On Saturday, I went to a beach wrestling tournament in Pacific City, OR.

Wikipedia has this to say about beach wrestling:

"Apparently in a bid to give wrestling greater appeal to television audiences, FILA adopted beach wrestling as an official discipline during 2004–2005. Beach wrestling is standing wrestling done by wrestlers, male or female, inside a sand-filled circle measuring 6 meters (20 ft) in diameter with only two weight categories, heavy and light. The objective is to throw an opponent or take the opponent to their back. The wrestlers wear swimsuits rather than special wrestling uniforms. Wrestlers may also wear spandex or athletic shorts."

Even though there were only two other guys in my division, I had a great time.

Setting up a hip toss - check out that nasty under hook!

I won the tournament and brought home the gold sand dollar and $10 prize money!

The beach was breathtakingly beautiful.

I also spent some time this weekend at the McMinnville UFO Festival. Aliens, Chewbacca, tinfoil, and so many other bizarre things. Good times.