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Wednesday April 25, 2012
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Big is good, strong is best By Annabelle Latz His legs barely wobbled as the axle was lifted above his head. There was no shortage of encouragement for the iconic professional strongman, in Blenheim at the weekend. Levi Vaoga, New Zealand’s strongest man, was at Mitre 10 Mega, showing off his strength, friendly flare, and autograph Levi shows his strength in pulling the Mitre 10 MEGA bus to the delight of the crowd on Sunday. signing skills. In his Strong Man career, he has he weighed 80kg. But being strong takes time. He lifted 125kg in the Axle Press tipped cars over, and in Brazil he At the moment he weighs 198kg, but Every day Levi eats 30 eggs, one demonstration, but conceded he found it helped push a 1000kg wheelbarrow. said when he is competition fit he tips kilogram of chicken, plenty of harder than usual. “We didn’t use any straps, it was the scales at 205kg. broccoli and kumara, and lots of He’s recovering from a shoulder injury pure lift.” This will be his eleventh world porridge. at the moment, and said the 10-time lift is He’s been competing in Strongman Strongman competition, and he “It takes me an hour to eat a meal.” usually done quicker than what Saturday competitions since 1998, has been is heading to Finland in June to He hears his famous words ‘Big morning’s impressed crowd saw. ranked sixth and 11th in the world, compete. Is Good’ most days, and often gets “I like lifting stuff eh,” said Levi. and has travelled extensively around Levi lives in Taihape, and does all approached when he’s walking down He has been lifting since he was a New Zealand and the world to flex his training in his home gym. the street. teenager, after trying out martial arts, his muscles. In his spare time he loves to hang “I often hear it before I see the before moving on to the weights room. Levi used to be in the Army, where out with his two daughters. person!” Brad Packham and Levi Vaoga visit students from Springlands School on Monday; Oliver King, Heather Peter, Rose Church, Tom Hobson, Tino Teisina, George Glover.
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Public interest has called for two further presentations from Sustain our Sounds. The Picton meeting was held last night, and there will be one in Nelson tomorrow evening, April 26, at the Nelson Underwater Club next to Pioneer Park. ‘Already the floodgates are open,’ said Danny Boulton, chair of Sustain our Sounds. ‘Sanfords is lobbying to change
existing mussel permits to trout farming.” The meeting will discuss King Salmon’s plans to increase salmon farms in the Marlborough Sounds by eight, almost doubling the space and more than tripling the output of these concentrated fish feeding farms in the Marlborough Sounds. Contact for more information: Danny Boulton 03 5765204
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