Our story starts with a group of friends with a
passion for football. Each year, we travel together for a football
weekend to watch our favorite NFL team. In 2004, we traveled to
Cincinnati, OH and saw tailgaters playing the game known as “Corn
Hole”, tossing corn-filled bags onto boards 20-feet apart. We
thought the game was a lot of fun and a great way to spend time with
friends and family. We thought, “why not bring this game back to our
home towns to share at our next outing.”
In 2006, our football trip took us to Tampa Bay, FL
for another NFL match up. The night before the game, we purchased
two five gallon buckets at a local bait n’ tackle shop to use for
coolers, filling them with beer and ice for tailgating. While
tailgating, advertisers were handing out small, soft footballs as
promotional items. Given our competitive nature, we started tossing
these footballs into our buckets, challenging each other to our own
game of toss. To make it more of a game, we decided to place the
buckets 20-feet apart and created rules for scoring points. Needless
to say, we had a lot of fun and attracted a lot of attention.
Based on this, a few of us had a great idea. “Why not
create a game that is both fun and functional?” Our idea has developed
into a new and one-of-a-kind (patent-pending) product, called Cool Toss™.
Cool Toss™ combines the function of a cooler with the fun of a game.
In 2007, we made our idea a reality by developing a
product ready for market. With our Cool Toss™ creation in tow, we traveled
around the country, visiting San Francisco’s Fleet Week, a Blue Angel’s
air show, local taverns and parks, football games in Atlanta, Baltimore,
Buffalo and San Francisco, the rodeo in San Antonio and the beaches in
Florida, California and Texas. Everywhere we went with Cool Toss™, people
asked where they could get their own Cool Toss™. The response has been
overwhelmingly positive and we know everyone can be a winner with their
own Cool Toss™.
1. With two Cool Toss™ coolers: place them 20-feet apart. With
one Cool Toss™ cooler: place a line marker 20-feet from the
front of your cooler.
2. Cool Toss™ can be played as teams or as singles. When playing
in teams, two contestants are partnered against another team of two
contestants. When playing as singles, a contestant competes against
another contestant.
3. With two Cool Toss™ coolers: For team play, a member of each
competing team stands at opposite coolers. For individual play, both
competitors stand at one of the coolers. With one Cool Toss™ cooler: For
team or single’s play, all competitors stand at the line
marker.
4. With one or two Cool Toss™ coolers: For team or single’s
play, teams/players alternate tossing one Cool Toss™ bag from the same
Cool Toss™ cooler or line marker until both players have tossed all their
bags. Once all bags have been tossed, scoring is recorded and play
continues from the opposite Cool Toss™ cooler or at the line marker with
the highest scoring team/player from the last round tossing first.
5. Scoring:
Tossed – if 1 bag lands in each of the 3 holes, your opponent has
officially been TOSSED! (Bubba’s Rule)
3 points – if bag lands in either of the two smaller holes
2 points – if bag lands in the largest hole
1 point – if bag lands and stays on the top of Cool Toss™
cooler at the end of round of play
Note: competing players can negate an opposing player’s point
for the round of play by also scoring points within the same round
6. How to Win:
Team Play – first team to 15 points wins (must win by 2 points)
Single’s Play – first player to 11 points wins (must win by 2 points)
