pic of my first ever strongman contest

[Jesse Marunde]

Big Sky Strongest Man. I got 3rd. Weighed 255.

[Grant Higa]

Dude, here is another one...I remember meeting you and you and Jack the Ripper slept in the back of your Ford Truck the night before!!

I wish had a picture of St Clair puking up his Biscuits & Gravy after that Truck Pull!

Remember that Crane we had to pull?? What the hell was that about? I think I only pulled it 3 feet, and Randy Davis won it with almost 10 feet total distance, or something like that.

HIGA.

[patrick w.]

Jesse, how old were you in your first contest (strongman)? I assume you had competed in some format before that (powerlifting and/or olympic lifting)?

[GDolan]

The guy with the hat (Randy) was one of my training partners back in the day. The bald dude (Beard) still competes in Western Canada through the World Cup org. I still remember Randy telling me abou this "kid" who was gonna be awesome some day......small world huh ;)

[Grant Higa]

Geoff,

Didn't Beerd get some staph infection in his knee a while back? I used to email those guys after that contest, but have lost touch.

I saw he competed in that World Strongman Cup online....man, my wife and I got pretty drunk with those boys after that Montana show! There was this Hawaiian kid we met there, who was a football player for the Grizzlies, and he took us to all the local bars. I swear, we only paid for maybe 2 drinks the whole night because the bars hooked us up with freebies. That town definitely loves their football team, and we reaped the benefits hanging out with him!

HIGA.

[Brian Brouwer]

hey, thats about my size now. but Im 21. your probably a bit younger there. Im starting some strongman competitions soon, haven't actually competed in an official one, just one in an exhibition. cant wait!

[GDolan]

Ya, Beerd got a bad staph infection in his shoulder - it collapsed one of his lungs too. Had his wife not been a registered nurse he might not be here. He recovered though, and him and I battled it out a few years at Western Canadians. Last year he had more set backs with torn calf (spring) and torn biceps (fall) - but if anyone could bounce back it would be him ;) Randy on the otherhand has been retired pretty much since shortly after that Montanna contest - no injury - no reason :confused:

[kara]

man that's awesome. we need a thread for everyone's old school, first meet photos! :p

[Clint Darden]

TN Strongest Man, 06-09-01

http://www.clintdarden.com/pics/Contests/TN%20Strongest%20Man,%206-9-01/300%20Atlas%20Stone.jpg
http://www.clintdarden.com/pics/Contests/TN%20Strongest%20Man,%206-9-01/500%20pound%20sled%20drag.jpg
http://www.clintdarden.com/pics/Contests/TN%20Strongest%20Man,%206-9-01/Crucifix%20Hold.jpg

[Clint Darden]

http://www.clintdarden.com/pics/Contests/TN%20Strongest%20Man,%206-9-01/Farmers%20Walk.jpg
http://www.clintdarden.com/pics/Contests/TN%20Strongest%20Man,%206-9-01/Incline%20log%20press.jpg
http://www.clintdarden.com/pics/Contests/TN%20Strongest%20Man,%206-9-01/Truck%20Hold.jpg

[Steve Kirit]

ok, here you go.......

[Steve Kirit]

Explanation of those pics...they are from 2000 and 2001, I was 285...thats Spybrook and Beatty in the one pic with me. Hey, I was thin but I could bench ALOT!!!!!!!

[Mac Smith]

I took first place

[Craig Smith]

Explanation of those pics...they are from 2000 and 2001, I was 285...thats Spybrook and Beatty in the one pic with me. Hey, I was thin but I could bench ALOT!!!!!!!

That's the ohio valley from 01. That's right, i actually competed with the great steve kirit in my first ever strongman ;)

[Jesse Marunde]

ya Steve you know those were old. Pro's don't get trophies anymore... haha

Jesse