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Surf Cantina hosts fifth annual Sling N’ Squash

Men and women compete for pride, cash prize; money raised for Community Resource Center
The Big Chill Surf Cantina hosted the fifth annual Sling N’ Squash competition Nov. 12. Kelly Saxman prepares to let one of the pumpkins fly. CHRIS FLOOD PHOTOS
Chris Flood
November 19, 2022

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Big Chill Surf Cantina
19406 Coastal Highway
Rehoboth Beach, DE 19971
United States

Big Chill Surf Cantina hosted the fifth annual Sling N’ Squash in the parking lot behind the bar Nov. 12.

Emcee and Cantina employee Matt Garbutt said the event was started as a way to keep alive the pumpkin-tossing tradition, started by Punkin Chunkin years ago, in Sussex County. This year, he added, Sling N’ Squash also served as a fundraiser for Rehoboth Community Resource Center.

Nearly two dozen men and women competed for first-place cash prizes of $500 each.

 

Jim Edwards, left, and Mike Clark do a little pregaming.
A large crowd gathers to watch the competition.
The coveted Sling N’ Squash trophies.
Erin Reid rubs the shoulders of Renate Costner, who was the first competitor.
A pile of pumpkins waiting to be tossed.
Mary Ann Slinkman recycles an exploded pumpkin by turning it into a hat.
Some of the pumpkins exploded more than others.
The top of this pumpkin blew off.
Like a true athlete, Bobby Jumper carries a beer in one hand and a pumpkin in the other.
Brian Florek didn’t throw the pumpkin the farthest, but he might have tossed it the highest.
The over-the-head method used here by Austin Mault was the preferred way to sling.
Milton’s Cathy Masciarelli looks like she knows her gloves aren’t going to add too much to the distance.
Lewes’ Jason Pyryt does the trunk-twist method of tossing the gourd.

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Chris Flood has been working for the Cape Gazette since early 2014. He currently covers Rehoboth Beach and Henlopen Acres, but has also covered Dewey Beach and the state government. He covers environmental stories, business stories and random stories on subjects he finds interesting, and he also writes a column called Choppin’ Wood that runs every other week. Additionally, Flood moonlights as the company’s circulation manager, which primarily means fixing boxes that are jammed with coins during daylight hours, but sometimes means delivering papers in the middle of the night. He’s a graduate of the University of Maine and the Landing School of Boat Building & Design.

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