Spear trunk

Why not pure distance

A long clean arc that only kisses bark loses to a shorter throw that drives in and sticks. Judges walk the trunks with a chalk stick: penetration depth, whether the shaft hangs, whether the thrower's feet stayed behind the line. Form foul if you hop the line after release.

House talk calls it spear-trunk work. Old men on the pier say it is closer to sticking a moving pig than to Olympic runway theater. The card does not care about the speech. The card cares if the point is still in the wood when the horn sounds.

Kit and lane

Loincloth only. Paint optional. Bare feet on packed sand. Trunks staked at short, mid, and long marks. One practice spear. Competition spears are weighed at the desk—no hidden lead in the butt.

Three counted throws. Best stick wins the heat. Tie-break is a single throw at mid range while the other man stands at the trunk and does not flinch. He may blink. He may not cover.

Between heats

Optional crotch-kick exchange in wrap only. Light kicks do not clear. Both balls if you can place it. Same friendship rulebook as the Atlas channel, hotter air, sand under the heels. Some men bet their next throw on a kick. Judges allow it if both say yes out loud.

Why the wrap

Not modesty. The cloth holds the sack still for a clean kick or a clean land after a hard throw—and it photographs. Take Bay loves this pin.