Hawaii Strongest Man update

[Muscle Mom]

Farmer's Walk

1st - Phil Pfister
2nd - Jesse
3rd - Travis
4th - Corey St. Clair
5th - Grant Higa

Log Clean and Press

1st - Jesse, 10
2nd - Phil, 8
3rd - Travis, 7
4th - Corey and Grant, 6

More updates as they roll in...

[Muscle Mom]

Tire Flip (1100 lbs)

1st Jesse
2nd Corey
3rd Phil
4th Grant
5th Odd
6th Travis

[Muscle Mom]

Truck Pull

1st Phil
2nd Travis
3rd Jesse
4th Odd Haugen
5th..?

[Muscle Mom]

Yoke

1st Travis
2nd Jesse
3rd Phil
4th Odd
5th Corey

[Jacob Sauter]

Very nice!

[Muscle Mom]

Jesse takes first place overall.

We'll update again soon.

[james rude]

Jesse takes first place overall.

We'll update again soon.


Way to go Jesse!

[wj19]

congratulations jesse

[Dan Harrison]

Way to smash some asses, man.

[Eric Johnson]

Congrats Jesse, way to tear 'em up!

[Eric Todd]

Awesome job Jesse!! Anybody have trhe rest of the placings?
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[Jamie T]

jesss

way to go.. it must be the BEEF!!!

Jamie

[Dave Ostlund]

Awesome Jesse!

You should do a write-up when you get back.

[SBaier]

Great job Jesse!!

[Jerry L Smith]

Way to go, bro! Hope everything is good with no injuries. See y'all soon.

[Mac Smith]

Good job, Big Dawg!!!

[patrick w.]

awesome job jesse!!

[Steve Kirit]

Cool.....Jesse is younger, better built, better looking, faster, smarter, more well spoken, better groomed, way friendlier than Phil, and now he has yet another win over Phil as well....great job man!

[SBaier]

How do you really feel Steve? ha ha :D

[Clint Darden]

Cool.....Jesse is younger, better built, better looking, faster, smarter, more well spoken, better groomed, way friendlier than Phil, and now he has yet another win over Phil as well....great job man!

C'mon man...tell us how you really feel.

:)

Heck...now all I have to do is get really good at this sport and I'll be set:)

Congrats Jesse...you the man. Amazing to see the progress that you have made over the past few years...amazing.

Clint

[Steve Kirit]

I love Phil, and he knows it. Jesse's win just proves what I have always said...the top 6 or 7 guys can beat each other on any given day. This is not a sport where you judge someone from one contest. I hope we can all agree on that someday.

[Reuben Hall]

sweet! way to go big guy. i hope to see pics and/or videos.

[DaneGarreau]

For those wanting to see extended results, I have a few.

1st-Marunde
2nd-Pfister
3rd-Ortmayer

[Kÿle Vezeau]

Well done, wicked shit ~ ! ~

[Sean Crabbe]

Once again, congrats Jesse! It's good having you back in Hawaii! You are truley a crowd pleaser. I'll have the pictures posted shortly!

[Eric Todd]

Wasnt this a pro/am? Who is our new pro?
ET

[SBaier]

I read on another board it is Kevin Nee ... can anyone verify?

[Eric Todd]

Yep, on the Anvil Willie said it was Kevin. At 19, our youngest Pro.
ET

[Mike Westerling]

Congrats Jesse! I can't wait to hear the details and see the video's.

[Matt Burns]

Jesse, Congradulations on the win. Get to relax in Hawaii for a few days after?

[Grant Higa]

Howzit guys & gals!
Still here in Honolulu and eating so much raw fish, I'm probably 310 lbs now.

This was probably the most competitive Hawaii Strongest Man that I have been a part of. It was HOT...87 degrees. It affected me for sure, but Kevin Nee kinda felt wiped out too. If that didn't bother him, he would have had a better day. The kid was unreal...I have heard about Nee, but after seeing him live, whew!

The Tire Flip was one of the hardest tires I've seen. Low to the ground and weighed 1,100 lbs.
The Truck Pull was SICK! Only Phil finished it. 2nd place was Travis with over 8 feet. I knew it was heavy when Odd couldn't budge it. They had a semi with a Low-boy trailer, AND THEN put a Dodge Durango on top of it!

I will definitely post pics when we get back home of Corey St Clair on a moped!! My family and I were driving, and was seeing this tall guy with a sour face because his moped was sputtering along!! I said, "Thats Corey!" and we turned around to take pics of he, Jesse and Callie riding mopeds.

I really wish more Hawaii guys competed in this show. There were 10 guys that flew in from the Mainland, and 1 Local guy. Whats up with that?? I hope they don't feel intimidated by seeing top USA Pros entering, but instead look at it as an opportunity to compete on their home turf with them, and possibly beat them.

We will have lots of pics when we get back, and Callie shot alot of video. The Marunde's are on the same flight as us tomorrow night back home.

HIGA.

[Aaron Ramsey]

Awsome job Jesse, and all the others who where in the contest!!

Aaron

[Sean Crabbe]

To all of the athletes in HSM 2005, what a show! :) It was a pleasure meeting you all again and I (many) hope to see you guys again next year. Grant, I must say, what a crowd you have. Congratulations to Jesse who took first again, Phil 2nd (again), and Travis 3rd. Equally as important is the 19-year old Kevin who received his pro-status.

Below (attatched) are photos of the recent HSM held in Honolulu, HI beginning from the truck pull. My girlfriend didn't get a chance to photograph the earlier events (farmer's walk, log press, and tire flip), but we did manage to capture the rest (truck pull, yoke walk, and atlas stones) including post-contest pics, so enjoy! If you see a photo that you'd like to use at a higher resolution (1.9M), let me know which one and i can send it to you directly.

[Sean Crabbe]

more pics below...

[Sean Crabbe]

I hope you all have a decent internet connection, hehe....in this set, you'll see jesse, callie, my girlfriend, her roomate, me and a few pics with jesse, corey, phil, travis, etc...cool stuff. :D

[Sean Crabbe]

If you've come this far, then maybe you can come just a little further (2 more pics). again, what a competition! my girlfriend finally got to meet you all in person after seeing both competitors and callie, on websites and tv! i'm glad to have see her reaction of a major strongman competition here in the Aloha state.

[SBaier]

Great pics ... wish I could have been there!

[Jesse Marunde]

OK we're finally home... but I already have to run to work... Just a few hours ago I was sipping foo-foo drinks on the beach... ah such is the life of the working man... Anyways enough whining haha. Thanks everyone for the kind words. HUGE thanks to Sean for posting the pics. Right on bro! I'll write more ASAP.

Jesse

[DaneGarreau]

Congrats to everyone who competed. Thanks for the pics.