WEIO Day 3: These games leave no part of the body untested:
FAIRBANKS, Alaska - Whether it is the knuckle hop, the high-flying kicks or the excruciating ear pull, the World Eskimo Indian Olympic Games leaves no part of the body untested.
The ultimate test of grip, the game mimics grabbing a fish by the tail, such as from a fish wheel, and tossing the fish ashore. “I just focus on trying to grip as hard as I can and pull as fast as I can, so that I can get that fish,” Tahbone said.“My dad is big in Dena Games, Robert Strick, and I used to pull against him as a kid and I think that has helped a lot,” Strick said after defeating me in an exhibition match. “He is a bigger guy so I would practice all the bigger guy sports with him, he definitely showed me some techniques.
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