2015 Sabotage Report
Hear ye, hear ye! The 2015 Sabotage Report has been born–and just in time for this year’s race! Though we love charity and collective creativity… Read More »2015 Sabotage Report
Hear ye, hear ye! The 2015 Sabotage Report has been born–and just in time for this year’s race! Though we love charity and collective creativity… Read More »2015 Sabotage Report
Sabotage is a long standing tradition of the CHIditarod. Often attempted, seldom nuanced. A minute to learn, a lifetime to master. Sabotage is an often-controversial… Read More »2012 Sabotage Report
These rules are in addition to the general rules and all participants are required to understand and adhere to them.
Everyone enjoys good competition. At CHIditarod, that includes sabotaging other teams! There even is an award for the best sabotage. Past winners of this coveted prize and fully sanctioned as deserving of an award include:
Be prepared to give and receive, racers! You might become a victim even if you don’t plan to sabotage anyone else. It comes with the territory.
Here’s the deal — while we LOVE and encourage creative, non-destructive use of sabotage, there are rules…follow them to avoid being DISQUALIFIED. If you are caught doing any of the items below, regardless of whether you engage in sabotage or not, you will be DISQUALIFIED! If you do the crime, be prepared to do the time. We work too hard to produce this event for the good of the community to deal with repeat offenders. You have been warned.
Check out this blog post for a full guide on how to “Not Suck at Sabotage.”
PS. We survey racers every year and put together a big report on the different kinds of sabotage that occurred.
See past years’ Sabotage Reports here:
Sabotage is a long standing tradition of the Chiditarod. In fact, without it, we’d be just another lame ol’ boring pub crawl. …not really, that was just for the sake of dramatization, but we certainly would be missing an element that keeps the race… interesting.