Katamari Damacy ball rolls to the finish (for real!)
Fans of the awesome video game Katamari Damacy ran last month’s Bay to Breakers footrace in San Francisco (USA) dressed as characters from the game. For 5.30 miles (8.5 km) they were pushing a giant katamari ball dotted with funny San Francisco symbols, from Frank Chu’s notorious “Zagnatronic Galaxies” sign to oversized martini glasses. All for The King of All Cosmos.
That’s some real Katamari love right there! Here’s a video of the giant Katamari Damacy ball being rolled down the street:
ROYAL RAINBOW DATA FROM THE CREW:
0.25 miles: Distance rolled from truck to official start line
5.05 miles: Course distance from start line to Pioneer Mother statue
5.30 miles: Total
8 feet: Beginning height of Katamari
4 feet: Ending height of Katamari
1,476: Approximate number of times the Katamari ball rolled
1/32 inch: Average shrinkage in Katamari height per roll
200lbs: Estimated distributed starting weight of Katamari
31: Number of people katamari rolled over
10: Number of people who katamari-surfed
1: Number of smurfs who katamari-surfed
500: Number of times we were asked “what is that?”
6,203: Number of times we were asked “is there sombody in there?”
100%: Belief when we answered with “yes”:
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- Contest funds donated to Haiti
