Trophies are done for "Washington's Strongest Apple 6"

IT JUST GOT REAL...

"Washington's Strongest Apple 6" is on June 22nd

Check out this year's competitor shirt designed by Bulky Boy & Tim Lowman.

 

So far, I have 33 competitors, including 13 women.

 

The top 2 competitors in each weight class will qualify for the "NAS National Championships" in Texas on Oct. 18 & 19th.

 

Come by to see amateur Strongman in action on Saturday June 22nd

https://www.facebook.com/events/324588067673599/?ref=22

 

City of Des Moines marina “NORTH DOCK” (by the fishing pier)
22307 Dock Avenue
Des Moines, WA 98198

 

Admission is free!

10am-4pm

 

Aloha,

HIGA MONSTER Bulky Boy strongman team

"Rowed Kill 2" prize winners!

Brennan Webster won a "HIGA MONSTER signature series shirt".

He rowed 2,000 meters on the Concept II Rower in 6:48.9 minutes (damper set on #10)

Elizabeth Joy won a "Manta" t-shirt & the Women's division.

She rowed 2,000 meters in 8:24.7 minutes (damper set at #7)

Congratulations to both winners & all of the participants of this month long gym challenge!  Great job!

HIGA MONSTER Bulky Boy strongman team

HIGA beats the "Cinco del Mondo" 5 lbs burrito challenge!

Eat the 5 lbs burrito in 30 minutes...and its free.  BRING IT ON!

The lady used 4 tortillas to make it.

That thing looked like an infant's pillow.

Time to eat!

I seriously thought I was eating a small pillow.

Last bite...

My official time of 17 minutes 35 secs.

See you next year!

Have a great Cinco de Mayo weekend!

HIGA MONSTER Bulky Boy strongman team

"Run, Vulcan...RUN!" winners are announced!

Congratulations to Todd Haberly for winning my July gym challenge!

Todd ran the outdoor 1/2 mile course in a time of 3:04.7 minutes!

Maggie Goedecke was also the women's winner with a time of 4:05.8 minutes.

A big congratulations to all who participated!  We had a total of 46 participants including yours truly, the HIGA MONSTER.  I am a horrible runner but clocked a time of 5:08 minutes.

This outdoor race was a unique challenge because we had to run around bus & train commuters, intoxicated individuals from a nearby tavern, and elderly people holding bags of groceries in their hands from Uwajimaya.  Lol

Todd and Maggie have won a "Shut up and train" t-shirt from me and Animal Pak.  Congrats again!

HIGA MONSTER Bulky Boy strongman team

Congratulations to the "Rowed Kill" winners!

Myschon Bales was the women's winner in "Rowed Kill" and scored herself a HIGA MONSTER signature series t-shirt from Higa!  She pulled 500 meters in a time of 1:42.6 minutes.  The men's winner was Jacob Shelland (not pictured) and he won with a time of 1:22 minutes!  Congrats to all 87 participants!

"ROWED KILL" 500 meter sprint challenge for HIGA

I set up a gym challenge at my work for the month of June.  Row 500 meters in the fastest time possible.  I will give the following prizes to the top male & female winners: a shirt of their choice from Bulky Boy and a can of Animal Pak.

My previous best in this challenge was 1:35.4 so I was pretty happy to pull 1:29.4

Today is the last day of the Rowed Kill challenge.  I am proud of everyone at my work who has participated so far!  

Grant Higa Bulky Boy strongman team

Solomon Ortiz advances in Volcom Pipeline Pro

Surfers live for days like today in Hawaii, and over 150,000 online internet spectators live to watch them. Images of Oahu's famous North Shore and thrilling Pipeline surf were webcast in high-definition around the world today and the Volcom Pipeline Pro became one of the Association of Surfing Professional's (ASP) most successful surfing events, overnight.

Surfers like Jamie O'Brien (Hawaii), Rob Machado (CA), Solomon Ortiz(Hawaii), and Reef McIntosh (Hawaii) spend years putting in their time for days like this when the famous, hollow tubes of Banzai Pipeline are firing. For Volcom, sponsors of this event, it was a magical foray into the world of professional surfing. Wave face heights of over 20 feet marched in at daybreak and continued to reel off with machine-like consistency throughout the day, offering the full experience from perfect 10-point tube rides to injuries and shattered surfboards. What better stage to launch surfing's first complete, top-to-bottom high-definition webcast experience?

A $120,000 5-star event of the ASP World Qualifying Series, the Volcom Pipeline Pro is open to the world's best surfers. But more often than not, it's the locals and legends of Pipe who emerge as the stars of the show.

The Volcom Pipeline Pro will continue over two more days between now and the end of its holding period: February 5. Each day of competition will be broadcast live on the internet at Volcom.com/pipelinepro. In Hawaii, watch live on Oceanic Time Warner Cable channel 250 and 1250.

For exclusive Volcom Pipeline Pro video, photos and more, go to Transworldsurf.com.To check out the forecast for Pipeline tomorrow, go to Surfline.com.

This is Volcom's first ever ASP event and is a critical component of the 2010 ASP Hawaii season, offering valuable points towards World Tour qualification, as well as wildcard berths into the December Pipeline Masters.

FUEL TV will air a 30-minute wrap up show in America, Australia and Portugal at the conclusion of the event.

Check out Solomon's profile here http://www.volcom.com/flash/pipepro/warriors/soloman_ortiz.html

Solomon will surf tomorrow in the round of 32.

RESULTS:
Round of 64 1st & 2nd advance. Listed in order of 1st through 4th;
Ian Walsh; Solomon Ortiz; Hank Gaskell; Cory Lopez

Round of 96 1st & 2nd advance. Listed in order of 1st through 4th;
Jonah Morgan; Solomon Ortiz; Charlie Carroll; Liam McNamara