Draft:Icebocce

Although this sport is didn't come around until the end of the 21st century, it has surly been play for centuries in some compacity or another. Look at all the stone age ideas that it is based on. They've been around for thousands of years. This modern North American version of Ice Stock Sports^[3], a winter sport developed in Bavaria and played in Germany, Austria, and Poland, which shares similarities to curling and bocce and was played as a Winter Olympic demonstration sport in 1936 and 1964. Is good example of a sports that are based on old stone age ideas.

Originating on the frozen lakes in Minnesota, the concept of icebocce developed organically, particularly in regions with harsh winter climates. Historically, local players used wooden blocks with handles, frozen milk jugs, or improvised objects to create pucks or discs that could slide across the ice toward a target, similar to the mechanics of curling but plays the rules of bocce.

The informal, grassroots nature of the sport allowed it to evolve independently over the years, with a strong community-based culture in many colder regions of the northern United States, particularly Minnesota^[4][5]. Just for an example, in Minnesota there are several Chamber of Commerce Organizations that have tournaments like Longville ^[6][7][8], Moose Lake^[9], Brainard Lake^{[10][11][12][13]}, Finlander^[14] and Pequot Lake^[15]. These Chambers of Commerce's along with local clubs like the Lions in Kimball, MN^[16]. Over the years it has been played at several tournaments and events like the Salt Lake Corporate Winter Olympic Games 2018-19 and most recently in December of 2025, at the Duluth Arrowhead Ice Fishing and Winter Show as their featured entertainment^[17][18][19].

In recent years, icebocce has seen significant improvements in the precision and consistency of the equipment used. New, specialized products have been developed to enhance the gameplay experience, ensuring that the devises slide more predictably and allow players to refine their technique.

The basic concept of icebocce remained the same: Players take turns sliding their chosen devices across the ice toward a target area, with the goal of landing closest to the target.

This game can be played on frozen lakes, ponds, your local outdoor and backyard rinks, ice arenas or anywhere you can find a frozen sheet of water that you can walk on. You can make courts out of snow, wood or create something. Or no courts at all, just open ice. You make the rules.

• Ice Stock Sport
• Curling
• Bocce
• Boules Games
• Ice Rinks
• Ice Ponds