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Speaker 1 (00:01):
It's a thirty here, fifty five krcity talk station. Something
German must be going on strekk or putting on the
German bumper music. Oh, that's right, putting Cincinnati on the
global Matt, Welcome to the fifty five KRSE Morning Show.
Welcome back, I should say, Mike Kisel from one of
those German guys. Just search those German guys on Facebook.
You'll run into them and all the German stuff that
they're all about. And Ben Hoffman, executive director of the
(00:23):
Cincinnati Regional Sports Commission, joining the morning show today to
talk about the twenty twenty five US National Steinholding Championship.
Welcome gentlemen, it's great to have you on the show today.
Sarah Good Good, Margan here, Thomas begets enen Ikaba, I.
Speaker 2 (00:40):
Can't see it, definitely, Man, thanks for having us on.
I appreciate it.
Speaker 3 (00:45):
It's always good to get with you and talk about
a little bit in German heritage.
Speaker 2 (00:49):
And like you said, this is more special than the Olympics.
It is.
Speaker 1 (00:54):
Who needs the NC two A of the Olympics. It
costs a whole lot of money. You left with a
bunch of complexes. You paid for that. No one uses anymore.
And this does not require much beyond I guess just
some space and some beer steins and of course the
beer that goes in it. But this is not for novices.
This actually is a difficult, difficult, challenging thing specifically. Okay,
let's talk about first the US Steinholding Association. Is that's
(01:19):
actually a thing and it exists. Is this a global organization?
Speaker 2 (01:24):
It's a national here to the United States.
Speaker 1 (01:26):
Okay, hence the name.
Speaker 2 (01:29):
Yep, So those German guys started with them.
Speaker 3 (01:31):
In twenty twenty one, we did the original State of
Ohio Championship.
Speaker 2 (01:35):
We've run it ever since then. Now you know, we've
kind of moved around venue to venue.
Speaker 3 (01:40):
The last two years we've been down at the beautiful
multi million dollar more Line Longerhouse facility with Greg Hartman,
and he really helps us put.
Speaker 2 (01:48):
On a show. It's fantastic. Well, and then we got
go ahead.
Speaker 1 (01:52):
Are you team double them again this year for the event?
Speaker 2 (01:55):
Correct? Correct?
Speaker 3 (01:57):
We did the state championship twenty twenty four, twenty twenty five,
and then we put our hat in the ring because
there are other states that wanted the national championship, but well,
and we were fortunate enough to land that here to
bring that to the Cincinnati and Ben Huffman was a big.
Speaker 2 (02:14):
Part of that with the Cincinnati Regional Sports Commission.
Speaker 1 (02:18):
Appreciate Ben your work on that. And of course, did
our German heritage have anything to do with or a
lot to do with our getting this championship here this
coming up?
Speaker 3 (02:28):
Yeah, that to a degree, it does. I mean, you know,
they look at everything, you know, Willie and I and
the German guys, and then obviously with Greg, you know,
we've really done a good job putting on the state championship.
So coupled that with the German heritage here in Cincinnati,
I mean, you know, it's kind of a win win,
and how can you go into place else?
Speaker 2 (02:47):
All? Right?
Speaker 1 (02:47):
Now, how does this competition work? It's taking place again
at the Morelinehouse on Saturday the twenty second. Are the
Is this a team sport? Is it an individual sport?
Are the different components of that? Are people still able
to participate? Let's get all the details of how this
actually works. I guess what does the event? Let's start
with what the event entails.
Speaker 2 (03:09):
Okay, so.
Speaker 3 (03:12):
We've had state championships all across the United States.
Speaker 2 (03:16):
There's fifteen states that compete in this and they've.
Speaker 3 (03:19):
Had people that you know qualified to compete at the
state level and then the winners of the state competitions
then proceed to come here for the national championship. So
this is an individual sport. We have a women's division
and a men's division. So the winner of that here
on the twenty second for the national championship. This is
(03:40):
the inaugural national championship to us seine Holding.
Speaker 2 (03:43):
This is the first one they've done, so it's kind
of a big deal that we got at it as well.
Speaker 1 (03:47):
Oh that's awesome.
Speaker 2 (03:48):
Whoever wins that. Yeah, men and women, they get.
Speaker 3 (03:51):
Bragging rights as national championship trophies and each the men and.
Speaker 2 (03:55):
The women first place is four thousand dollars.
Speaker 1 (03:58):
Oh cool, So boiling this down. If we show up
at this event, this is like showing up at the
first Super Bowl. It is Wow. Well, my dad had
a pennant from that one. He was at the first
Super Bowl and that was kind of bragging, right. So
are you guys gonna have T shirts for this event
so we can all prove that we were there for
the first Super Bowl of Steinholding.
Speaker 2 (04:21):
We do have T shirts available.
Speaker 3 (04:22):
We also have a commemorative glass leader steins, as well
as pint glasses.
Speaker 2 (04:27):
And coffee cups. So if you're not a beer drinker
or prefer coffee, we also have the US Going Holding
National Championship Coffee months as well.
Speaker 1 (04:36):
All Right, so as I understand the wheat, the chaff
has already been separated ro out. This isn't something someone
can sign up for to participate in. On the twenty
second you've got all the players there. Has this event
made it over to the sportsbook betting sites.
Speaker 4 (04:50):
Yet, fellas No, not quite.
Speaker 1 (04:54):
I expect to see it there though. Hold on, I'll
tell you because it is my version of the final
day of the week. Since I'm taking some vacation time,
I like to talk about this fun event. I would
to find out. Actually what the competition involves is where
a world record for this kind of thing? Let's pause?
If you guys don't mind them, want to bring it
right Ben, You've read about it in Obscure sor Sports Quarterly,
(05:15):
you watch it on the OCHO or of course talking
about the Steinholding events and coming up on the twenty
second of this month, the first Super Bowl of Steinholding,
the twenty twenty five US National steinholding championships joining me
to talk about this. One of those Germans guys you
can find them on Facebook, Mike Heisel and Ben Huffman,
(05:36):
who's the executive director of the cincinn Regional Sports Commission.
They've all teamed up along with some other folks like,
for example, the more Line House and since ant Chris
Kindlemark to do this championship, which we're all going to
want to attend. Before we can break down the events
in the order of things that are taking place on
the twenty second, guys, I got to ask, is there
first a regulation? It has to be a regulation sort
(05:57):
of size weight stein?
Speaker 2 (06:00):
Correct? Correct?
Speaker 3 (06:02):
This your typical one leader glass dimpled stein, so those
all weigh the same approximately when it's full of beer.
Speaker 2 (06:10):
It's five pounds.
Speaker 3 (06:11):
So if your listeners aren't familiar with this, I know
I've been on before talking about it.
Speaker 2 (06:16):
You have to.
Speaker 3 (06:16):
You're like, you have the leader stein sitting in front
of you on the table. The competitors standing behind the table.
They have to stand upright, pick up the beer steining
with either their left or right hand and hold it
straight out. They're not allowed it been back.
Speaker 2 (06:28):
They you know, can't move the stein.
Speaker 3 (06:30):
It has to be you know, pretty much arm straight
holding that leader of beer steined out. One interesting thing
about this is Kim Planner has won the state championship
here in Ohio the past five years that we've done it.
Speaker 2 (06:43):
He also won this year, and he is qualified.
Speaker 3 (06:46):
He's representing he's from Cincinnati here and he's representing more
Line Loggerhouse in the national championship.
Speaker 2 (06:52):
So come down and cheer Kim.
Speaker 3 (06:53):
On and hopefully he can bring him the national championship
here to Cincinnati.
Speaker 1 (06:57):
Well do you And I hate to put you on
the spot, but I got to ask because I'm looking
at what is described, at least in terms of the
artificial intelligence response. I got on Google the US record,
what is his steinholding time? Do you recall by anybody chance,
Kim usually.
Speaker 2 (07:11):
Goes between nine and twelve minutes.
Speaker 3 (07:15):
They've had some people in Texas go for as long
as you know, twenty twenty four minutes. But with the
US steineholding but they're pretty strict on the regulations on
your form, so they don't, you know, allow you to
deviate as some of the other organizations do. So some
of the organizations are looking for time and they don't
really care about form. So the US Stineholding Association's pretty
(07:37):
strict on the judging with your form.
Speaker 1 (07:39):
That's great that they have these kind of rules. It
just cracks me up, guys, it really does. Now there
are there are steinholding or actually stein caring events, and
I noted that at least online they say the Guinness
War Record for the most steins carried over forty meters,
and you mentioned they're five pounds each. Twenty nine steins
(08:03):
is the record for men and nineteen steins for women.
And that's a carrying. I just can't imagine that because
I'm looking at photographs of these guys with all these
bunched up steins. That's that can't be easy, but neither
can the competition you guys are doing, so it's not
a carry contest. Moving over to the twenty second, I
see that things start kicking kicked off around ten am.
(08:24):
Walk my listeners through what they're going to be able
to see and participate in during the day.
Speaker 3 (08:29):
So we are going to have the FC Byron match
on from you know, SC Byron's Munich soccer team.
Speaker 2 (08:33):
We're going to have that in the fest tent.
Speaker 3 (08:36):
Greg is putting up a huge festent like we said
this takes place during the opening weekend of Cincinnati Chris Kenelmark.
Speaker 2 (08:43):
So I mean that's an event in and of itself that.
Speaker 3 (08:46):
You don't want to miss because they have German booze
and food, and you know, there's a bunch of stuff going.
Speaker 2 (08:51):
On with the Christmas market.
Speaker 3 (08:52):
You know, come down to your Christmas shopping and enjoy
the stein Otle. But we have the Byron Match starting
at nine point thirty. We also have a riverfront volts March,
and volts March is just a leisurely walk. You can
sign up to do that. It's five dollars per person
to walk. It's about like a five k on that.
Then noon to two we had the Byron Games. We
(09:13):
did that when FC Byron came to town, and since
we're running the Byron Match on TV, we're.
Speaker 2 (09:18):
Going to do that afterward. If your listeners would like
to participate in that, they can do that.
Speaker 4 (09:22):
This is great.
Speaker 3 (09:23):
There before noon, there's three events. It's a beer decko flip,
you know, like the little beer coasters. You stack those
up and you flip those and catch them, and whoever
catches the most without it hitting the table wins that event.
Speaker 2 (09:37):
Well, we're going to do it as a team event,
and then we have that Hommer slogging that's where there's
a stump and you take a hammer and drive the
nail into the stump. Few of us hits wins that.
And then we also have a team steinholding, so you
don't really you can get a little.
Speaker 3 (09:54):
Bit of a taste of it, being it's a team sport,
you know, the one person goes as long.
Speaker 2 (09:59):
As they can with the stein.
Speaker 3 (10:01):
When they're done, they set it down and their teammate
behind them kicks it up and goes on. And then
the winner of that will get bragging rights for the
Fyron Championship.
Speaker 2 (10:10):
Then after that, two to three we have a ceremonial
kaya of course you do, of course we do. Yeah,
of course right.
Speaker 3 (10:18):
Greg is drilling his Chris Kendall beer, so we're gonna
tap that down at Morelane.
Speaker 2 (10:23):
That's exclusive to Moreline Lockerhouse.
Speaker 3 (10:24):
It's a fantastic Christmas beer, so you're not gonna want
to miss that. Three to four we have the Celebrity
Steinholding Challenge, So Brian, if you're interested, we'd love to.
Speaker 2 (10:35):
Have you come down and participate in that.
Speaker 3 (10:37):
We're gonna have local celebrities go head to head just
in a fun steinholding challenge for them.
Speaker 2 (10:42):
Then it gets serious.
Speaker 3 (10:44):
Four to six we kick off the national steinholding women
go first, of course, and then after that we have
the men's national championship.
Speaker 2 (10:54):
Followed by that we have an award ceremony. We are
gonna have.
Speaker 3 (10:56):
The DJ all day long playing music, and then from
seven to ten we have a live band.
Speaker 2 (11:02):
We have Snively Whiplash.
Speaker 3 (11:04):
And they're gonna perform and we're gonna close out the
party with them out in the fest t Now, Greg
is putting up a huge fest h It has a
wooden floor, it has heaters, so you're gonna be cozy
inside the fest tent. I mean, this is just like
a beer ten in Munich, Germany. It's got a wooden
floor and everything to it. It's gonna have a bar inside.
Speaker 2 (11:24):
We have a planter from Munich is gonna we have
a plana on tap.
Speaker 3 (11:28):
And there's food inside the tent as well, so you're
not gonna want to miss it.
Speaker 2 (11:32):
It's a fantastic go back.
Speaker 1 (11:34):
Well, and I asked Jostra to put all the details
up fifty five cars dot com the links how people
can get the Rundown and also helping you out in
that event, help my listeners out because it's gonna be
a hell of a good time. Ben Huffing's been kind
of quiet there as a Cincinnati Regional Sports Commission executive director?
Do you market this kind of thing? I mean, there's
always little things that point out that Cincinnati is a
(11:54):
unique place, it's a fun place. You might want to
investigate it. This is such a fun event, and I
know it's it's not necessarily done in Jess, but the
super Bowl of Steinholding. Is this a good marketing effort
for you? And what other kinds of things do you
engage in throughout the year since a regional Sports Commission
executive director to put Cincinnati on the mac, Ben.
Speaker 4 (12:14):
Yeah, thank you so much so. The Cincinna Sports Commission
started just this summer. We're brand new. We're six months in.
First week on the job. Greg Hartman called me and
talked about this event and our concept here is to
kind of own something on the banks of the Ohio
that is a tradition, you know, for the city, and
there is a sports component, so we got involved. We
look at an event like Nathan's Hot Dog, like look
(12:34):
at what they've done out there, that's been a recurring
event that happens every year where people come in and
check it out. So we're trying to help blow this
up with those German guys, with the Moreland lagger House,
with the Steinholding folks truly make this a unique opportunity.
And then obviously on the back end from the Sports
commission side, we do all sorts of amateur events. So
we have a big fencing event coming to the Convention
(12:55):
Center in February, a volleyball tournament come to the Commission
Center in March, and then we're going after some large,
high impact events like the Rugby World Cup that just
got announced as we're an applicant city now for that,
so we are going up to those large impact events,
but unique opportunities like this to showcase our city as
a place that can host large events helps us long
term go after other things as well.
Speaker 1 (13:15):
Yeah, and I suppose once that Convention Center work it's done,
that's going to even create greater opportunities for folks to
consider Cincinnati.
Speaker 4 (13:22):
Yeah, it's great, and that's actually a good tie in
with this event. So the Elm Street Plaza opens that weekend,
so the ice rink's moving from Fountain Square to Elm
Street Plaza. You know, this weekend, while the Steinholding's going
on Sunday, we have the Bengals at one, we have
Messy coming to play FC at five on Sunday, We've
got Steinholding on Saturday, We've got the Winterhouse at Fountain
Square opening and just the Cities Beer Live. That whole
(13:45):
weekend really showcase what we can do as a community
to host guests and I think help us both on
the tourism side, but then on the sports mussion side
as well.
Speaker 1 (13:52):
Yeah, and can I ask you FC Cincinnati. I'm a
no soccer football fan of I. I mean, that's just me.
But when the whole concept started, I was pleased that
didn't involve a tremendous amount of tax payer dollars. But
I you know, it's a little skeptical that was going
to work out. Apparently it has blown up that that
has Has it been more successful than you anticipated it
(14:14):
to be? Just from your perspective, Ben.
Speaker 4 (14:17):
Yeah, I mean I think there was a definite need
for a soccer team in town. I mean, we have
so many young professionals that that's their passion. Yeah, and
the ability for that team to win and invest and
grow and do things up at Tequol Stadium is amazing.
I mean, and then they host so many other events.
I had the opportunity to go see the women's national
team come in. You know, we're working from the sports
(14:38):
mussion side with the folks at Tiqol and FC on
other opportunities to use that venue to again drive people downtown,
spend money in businesses, and they're definitely a community partner.
So it's been They've been great.
Speaker 1 (14:49):
Oh it spurred some investment in the West End too,
so it's all. It's all been good. I am you know,
I'm willing to take back some of the sort of
negative comments I made about it conceptually because who am
I just again, I'm glad it seems to be working out,
and I'm glad we are hosting the Super Bowl of
Steinholding Championships again. All the information fifty five cares dot com.
I hope you have as good a time doing the event,
(15:11):
and I hope the event goes off as well as
I anticipated. It just sounds like so much fun. Mike
and Ben, and can't thank you enough for sharing all
the information with my listeners and I today and we'll
we'll be talking about this again next year, although given
now that there's going to be more competition, this Super
Bowl will be moving around from two different venues as
it has before, as these competitions awa or we're keeping it.
Speaker 4 (15:31):
We've actually locked it in. We've locked it in for
a three year guarantee with three year right of versus
usual after oh again. Our concept here is to own
this in Cincinnati for as long as it makes sense
for us.
Speaker 1 (15:41):
Absolutely love it, guys, Thanks for the work you're doing.
Have a hell of a good time, and my listeners
get on over to the event. You'll absolutely love it,
and get yourself a T shirt to say that you
were there and you were there for the first one
eight forty nine videbid care see talk station. Got a
minute or two left, don't go elect
It's a thirty here, fifty five krcity talk station. Something
German must be going on strekk or putting on the
German bumper music. Oh, that's right, putting Cincinnati on the
global Matt, Welcome to the fifty five KRSE Morning Show.
Welcome back, I should say, Mike Kisel from one of
those German guys. Just search those German guys on Facebook.
You'll run into them and all the German stuff that
they're all about. And Ben Hoffman, executive director of the
(00:23):
Cincinnati Regional Sports Commission, joining the morning show today to
talk about the twenty twenty five US National Steinholding Championship.
Welcome gentlemen, it's great to have you on the show today.
Sarah Good Good, Margan here, Thomas begets enen Ikaba, I.
Speaker 2 (00:40):
Can't see it, definitely, Man, thanks for having us on.
I appreciate it.
Speaker 3 (00:45):
It's always good to get with you and talk about
a little bit in German heritage.
Speaker 2 (00:49):
And like you said, this is more special than the Olympics.
It is.
Speaker 1 (00:54):
Who needs the NC two A of the Olympics. It
costs a whole lot of money. You left with a
bunch of complexes. You paid for that. No one uses anymore.
And this does not require much beyond I guess just
some space and some beer steins and of course the
beer that goes in it. But this is not for novices.
This actually is a difficult, difficult, challenging thing specifically. Okay,
let's talk about first the US Steinholding Association. Is that's
(01:19):
actually a thing and it exists. Is this a global organization?
Speaker 2 (01:24):
It's a national here to the United States.
Speaker 1 (01:26):
Okay, hence the name.
Speaker 2 (01:29):
Yep, So those German guys started with them.
Speaker 3 (01:31):
In twenty twenty one, we did the original State of
Ohio Championship.
Speaker 2 (01:35):
We've run it ever since then. Now you know, we've
kind of moved around venue to venue.
Speaker 3 (01:40):
The last two years we've been down at the beautiful
multi million dollar more Line Longerhouse facility with Greg Hartman,
and he really helps us put.
Speaker 2 (01:48):
On a show. It's fantastic. Well, and then we got
go ahead.
Speaker 1 (01:52):
Are you team double them again this year for the event?
Speaker 2 (01:55):
Correct? Correct?
Speaker 3 (01:57):
We did the state championship twenty twenty four, twenty twenty five,
and then we put our hat in the ring because
there are other states that wanted the national championship, but well,
and we were fortunate enough to land that here to
bring that to the Cincinnati and Ben Huffman was a big.
Speaker 2 (02:14):
Part of that with the Cincinnati Regional Sports Commission.
Speaker 1 (02:18):
Appreciate Ben your work on that. And of course, did
our German heritage have anything to do with or a
lot to do with our getting this championship here this
coming up?
Speaker 3 (02:28):
Yeah, that to a degree, it does. I mean, you know,
they look at everything, you know, Willie and I and
the German guys, and then obviously with Greg, you know,
we've really done a good job putting on the state championship.
So coupled that with the German heritage here in Cincinnati,
I mean, you know, it's kind of a win win,
and how can you go into place else?
Speaker 2 (02:47):
All? Right?
Speaker 1 (02:47):
Now, how does this competition work? It's taking place again
at the Morelinehouse on Saturday the twenty second. Are the
Is this a team sport? Is it an individual sport?
Are the different components of that? Are people still able
to participate? Let's get all the details of how this
actually works. I guess what does the event? Let's start
with what the event entails.
Speaker 2 (03:09):
Okay, so.
Speaker 3 (03:12):
We've had state championships all across the United States.
Speaker 2 (03:16):
There's fifteen states that compete in this and they've.
Speaker 3 (03:19):
Had people that you know qualified to compete at the
state level and then the winners of the state competitions
then proceed to come here for the national championship. So
this is an individual sport. We have a women's division
and a men's division. So the winner of that here
on the twenty second for the national championship. This is
(03:40):
the inaugural national championship to us seine Holding.
Speaker 2 (03:43):
This is the first one they've done, so it's kind
of a big deal that we got at it as well.
Speaker 1 (03:47):
Oh that's awesome.
Speaker 2 (03:48):
Whoever wins that. Yeah, men and women, they get.
Speaker 3 (03:51):
Bragging rights as national championship trophies and each the men and.
Speaker 2 (03:55):
The women first place is four thousand dollars.
Speaker 1 (03:58):
Oh cool, So boiling this down. If we show up
at this event, this is like showing up at the
first Super Bowl. It is Wow. Well, my dad had
a pennant from that one. He was at the first
Super Bowl and that was kind of bragging, right. So
are you guys gonna have T shirts for this event
so we can all prove that we were there for
the first Super Bowl of Steinholding.
Speaker 2 (04:21):
We do have T shirts available.
Speaker 3 (04:22):
We also have a commemorative glass leader steins, as well
as pint glasses.
Speaker 2 (04:27):
And coffee cups. So if you're not a beer drinker
or prefer coffee, we also have the US Going Holding
National Championship Coffee months as well.
Speaker 1 (04:36):
All Right, so as I understand the wheat, the chaff
has already been separated ro out. This isn't something someone
can sign up for to participate in. On the twenty
second you've got all the players there. Has this event
made it over to the sportsbook betting sites.
Speaker 4 (04:50):
Yet, fellas No, not quite.
Speaker 1 (04:54):
I expect to see it there though. Hold on, I'll
tell you because it is my version of the final
day of the week. Since I'm taking some vacation time,
I like to talk about this fun event. I would
to find out. Actually what the competition involves is where
a world record for this kind of thing? Let's pause?
If you guys don't mind them, want to bring it
right Ben, You've read about it in Obscure sor Sports Quarterly,
(05:15):
you watch it on the OCHO or of course talking
about the Steinholding events and coming up on the twenty
second of this month, the first Super Bowl of Steinholding,
the twenty twenty five US National steinholding championships joining me
to talk about this. One of those Germans guys you
can find them on Facebook, Mike Heisel and Ben Huffman,
(05:36):
who's the executive director of the cincinn Regional Sports Commission.
They've all teamed up along with some other folks like,
for example, the more Line House and since ant Chris
Kindlemark to do this championship, which we're all going to
want to attend. Before we can break down the events
in the order of things that are taking place on
the twenty second, guys, I got to ask, is there
first a regulation? It has to be a regulation sort
(05:57):
of size weight stein?
Speaker 2 (06:00):
Correct? Correct?
Speaker 3 (06:02):
This your typical one leader glass dimpled stein, so those
all weigh the same approximately when it's full of beer.
Speaker 2 (06:10):
It's five pounds.
Speaker 3 (06:11):
So if your listeners aren't familiar with this, I know
I've been on before talking about it.
Speaker 2 (06:16):
You have to.
Speaker 3 (06:16):
You're like, you have the leader stein sitting in front
of you on the table. The competitors standing behind the table.
They have to stand upright, pick up the beer steining
with either their left or right hand and hold it
straight out. They're not allowed it been back.
Speaker 2 (06:28):
They you know, can't move the stein.
Speaker 3 (06:30):
It has to be you know, pretty much arm straight
holding that leader of beer steined out. One interesting thing
about this is Kim Planner has won the state championship
here in Ohio the past five years that we've done it.
Speaker 2 (06:43):
He also won this year, and he is qualified.
Speaker 3 (06:46):
He's representing he's from Cincinnati here and he's representing more
Line Loggerhouse in the national championship.
Speaker 2 (06:52):
So come down and cheer Kim.
Speaker 3 (06:53):
On and hopefully he can bring him the national championship
here to Cincinnati.
Speaker 1 (06:57):
Well do you And I hate to put you on
the spot, but I got to ask because I'm looking
at what is described, at least in terms of the
artificial intelligence response. I got on Google the US record,
what is his steinholding time? Do you recall by anybody chance,
Kim usually.
Speaker 2 (07:11):
Goes between nine and twelve minutes.
Speaker 3 (07:15):
They've had some people in Texas go for as long
as you know, twenty twenty four minutes. But with the
US steineholding but they're pretty strict on the regulations on
your form, so they don't, you know, allow you to
deviate as some of the other organizations do. So some
of the organizations are looking for time and they don't
really care about form. So the US Stineholding Association's pretty
(07:37):
strict on the judging with your form.
Speaker 1 (07:39):
That's great that they have these kind of rules. It
just cracks me up, guys, it really does. Now there
are there are steinholding or actually stein caring events, and
I noted that at least online they say the Guinness
War Record for the most steins carried over forty meters,
and you mentioned they're five pounds each. Twenty nine steins
(08:03):
is the record for men and nineteen steins for women.
And that's a carrying. I just can't imagine that because
I'm looking at photographs of these guys with all these
bunched up steins. That's that can't be easy, but neither
can the competition you guys are doing, so it's not
a carry contest. Moving over to the twenty second, I
see that things start kicking kicked off around ten am.
(08:24):
Walk my listeners through what they're going to be able
to see and participate in during the day.
Speaker 3 (08:29):
So we are going to have the FC Byron match
on from you know, SC Byron's Munich soccer team.
Speaker 2 (08:33):
We're going to have that in the fest tent.
Speaker 3 (08:36):
Greg is putting up a huge festent like we said
this takes place during the opening weekend of Cincinnati Chris Kenelmark.
Speaker 2 (08:43):
So I mean that's an event in and of itself that.
Speaker 3 (08:46):
You don't want to miss because they have German booze
and food, and you know, there's a bunch of stuff going.
Speaker 2 (08:51):
On with the Christmas market.
Speaker 3 (08:52):
You know, come down to your Christmas shopping and enjoy
the stein Otle. But we have the Byron Match starting
at nine point thirty. We also have a riverfront volts March,
and volts March is just a leisurely walk. You can
sign up to do that. It's five dollars per person
to walk. It's about like a five k on that.
Then noon to two we had the Byron Games. We
(09:13):
did that when FC Byron came to town, and since
we're running the Byron Match on TV, we're.
Speaker 2 (09:18):
Going to do that afterward. If your listeners would like
to participate in that, they can do that.
Speaker 4 (09:22):
This is great.
Speaker 3 (09:23):
There before noon, there's three events. It's a beer decko flip,
you know, like the little beer coasters. You stack those
up and you flip those and catch them, and whoever
catches the most without it hitting the table wins that event.
Speaker 2 (09:37):
Well, we're going to do it as a team event,
and then we have that Hommer slogging that's where there's
a stump and you take a hammer and drive the
nail into the stump. Few of us hits wins that.
And then we also have a team steinholding, so you
don't really you can get a little.
Speaker 3 (09:54):
Bit of a taste of it, being it's a team sport,
you know, the one person goes as long.
Speaker 2 (09:59):
As they can with the stein.
Speaker 3 (10:01):
When they're done, they set it down and their teammate
behind them kicks it up and goes on. And then
the winner of that will get bragging rights for the
Fyron Championship.
Speaker 2 (10:10):
Then after that, two to three we have a ceremonial
kaya of course you do, of course we do. Yeah,
of course right.
Speaker 3 (10:18):
Greg is drilling his Chris Kendall beer, so we're gonna
tap that down at Morelane.
Speaker 2 (10:23):
That's exclusive to Moreline Lockerhouse.
Speaker 3 (10:24):
It's a fantastic Christmas beer, so you're not gonna want
to miss that. Three to four we have the Celebrity
Steinholding Challenge, So Brian, if you're interested, we'd love to.
Speaker 2 (10:35):
Have you come down and participate in that.
Speaker 3 (10:37):
We're gonna have local celebrities go head to head just
in a fun steinholding challenge for them.
Speaker 2 (10:42):
Then it gets serious.
Speaker 3 (10:44):
Four to six we kick off the national steinholding women
go first, of course, and then after that we have
the men's national championship.
Speaker 2 (10:54):
Followed by that we have an award ceremony. We are
gonna have.
Speaker 3 (10:56):
The DJ all day long playing music, and then from
seven to ten we have a live band.
Speaker 2 (11:02):
We have Snively Whiplash.
Speaker 3 (11:04):
And they're gonna perform and we're gonna close out the
party with them out in the fest t Now, Greg
is putting up a huge fest h It has a
wooden floor, it has heaters, so you're gonna be cozy
inside the fest tent. I mean, this is just like
a beer ten in Munich, Germany. It's got a wooden
floor and everything to it. It's gonna have a bar inside.
Speaker 2 (11:24):
We have a planter from Munich is gonna we have
a plana on tap.
Speaker 3 (11:28):
And there's food inside the tent as well, so you're
not gonna want to miss it.
Speaker 2 (11:32):
It's a fantastic go back.
Speaker 1 (11:34):
Well, and I asked Jostra to put all the details
up fifty five cars dot com the links how people
can get the Rundown and also helping you out in
that event, help my listeners out because it's gonna be
a hell of a good time. Ben Huffing's been kind
of quiet there as a Cincinnati Regional Sports Commission executive director?
Do you market this kind of thing? I mean, there's
always little things that point out that Cincinnati is a
(11:54):
unique place, it's a fun place. You might want to
investigate it. This is such a fun event, and I
know it's it's not necessarily done in Jess, but the
super Bowl of Steinholding. Is this a good marketing effort
for you? And what other kinds of things do you
engage in throughout the year since a regional Sports Commission
executive director to put Cincinnati on the mac, Ben.
Speaker 4 (12:14):
Yeah, thank you so much so. The Cincinna Sports Commission
started just this summer. We're brand new. We're six months in.
First week on the job. Greg Hartman called me and
talked about this event and our concept here is to
kind of own something on the banks of the Ohio
that is a tradition, you know, for the city, and
there is a sports component, so we got involved. We
look at an event like Nathan's Hot Dog, like look
(12:34):
at what they've done out there, that's been a recurring
event that happens every year where people come in and
check it out. So we're trying to help blow this
up with those German guys, with the Moreland lagger House,
with the Steinholding folks truly make this a unique opportunity.
And then obviously on the back end from the Sports
commission side, we do all sorts of amateur events. So
we have a big fencing event coming to the Convention
(12:55):
Center in February, a volleyball tournament come to the Commission
Center in March, and then we're going after some large,
high impact events like the Rugby World Cup that just
got announced as we're an applicant city now for that,
so we are going up to those large impact events,
but unique opportunities like this to showcase our city as
a place that can host large events helps us long
term go after other things as well.
Speaker 1 (13:15):
Yeah, and I suppose once that Convention Center work it's done,
that's going to even create greater opportunities for folks to
consider Cincinnati.
Speaker 4 (13:22):
Yeah, it's great, and that's actually a good tie in
with this event. So the Elm Street Plaza opens that weekend,
so the ice rink's moving from Fountain Square to Elm
Street Plaza. You know, this weekend, while the Steinholding's going
on Sunday, we have the Bengals at one, we have
Messy coming to play FC at five on Sunday, We've
got Steinholding on Saturday, We've got the Winterhouse at Fountain
Square opening and just the Cities Beer Live. That whole
(13:45):
weekend really showcase what we can do as a community
to host guests and I think help us both on
the tourism side, but then on the sports mussion side
as well.
Speaker 1 (13:52):
Yeah, and can I ask you FC Cincinnati. I'm a
no soccer football fan of I. I mean, that's just me.
But when the whole concept started, I was pleased that
didn't involve a tremendous amount of tax payer dollars. But
I you know, it's a little skeptical that was going
to work out. Apparently it has blown up that that
has Has it been more successful than you anticipated it
(14:14):
to be? Just from your perspective, Ben.
Speaker 4 (14:17):
Yeah, I mean I think there was a definite need
for a soccer team in town. I mean, we have
so many young professionals that that's their passion. Yeah, and
the ability for that team to win and invest and
grow and do things up at Tequol Stadium is amazing.
I mean, and then they host so many other events.
I had the opportunity to go see the women's national
team come in. You know, we're working from the sports
(14:38):
mussion side with the folks at Tiqol and FC on
other opportunities to use that venue to again drive people downtown,
spend money in businesses, and they're definitely a community partner.
So it's been They've been great.
Speaker 1 (14:49):
Oh it spurred some investment in the West End too,
so it's all. It's all been good. I am you know,
I'm willing to take back some of the sort of
negative comments I made about it conceptually because who am
I just again, I'm glad it seems to be working out,
and I'm glad we are hosting the Super Bowl of
Steinholding Championships again. All the information fifty five cares dot com.
I hope you have as good a time doing the event,
(15:11):
and I hope the event goes off as well as
I anticipated. It just sounds like so much fun. Mike
and Ben, and can't thank you enough for sharing all
the information with my listeners and I today and we'll
we'll be talking about this again next year, although given
now that there's going to be more competition, this Super
Bowl will be moving around from two different venues as
it has before, as these competitions awa or we're keeping it.
Speaker 4 (15:31):
We've actually locked it in. We've locked it in for
a three year guarantee with three year right of versus
usual after oh again. Our concept here is to own
this in Cincinnati for as long as it makes sense
for us.
Speaker 1 (15:41):
Absolutely love it, guys, Thanks for the work you're doing.
Have a hell of a good time, and my listeners
get on over to the event. You'll absolutely love it,
and get yourself a T shirt to say that you
were there and you were there for the first one
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