Rick Walker Posted November 30, 2003 Share Posted November 30, 2003 I am in the process of preparing entry forms for BFGS 2. 2004's contest will be held in October-so all interested parties have a LONG time to train and I expect everyone to come in 100% and ready to set prs! BFGS 2 will again be held at my house. All of the competitors seemed to like the area and it gives it a more personal feel. We will again have the night before "meat" and greet for all interested parties. This will give everyone a chance to see the contest implements and feel them. In the event of foul weather, I will have an alternate venue-aka my garage! Some of the BFGS 1 guys liked the feel of being in the garage anyway-closer and more in your face I guess. I have already been soliciting sponsors for 2004. Of course, I will again ask the GripBoard members to throw $10 towards the contest. Many members donated $50 last year with John and Kim Wood sending me $200 . Again, the monies raised via door prize tickets and shirt sales will come here to benefit this great board! 2004's contest will hopefully see cash going to the top 3 places as well as some mega prizes. All of the BFGS 1 contestants have automatic invites (yes-you DO still have to fill out the entry form!) so the remaining spots will be up for grabs. Also-there will be 11 spots for females up for grabs as well! Remember-this is a 2-day event. 3 disciplines a day. EVERYONE IS ALLOWED TO CAMP OUT HERE AGAIN! This time, I will give you the hotel in town which is a litle cleaner for those of you worried about the bugs. Hope to see everyone here! Rick Walker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smitty Posted November 30, 2003 Share Posted November 30, 2003 Rick, I'll send you a check for donation toward next years BFGS II contest.. Just a note to all competitors, if you want to do well at the contest...DO NOT SHAKE DAVE MORTON'S HAND the night before at the meat-n-greet!!! I made the mistake and am still rehabbing. I'd like to make a suggestion, everyone bring some of their unique grip tools with them, so after the contest in the garage -we can try everything out. Dave's DB's resurfaced Rick's concrete garage floor - I'll tell you that. Also, bring some nails with you to distribute. Some people have a hard time finding pole barn, 60's, grade 2-5 bolts in their area. This way, everyone can trade some stuff... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricMilfeld Posted December 1, 2003 Share Posted December 1, 2003 I have this dream about being able to make the trip to the Keystone this year. Hopefully all the spots aren't taken before I can commit. And great suggestions Smitty! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Walker Posted December 1, 2003 Author Share Posted December 1, 2003 I will have a microphone and hopefully an electronic scoreboard. Also-there will be longer rest periods in between each event to allow for warmup etc. 30+ minutes since there are 3 events a day. Also-contestants will be lifitng accoring to what weight they are using-going from lightest to heaviest. This means having opening attemps as well as reporting your next attempt to the score table will be very important. To make life easier-I will be using a computer instead of paper and pencil. I myself wont be competing. It was hard to try and run BFGS and compete at the same time so I will just be running it. I owe it to everyone to have a top notch, problem free contest. Grippers used will be Beef Builders-no other grippers. Of course, you are free to bring your own to warm-up. The highest Beef Builder will be the Pro. Hopefully, if $$ allows, the steel used for bending will be David Horne's Calibrated Challenge Bars. This is going to be tough-but if I get an idea of where everyone is at, then I will know how many to order. No Challenge bars will be used to warm up-there will be steel provided to warm up on. PDA's Thunderball will the rolling handle used. This thing is a BEAST and much harder than the RT. Be ready for it! It is 2.5 inches in diameter. I will say this. If the guys that showed up last year show up with twice the strength in 2004-it is going to be REALLY tough to beat them! Rick Walker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
austinslater Posted December 1, 2003 Share Posted December 1, 2003 Rick-Ive got a thunderball coming. without saying weights how much less are you on the Tb then on the rolling thunder handle? Austin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Walker Posted December 1, 2003 Author Share Posted December 1, 2003 30 or more pounds at least. Maybe more. Rick Walker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
austinslater Posted December 1, 2003 Share Posted December 1, 2003 Rick-Thanks, man thats a ton. Should be fun to train on. Ive also got to get a shot. is it simialr in size to a softball? Nice work with the contest should be even better then last year which I thought was impossible! I shot you a pm Austin Slater Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonathan McMillan Posted December 1, 2003 Share Posted December 1, 2003 Rick, It's great that your going to get an electronic scoreboard and mike that was my only minor complaint from BFGS I -it was hard to know what people were attempting if you were out of earshot. I posted it before the memory wipe but seeing as how you are not competing I hope you will have some exhibition lifts!! Great idea Smitty -stock swappin!!! Jon@han Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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