As hundreds of students gathered at the Rec fields and in front of the EMU for massive snowball fights, one student participated in today’s snow day in a much less … conventional … way.

Wyatt Waterbury, a freshman mathematics major at the UO, was stationed in the EMU amphitheater in shoes, socks, a colorful thong and his … ironing board. 

Waterbury took up Extreme Ironing about a month ago, and if the name needs more explanation, it requires “you to do extreme things while you iron.”

So instead of joining the other students in the snowball fights, he drew his own crowd to the amphitheater to watch him iron out a pair of trousers.

“I thought, why not just bring a little holiday cheer to the EMU in my man thong?” Waterbury said as he dodged a snowball an audience member threw his way.

What’s next for Waterbury? Extreme ironing as the ball drops in Times Square.

And yes, it’s a real sport.