<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/d14b9632-b0e1-4982-a676-cbb39744d4b6/61C47DBB-A2D7-4AE3-AE24-73089D92385C/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.latimes.com/news/la-fg-joust2-2008sep02,0,1378331.story" href="http://www.latimes.com/news/la-fg-joust2-2008sep02,0,1378331.story" style="font-size: 11px;">www.latimes.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.latimes.com/news/la-fg-joust2-2008sep02,0,1378331.story"><DIV class="storybody" id="article_body"><DIV class="storybody"><DIV>SETE, FRANCE -- Behold the king of the boat jousters.</DIV> <BR /><DIV> The man-mountain stands silhouetted against the Mediterranean sun, gliding past spectators lining a canal: Aurelien Evangelisti, a.k.a. The Centurion, a Gallic Goliath of Italian and Maltese descent, a baby-faced, hook-nosed Hercules clad head to toe in nautical white, the heavyweight champion of a curious sporting spectacle that has defined this hard-working port town since the 17th century.</DIV> <BR /></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV class="box_striped box_float clearfix" id="article_related"> <DIV class="content"> <UL id="article_galleries"><LI class="photo_article"> <A target="" href="http://www.latimes.com/news/la-fg-joust-pg,0,4879221.photogallery"><IMG height="110" width="140" alt="Super Bowl of jousting" src="http://www.latimes.com/media/thumbnails/photogallery/2008-09/41891981-01223209.jpg" /></A> <DIV><H2><A target="" href="http://www.latimes.com/news/la-fg-joust-pg,0,4879221.photogallery"> Photos: Super Bowl of jousting</A></H2></DIV> </LI></UL> <DIV id="article_stories"> <UL class="raquo_bullet"> <li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"><IMG src="http://www.latimes.com/images/icons/photoicon.gif" /> <H2><A target="win_41903966" href="http://www.latimes.com/news/la-fg-joust-pg05_mn7_k6132hnc-span,0,2274374.photo">Aurelien Evangelisti</A></H2></LI></UL> </DIV> <DIV></DIV> </DIV> </DIV> </DIV> <DIV class="storybody"><DIV> Evangelisti plants a trunk-like leg behind him on the <I>tintaine</I>, a platform atop the stern of a boat propelled by 10 oarsmen. Gaze fixed on his oncoming opponent, wooden lance at the ready, head low, he goes into a statue-like crouch behind his shield, all 365 pounds of him. It's as if Moby-Dick has sprouted arms and legs and gotten hold of a harpoon.</DIV> <BR /><DIV> Oboes and drums play a fanfare aboard the boats as they converge, bringing the jousters face to face. The crowd murmurs. Battle!</DIV></DIV></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/61C47DBB-A2D7-4AE3-AE24-73089D92385C/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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