Go Big on Beer Pong

If you've mastered beer pong, and are looking to take on something a little bigger, you need to check out BEARPONG ($65).

BEARPONG is an oversized portable Beer Pong set that can be played anywhere. This set is great to thrown down at the beach, tailgates, poolside, cookouts, and yards.

My first thought when I saw this product was, you're going to need a helluva lotta beer to hold those cups down. Actually, they use a patent pending weighted system to hold down the cups...err...buckets. The deluxe set comes complete with 12 buckets, 3 balls, ball pump, and a unique carrying case to get you started.

You can check them out for more information at BearPong.com.

Monday Morning Wake Up Call: Port-O-Pong

With football getting ready to officially kick off in just over a week, make sure you have all your tailgating goodies ready to go. Get ready for tailgate season with the Port-O-Pong Portable Beer Pong Table.

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New Tailgating Game: Polish Horseshoes

It seems like everyday we learn about more and more tailgating games that keep surfacing across parking lots across the country. However, this is the first game that we have heard of that requires you to be holding a beer in hand during game play, or face penalty. Now that I have your attention, I'd like to present Polish Horseshoe, which is also known as Frisbeer or Beersbie.

The game involves two team members trying to knock down the other's team beer can off the pole with a Frisbee. We, of course, recommend using a soda can to avoid any unnecessary beer spillage. Much like regular horseshoes, there are different points awarded for different types of results.

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Backyard Barkeep Serves Up Drinks to Tailgaters

There are two annoying party fouls that can occur while throwing some cornhole. You can either A) spill your drink while using the board as a slanted drink stand, or B) spill your drink in the middle of your throw. Either way, you’re gonna end up with a bad outcome. That’s why I’m a fan of the Backyard Barkeep. It not only holds your drink, but also opens your beers, and it keeps score for you on cornhole, washers, bags, or horseshoes.

The folks behind Backyard Barkeep even offer two versions of this handy little tailgate gadget. They have the backyard version, which comes equipped with a metal spike to drive into your lawn. Or they also offer the tailgate version that features a sturdy stand to thrown down on the pavement. Their packaged sets include two stands, two coozies, one score card, and two score card clips to keep track of your score.

The Backyard Barkeep will even hold your keys, wallets, handbags and even lunch according to the makers. If you want to learn more, you can check them out http://backyardbarkeep.com/.

New Tailgating Game Alert: Keg Bowling

Keg Bowling may take a while to catch on, but once it does, watch out! Thanks to Steve from Cleveland for sending this one in to us.

UPDATE: Keg bowling for the whole family! Thanks to Mark for sending this one.

Manage Registrations for Your Tailgate Tourney

If you have ever managed a Cornhole tournament, you know what a pain in the ass it is to collect money from participants and manage paperwork. A company based in Bethesda, Maryland is aiming to take all the guess work out of tourney planning with its online bracket manager at compete-at.com. Compete-At provides an easy, turnkey solution for tailgate game organizers, which enables you to accept online registrations, memberships, credit card payments from participants.

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Cornhole Allstars Delivers Real Deal Tailgating on Your iPhone

This is without a doubt the most polished iPhone tailgating related game out there. With its real physics, wind, and silky smooth graphics, Cornhole Allstars does not disappoint. The game features 4 different locations and 4 different characters with the option to multi-play. The game also boasts Facebook integration for braggin' rights!

BPONG.COM Hits Road With Jay, The Tailgate Guy

BPONG.COM™, leading retailer of beer pong gear and founders of The World Series of Beer Pong™, have partnered with Jay DiEugenio, The TailGate Guy, to bring beer pong on a tour across the nation. With stops at some of the nation's largest and most popular sporting events, the 2009 BPONG Tour™ will host an official BPONG beer pong area set up alongside Jay's famous pre-game barbequing and festivities at each tour stop. The 2009 BPONG Tour will also feature World Series of Beer Pong Satellite Tournaments™ at each stop of the tour, where players can win a paid entrance into The World Series of Beer Pong V™.

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The National Tailgating League Ready To Kickoff

The National Tailgating League (The NTL), a newly formed organization created to sanction and execute organized tailgating games including Cornhole, Ladder Golf and Washer Toss competitions, is ready to hold the first officially sanctioned event during Memorial Day weekend at Lowe's Motor Speedway. In conjunction with the 50th running of the Coca-Cola 600, the inaugural NTL doubles cornhole tournaments will take place on May 23 and May 24 in the campgrounds of LMS.

The NTL is hoping to expose one of the largest tailgating parties in the world to a fully sanctioned cornhole tournament, and name the "Cornhole King of the Campgrounds.

"Tailgating once was the event before the event," said Todd Hirschfeld, creator of the NTL and president of HMS Worldwide, a sports and lifestyle marketing agency. "Today, tailgating is the main course and through the NTL, we're going to organize and sanction events for sportsmen all over the country."

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Best Beer Pong Table Ever?

Conduct a search on youtube for "Best Beer Pong Table Ever," and you will end up with over 38,000 results. It seems that most beer pong table creators out there ultimately believe that their “work of art” is numero uno. Well, step aside because I think we may have found one that truly has earned the right to be in the conversation for "Best Beer Pong Table Ever!" This table features a computer screen (I don't know what for either, but just roll with it.), red and blue themed LED lights, and a shiny acrylic (plexiglass) protective cover. The only thing you could add to it would be a DMX controller to make those LEDs run wild!