More cheese rolling

I was driving some friends home the other Sunday after a hike when we were stopped by the road being taken over by a cheese rolling competition—it appeared to be at least the regionals by the size of the crowd and number of teams and participants. I captured thirteen seconds of a very solid throw for you:

It was such an important competition that they even had the, if you will allow me, big cheese category, the Parmigiano. Which weighs around 55 pounds and requires a back brace. Unfortunately that event happened earlier in the day.

Cheese rolling is dear to my heart as it was an early subject of an Itch column, so you can click through to read all about the history and rules of this fine sport.

I loved that, for some reason, the all-Italian speaking team from Arezzo decided to name themselves in English.