Competitive Winter Picnicking at McGolrick Park

Loompa Land Trust Fall recruiting a new Oompa Loompa during Competitive Winter Picnicking

Anney Fresh as Panko during Competitive Winter Picnicking

The IKEA team had a game where one person wore a blindfold while their teammate told them instructions to put the item together during Competitive Winter Picnicking

Colleen of Team Birding Man was a Bird of Paradise

Emily of Team Birding Man

Team Birding Man

Two people participate in Oscar's Pic A Nic's game to win an academy award during Competitive Winter Picnicking

The Bimbo BBQ team gave out "whorechata" shots to drink

A member of Bimbo BBQ serving someone their whorechata shot

A member of Cheesus Freaks cheeses someone

The Cheesus Freaks lead a procession in the park

A person waiting to enter Dumpster Dive Bar.

Someone getting an item from Loompa Land Trust Fall's box

What was inside Loompa Land Trust Fall's box in the park

Onion Ringwraiths served fried onion rings as their food item

Spectators came by to see what on earth was going on in the park

Team Ini Mini offering their food items to judge Alyx

Team Crow-K

Two people take a peek inside Dumpster Dive Bar

People enjoying the inside of Dumpster Dive Bar

IKEA employees watch two teams assemble furniture

Bimbo BBQ team's "whorechata" won Best...shot.

Members of The Grand Ball during the awards ceremony

Team Birding Man won Best Bribe

Team Dumpster Dive Bar with their Best in Show trophy

On Sunday, March 3, 2024, another edition of Competitive Winter Picnicking took place in McGolrick Park in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. Originally planned to take place the first Saturday in March, it was moved to the following day due to rain. Thanks to the wet weather, the picnic area was a little muddy, but the weather on Sunday was unusually warm with the highest temperature reaching 60 degrees.

What is Competitive Winter Picnicking? Teams register in advance and come up with a theme, drinks, food, and games. Judges then decide the best in each category, and the top three categories also taking home trophies and a cash prize.

Images from the event yesterday afternoon can be found in the above gallery, which were taken for Shadow Traffic. Many thanks to Jonah for having me out to capture this year’s edition! Results for yesterday’s event can be found below, and more images are now available on the Shadow Traffic website here.

For more Competitive Winter Picnicking, previous years are available on this site via the tag here.

Results
Most Fried - Onion Ringwraiths
Best Cum Shot - Bimbo BBQ
Best Sound FX - Oscar's Pic A Nic
Most Healing - Panda-monium Picnic Pileup
Punniest - Sewer La Table
Best Bribe - BIRDING MAN
Best Picnic Game - IKEA
Best Rhymes - Ini Mini
Best Funerary Offering - Cult of Spud
Biggest Balls - The Grand Ball
Most Blood Spilled - Carrot & Stick
Best Food - Loompa Land Trust Fall (4th place)
Best Drink - Children of the Crust (3rd place)
Most Thematic - Crow-K (2nd place)
Best In Show - Dumpster Dive Bar (1st place)