Competition: Heavyweight Denim Championship Of The World 2011/12

[Bobbo]

So much awsomeness!

[beatle]

some great stuff in here... when is the contest over

end of march

[hemi]

i'm curious about what shoes are you wearing? what is it man? hehehe

Hey mate, they're PF Flyers - Center Hi... American Classic!

[joshyle]

Quick update at the start of month #23. The NFxBiG collabs still going strong. Still surviving at 1 wash. Taken on campus earlier today.

[beatle]

looking good, josh

quick front and back, 4 months to go

[spitfiredealer]

Look good beatle! Making me even more excited for round 2.

[Kybosh]

Nice beatle. Josh those have some serious definition.

think I may done now, was hoping these would last a bit longer but they only made it 2 days at work.

If I thought getting them repaired would help I would go for it but there is just no solid material left.

[rosarkar]

Quick update at the start of month #23. The NFxBiG collabs still going strong. Still surviving at 1 wash. Taken on campus earlier today.

This pair and ah long's pair are my favorite. Just amazing. Can't wait to see who wins it all.

[beatle]

guess kybosh is going for all you can eat & drink with Kiya ..amazing

[PeterParker]

guess kybosh is going for all you can eat & drink with Kiya ..amazing

I'm not sure what exactly are the qualifications required for the "You're a drunk" award, but kybosh definitely wins the "I've destroyed my jeans beyond all recognition" award - sounds like he'll get a pair of jeans from Kiya's secret collection.

[everyinchofgod]

[Megatron1505]

I'm withdrawing my Busters from the comp, I messed them up and they look like crap, so from now on I'll be solely rolling with my original choice, Samurai S5000VX 21oz.... (if the crotch holds)

[Flash]

?? What happened to the busters mate,

Love the combs on those 5000's mega , the overall colour looks soo nice

Edited November 11, 2012 by Flash

[Megatron1505]

Thanks man, I'm really quite proud of these

Nothing really "happened" to the Busters, I just tried to do a hard wash and wear on them for the last year, and I really don't like the results. The fade patterns on them are poor, they haven't lost much indigo at all, and they're just not "competition worthy". However, they were certainly a useful learning curve for Round 2, I already know how that one going to work

[Flash]

Wabi Sabi for the win

Was realy thinking about joining round 2 but I've just bought some fullcount 1109xx and I'm having an engagement made ( I'm officially skint ) so I'm gonna have a wedding to pay for soon

Good luck to all in the contest

Edited November 11, 2012 by Flash

[Megatron1505]

Good luck with the wedding man, see you in round 3.

[Flash]

Thanks Gav

This is gonna be a seriously hard contest to judge , soo many good pairs

[beautiful_FrEaK]

congratz flash!

and c'mon. so we 2 are doing our little 15,5oz middleweight championship then.

Sugar Ray style

[Megatron1505]

Final Competition Judging

Before the first competition began, I looked into how these kind of things usually work. The way other competitions work, and the way we're going to do it certainly for the first HWDC is by photo submission only.

It will be incumbent upon the competitors to ensure that they submit a sufficient amount of images, of the correct quality, to be judged by our panel. At the end of January Beatle will set up a new thread, entitled "Heavyweight Denim Championships - Final Update", these are the pictures which will go forward to judging.

I have asked Beatle to set it up, as the pictures will actually need to be posted by the competitors in the original thread, and the Beatle will transfer them into the "Final" thread, which will be kept locked and free from comments, to allow our judges a fair and unbiased comparison of everyones efforts.

This seems the fairest system all round, and it royally screws me as I am the worlds worst photographer.

[Flash]

nice one BF but i think it would be a first round KO win for you , im commited to the ooe's ( that being said a few days here and there wont do too much harm ) Edited November 11, 2012 by Flash

[joshyle]

So how's this competition going to be judged? Do we want to absolutely destroy our jeans or just go hard on them and then stop before it dies? I don't know how many times I should repair it before retiring them, haha.

[Megatron1505]

It will be judged by our panel on wear and aesthetics, so if you think your jeans look better ripped, rip them, if you think they look better repaired, repair them, if you think neither, try to rip or repair them. The judges will either disagree or agree with you, and rips and repair (combined with wear pattern) look better on some jeans than others.

I guess the short answer is that everyones jeans will be judged individually and subjectively, by a panel of qualified people.

[swiss-jeansfreak]

Wow I missed a lot!!!!

Will catch up next week when I'm coming back to Sufu

I had a too busy time at work

[swiss-jeansfreak]

Nice beatle. Josh those have some serious definition.

think I may done now, was hoping these would last a bit longer but they only made it 2 days at work.

If I thought getting them repaired would help I would go for it but there is just no solid material left.

Amazing your results of wearing them the real hard way. They would really soon be ready for a proper retirenment at a safe place!!!

Shall I repair them for you?

I would really try my best to do this!!!

[swiss-jeansfreak]

Still around! Took these today with my phone, no filters, photoshop or other stuff done!

Sadly they don´t get much wear these lately… I can´t wear them to work anymore since they´re too "scabby". Although my pupils would kinda dig them, I guess - as long as I don´t tell them how often I wash my jeans :-P

Also, I have to have the crotch repaired for what feels like the tenth time. I really can´t count the holes there! And once I have them repaired, the next ones start opening… And I can´t keep anything small in the front pockes, it would fall right through.

One thing is for sure: these are the greatest jeans I ever owned! :-)

Unbelievable results here!!!!!è!

I was away too long from this thread:

I really needed quite some time to check those 2 great pants from kybosh and Dingo!!!!

Just amazing results of using raw denim stuff the real hard way.

I can't wait for the second round. My current Strike Gold is just still at the beginning of their denim evolution after 18 month of daily wear in a row as my office pants.

And of course Mega I would still love to join for the second round

[Megatron1505]

It would be an honour sir.

[swiss-jeansfreak]

I just paid my deposit for a waist 33 without any hemmings since I like wearing them cuffed

Can't wait to see them

Have to wait for checking the whole thread as long as I'm hooked up on a slow IPhone connection at my parents place in the Swiss mountains

[beatle]

kudos

[Megatron1505]

Yeh, kudos for screwing up my plan to ask you to join the judging panel Reudie, ha ha

[beatle]

unless....ruedi does not vote for himself ...just saying