2011 America's Strongest Man, Photos, Videos & Results from Day 1 and Day 2!

**robert da strongman** · 08-06-2011, 05:20 PM

Ostlund 5/23.30

**Bryan Hildebrand** · 08-06-2011, 05:28 PM

just getting ready for awards and the trophy presentation. huge autograph signing afterwards as well.

our winner : travis ortmayer defends his crown. first american to win all 3 major strongman events; all american nationals, amateur nationals and american strongest man.

taking second in the overall and securing an invite to the worlds strongest man in north carolina next month.

taking third in his pro debut is michael burke. terrific placings in a few key events elevated him above a few of his more experienced bretheren.

fourth is vincent urbank. with some impressive displays of strength, this guy is one of americas strongmen to watch.

**Bryan Hildebrand** · 08-06-2011, 05:33 PM

Dave Ostlund and Travis Ortmayer in the Atlas Stones

**s2h** · 08-06-2011, 05:44 PM

Great coverage bryan and sally...i know how much time and effort ya'll put into this..big props...

**Ryan Bracewell** · 08-06-2011, 07:41 PM

Rob, thanks for the confidence, but I was not hurt at all. Not sure what happened on the kegs but the first 4 flew and then the 5th I just had no pop left. On my second or third attempt on the 5th keg it landed on the other side of the mat about 20 or more feet away and with little time and being exhausted i said fuck it. Don't know what to say about the push pull medley. I expected to be top 5 in that event and was hitting all the weights with ease in training but it just wasn't in the cards today. I'm confident I could have done the 5th stone but my tacky was covered in dirt by that time(being first person on stones sucks for this reason), and it was just sliding right out of my hands. Overall you have good days and bad days, and this contest fell on two bad days. Time to regroup, forget about this show, and move on

**robert da strongman** · 08-06-2011, 07:48 PM

Originally Posted by Ryan Bracewell

Rob, thanks for the confidence, but I was not hurt at all. Not sure what happened on the kegs but the first 4 flew and then the 5th I just had no pop left. On my second or third attempt on the 5th keg it landed on the other side of the mat about 20 or more feet away and with little time and being exhausted i said fuck it. Don't know what to say about the push pull medley. I expected to be top 5 in that event and was hitting all the weights with ease in training but it just wasn't in the cards today. I'm confident I could have done the 5th stone but my tacky was covered in dirt by that time(being first person on stones sucks for this reason), and it was just sliding right out of my hands. Overall you have good days and bad days, and this contest fell on two bad days. Time to regroup, forget about this show, and move on

chalk it up to a bad day. i know i have had a few of those.

and dirty stones suck!

are you doing the olympia?

**Sandpig** · 08-06-2011, 08:15 PM

Nice work, people.

**s2h** · 08-06-2011, 08:45 PM

who got second bryan?

**Ryan Bracewell** · 08-06-2011, 08:47 PM

Originally Posted by s2h

who got second bryan?

2-5

Dave Ostlund
Mike Burke
Vince Urbank
Josh Thigpen(I think)

**s2h** · 08-06-2011, 08:55 PM

k..so ostlund gets the wsm invite??

**AussieMuscle** · 08-06-2011, 09:32 PM

Damn I woke up too late (Australian time) to watch this live. Great coverage to look back on. Congrats to the Texas Stoneman..

**robert da strongman** · 08-06-2011, 09:34 PM

Originally Posted by s2h

k..so ostlund gets the wsm invite??

**AussieMuscle** · 08-06-2011, 09:34 PM

I must also point out that it is good to see this thread has almost as many views as the jacksonville Pro Show and has far more posts!

**Bryan Hildebrand** · 08-06-2011, 09:44 PM

I had an entire wrap up post written and it didnt load onto the forums... sorry guys.

yes, by virtue of second place, because travis had his invite, dave gets the nod for WSM next month.

travis is headed next week for russia in a russia vs USA event. another in the ukraine the week after.

americas strongest woman is the following week and then a short respite for most of these guys before the olympia. remember, WSM qualifying is the week before the olympia followed by the boneheads at WSM having the finals on the same weekend as the finals.

sally and I will be at the olympia covering the next ASC event as well as the pound for pound challenge. hopefully I will have a special guest commentator with me as well.

I noticed we have outpaced dave and company and their coverage in jacksonville. makes me very very happy.

**robert da strongman** · 08-06-2011, 10:43 PM

Originally Posted by Bryan Hildebrand

I had an entire wrap up post written and it didnt load onto the forums... sorry guys.

yes, by virtue of second place, because travis had his invite, dave gets the nod for WSM next month.

travis is headed next week for russia in a russia vs USA event. another in the ukraine the week after.

americas strongest woman is the following week and then a short respite for most of these guys before the olympia. remember, WSM qualifying is the week before the olympia followed by the boneheads at WSM having the finals on the same weekend as the finals.

sally and I will be at the olympia covering the next ASC event as well as the pound for pound challenge. hopefully I will have a special guest commentator with me as well.

I noticed we have outpaced dave and company and their coverage in jacksonville. makes me very very happy.

your guest commentator better be smoking hot

**AussieMuscle** · 08-06-2011, 10:53 PM

Originally Posted by robert da strongman

your guest commentator better be smoking hot

I second this..

**Sandpig** · 08-06-2011, 11:24 PM

Originally Posted by robert da strongman

your guest commentator better be smoking hot

Originally Posted by AussieMuscle

I second this..

Will I do?

Hey, I'll be there anyway.

**robert da strongman** · 08-07-2011, 12:20 AM

Originally Posted by Sandpig

Will I do?

Hey, I'll be there anyway.

you got boobies?

**SallyAnne** · 08-07-2011, 01:52 AM

**Sandpig** · 08-07-2011, 07:38 AM

Originally Posted by robert da strongman

you got boobies?

I live in Vegas. I'm sure I could get some.

GV · 08-07-2011, 08:55 AM

Thanks again for the fantastic coverage! Bryan, Sally and Robert you all did a rockin job. Only thing better would have been to actually be there.
Amazing performances by all the competitors.......I just don't know how anyone couldn't be a fan of this sport!

Will there be any coverage for WSW by chance?

**AussieMuscle** · 08-07-2011, 09:17 AM

Originally Posted by GV

Thanks again for the fantastic coverage! Bryan, Sally and Robert you all did a rockin job. Only thing better would have been to actually be there.
Amazing performances by all the competitors.......I just don't know how anyone couldn't be a fan of this sport!

Will there be any coverage for WSW by chance?

WSW? ASW or WSM? If you mean WSM I don't think anyone can cover it due to WSM being covered on ESPN..

**s2h** · 08-07-2011, 09:32 AM

Originally Posted by robert da strongman

your guest commentator better be smoking hot

well not sure about hot...but i am pretty good looking...kinda..

GV · 08-07-2011, 09:35 AM

I mean Worlds Strongest Woman. I realize it's in the Ukraine, but wondered if there would be coverage for it....somewhere......

**Bryan Hildebrand** · 08-07-2011, 12:28 PM

no, no international coverage from us. look for that at ironmind.

we will be at the olympia next and then the amateur americans championships in november.

I will be competing at the Delaware State Championships on oct 1st. hopefully to qualify for the masters nationals the weekend before thanksgiving.

**Taurus_X** · 08-07-2011, 01:44 PM

Thanks to SallyAnne, Bryan, and Robert for the great coverage. Wish I could've been there. Better luck next time to Bracewell.

GV · 08-07-2011, 06:27 PM

Thanks for the info Bryan!
And all the best to you on your Oct. 1st contest!

**elpyrodude** · 08-08-2011, 08:29 AM

Hey guys, the play-by-play over the weekend was awesome! Thanks for the coverage. I started adding details for the the wiki page for this event as best I could with the info I found on here: America's Strongest Man 2011 Results. Please feel free to correct or update anything you see needing it. Thanks again for the minute-by-minute updates, almost felt like I was there