Cherry pit spitting
[3] It was at this competition where Brian "Young Gun" Krause claimed his Guinness World Record in 2004 for the longest distance to spit a cherry pit.
In addition to the annual competition there is a lane for cherry spitting which remains year round at Diebesturm.
The head of the Witzenhausen organising committee Ulrich Walger said: "After the competition we found manipulated cherry stones on the spitting range".
[7] Further inquiry revealed that a competitor has slit open the pip then inserted metal shots and covered it with a filler then varnish.
[13] In 2017, Manjimups victor Clayton Ellis was sponsored by GlobeVista to compete in the New Zealand Olive Stone Spitting competition, which replaced the cherry stone spitting competition after a relocation of the annual Ford Ranger New Zealand Rural Games from "the cherry capital in Central Otago to Palmerston North"[14] Ellis claimed the national record at the New Zealand Olive Stone Spitting competition with a winning distance of 12.64 metres (41 ft 6 in).
The Western Regional Cherry Pit Spit is an annual contest held at Rowley's Red Barn in Utah, US, that has been running since 2007.
[16] The fair began in 1715 and the first world championship of cherry-pit-long-spitting at the festival occurred in 1974 on a police dogs training ground.
[21] Brian "Young Gun" Krause, son of Rick Krause,[22] is best known for being the current Guinness world record holder for the longest distance to spit a cherry pit for a distance of 28.51 metres (93 ft 6.5 in) at the 2004 International Cherry Pit-Spitting championship.
[4] "Gentleman Joe" Lessard Sr. is a well-known competitor in both the Eau Claire, Michigan, and Blenheim, Ontario, competitions.
[23] He won his three titles in 1986, 1993 and 1996 with a distance of 21.9 metres (71 ft 10 in)[24] Kevin Bartz is well known for being the 2019 international cherry pit spitting champion in 2019 with a distance of 16.5 metres (54 ft 2 in); he began competition at age ten and won the youth division as well as being the men's division champion twice.
[3] Martin Salter "The Phantom of the Orchard" was the winner of the Canadian Pit Spit Championship in 2001 with a distance of 15.85 m (52.0 ft) and placed fourth in the International competition held in Michigan the same year.
Krause also competed in the freestyle competition on the same day where he spat a stone 33.62 metres (110 ft 3.5 in), unofficially beating his own record.
[4] Cherry pit spitting has been covered frequently in the media including news and television coverage.
