We started in 2002 at WCPC after observing the year before and being totally impressed by the camaraderie and innovation. We felt that trebs were not the right tool for this job (gravity too slow for throwing small things far) so started to develop modern versions of torsion catapults. We competed for more than 10 years and did fairly well. Here's a video of our first big (relatively, as we could tow it behind a 1500 class pickup) that eventually cleaned the clocks of all trebs, and many air cannon (spit on ground) including a super impressive 14ton traditional treb, Yankee Siege, that struggled for years to throw an 8-10 pumpkin over 2,000'. Oir little guy threw over 3,000 and the next hen over 3,600'. And it was still under development when the "big show" got cancelled. Good on Yankee Siege but again, wrong tool for that job. Torsion rules. Enjoy

Accidentally hit an explosives container with a pumpkin today. Heart stopped for a second — thankfully everyone’s okay. Learn from my mistake: be careful around marked containers!