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KERMAN, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – A antheral successful Kerman has the accidental to beryllium the country’s champion Stein holder.
52-year-old Ray Camacho picked up the Bavarian spot and endurance crippled a fewer years ago; what started arsenic a amusive situation has turned into thing overmuch bigger.
“My woman says it's a midlife situation and truthful immoderate it is, I've ever been competitive,” Camacho said.
Stein holding is simply a crippled of spot and endurance. The extremity is to clasp a full, one-liter brew Stein consecutive without bending your limb for arsenic agelong arsenic possible. Camacho was a novice to the contention until 3 years ago, erstwhile helium competed astatine an Oktoberfest lawsuit astatine Tioga-Sequoia Beer Garden.
“I signed up and won and it conscionable started thing similar wow, 'I’m really bully astatine this,' and I enjoyed it, particularly the symptom successful my shoulder,” Camacho said.
Despite the pain, helium continues getting up for the challenge.
“I don't privation to conscionable vie once. I privation to spot Oktoberfests successful antithetic places. Competitions, I'd accidental possibly six oregon 7 total,” Camacho said.
And his household has been by his broadside since his archetypal stein.
“He sends america his caller update of times and our household radical chat each the clip that helium broke his past record. So it's thing that gets each of america ace excited,” Ray’s girl Aaliyah Camacho said.
Last year, Ray geared up for his biggest contention yet - the California State Championship. He was runner-up the twelvemonth before, sparking a occurrence successful his competitory spirit.
“I promised my household that adjacent year, I’m winning it all. And I did. I got this bully trophy and it ended determination and I didn't privation it to end. I privation to support going,” Camacho said.
Now a authorities champion, Camacho would proceed to flex his muscles astatine much competitions.
“I did my probe and recovered retired that Hofbrau does their ain competition…The 2nd spot helium had won the 2 erstwhile years and helium fell retired astir 7 minutes and, and I kept going,” Camacho said.
Ray inactive had the spot to clasp a speech with his lad astatine the aforesaid time.
“I was similar 'What bash you think? 10 minutes?. I conscionable said, 'Let's conscionable spell to 10:19. That's my birthday,'” Camacho said to his son.
A important clip for a important win. Ray's triumph earned him a spot successful the nationalist title successful New York City successful September.
“It was a small surreal for a mates of days until I started getting emails from 2 antithetic agents present to acceptable up my flight. I consciousness similar I'm a personage and I consciousness similar a nonrecreational jock oregon something,” Camacho said.
And now, he’s acceptable to transmission his competitory borderline connected the large stage.
“Seeing him going retired successful signifier and coming backmost ace excited that helium bushed his time. And I deliberation he's ready,” Camacho’s girl said.
“I hatred losing. I was a changeable putter and discus thrower successful precocious school. So it conscionable brought thing successful maine that this is what I tin bash and I bask it,” Camacho said.
If Camacho wins the nationalist title successful Central Park connected Sept. 20, he’ll get the accidental to correspond the United States successful the satellite championships successful Germany. The nationalist title volition beryllium streamed connected the US Stein Holding Association’s Facebook page.
