Partying for nine days at The Largest Music Festival in Motorcycling™ leaves a lasting impression upon the soul. A gathering of this magnitude also leaves an impression on the campground, as folks often forget or abandon many things– some ordinary, and some that make you say, “What is that?!” After the last motorcycle rolled out the Sturgis Buffalo Chip gate in 2016, Chip staff took photos of everything left behind to share it all with you!
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Buffalo Chip Traditions That’ll Make You Feel at Home
For those who come to the Buffalo Chip every year, you know that there might be rain, and your tent fly could blow away, and if both happened on the same night your neighbors would throw you a towel and a beer and help you find the humor in the situation. Yes, a trek to the Best Party Anywhere™ can be full of exciting surprises that give you great stories to tell, but it’s some of the familiar things you know you can count on year after year that truly make the Buffalo Chip feel like home and its people feel like family. Check out some of these great traditions developed over the years by some of the Chip’s seasoned guests to see for yourself!
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Where’s Woody? Legendary Promoter Disappears
Family and friends of Sturgis Buffalo Chip® founder and president Rod “Woody” Woodruff have been suffering sleepless nights ever since the legendary biker businessman mysteriously vanished three weeks ago. While this wasn’t the first time he’d gone “off the map,” this particular disappearance had many anxiously biting their fingernails as fans have been eagerly awaiting his third band announcement for the Buffalo Chip’s 35th anniversary party. So, where the heck has Woody been? The answer is just as unexpected as this band announcement.
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6 Music Festivals Too Crazy to Believe
Any blissed-out fun junkie will tell you a life well lived is one spent laughing with friends, inventing dance moves with sexy strangers and discovering places where music washes over you like Niagara Falls. A good music festival will give you all this and so much more. But with hundreds (if not thousands) of new festivals popping up all over the world every year, it can be hard to figure out which ones you should check out to get the most memorable experience possible. That’s why this list of six crazy music festivals you’ll have to see to believe may just change your bucket list forever.
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The Best of 2015 – Your 10 Favorite Articles and Videos
For motorcycle and music enthusiasts, 2015 was a year filled with over-the-top events, surprising news and more crazy shenanigans than ever before. Lucky for you, Sturgis Rider® News and the Sturgis Buffalo Chip® video department captured it all with more than 100 articles and videos published throughout the year. But after tallying all the views, these 10 proved to be the ones you cared about most. Make sure you didn’t miss the most popular stories and videos the first go round by checking out our best of 2015 below!
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10 Sexy Patriotic Miranda Lambert Photos That’ll Make Your Jaw Drop
Miranda Lambert is one of the hottest artists in country rock right now, and if you’ve seen her January 2016 appearance on the cover of Cosmopolitan magazine, you know that she can rock a little black dress as well as she can rock a mic. Her attitude and natural beauty really make her the ultimate All-American girl, which begs the question–what would it look like if Miranda Lambert were Photoshopped into ridiculously patriotic settings? Could the world handle the sheer sexiness that results from combining a musical superstar and some raw, unfiltered ‘Murica? Find out for yourself in this crazy sexy slideshow!
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7 Ridiculously Patriotic Things that’ll Make You Shout ” ‘MURICA!”
When you live in the greatest country on earth, there are times you’ll get to see or do something so awesome that proclaiming your feelings of pride with a spirited ” ‘MURICA!” is pretty much mandatory. If you’re a true patriot, check out these seven mind-blowing ‘Murican things guaranteed to get your red, white and blue blood pumping! Be sure to read to the end, because we saved the best for last.
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9 Badass Things Kid Rock Could Teach Us All
Unless you’ve had your head firmly planted in a pile of sand for the last 20 years, you know Kid Rock is a red-blooded American music icon. With hits spanning the genres of rock, country, hip hop and practically everything in between, it’s clear he knows a thing or two about music and just generally how to be badass. Check out these 9 things we could all learn from Kid Rock and become enlightened on the topic of American Badassery.
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27 Believe It Or Not Legends That’ll Separate the Babies from the Badasses
The Chip is celebrating 35 years of its August music festival this year, and needless to say, there have been more than a few legendary happenings and tall tales told in that time. But where does the line between fact and fiction lie? Here are 27 legends that’ll bewilder Buffalo Chip beginners, but ought to be child’s play for seasoned badasses. Do you know which ones happened and which didn’t? Be sure to keep track of how many you get right to find out whether you’re a green baby buffalo or a seasoned party animal.
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Best Playlist on the Planet or Best Playlist on the Planet?
If you could have all of the best songs from the best bands from the 2015 party at the Chip all in one place, what would you do with them? Would you politely set them aside and keep listening to your smooth jazz collection? Or would you crank them up, do burnouts in your living room, randomly scream out “Freebird!” and melt the faces off your spouse, your mailman, and the family dog with your wicked air guitar skills? Well, the world is about to find out. Here’s something that may just bring all the manimal or womanimal out of you. We can’t guarantee what will happen from here, so listen at your own risk, and try not to get into too much trouble. Here it is: “Buffalo Chip Rock Vol. 1 – The Party of the Century Playlist.”
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