I only need one finger..
To count the number of times THIS will occur in my life.
Telling this story when I go back to Hawaii just wouldn't be the same without a pic to prove it...makes no sense..
"I was waved over by a group of 8 adults dressed in ...."
you what?
Who were they?
"I dunno?"
What were they doing?
"I...dunno?"
aaaah...
Thank God for pictures.
And...how to get the perfect score 150 on the Carnival High Striker...every time..
Pic courtesy of Wikepedia:
It is the perfect score...the 150. It is hard to get..which is the way all grand prize achievements are rigged.....shoot all of the red star out with a bb gun...anyone? It's another game with less control than this so ...man..I have heard stories about carnival tricks that have been around since carnivals have been around. The one...the ONE game you can always beat is seemingly the "toughest". It's the opposite...it's the easiest..
Technique.
I have watched guy after guy much larger than me swing for the fences and the highest besides me was 133. Which is the exact same # as in the pic from Wikipedia. The rigs can be adjusted for entertainment purposes like fundraising or light events but as an attraction at a park that is supposed to suck the money outta every macho wanna be tough guy trying to get the huge___ for his girl it is set hard.
I was either very very strong in Vegas or that thing was set to low pressure. I stopped hitting 150 cuz I couldn't be bothered with the huge stuffed Disney shit which i gave away..all of them to some deliriously happy kids who's dad won a baseball bat shaped balloon cuz he got 130. I wasn't trying to show him up (that never dawned on me until I noticed his less than thankful expression..I'm not a Dad..I don't get the Dad pride thing.. but as a man I do....he got over it I assume, unless he burned the toys after I left?)
Anyway...how to game the game:
Step 1.
I put a towel I got for bungee jumping and layed it next to the "target".
You can't touch the hammer on the ground for obvious reasons but you can get past that by bringing your own "bed". Your trying to get back to where you once belonged...a full circle.
You could muscle your way to a Grand Prize maybe but it would take a lot of energy and a unit not rigged to be impossible. This unit is a Daddy pride crusher (I saw some little girls look confused when the staff gently nudged their hand away from the prize shelf.....your daddy didn't win anything Princess.....he doesn't have a penis...come back with a real daddy)...a Macho boyfriends worst nightmare. Nobody was fucking with this thing after trying once. it was giving off 80's and 90's to some big rugby boys.
Tech...to the nique my rice fed meatheaded brothers!
Hammer in the center of the bed (pic below) to the right (I'm a righty)...ready for launch!!
After the first foot (pic below) I'm almost dragging it cuz I'm making a circle..I ain't muscling this I'm massaging it !!
As it comes from behind me (pic below) it's in full arc and it's gaining it's own momentum...I am steering this thing to this point ..I am up on my tippy toes to put that hammer head as far above the target as my not tall enough ass can. Tippy toes yo!!
Now I'm eyeing the target (pic below) and I'm pulling my arms into my body to tighten the circle. I wanna hook the hit like chopping wood.
Big fail. I have a neck problem that is so severe I need surgery. A post about the damage getting kicked,punched,stomped in the head and hit about the head with bats pipes and other things in my life plus boxing and football coming soon..i got no cushion between my C6 and C7.
Anyway a frame by frame shows no bending of the knees which would put my weight..finally behind the hit which is the only moment I need to "try". I can't do it because my body won't go there..self preservation...pinched nerve....pissed nerve cuz I just bungee jumped twice? Anyway...bend your knees and collapse.
Legs straight...terrible fail...but I hit the center which is huge...hit off center with a ton and you get shit son...gotta nail the middle. My elbows should be pulled into my body and the hammer head should be angled back toward me..lotta shit wrong. My feet shouldn't be flat yet either. I am thinking maybe I delete these bad samples....xcept the story ends well so...
Pic has no value except 2 cute chicks in the background
Got the 150...despite bad form cuz the technique...is everything and it's about momentum...gaining it...finishing it with some help at the end...and do it again and again.
I got a cat that talks back to me now. The girl I was with passed on the gift. My students were laughing their asses off today...it grows on me...like Japan.
