Quote Originally Posted by Derek Conley View Post
Ah ha! I may just hold you to that.

Now, my problem is not knowing anyone in the area who competes; we have a bunch of Games around though, so I know they're there.

Are there places online you could suggest looking at for informative reading?



Now that right there is inspiring. Kudos to your brother!
Search around YouTube for keywords "Highland Games", weight over bar, scottish hammer, caber, stuff like that.

Active forum for athletics: http://www.nasgaweb.com

I'm Alan H there. If you go up on the "for newcomes" forum and say you're in FL and want to practice, I bet you'll get a response.

i want to re-interate that FACT that this sport is not just for gigantoid humanoids, only. Nobody is getting rich and famous doing this, we all just do it for ourselves. TimC from this forum throws in the 40+ Masters and he's about your size.