The Crested Butte News Serving the Gunnison Valley since 1999
Torque, extend, launch
It’s time to start tapering your training regimen because the annual Peach Pit Spit contest is this Sunday, September 8 at the Farmer’s Market.
The Peach Pit Spit truly puts lung capacity and coordination to the test as participants have to combine the right amount of air and the right amount of forward thrust all at the same time in an effort to spit their peach pit as far as possible.
“It’s all about getting some torque on your neck and getting your head out there,” says organizer and former competitor Zach Vaughter.
Last year’s event drew an international crowd with one contestant in from Munich, Germany for a shot at the title.
While Drew Canale was in the lead early with a spit 35 feet and six inches long, Pete Giannini crushed him and the rest of the field with a 43-foot effort to take the title and win two tickets to the Telluride Blues and Brews Festival.
This year tickets are up for grabs again as the Farmer’s Market secured two day passes to Saturday of the Blue and Brew Festival in Telluride the next weekend. There will also be some t-shirts for podium finishers and there will be two classes, adults and kids.
Best of all, it’s free to enter and all contestants will be provided a ripe, organic peach to eat down to the pit to spit.
The competition will be held at the west end of the Farmer’s Market and starts at 11 a.m. sharp.
See you at the spit.
