Giant pumpkin boat races
Over the last 24 hours, five people have sent me links to a new documentary that is coming out about raging lunatics giant pumpkin growers. So, to put a kibosh on any additional emails about it, YES I KNOW “RISE OF THE GIANTS” IS COMING OUT!
Unfortunately we don’t live in Utah to see it but I have no doubt we’ll have the opportunity.
If you’re not in the know (and don’t have friends bombarding you with the trailer), “Rise of the Giants” follows the growth of the largest pumpkin in the world, which weighed 2,032 pounds, the Utah Giant Pumpkin Growing club, and even inmates who are growing at the Spanish Fork jail.
According to the website:
“Rise of the Giants” delves into a unique hobby that attracts salts-of-the-earth committed to making people smile. Every year growers around the country raise Atlantic Giant pumpkins that can grow over to 50 pounds a day (that is not a typo) – so big that once the contest is over, growers hollow them out and hold a boat race at Sugar House Park, which is captured in the film.
Normally this is our favorite week of the year with our blow-out pumpkin party and and big weigh-off. But alas, after Jamie’s pumpkins’ death we’re in a state of mourning.
Maybe this year’s theme should be “Demise of the Giants.”
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