The BackBlast:

AO:

special_event

Pax Names:

Hasbro, Lexi, Ghandi , Djibouti, The Mole, Spock, Almost, Woody, Carmen SanDiego, Matchstick, Drumstick, LawDog, PitStop, Lively, Cookie, Cricket, Tebow, Doubtfire, Ozzy, Dory, Rest Stop, Scar, Captain Hook, Hombre, Lois Lane, DoSiDo, Whiz, SGT Slaughter, MSG, Gut Check, Kegger, Harp, Cousteau, Dixie Chick, Red Hat, Atari, Cuban, WestSide, Tool Man, Daly, Bo Berry, Pellets, Nomad, Hot Mic, Olaf, Earhart, Papa John, Yogi, Chops, Flashdance, The Body, Kobayashi , Drone, Panhandle, The Count, Dizzy, Crack, Sprocket, Thrasher, Good Hands, Tool Man, Pie Bar, TitleMax, Wrangler, Manning, Dandy, Alcoa, Kiffin, Hard Hittin, Ma Bell, Pink Panther, Trill, Grylls, Odd Job, Pelosi, Secret, Hartford, Hank Hill, Graffiti, Inseam, Spanx, Goofy Golf , Jungle Love, Mickey, Bloodhound , Yokel, Floppy, Babyface, Hooch, Uncorked, Homeboy, Tenderfoot, Chitwood, Absentee, MillerTime, AC, Steam Engine, Frenchy, Hoss, Silverado, Blackhawk, Sidekick, Badger, Shrinkage, Devito, Geppetto, Diez, Conquistador, Vanilla Ice, Chisel, Voodoo , X-files, Ball Boy, Satellite, The Hammer, Wiggum, Geek squad , Tinker bell , Cha ching, Baywatch, Geppetto, Dizzy, Lucky Charms, Garfield, Dodi, Nomad, Norm, Hartford, The Body, McDuff, Katniss, Huggy Bear, Trickle , Snuka, Wigs, Red Rider, Speechless

Number of Pax:

137

FNG Names:

Speechless, Red Rider, Wigs, Snuka, Ozzy, Lois Lane, Hot Mic, Flashdance, Kobayashi, Inseam, Goofy Golf, Trickle

Number of FNGs:

12

Intro:

Right around the end of the year, Homeboy threw down a major teaser that was met with the typical responses of “he’s probably just trying to raise more pizza money” and “it’s probably just another picture of Duke” or “he’s just looking for attention…”

Well, this time he dropped a major fun-bomb on the pax. Complete with cool graphics, social media savvy, and some major pre-recruiting – the surprise was pretty special. We were going to do a convergence, at Cuban’s church, with a bunch of pax, and it was going to be awesome. I’m pretty sure his initial goal was 120 which some scoffed at (cough cough… me). But it was clear that pretty much EVERYONE was pumped and jacked about this event!

So the sign-ups started rolling in, and rolling in, and rolling in. HB rang the bell, and y’all answered the call. Two Q’s became 4, then 8, and finally 10 to handle the HUGE crowd that was coming. There was a few walk-throughs and about 15 or so folks that raised their hands to help. We had guys coordinating with the church, parking, food, beatdowns, supplies, cleaning, announcements, marketing, etc, etc, etc.

The crazy thing was that there was like zero stress leading up to last Saturday. Like none. Everyone worked so well together and it was starting to feel like this was going to be one of those days that we will not soon forget!

The cars came in early for ruckers, and a mini-alpha run takeover, and then the rest of the bros rolled in over the next hour.

Warm-o-Rama:

I think it was Kiffin around 06:55 who was like "we need to go…" Good call KEV! We yelled "mosey" and we were off. Light jog around the HUGE field and circle up for the biggest warm-o-rama that YHC has ever seen. 10 Q's in the middle and 127 in the outer circle. That ankle biting yap-dog tried his darndest to muck things up (I can't wait to hear that awesome new ring tone lol!) but we ain't got no time for that. Knock out some SSH, Weed Pickahs, and Imperial Walkers, count off by 5, and head to your beatdown zone. Only 1 injury so far (sorry Chit)

The Thang:

Q Teams consisted of:

Manning/Hombre – TRAILS
Drumstick/Garfield – FIELD WORK
Kiffin/Panhandle – FIELD WORK
Bloodhound/Cricket – LOGS
Alcoa/Matchstick – FIELD WORK

We did a quick beatdown intro and we were underway. Each group would have 15 minutes before rotating so sadly, not everyone got to enjoy the horror of Bloodhound/Crickets LOG JAM. The staggered pax that rotated to us and the trail run were beaten and battered.

Time flew by, and thanks for Thrasher for that awesome air horn to keep everyone moving.

All the individual beatdowns were reportedly brutal, and terrible and that means MISSION ACCOMPLISHED!

COT:

With 5-10 minutes left over for each group, this is where we did name-o-rama, FNG naming, and prayer requests. The names that came out of this were pretty awesome! I think Goofy Golf was my favorite!

Naked Man Moleskin:

So many things to capture from the beatdown but here's the top 10:

10 – Inadvertent 911 wrist-dial with the Sheriff showing up after triangulating the beacon. Ummm, you could have just listed for the massive echoes and tracked it!
9 – AC pulling his pants down in the woods. And we thought you were a gentleman. Shocking!!
8 – Silverado emptying his bladder for somewhere between 7 and 11 minutes in the woods. Sheesh bro, how many cups of coffee did you have!
7 – Chitwood with a massive ankle injury…DURING the warmup
6 – Frenchy showing up in church clothes. READ SLACK BRO haha!
5 – Drumstick and Garfield playing by the rules…well, sorta. Feels like a win for them!
4 – Alpha Guys with the Twitter Throw Down Surprise. Lol, Twitter…that's so 2018. Don't worry, we had a dandy of our own surprise in response
3 – Echoes loud enough to wake all the sad clowns in a 3 mile radius
2 – We had enough food, all the flags, The FUBAR, started and ended on time, had some KILLER FNG names, and TROTTI dropped the mic to wrap up an amazing day.
1 – Homeboy taking his Rogueie HOY honors to a RAH RAH ROTARY level that not even I could have imagined. NICE WORK BRO. You are an inspiration to us ALL!