The Greasy Pole contest during St. Peter's Fiesta in Gloucester, Massachusetts, delivers plenty of laughs each summer and this year was no exception.There were dozens of gut-busting wipeouts just on ...

The annual Greasy Pole contest in Gloucester kicked off on Friday, as contestants tried once again to make their way across the slippery pole to capture the flag. The iconic contest is part of the St.

The world-famous greasy pole contest started Friday at St. Peter's Fiesta in Gloucester. Videos of contestants attempting to scamper across a slippery 45-foot telephone pole that juts out over ...

When June rolls around in Gloucester, it can only mean one thing: it's time to bring out the greasy pole. "It's honestly what you dream of ever since you're a kid," said Tyler Parisi in 2024, just ...

Guts, glory, and grease were all present in abundance at the annual highlight of St. Peter's Fiesta on Cape Ann. Max Allen walks the pole to grab the flag during Friday's round of the greasy pole ...

GLOUCESTER - The first round of the greasy pole competition is over in Gloucester. The flag has been snatched for another year of a decade's long tradition in a town with grease in its blood. It was a ...

People have been waiting all year to compete in a unique Gloucester tradition known as the greasy pole contest. Friday, hundreds gathered from near and far to watch people race across a 40-foot-long ...

A 20-year-old man from Gloucester, Massachusetts, made his lifelong dream come true on Sunday — conquering the greasy pole, even after a recent hospital stay. Greasy pole walker Nick White was carried ...

Contestants must run, walk, slide, prance, or otherwise grapple their way to the end of the pole and snag the flag. Colin Sweet is carried by other contestants after grabbing the flag to win the ...

GLOUCESTER — Derek Hopkins remains undefeated on the greasy pole. Despite a three-year layoff, Hopkins again made it look easy, taking down the flag with a flawless walk as the second walker in the ...

Derek Hopkins spent his childhood training to be a Gloucester greasy pole champion like his father. Now, at just 22, he’s an undefeated four-time champion, and some say the best to ever do it. Others ...