Register via VENMO (must include your name, phone number, email and team you'll pull for) or register in person and pay $30 registration at Brian's Bar in Stillwater or Guv's in North Hudson.
At the check-in table, the day of the event you will receive a knit beanie with the “Border Battle” patch in Green (Packers) or Purple (Vikings) with Gold.
Registrants will be asked to sign a waiver at check in.
Limit of 150 people on each side! Must be 18 years old to participate.

For the Benefit of First Responder Associations from both sides of the St. Croix River. The Tug-Of-War winning team will receive 60% (and the losing team 40%) of the net proceeds.
#BorderBattle
#TugForACause
DATE: JANUARY 04, 2026
LOCATION: OLD TOLL BRIDGE aka "The Pier" in Downtown Hudson
TIME: 10:00AM
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Register via VENMO (must include your name, phone number, email and team you'll pull for) or register in person and pay $30 registration at Brian's Bar in Stillwater or Guv's in North Hudson.
At the check-in table, the day of the event you will receive a knit beanie with the “Border Battle” patch in Green (Packers) or Purple (Vikings) with Gold.
Registrants will be asked to sign a waiver at check in.
Limit of 150 people on each side! Must be 18 years old to participate.
Anyone 18 years old or older can participate. All participants must sign an insurance waiver before participating.
The Border Battle schedule of events will remain the same.
If the weather is such that it is dangerous to be outside, we will cancel the event and it will not be rescheduled We will not be able to process refunds but participants will be instructed on how to pick up their beanie & lanyard. Unfortunately our expenses are based on putting on the event and we can not issue refunds. The First Responder Associations will still receive the net proceeds, but it will be split 50/50 between Minnesota and Wisconsin organizations.
Participants should check-in with the folks they want to pull with and stay with each other as the Captains put together teams.
It's possible...it's up to the team captains, Brian's & Guv'.
Absolutely!
It is now! This is our second year of the Border Battle!

Border Battle

DATE: JANUARY 04, 2026
LOCATION: OLD TOLL BRIDGE aka "The Pier" in Downtown Hudson
TIME: 10:00AM
Which team are YOU pulling for??!?
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Pick a side! Register via VENMO $30 (must include your name, phone number, email and team you'll pull for) or register in person and pay $30 registration at Brian's Bar in Stillwater or Guv's in North Hudson.
The event benefits First Responders Associations from both sides of the St Croix River. The winning team receives the larger portion of the 60/40 split. #tugforacause
Afterwards, watch the football game at one of our fine establishments in the St. Cr