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New world record set at Half Moon Bay's 50th annual pumpkin weigh-off in CA, USA

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This footage was filmed and produced 9 October 2023.

A repeat champion pumpkin farmer from Minnesota set a new world record with his massive entry at the Safeway World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-Off in Half Moon Bay Monday morning.

Growers from across the country arrived on Main Street for the 50th annual competition, hoping to take home thousands of dollars in cash prize and potentially set a new world record.

Defending champion Travis Gienger's leviathan 2,560-pound mega-gourd set a new North American record and handily won in 2022. Gienger's latest behemoth -- nicknamed "Michael Jordan" after the Chicago Bulls basketball great -- was even bigger, tipping the scales at 2,749 pounds.

Using forklifts and special harnesses, the gargantuan gourds were carefully placed on a 5-ton capacity, industrial-strength digital scale under the watchful eye of officials from the San Mateo County Agricultural Commissioner's Office of Weights, Sealers, and Measures. Half Moon Bay's Weigh-Off serves as an officially sanctioned Great Pumpkin Commonwealth site.

This footage illustrates the Safeway World Championship pumpkin weigh-in in Half Moon Bay, CA, USA.

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