The excitement is building in Pumpkintown as the World's Greatest Gourd Growers and their astounding, mind-boggling, Volkswagen-sized orange orbs hope to squash the world record on Monday, October 10 at the 43rd Safeway World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-Off -- the "Super Bowl of Weigh-Offs" -- in the World Pumpkin Capital of Half Moon Bay, California. A host of accomplished growers will contend for the coveted title, the $30,000 world record prize and thousands of dollars in additional prize money. Defending Half Moon Bay champion Steve Daletas' ginormous 1,969-pound weigh-off champion mega-gourd obliterated a formidable field winning the 2015 Safeway World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-Off.
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The excitement is building in Pumpkintown as the World's Greatest Gourd Growers and their astounding, mind-boggling, Volkswagen-sized orange orbs hope to squash the world record on Monday, October 10 at the 43rd Safeway World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-Off -- the "Super Bowl of Weigh-Offs" -- in the World Pumpkin Capital of Half Moon Bay, California. A host of accomplished growers will contend for the coveted title, the $30,000 world record prize and thousands of dollars in additional prize money. Defending Half Moon Bay champion Steve Daletas' ginormous 1,969-pound weigh-off champion mega-gourd obliterated a formidable field winning the 2015 Safeway World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-Off.
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