Bouncing Queen

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Bouncing Queen

From: 2 below zero
Length: 00:04:15

A visit to the Bouncing Queen tryouts Read the full description.

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A quirky tradition at the St. Paul Winter Carnival is the Bouncing Team: Fourteen guys holding a round, canvas blanket rocket a young woman 30 feet into the air. She does an aerial gymnastic move. They catch her. The Winter Carnival started in 1886, so did the Bouncing Team; they've been tossing woman skyward ever since -- not one dropped yet.