2001 Gatineau Balloon Festival Strongman
Gatineau Balloon
Festival Strongman Contest
Sept 1,2,3, 2001
Gatineau, Canada
Three days of competition, great competitors, great fun great crowd!
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Canada's best put it to us Americans...but all in good fun.
Travis Lyndon, Mark Keshishian, Martin Brisebois,
Dominic Filiou, Beerd Beekman, Gary Mitchell, Walt Gogola jr.,
Jessen Paulin, Steve Bourgeois,
Big Glenn Ross Ken Brown, & Hugo Girard
Scores
| Name | Medley | Farmers | Log | Arm Over Arm | Power Stairs | Hercules Hold | Atlas Stones | Deadlift Hold | Points |
| Hugo Girard | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 92 |
| Travis Lyndon | 12 | 10 | 10.5 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 87.5 |
| Jessin Paulin | 10 | 11 | 7.5 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 75.5 |
| Steve Bourgeois | 6 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 62 |
| Dominic Filiou | 4 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 56 |
| Walt Gogola jr | 8 | 4 | 7.5 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 44.5 |
| Ken Brown | 5 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 43 |
| Glenn Ross | 7 | 3 | 10.5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 42.5 |
| Martin Brisebois | 9 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 40 |
| Gary Mitchell | 2 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 37 |
| Breed Beekman | 3 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 30 |
| Mark Keshishian | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 14 |
Day One
Tire/Yoke Medley, Farmer's, Log
More Photos coming!
The empty venue
Mark
Steve
Beerd
Dominic
Walt
Gary
Ken
Jessen
Travis
Glen
Huge-O
900+lb Tire
Farmer's 265lbs 80 meters!
Mark
14inch log, 265lbs for reps from the ground..
Glen
Glen
Gary
Day 2
Arm Over Arm, Power Stairs, Hercules Hold
Mark & Beerd
Big Glen & Dominic
Huge-O and he gets the 600lb block on the first step
(with the help of my shoes)
Travis
Mark
Walt
Gary
Ken
Martin
Steve
Dominic
Jessen
Travis
Huge-O
Gary
More Photos coming!
Day Three
Stones and Deadlift/car hold for time
as you can see, the crowd was great and all the competitors took
time out to walk around and sign autographs...it was like they were
rock stars!
Big Glen and Mark K...only got 2...these were the highest dam
platforms!..and I thought the Indiana Boys were trying to make
things hard!
Walt "The Wooder Boy" got 4
Beerd Beekman
Gary Mitchell...still going strong!
Ken Brown...still going ..even with a torn hamstring!
This is the first time Anyone has gotten All of THESE 5 stones
on These Very High platforms in a contest!
Steve fighting with the #5 stone
Huge-O Playing to the crowd!
Hug-O and Travis Battle it out!
Travis gets all 5!
The Car Hold
Mark and Beerd face off
Big Glenn and Gary face off
This is what stopped Glen's hold..(only if he had
used straps from Samson-Power)
Walt and Ken
Martin and Dominic
Steve and Jessen
Huge-O and Travis ready for Battle
The Awards and Champaign!
Your Roving Reporter, Mark
This event was open to everyone who competed at Gatineau.
The weights started at 575lbs for a warm up, then
to 825lbs, then to 1022lbs to break IFSA's current record. Next went
1062lbs then a try at 1092lbs!
It came down to Martin and Ken. Ken set the new record at 1000lb
earlier this year, the Marin broke the record at the Canadian
Championships with 1005.
Walt gets 825lbs, but is out after that
Martin psyches up for 1062
Martin clears the ground Now Ken
Prepares for 1062....It's Up!
(but is not given the lift due to unlocked
knees)
Celebration!
Nice Tattoo!
Marin goes for 1062!
Ken Misses 1092lbs Marin gets 1092 off the
ground, but not a good lock out
Ken Brown now officially holds the IFSA and The All Time Silver Dollar Dead Lift Record of 1062lbs.
Congratulations
to Ken!...who, by the way, was competing that weekend with a torn
hamstring!
...Just think what he could have done if he had two to pull with!
