2008 Nathan’s registration opens

April 14, 2008 at 12:15 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:International contests, Nathan's Hot Dog Contest

Registration for the Nathan’s qualifiers is now open on nathansfamous.com. The list of qualifiers contains 3 contests outside the United States:
June 1, London England
June 17, Hanover, Germany
June 24, Tokyo, Japan

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  1. anonymous said

    April 14, 2008 @ 12:41 pm

    I think it was the best move on ifoce part to cancel the civil service qualifier considering that last year every tom dick and harry in the ifoce came out of the woodwork from all over the U.S. claiming they were civil service workers. In the past the contest was a NYC event open to federal city and state employees that work in NYC ONLY! Everyone realizes that most of the civil service entrants were walk ons off the street pretty much lame competition that registered. Any eater in the IFOCE that could put away 17-20 dogs was getting a free ride to Coney .

  2. Badlands Booker said

    April 14, 2008 @ 3:10 pm

    i think i want to come out of retirement for this one. we’ll see

  3. Jake from SF said

    April 14, 2008 @ 7:09 pm

    Badlands… throwing down…. damn! Which qualifier are you talking coming out of retirement for?

  4. SyKoBOZO said (Registered September 17, 2007)

    April 14, 2008 @ 7:23 pm

    go for it Badlands,good luck

  5. Anonymous said

    April 14, 2008 @ 8:52 pm

    I cant wait to read Crazy Legs’s on the plate update on his web site for the year 2008. Last years is so old.

  6. anonymous said

    April 14, 2008 @ 10:27 pm

    Any ideas on when table enders/fresh meat might find out whether they got into the qualifier they signed up for? I know I’m not one of the chosen ones and expect to have to wait, but wasn’t sure how long.

  7. SyKoBOZO said (Registered September 17, 2007)

    April 14, 2008 @ 10:51 pm

    anonymous said 10:27 – hey it would probaly help if you left your name,lol just kidding, it usually takes a little while to hear back so just hang tight,give it a week or two for sure on this one. This and Krystals are the big daddys so im sure everyone is trying to get in,good luck – could we get a posting of where the 1-10th ranked eaters are going to go qualify,so none of us go there,HAHAHA 🙂 – i wasnt kidding 🙂

  8. Anonymous said

    April 15, 2008 @ 8:04 am

    We need a qualifier in somewhere in Latin America, like in Mexico, Brasil or Panama 🙂

  9. Anonymous said

    April 15, 2008 @ 7:17 pm

    Who do you think the ifoce will send to Vegas? Do they want to set the stage for all the contests.? Will Rich and El Toro have to go to other cities? Lots of questions…….

  10. Pat From Moonachie said (Registered December 10, 2005)

    April 17, 2008 @ 7:47 pm

    Well, I refreshed & refreshed & refreshed until I saw the registration open up and I STILL didn’t make it into one of the fifteen spots for the Camden qualifier …. hmmm, I guess I can forget about getting a wildcard spot, if needed ..i’m glad i’m not the “paranoid” type or i’d say I saw something like this comin’!…

  11. NAAWP said

    April 18, 2008 @ 12:19 pm

    How is Kobayashi going to have time to get over here if the qualifier in Japan is June 24?

  12. Buh Bye said

    April 18, 2008 @ 3:02 pm

    yeah hopping on a plane and flying from japan to nyc takes forever. only a 10 day window. that would be tight.

  13. Rhonda Evans said

    April 18, 2008 @ 3:43 pm

    NAAWP, there’s 10 days from June 24th to July 4th. He’s not exactly taking a slow boat to China, er, I mean, to New York.

    HOWEVER … I honestly DO NOT expect Koby to compete on July 4th. As much as I like, no LOVE, Koby, there is no way he has a chance to win against Joey hot dogs. His frame is too small for his stomach to expand enough to eat more than 60 HDBs. I also believe that Koby would never top Joey again in Krystals–same reason–if he were to show up again for that event.

    I admit when I’m wrong, and I was dead wrong last year, not in overestimating Koby, but in underestimating Joey’s ability to eat as many HDBs as he did.

    In pure speed contests, and in most foods, I still honestly believe that Koby would clean Joey’s clock about 75 % of the time. (Koby is the only eater in the world with faster handspeed than Sonya Thomas and Pat Bertoletti–my opinion only.) But let’s face facts, the two super events that dictate world rankings–Nathans and Krystals–are the ones at which Koby is now only second best.

    So what does he have to gain by competing in them? Very little, I say. What does he have to lose? Well, I think he would be risking his pride and self esteem, as well as some of his world class clout / marketing ability as the world’s greatest speed eater ever.

    And that’s why I don’t expect Koby to compete on July 4th.

  14. koby is human said

    April 18, 2008 @ 7:45 pm

    Koby will accept the appearance fee and qualify at the season opener in LV. POOR RICH

  15. Anonymous said

    April 18, 2008 @ 8:36 pm

    Koby wont be comming to Vegas.It will be Sonya and Juliett Lee,either way Rich gets screwed

  16. Anonymous said

    April 21, 2008 @ 6:06 pm

    THERE IS ANOTHER,?

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