RoShamBo : Unique Competitions, Extraordinary Events

Ho ho ho-boy is this the most magical time of the year? Yes. Yes, it is. And if one Santa is good, a bunch of Santas doing Santa things is gooder, right?

A scandal erupted at the World Stone Skimming Championship in Scotland when several competitors were disqualified for tampering with their stones. RoShamBo co-host and Stone Skimming competitor, Ted Ladue, has the story. 

Although we just found out California's Kinetic Grand Championship is officially canceled for 2021, you can still hear all about this amazing race, lovingly called THE TRIATHLON OF THE ART WORLD. This is a crazy 50-mile race of Kinetic Sculptures with all-terrain human-powered art vehicles, engineered to race over road, water, mud, and sand. It’s for real and it's nuts! You can learn more about the race, plans for a virtual 2021 event, and get excited about 2022 here. ----- Music for RoShamBo is provided by the amazing Cadillac Jones. ----- If you enjoy the episode, please consider leaving us a review on your favorite podcast provider. And while you're there, check out our sister podcast, Helpful Humans. Helpful Humans shares stories about people who are creating good in our world by helping and empowering others. These are quick hits of positivity and hope, with episodes that are inspiring, heartwarming, and always interesting.      

Join us as we go full tilt into the IFPA's World Pinball Championship!

Travel back to pre-Covid days with RoShamBo as we revisit the World's Ugliest Dog Competition.  By far one of the most heartwarming episodes in the RoShamBo catalog, and a classic example of community and quirky coming together. 

RoShamBo welcomes back Kriston Rucker, the co-founder of the US Air Guitar Championship to give us the scoop on the 2020 online championship.  Watch for free on July 25th on Twitch ( https://www.twitch.tv/usairguitar ) and head over to https://www.usairguitar.com/ to learn more!   Wanna give RoShamBo some love? Subscribe. Review. Tell a friend.  www.RoShamBoPodcast.com      

As with so many extraordinary events in these strange pandemic days, the folks from the Kinetic Grand Championship knew that they couldn’t gather like normal this Memorial Day Weekend. So... they decided to come up with an online alternative. Introducing… The 2020 Kinetic Sculpture in Place! RoShamBo was joined by Queen Professor President of the Kinetic Universe Board Kati Texas to find out all about this online Memorial Day Weekend event. Check it out at http://kineticgrandchampionship.com/

“The CHIditarod is a race like none other. It’s a food drive, a race for charity, a beauty pageant, a bar crawl, spontaneous street theater, and not for the faint of heart. It’s fast, furious, cold, creative, exciting, and very, very fun.” This episode originally aired back in 2018, but contains an update from the 2020 race that happened last weekend.  2020 marked the 15th anniversary of the Chiditarod and you can still check out pictures and links on the Chiditarod's original show page on RoShamBoPodcast.com 

Oh how RoShamBo loves Finland... Home of the World Wife Carrying Championship, Mobile Phone Throwing World Championships and The World Air Guitar Championships... and now - adding to their RoShamBo ranks, we are thrilled to tell you the story of The Heavy Metal Knitting World Championship. This past July, the town of Joensuu hosted the first ever inaugural event and RoShamBo caught up with USA's (Lansing, Michigan) team - 9" Needles.    Mentioned in this episode: Heavy Metal Knitting World Championship Eagle Monk Brewery   

A quirky little Colorado mountain town. A dead Norwegian grandfather on ice. A coffin race. All of this and more at Frozen Dead Guy Days.  This year's festival is happening March 13-15 2020 - start planning your adventure today!    Mentioned in this episode: Frozen Dead Guy Days Festival RoShamBo's Frozen Dead Guy Days episode page  Mike the Headless Chicken  RoShamBo Episode that gives more info on the town where Ted moved  

In RoShamBo’s world, Ian Stewart lands somewhere between Unique and Amazing. He’s a 6 time Guinness World Record holder who also happens to be a hypnotist, a comedian and a magician. You know, just your average Canadian daredevil.     Links mentioned in this episode:  Ian's Website      The Plantation on Crystal River Manatee Tour The World Sign Spinning Championship (episode page) Baltimore’s Small Foods Party (episode page) Small Foods Party (event page)

In the movie "To Have and Have Not", Lauren Bacall infamously said, “You know how to whistle, don’t you Steve? You just put your lips together, and blow”. And you know what, according to World Champion Whistler Carole Anne Kaufman, she’s not wrong. Master’s of Musical Whistling Festival and Competition The Diva’s website The World Whistlers Convention and Competition in Japan  

Your 3rd grade teacher’s worst nightmare…. It’s the Red Bull Paper Wings World Finals!

Straight from the mighty Yukon territory of Canada - this is what happens when cold hair meets hot pools.   Links mentioned in episode:  https://www.surfertoday.com/surfing/the-best-river-surfing-waves-in-the-world http://takhinihotpools.com/ https://www.roshambopodcast.com/episodes/2018/10/5/episode-011-world-beard-and-moustache-championships https://www.roshambopodcast.com/episodes/2018/5/21/s1e4-gurning

Get your Imperials, your Handlebars and your Alaskan Whalers ready - it's the National Beard and Mustache Championships!    Learn more:  https://www.nationalbeardchampionships.com/

Fun with Cannonballs! 

During our coverage of Dragon Con 2019 we discovered a subculture - within the subculture of Dragon Con.  People that spend their time at the Con helping others in need.  They are Cosplay Medics and they're the hero's HEROES. 

Sure they're great for hauling things - but did you know that you can race 'em and use 'em for crazy tricks?  Well you can.  And it is awesome. 

Potty humor encouraged - It's the World Championship Outhouse Races!

I bet these dogs surf better than you.