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October 13, 2009 – Burlington, VT - Whether you were running by Burlington’s waterfront, visiting to photograph beautiful fall foliage, or simply watching the news – you couldn’t miss the 2nd Annual Giant Pumpkin Regatta & Festival.
The Burlington Pumpkin Regatta, an annual event held on Columbus Day Saturday. This video comes courtesy of ESPN’s E60.
Pumpkin Regatta from E60 on Vimeo.
While it sounds both impossible and crazy, it is indeed a boat race, but the boats are giant carved pumpkins, which are decorated and placed into the lake with forklifts, and raced as if they were kayaks. Last year’s event was featured on MSNBC and spoofed on Saturday Night Live and made the Sports Illustrated “Most Ridiculous Competitions” list. Click Here to view.
Image ©2008 NBC Universal Television Group