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World Wristwrestling Championships
World Wristwrestling Championships
By: © Nelson Taylor 2012
Roughnecks, meatheads and warlords have been arm wrestling for centuries. But serious competition didn't really begin until well after the reign of Ghengis Khan. It all began in 1953 when Petaluma hosted an event that has evolved into the Superbowl of wristwrestling.
Now every October, over 250 muscle-mavens pay $20 to compete for $5,000 in prize money. An estimated 1,000 spectators pay $10 to see the afternoon eliminations and nighttime finals. "The reason we do it all in one day," says the stuttering Bill Soberanes, event coordinator, "is because the guys will have a sore arm the next day." Makes sense.
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The above snippet is just one of a collection of 240 off-beat articles on 2camels from Nelson Taylor's wonderful America Bizarro.
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