Beer belly wrestling, ‘evading arrest’ obstacle course on tap for inaugural Florida Man Games | CityNews Calgary
It ain’t the Olympics, however a gaggle of Floridians plan to host competitions themed in accordance with the collective antics of the beer-loving, gator-possessing, rap-sheet heavy, mullet-wearing social media phenomenon often known as “Florida Man.”
Organizers of the “Florida Man Games” describe the competitors as “the most insane athletic showdown on Earth.” The video games will poke enjoyable at Florida’s status for producing unusual news tales involving weapons, medication, booze and reptiles — or some mixture of the 4.
Among the contests deliberate for subsequent February in St. Augustine, Florida, in accordance with organizers, are the Evading Arrest Obstacle Course wherein contestants leap over fences and thru yards whereas being chased by actual cops; the Category 5 Cash Grab wherein contributors attempt to seize as a lot cash in a wind-blowing sales space; and the self-explanatory beer-belly wrestling.
“This isn’t just a competition; it’s a one-of-a-kind Floridian spectacle!” organizers mentioned on the video games’ web site.
The “Florida Man” idea crept into the nation’s consciousness a decade in the past with the @_FloridaMan Twitter account. The account, with the tagline “Real-life stories of the world’s worst superhero,” has been residence to headlines resembling “Florida Man Fire Bombs Garage That Impounded His Car, Hits His Own Vehicle” and “Florida Man Tried to Pay for McDonald’s With Weed.”
General admission tickets to the occasion are going for $45. Two former stars of the Nineteen Nineties tv present “American Gladiators” have agreed to function referees.
A St. Augustine native is behind the video games: Pete Melfi, proprietor of The 904 Now, a media outlet protecting St. Johns County.
“We thought, ‘How can we really play on these Florida Man headlines that we hear so much about?’ Someone gave me the idea to make it into an athletic competition,” Melfi instructed the Orlando Sentinel. “It’s going to be a wild day of mud games and Florida-style obstacle courses. It’s going to really be an opportunity to live that Florida Man life for a day.”
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