and it never fails that many guests leave some of that stuff behind for the Chip's staff to discover. See what the cat dragged in this year to make staffers to scratch their heads in the 2018 Sturgis Buffalo Chip Lost And Found!
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