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What happens when you combine leftover Halloween pumpkins and big ol' farm boys with too much time on their hands and extra equipment? A Punkin' Chunkin' contest, of course. Held this past weekend in Delaware, the 25th Anniversary of the World Championship Punkin Chunkin Association brought teams from up and down the East Cost to see how far their punkins could fly.
"We had a great, great turnout," said Frank Shade, the event's media director. "We've had a real strong headwind, so I doubt any records were broken, but we had a lot of good thows."
Full numbers of attendance were not yet available, but DelawareOnline.com reported that total attendance was predicted to surpass last year's record of 80,000. Shade commented that the field's Verizon tower, which normally reports about 750 "hits" per day, was receiving about 7,500 hits, causing some cellular communication issues.
Scheduled for broadcast on the Discovery and Science channels on Thanksgiving, the Chunkin' contest featured three days (distilled into three hours for TV) of high-flying excitement hosted by "Mythbusters" stars Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman. Science will air a "Road to Punkin Chunkin" special November 24 at 10 PM.
Gallery: 2010 Punkin Chunkin World Championships
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