Oct 21 2009Anvil Launching: The World's Manliest Sport
Anvil launching is probably the world's manliest sport in front of great white hunting with a soggy pencil. I just happen to excel at both. And this is Gay Wilkinson, the self proclaimed anvil launching world champion about to send one skyward. Hit the jump for a video of the anvil in action (skip to 1:20 for the actual launch), then get out there and shoot your own dangerously heavy objects in the air. Just remember: what goes up is probably going to come down on a bystander. Happy launching!
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anvil launching: it's exactly what it sounds like [technabob]
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Reader Comments
1. Closet Nerd - October 21, 2009 4:01 PM
I'm waiting for the anvil to fall on his head like in the Looney Tunes cartoons.
2. super cooper - October 21, 2009 4:01 PM
XD that made my day
3. Davo - October 21, 2009 4:02 PM
Darwin says you should always light the fuse with you face right over the anvil.
4. Closet Nerd - October 21, 2009 4:03 PM
Gay Wilkinson, may be the self proclaimed anvil launching world champion, but I am the baby batter launching world champion!
5. Polygon - October 21, 2009 4:06 PM
Great! That's what I call sport. When do we start to do that at school?
6. catch22 - October 21, 2009 4:07 PM
i bet his wife has the darwin awards people on speed dial...
you know that scene in kung fu hustle when "the beast" punches that guy's head through the floor but his body is still ontop of the floor...
...id laugh if it happened to this guy
7. Que - October 21, 2009 4:08 PM
Que neat.
8. naas - October 21, 2009 4:11 PM
'world champion anvil shooter'?
While I agree I don't get out much & spend most of my quality time on geekologie, I wasn't aware that anvil shooting was sweeping the continents & attracting crowds like a Brazilian futball game would during finals - to a point where one can be deemed a champion?
9. G - October 21, 2009 4:12 PM
What, only 100 lb anvils? C'mon, they make much heavier ones.
(What's that stuff about "women ask 'why?'" huh? Women can enjoy a good bit of explosion and launching items not designed for flight just as much as men!)
10. naas - October 21, 2009 4:13 PM
@6 hehe... I also can't imagine this is popular in antarctica on those slowly thinning sheets of ice
11. Perry - October 21, 2009 4:13 PM
Pretty cool...
But aren't you supposed to say "fire in the hole" before you light the fuse?
12. Ollie Williams - October 21, 2009 4:24 PM
I approve.
13. Xopotl - October 21, 2009 4:25 PM
So... the world champion of the world's manliest sport is... Gay?
14. prufock - October 21, 2009 4:27 PM
In before the Gay jokes.
15. prufock - October 21, 2009 4:30 PM
Guess not.
16. SnOoPs - October 21, 2009 4:32 PM
boom
17. navin - October 21, 2009 4:41 PM
so i'm guessin' the dude's a big fan o reese witherspoons?
18. Pat - October 21, 2009 4:43 PM
I love when the guy says, "It should remain airborne 'til gravity overtakes it." Well, yeah...
19. Fred - October 21, 2009 4:48 PM
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20. Don - October 21, 2009 4:51 PM
Dude Awesomee!!!.. but.. if you get that on your head... or worse! your car 0.0
21. numb3rsix - October 21, 2009 5:25 PM
I was going to make a Gay joke - However after watching the video I decided not to. Win.
22. Uncle Eccoli - October 21, 2009 5:26 PM
"Please, do not fire your guns into the air in celebration because the bullets will come down... and kill my sister."
23. FreeDummy - October 21, 2009 5:34 PM
Anvil launching: The next great spectator sport?
FORE!
24. Daniel - October 21, 2009 5:46 PM
AWESOME!!! i wanna do that!!!
25. JFreezy - October 21, 2009 6:09 PM
What is the actual sport? How high it launches? If I put enough gun powder under a car I could launch it as well LOL! Does that make me world champ of car launching? Yes, I guess it does!
26. numb3rsix - October 21, 2009 6:33 PM
@26 If you actually did launch a car in such a manner, then yes I guess it would. But you didn't, nor will you. World Champion D-Bag is still a possibility though. Leave Gay alone!!!!
27. RK - October 21, 2009 6:44 PM
so where is the coyote and the roadrunner? stupid video clip... grrr
28. Reverend Faux - October 21, 2009 6:50 PM
You're welcome GW.
29. RK - October 21, 2009 6:52 PM
i kinda wish it would have landed on his truck. :(
30. Fitz - October 21, 2009 7:10 PM
Pfff, I could do that just by jizzing on it!
31. Mr. Anderson - October 21, 2009 7:58 PM
Gay
32. this guy - October 21, 2009 8:29 PM
i was amazed by the sound quality. it actually made the video THAT much better when u could feel the intensity of the explosion.
33. Hugums - October 21, 2009 10:20 PM
HOLY HELL THATS AWESOME
34. Drew Wilson - October 22, 2009 12:09 AM
yea im gonna go buy an anvil now!
35. Vickilitus - October 22, 2009 1:13 AM
I live literally 25 minutes away from where they shot the anvil off and I had no idea! This is so badass! Thanks, Geekologie Writer!
36. Lee Harless - October 22, 2009 2:16 AM
I wouldn't like this, because I'd have to carry those freakin' heavy anvils around. that would suck.
37. Andyman - October 22, 2009 7:44 AM
Could've sworn this said "Advil" launching.
38. ciao - October 22, 2009 8:05 AM
They should get a bunker or some housing with a thick roof, so they won't witness a fatality caused by an old cartoon antic.
Overall that's hot stuff thar, cannot believe that it went that high.
39. TE - October 22, 2009 11:45 AM
World Champion Anvil Shooter?
What sporting body regulated anvil shooting? What if Santa actually sucks at this activity? Oh, the shame.
40. bR1an - October 22, 2009 12:42 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wIF63jhRQcw
These guys get it. This at least an order of magnitude more manly.
41. Hammertime - October 22, 2009 3:53 PM
I thought it said Avril launching and was hoping to see her go into outer space.
42. Shamwow - October 22, 2009 4:43 PM
I thought he was gonna pick it up and throw it... :C
43. Jaded Icon - October 22, 2009 5:26 PM
I guess it was neat, but I'm pretty sure I wouldn't be able to sit through these "championships" without getting bored.
44. toolboy - October 23, 2009 5:14 AM
GOLF! ANVIL GOLF! Best idea ever.
45. Meical - October 24, 2009 1:16 PM
I'm from Saint Louis, MO which is neighboring... this saddens me and makes me ashamed to live here. bah
46. bluehost host - October 25, 2009 9:33 PM
Probably been planning this for a year.
47. Ebee - October 27, 2009 7:09 PM
He should try launching old kitchen appliances.
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