2020 Alexander Zass Day

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Steel Shredder – Alexander Zass Day
 

Date: Saturday, September 26, 2020 [Participants 47; Venues 21; Countries 10]

·         To honor the great Russian strong man Alexander Zass the community of steel benders around the world will get together and bend, break and sculpt steel!
26th September is the anniversary of Zass’ death.

David Horne announced what people did:

“What a wonderful day to commemorate the great strongman Alexander Zass, and to also show the variety of insane feats being produced by the modern-day steel shredders! Also, in these monumental times it is a pleasure to revisit and build even more friendships worldwide! The youngest who took part was 3 years old and I am 58, so maybe I was the oldest. There is no barrier to keeping fit and bending or breaking steel!  Please read through the feats; like last year we had a wide variety of steel events; from the crazy to the innovative, and from the once-in-a-lifetime to the just out-there feats! Onwards and upwards!!”

 

David Horne in Stafford, England

1.  Bent Seven x 6” (150mm) x 3.8-3.9mm ‘wire’ nails taped together [used single wraps]

2.  Bent & snapped Six x 7” (180mm) x 4.6-4.7mm nails taped together in 4min 44sec [used single wraps]

3.  A ‘Russian Twist’ done with 4 x 180mm (7”) x 4.6-4.7mm nails. (2 pairs of nails)

4.  Bent nails into the word ‘ZASS’

 

Elizabeth Horne in Stafford, England

1.  Snapped 3 x Grade 8 bolts in a row in 16min 20sec [207k rated bolts]

2.  Bent a Grade 5 bolt Double Overhand style [166.3k rated bolt]

 

Lucy Horne in Stafford, England (age 14, bw71.85k)

1. Snapped a Grade 8 bolt in 3min 50sec [190.05k rated bolt]

2. Snapped a Grade 5 bolt lying on your back in 8min 7sec [166.3k rated bolt]

 

Sally Horne in Stafford, England (age

1.    Bent a 6” x 6mm nail [88k rated nail]

 

Alice Horne in Stafford, England (age 3)

1.    Bent a 10” x 4mm en3b CRS bar

 

Nick McKinless in Stafford, England

1.    Bent three 16mm S275 bars in a Row [25”, 26” and 30” (203k rated)

2.    Snapped the ‘Giant Bolt’ 8mm x 7” Grade 8.8 ‘OF’ bolt in 6min 29sec (305.8k rated @   6”)

 

Kirill Vankovich in St Petersburg, Russia

1.  'GIANT-KILLER' SNAP - (305.8k) 8mm x 7” Grade 8.8 ‘OF’ bolt, (c.266k) Grade 5 bolt (166.3k) & 6” nail taped together and WOG 8mm x 7" CRS bar [227k rated] [equivalent to Red] in 18min 43sec

 

Simon Armstrong in Caerphilly, Wales

1.  Did the Zass scroll (10mm x 25mm x 182.9cm [6ft], S275 steel bar)

 

Competitors in East German Grip Champs in Stendal, Germany

1.  All try to snap a 6” nail after 9 hours of tournament!

 

James Jackson in London, England

1.  Attempted and kinked a few degrees the ‘Colossus’ Braced Bar bend (12mm x 50mm x 120cm, or 0.5” x 2” x 47.2” steel bar)

2.  'MAN-KILLER' SNAP (WOG 8mm x 7" CRS bar [227k] [equivalent to Red], Grade 8 bolt [207k] and Grade 5 bolt [166k] in 5min 47sec. [Red equivalent snapped in 2min 13sec]

 

Oscar Brummitt in Michigan, USA

1.    Bent a 15” x 3/8” bar to about 40 degrees

 

Michael Rogowski in Phoenix, AZ, USA

1.    Bent 3 x 173.8k bars in 1min 27sec [14mm x 21", batch 17/8/19)]

 

Reuben Hughes in Morfa Nefyn, Wales

1.    Bent 10 horseshoes into ‘ZASS’ and 5 hearts

 

Don Cummings in Birmingham, MI, USA

1.    Tried to bend a ‘Noble Force’ 330k bar, cut down to 6.5” (put 30min work in and bent it to 3.5”)

2.    Double overhand bent a Gold nail replica [Double wraps]

3.    14-8” 'Spike' Style Bar Bending – Bent three bars in a row – 3 x 208.3k bars in 39sec [10mm x 9.5”, batch 19/5/20 B]

4.    Bent a ‘Double Giant Killer combo’. 2 x Grade 5 bolts [166k each] and 2 x 6” nails {88k each] taped together in 28min 48sec [Double wraps]

 

John McNeill at Zass’ grave in Hockley, England

1.    Reverse bent 3 x 8mm x 6” S275 bars, and 2 x 6mm x 6” EN3B bars in a row

 

Marcel Bruin in Netherlands

1.    Did some seated scrolling

 

Derek Graybill in Arizona, USA

1.    Double overhand bent GBI 230k, 220k and 210k bars, and a 6.5” G8 type U

 

Simon Stewart in Denmark

1.    Snapped the ‘Dirty Dozen’ 12 x 155mm x 65mm nails in around 13min

 

Chris Stilwell in Michigan, USA

1.    Snapped a 7” x 5/16” Stainless steel bar lying on the floor

 

Bree Stilwell in Michigan, USA

1.    Snapped a 3/8” x 18” Rebar lying on the floor

 

Roman Stilwell in Michigan, USA

1.    Almost fully bent a 3/8” Rebar

 

Rafael Stilwell in Michigan, USA

1.    Snapped some flat bar stock

 

Lincoln Stilwell in Michigan, USA

1.    Bent a piece of brass bar

 

Paul Wood in Middlewich, England

1.    Bent a Grade 5 bolt (166k) DO, and a 6” nail DU whilst hanging upside down from a chinning bar!

2.    Attempt an IM Red bar with Double overhand and bent it a few degrees

3.    Snapped 2 x 6” nails taped together in 12min 2sec

 

Cody Christensen in USA

1.    Scrolled steel (horseshoe, steel and nail) for his dad

 

Zsolt Hornyak in Budapest, Hungary

1.    Bent a Kerckhaert DF 22 x 10 size 2 horseshoe

 

Dan Dring in Knypersley, England

1.    'MAN-KILLER' SNAP (WOG 8mm x 7" CRS bar [227k] [equivalent to Red], Grade 8 bolt [207k] and Grade 5 bolt [166k] in 4min 40sec. [Red equivalent snapped in 1min 32sec]

 

Amir Bayour in Michigan, USA

1.    Snapped a 5lb box (about 70) 6” timber ties whilst wearing a 20lb weighted vest in 1hour 18min (not including the time where I had to disassemble and reassemble the wraps several times which probably was a little less than 15 minutes)

 

Giorgio Giannico in Italy

1.    Did a large scroll with a 3.06metres x 30mm x 6.5mm bar

 

Hannes Kainz in Austria

1.    Snapped an IM Red bar 'unbraced' style (Hands, steel and forearms away from the body, not touching upper or lower body) – unfortunately the camera stopped. But this feat will get captured fully on film soon!