My Favorite Time of Year

It seems like yesterday that Sir Matthew Bingaman was taking his 100th shot of beer and dancing on a table at Sean's house to the musical stylings of Simba ("I just can't wait to be King") after winning the first ever Summer of Man Challenge. But yet here we are on the precipice of another great adventure.

Summer of Man 2011 promises to be everything that 2010 was, but more. The field of competitors has grown from six to eight and the list of events has become even more ridiculous. I realize it sounds hard to top a party involving a car push followed by a hotdog eating contest, but we did it. This year will feature all the favorites from last year ranging from the Beer Golf contest (or as I like to call it...The Greatest Round of Golf I've Ever Been Apart Of) to the ever popular Bar Golf (a new course is in development). In addition to the standard basketball, football, baseball challenges we've added a Casino Night, Archery, Skeet Shooting, Gun Range Fun and a HALF MARATHON! And of course no Man Challenge would be complete without an eating challenge. This year we will be sitting down to a pile of hot wings to compete in Bub's Dive Bar's very own All-U-Can-Eat Wing Eating Competition. We're also tweaking our cooking competition this year and instead of chili we will be offering up the perfect burger.

Last year was great, but it was only the beginning. SOM 2011 is typically American, striving to be bigger, better and more outrageous than ever. If you're reading this then you happen to be one of the lucky ones that had the pleasure to take part in last year's festivities. I urge you to follow along as another chapter in the SOM saga is laid down.