Viral Comal River Boat Race You’ve Gotta See to Believe

Shoutout to everyone in New Braunfels keeping Texas weird. This might be the most fun I’ve seen on a river since tubing season opened.

It’s called Thru the Chute, and it might be the funniest, most unhinged event in Texas. Just a bunch of grown adults building boats out of cardboard and duct tape, dressing up in wild costumes, and launching themselves down a concrete chute on the Comal River in New Braunfels.

I had no idea this existed but now that I do and I’m obsessed and after seeing these  boats, you will be too.

10 Boats That Deserve an Award… or a Lifeguard

Monday Night Raw: River Edition
These wrestlers walked into the ring… and floated out like legends. Cardboard never stood a chance.

Purple Pimpin’ H-Town Floatmobile
This cardboard Cadillac had a full crew, a steering wheel, and Slim Thug.

Clown Car Chaos
Not sure what’s scarier, the fact this clown built a boat out of cardboard or that it actually floated longer than expected.

The Blue Man Boat Group
Drums? Check. Paint? Check. Performance art on a sinking stage? You bet.

Redneck Yacht Club 🚤🍻
Lawn chairs for seats, cooler in the back, and duct tape doing 100% of the engineering, this boat didn’t float long, but it floated proud.

The Floatin’ Republic of Texas
This boat yee’d its last haw down the chute with pride.

U.S.S. Bare Minimum
From “we tried our best” to “we came to conquer,” this race really has range.

Canals of Venice
If Venice had water damage and bad balance...

Would your crew survive the Comal Cardboard Gauntlet?