Welcome back, it's a challenge
that began with two friends.
How can you get to work without a car?
Alright? And now it is a long standing
tradition for the Boulder community.
Today is tube to Work Day 9 news
reporter Courtney Ann is live at
M&G Fine Park where the traffic
jam begins at 8:15 this morning.
Good morning, Courtney.
Good morning, Corey and Natasha.
You know they say that this is one of
the most quintessential boulder things
that you can do and I'm joined here
today with the guy who created this.
His name is Jeff Kagan Jeff.
This is the 14th year you guys have
done this first time since the pandemic
in 2019 that this event is going on.
How did you come up with this
idea to do this?
Well, it was. It started with a joke
between myself and my best buddy,
Andy Gruell, fellow cofounder who now
lives in Denver's first four years.
Just me and him and now we're expecting
about 5:00 or 600 business clad tubers
on their way to work downstream.
So 500 people expected to be here today if
they've never done tube to work day before,
what can they expect on Boulder Creek?
They can expect plenty of surprises.
First of all, it is no lazy river
and the flows are a little low,
so butts up cause those rocks are getcha.
They're they'll get you.
We've got some surprises
that I won't reveal all of,
but they can expect.
Maybe some mermaids with squirt guns,
maybe some bacon coming down from
above on fishing poles and they can
definitely expect a dance party with
breakfast from our sponsors and hot.
Fluffy down at Boulders Central Park,
so lots of good surprises for people.
What is the craziest thing you've
seen during tube to work day?
Cause people get pretty dressed up.
They get pretty into it. I have
seen like a giant Unicorn
float that literally like it
spanned a third of the Creek.
I was like there's no way this
thing's going to make it down and
I saw it show up at Central Park.
I have no idea how they made it down there.
There are a lot of really fun funky
tubes and costumes at this event
and it's just part of the fanfare.
People get crazy with it.
I've seen people they on their
laptops on their tubes sometimes.
Yes, we got laptops we've got.
Newspapers it is definitely
the only mass aquatic commute
that I know of in the world,
and people definitely style
it up and and make it so.
But we do keep it alternative.
There's a lot of bikers I've seen people
show up on rollerblades and scooters,
and we have a lifeguard on
stilts leading a bunch of people
walking down from the take out.
That's awesome, and today there is
a beneficiary for this event because
there's a registration fee and
that money is going to a nonprofit.
Yeah, most much of the fee is going towards
medical and safety staff event staff
to keep this event safe and permitted,
but 25% of the registration fee is
going to the Boulder Bridge House who
does amazing work in our community.
Law long term solutions for
homelessness here in Boulder?
Wow that's awesome. So a lot of
fun and also going to a good cause
absolutely. Are you going to be tubing today?
OK so I'm not going to be tubing today.
I have had an event on clear.
Week before in my life that
I'm still getting over a little
bit so I won't be doing that,
but maybe next year you can convince me
2023 there is nothing like tubing with 500
other people's traffic jam in the world.
That's right, and if you haven't signed
up registration is closed this year.
But like Jeff is saying,
you can always tune in next year.
Corey, Natasha, back to you,
Courtney. Since you've got Jeff
there we did have a question for him.
So like what are people supposed
to wear underneath their business
attire because they got to go to
work after and it was a big debate.
Are in the studio like their
clothes are gonna be wet.
What do they do?
They want to know what you're
supposed to wear. To this.
I mean, if you're wearing a
suit like you're gonna be wet.
So like what? What do you suggest?
Classic tube day tube to work day
attire would be wet suit and then
business suit with some flair.
You know some sequins,
maybe a nice bow tie but there is some
mandatory gear helmet life jacket,
closed toed shoes and really any
costume goes. I've seen it all.
Mermaids, dinosaurs, sharks,
cookies and hamburgers.
It's all welcome here at Tube
to work day, just flare up,
flare up but remember safety first
life vest and those close toed.
Whose helmet definitely? For sure,
maybe some meat is the total vibe.
Yeah, Prince was fantastic.
The way he jumped in.
Oh yeah, and he had.
He's pretty good.
Bacon on a fishing pole.
I'm in Dang yes.
Did you just blow a
kiss to me too Natasha,
we gotta do this next year.
I love Jeff listen, Courtney,
we gotta go to therapy together
girl because I also had an
event on Clear Creek Golden.
Get some knee pads and you
and me were in next year.
Tell Jeff we're in we'll we'll register
let's do it Natasha's in next year.
We're going to do it. Yeah,
you heard it here first.