Friday, February 13, 2009

The History of The BUBBLEGUM WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP

Bubblegum's greatest contest ever.

That's a pretty big statement.

In 80 years, Walter Diemer had held contests at his home. Large companies had sponsored nationwide contests. And untold numbers of less publicized contests, formal and informal, had been put on.

But how many of them had gone worldwide (or at least as far as the internet could take them)? How many were available 365 days a year? How many allowed any type of bubblegum and as much of it as a contestant wanted to use as possible? And how many had been created by the world's greatest bubble blowers, determined to give the world a shot at the bubble blowing glory they had experienced?

How many of the biggest contests that had ever previously been held were actually more about the biggest bubbles possible than the promotion of someone's own bubblegum?

We believe the answer to these questions can be found in a one number sentence.

0.

The BUBBLEGUM WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP began on 8-8-08 and it's "first quarter" ended on Sept. 31, 2008. It's "2nd" quarter of 2009 began on 10-1-08 and ended 12-31-09. As of the time this is written, we are now in the first quarter of 2009, which will end 3-31-09, and the next quarter will begin 4-1-09.

We have crowned the world champion of bubblegum twice, and in spite of some fabulous efforts by great bubble blowers,we have had the same winner both times. An entrant that goes by the name "BG" (interesting, since you could say that stands for "Bubble Gum") has won both times, with two truly massive and beautifully blown bubbles. BG is apparently well on his way to putting his mark on bubblegum's future, as he also won the 2008 BWC Points Championship, and currently holds many of it's all time records.

We have also had a number of outstanding GUMpetitors who look like they will be fabulous representitives of bubblegum's future and could rise of at any time to challenge BG's current dominance. Names such as The Bubble Apprentice, GatemouthRB, Squarepegs99 come to mind. Then we have 2 very interesting contestants for various different reasons, The British Bubble Queen and Stunis. Note only have they blown spectacular bubbles, but we are thrilled to announce that they come from outside the United States (Britain). This is a milestone because bubblegum's largest contests have been held mainly, if not totally, in the United States. Our contest is the BUBBLEGUM WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, not the Bubblegum UNITED STATES Championship. This would make these two contestants the greatest bubblegum blowers ever outside of North America. Not only are they unbelievable BWC entrants but the British Bubble Queen is known for her interesting bubblegum bubble blowing videos and Stunis for his one of a kind bubble blowing art, where he blows different shaped bubbles. Amazing! Finally, we have some up and coming bubble blowers who represent another fine aspect of the BWC. Those bubble blowers who have a lot of great talent but maybe just not quite of championship caliber just yet, but who are improving and may very well challenge for the top spot one day. Bubble blowers like Michael and The CandySam, who are participating and honing their technique, and letting the world know that it may have to reckon with them in the future.

Currently the BWC is scheduled to run indefinately, with deadlines quarterly, Mar. 31, June 30, Sept. 30 and Dec. 31. So c'mon down to our website BUBBLEGUM HEAVEN and get yourself entered today and go for the glory.

Maybe YOU will become the new world champion of bubblegum!

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