This was an orange colored plastic sled; had a picture of a skiing penguin dressed in winter duds. It had two side handles and at the front end was a loop to tie a string around so you could drag it back up the hill. Very cool.This is the description that I found when I googled Ziffy Whomper. I've been thinking about this 80's sled ever since my friend and I were discussing Christmas presents for our kids. She got her daughter a sled. It got me thinking. I remember getting a sled every year for Christmas. It was usually from Meijer Thrifty Acres (I mean Santa). The ultimate day was when we (and all of our closest friends on our country block) got a Ziffy Whomper for Christmas. We wrote our names across the top with a black Sharpie marker to not get our sleds confused when we met up at the local hill dubbed "Big Daddy."
I think it was a very small window of sales and excitement but we were in on it. Do any of you remember the Ziffy Whomper?
5 comments:
That's Awesome!
If you we wearing a smurf hat to ride one you were especially cool!
Oh yeah, you were not cool if you didn't own one of these. I think we made the neighbor kids jealous. All 4 of them!!! Sarah
I HAD ONE AS A KID AND AM LOOKING TO GET ANOTHER ONE. DOES ANYBODY KNOW WHERE I CAN FIND ONE THESE DAYS?
@Anonymous:
I just listed one on Etsy:
www.etsy.com/shop/LaurasLastDitch
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