Arm wrestling contest brings community together
By Mark Landon
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SALINAS, California (KSBW) — In East Salinas, an arm wrestling contest brought together ten participants to test their strength and unite local businesses in a community-focused event.
“It was about five or six years ago, Fabian came into my San city store and gave me a spool of. He does arm wrestling, and what we basically want to put our logo on his board. I’m like, you know what? Seems like a good guy. Let’s, we’ll promote,” said John Fisk, owner of Fisk Paints.
Fabian Lopez, who organized the event, shared his philosophy, saying, “I’m a dreamer. You know, you have to be audacious and go for your wild dreams. People that do that are the ones that do the impossible. I keep on.”
Fisk and Lopez explained how the event came about: “Four weeks ago, he [Lopez] showed up here, and I said, all right, let’s give it a shot,” said Fisk.
“I go canvassing, and I just saw, for instance, I’ll try to sell my show to different people,” said Lopez
Lopez added, “I just want people to have fun. And, you know, just compete in something in a positive way and bring people together.”
Reflecting on his personal journey, Fabian said, “Ever since I beat colon cancer in 2017, that’s what triggered the audacious side of me going through that really transformed me because anything could happen.”
Lopez concluded with a motivational quote, “One big quote that I really like is from Les Brown. He says, ‘Jump in, grow wings on the way down.’ That’s me. Just got to risk it all.”
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