BBB III RESULTS!!
THE 3RD ANNUAL BACKYARD BASTARD BASH WAS HELD OCT 13, 2007, WITH AN IMPRESSIVE LIST OF COMPETITORS THAT INCLUDED MOST OF AMERICA'S BEST GRIP COMPETITORS. HELD AGAIN IN SCENIC PESOTUM, IL, AT THE FAT BASTARD BARBELL CO HEADQUARTERS, THE COMPETITION CONSISTED OF SIX EVENTS: GRIPPERS, BENDING, ODD OBJECT LOAD MEDLEY, 2" VERTICAL BAR, 2" DOUBLE OVERHAND AXLE DEADLIFT, AND THE HERCULES HOLD.
AS IN YEARS PAST, WE KEEP A FEW STANDARD EVENTS, AND TRY TO THROW A FEW OFFBEAT EVENTS OUT TO CHALLENGE THE OVERALL SKILLS OF THE COMPETITORS
WE STARTED OUT WITH GRIPPERS, AND SEEING AN IRONMIND #3.5 GO DOWN ON AN OPENING ATTEMPT, I KNEW IT WAS GOING TO BE AN IMPRESSIVE SHOW RIGHT OUT OF THE GATE. CHAD WOODALL KNOCKED OUT A HARD SE CLOSE FOR THE WIN. AND AS IN PAST BBB'S, 3/4 OF THE COMPETITORS CLOSED #3'S OR HIGHER.
1 - Chad Woodall - Hard (flush mounted) SE (on 2nd attempt, passed 3rd)
2 - Aaron Corcorran - Adjustable SE
3/4 - tie - Josh Dale, Jedd Johnson - hard Elite
5 - Ryan Klein - Medium Elite
6 - Bob Lipinski - easy Elite
7 - Dave Thornton - Medium #3
8/9/10/11 - tie - John Beatty, Scott Harris, Nick Rosendaul, John Eaton - easy/med #3
12/13/14/15 - tie - Brad Manion, Zach Coulter, Chris Rice, Sean Dockery - Easy #3
16/17 - tie - Rick Kramer, Neil Kazaross - Lemley
18 - Jerry Donaldson - Master
19/20 - tie - Robert Alva, Luke Pro - #2
21 - Missed #2 - Dan Sweeney
NEXT WE HIT BENDING. LAST YEAR WE HAD 5 MAGNIFICENT BASTARD BENDS, WHEN THERE HAD ONLY BEEN 4 DONE IN THE WORLD PRIOR TO THE COMP, SO THE BAR WAS SET PRETTY HIGH BY LAST YEAR'S COMPETITORS. THIS YEAR MOVED THAT BAR WAY UP WITH 7 MEN BENDING THE "EDGIN" ( A 5/16" X 7" GRADE 5 BOLT) OR TOUGHER BOLT. AARON CORCORRAN NOTCHED THE WIN HERE WITH A 6" "EDGIN"
1 - Aaron C - 6" Edgin
2,3,4,5 - tie - John B, Ryan K, Chad W, Jedd J - 6.5" Edgin
6/7 - tie - Josh D, Dave T - 7" Edgin
8/9/10/11 - tie - Brad M, Bob L, Nick R, John E - Huge Bastard
12 - Scott H - Big Bastard
13 - Rick K - 6 3/4" Bastard
14 - Dan S - Grade 8
15 - Chris R - Gr 5, 5"
16/17 - tie - Jerry D, Zach C - Gr 5, 5.5"
18/19 - tie - Robert A, Luke P - Gr 5, 6"
20 - Neil K - 5" Grade 2
21 - Sean D - declined due to injury
2" VBAR - THIS IMPLEMENT OPENED A FEW EYES. WHILE LESS SKIN DESTROYING THAN THE 1" VBAR, THIS MONSTER REALLY KNOCKS DOWN THE WEIGHTS. CHAD WOODALL RAN AWAY FROM THE CROWD WITH AN EASY LIFT & HOLD WITH 290 LBS.
1 - Chad W - 290 lbs
2 - Ryan K - 270 lbs
3 - Aaron C - 260 lbs
4 - Dave T - 240 lbs
5/6/7 - tie - Jedd J, Sean D, John E - 230 lbs
8 - Bob L - 220 lbs
9/10 - tie - John B, Josh D - 210 lbs
11 - Neil K - 200 lbs
12 - Rick K - 190 lbs
13/14 - tie - Jerry D, San S - 180 lbs
15/16 - tie - Brad M, Zach C - 170 lbs
17/18 - tie - Scott H, Robert A - 160 lbs
19/20/21 - bomb out - Chris R, Nick R, Luke P
THE 2" DOUBLE OVERHAND AXLE DEADLIFT WAS A FUN EVENT, MOST COMPETITORS WERE SURPRISED TO SEE THE STRONGMAN SETUP WITH THE BIG TIRES INSTEAD OF STANDARD PLATES, BUT MOST SEEMED TO LIKE IT. MADE FOR SOME COOL PICTURES, TOO. RYAN KLEIN TOOK THE WIN WITH A REALLY IMPRESSIVE 435 LBS, AND LOOKED GOOD ENOUGH MORE FOR THE 455 ATTEMPT, BUT NOT THERE TODAY.
1 - Ryan K - 435 lbs
2 - Chad W - 425 lbs
3 - Jedd J - 375 lbs
4 - Dave T - 365 lbs
5/6/7 - tie - Aaron C, Chris R, Sean D - 355 lbs
8/9/10 - tie - John B, Bob L, John E - 345 lbs
13 - Rick K - 315 lbs
14 - Nick R - 305 lbs
15 - Neil K - 275 lbs
16 - Robert A - 255 lbs
17/18/19/20 - tie - Jerry D, Zach C, Scott H, Dan S - 245 lbs
21 - Luke P - 225 lbs
ODD OBJECT LOAD MEDLEY - 8 odd items to a platform, steel traffic cone, 22.5 blob, 30lb DB head, scale wts (2 - 50lb handle to handle), 43lb chromed round DB head, 45 lb Blob (hard), 154 Inch, 172 Inch. CHAD WOODALL WAS ONLY ONE OF TWO TO LOAD ALL THE OBJECTS, AS THE FAT SLICK 45 LB BLOB WAS A HUGE STOPPER FOR MOST GUYS. CHAD BLAZED THE COURSE, LOADING EVERYTHING WITHOUT A FUMBLE OR DROP, IN A SMOKING 12.77 SECONDS. HE EVEN ALTERNATED HANDS ON THE INCH DB'S.
1 - Chad W - all - 12.77 sec
2 - Jedd J - all - 17.0 sec
3 - Dave T - 154 inch - 35.02sec
4 - Sean D - 154 Inch - 57.08
5 - John E - 45 blob (lifted by the face) - 21.77 sec
6 - Josh D - 45 blob - 25.08
7 - Aaron C - chrome DB head (CDB)- 7.02 sec
8 - John B - CDB - 8.15 sec
9 - Chris R - CDB - 8.71 sec
10 - Ryan K - CDB - 9.24 sec
11 - Rick K - CDB - 10.15 sec
12 - Brad M - CDB - 10.84 sec
13 - Nick R - CDB - 11.43 sec
14 - Luke P - CDB - 11.58 sec
15 - Neil K - CDB - 12.62 sec
16 - Bob L - CDB - 13.80 sec
17 - Jerry D - CDB - 14.55 sec
18 - Scott H - CDB - 14.80
19 - Zach C - CDB - 37.90 sec
20 - Dan S - CDB - 43.15 sec
21 - Robert A - 30lb DB head - 5.39 sec
THE HERCULES HOLD WAS AN APPARATUS USED IN THE SNOWMAN CHALLENGE IN 2004, AND IT WAS STARTLINGLY BRUTAL FOR THE GRIP COMPETITORS. AS A STRONGMAN COMPETITOR FOR MANY YEARS, I WAS VERY IMPRESSED BY THE TIMES, AND THE PAIN TOLERANCE OF THE COMPETITORS. SCOTT HARRIS FOUND THAT A HIGH HANDLE SETTING MAKES THE HOLD A BIT TOUGH FOR A LIGHTER GUY, AS HE WAS LIFTED CLEAR OF THE GROUND & HUNG FROM THE HANDLES. OUR SENIOR (TRIED TO STAY AWAY FROM OLDEST) COMPETITOR, CHRIS RICE PUT ON A SEMINAR FOR ENDURANCE WITH THE BEST MINUTE PLUS TIME FOR THE WIN.
1 - Chris R - 1:08.31
2 - Chad W - 1:06.18
3 - Jerry D - 1:04.40
4 - Rick K - 1:02.88
5 - Aaron C - 1:01.63
6 - Dave T - 1:01.25
7 - Nick R - 52.81
8 - Jedd J - 52.40
9 - Josh D - 51.56
10 - Ryan K - 48.34
11 - Dan S - 46.81
12 - Dean D - 44.41
13 - John E - 42.44
14 - Brad M - 42.00
15 - Scott H - 36.62
16 - Bob L - 35.60
17 - John B - 34.34
18 - Robert A - 29.15
19 - Zach C - 24.21
20 - Luke P - 22.62
21 - Neil K - 17.47
AFTER THE 28LBS OF MEAT, 10 LBS OF HASH BROWN CASSEROLE, 5 LBS OF BAKED BEANS, BEER, POP, WATER, AND 10 LBS OF CHEESECAKE WERE INHALED, I ANNOUNCED THE PLACINGS AND GAVE OUT THE MASSIVE PRIZE PACKAGES. CHAD WOODALL SHOWED THAT IT'S TOUGH TO BEAT A LIST OF 1ST & 2ND PLACE FINISHES. NO ONE DID & HE TOOK HOME THE TOP HONORS.
1st - Chad W - 10.5 points
2nd - Aaron C - 24
3rd - Jedd J - 26
4th - Dave T - 30.5
5th - Ryan K - 31.5
6th - Josh D - 45
7th - John E - 52
8th - John B - 55.5
9th - Sean D - 61.5
10th - Bob L - 63.5
11th - Chris R - 64.5
12th - Rick K - 68.5
13th - Nick R - 73
14th - Brad M - 75
15th - Jerry D - 85.5
16th - Scott H - 89.5
17th - Dan S - 97
18th - Neil K - 97.5
19th - Zach C - 100
20th - Robert A - 109.5
21st - Luke P - 113
THANKS TO EVERYONE FOR ANOTHER FUN MEET, THE AFTER CONTEST FUN WENT ON FOR ABOUT 7 HOURS, WITH INCH PRESSING, KB FLIPPING, STONE LOADING, SLEDGE LEVERING, SCALE WEIGHT CLEANING, CABER TOSSING, GRIPPER CLOSING, NAIL DRIVING, HORSESHOE TWISTING, AND A PRETTY MUCH ENDLESS LIST OF FEATS. IT WAS GREAT TO HAVE EVERYONE HERE, TO FINALLY MEET SO MANY GUYS I'D ONLY EMAILED BEFORE, AND TO SEE THE OLD FRIENDS AGAIN. GRIP IS A GREAT SPORT, WITH GREAT PEOPLE, LOOKING FORWARD TO NEXT YEAR!
THANKS ALSO TO THE SPONSORS - DIESEL CREW, NEIL KAZAROSS, APT'S PRO WRIST STRAPS, JERRY DONALDSON, AND ROBERT BARABAN GRIPPERS!
