What Is The Mash Monster?

The question is: "What happens when you throw over 70 Captains of Crush® from all over the world in one place?" They start to talk! And, that place is now known as THE place for world class grip strength: The GripBoard discussion forums. In 2003, approximately 70% of the Certified Captains of Crush were GripBoard members! After much discussion of the variance of the #3 Captains of Crush® grippers, some easier than others, it was decided to separate the MEN from the BOYS among gripsters and start a new grip strength certification.

The first task was finding a level of gripper above the IronMind #3 and create more than one of these grippers. Who better to make these grippers than the man who is known by many as the Father of The Heavy Duty Hand Gripper: Warren Tetting. After 3 prototypes were made, they were then sent to various Captains of Crush® who have had years of experience and tested them to insure sameness and that the level was appropriately above an average strength #3 Captain of Crush® gripper.

Next, there was the name. The members of the GripBoard decided on the name: GripBoard Mash Monster for the title of the person who closed the grippers. The rules are similar, but now improved, when compared to the IronMind #3 certification. For example, instead of the candidate to certify using their own gripper, these special tested grippers.  Another requirement for certification is that it must be video taped. In fact, the opening of the box in which the gripper was shipped to the witness has to be on video tape as well.   For the Mash Monster rules, click here.

Who is the #1 Crusher in the World?  The GripBoard is going to find out by creating higher achievement levels of crush and by process of elimination we will find the Strongest crusher who chooses to put it on the line.  

The GripBoard Proudly Certifies the Following Group of Men:

As Having closed a Mash Monster Gripper with one hand under strict and uniformly ethical and authenticated conditions

The certification is granted by the GripBoard as an independent third party with no ethical or commercial conflict of interest. The Mash Monster Gripper was one of a limited number supplied by, rated and qualified by, and controlled by the Board. This momentous feat was demonstrated before a qualified witness and videotaped to assure it will be valid for historical posterity.

The Mash Monster Pyramid of Crush

 
Level 7   #1

Paul Knight
01-22-11 		#2
 
Tim Struse
11-05-11		  

Level 6

 #1

Dave Morton
03-18-06 		#2

Chad Woodall
1-08-09		 #4
 Heath Sexton
03-31-10		  

Level 5

 #2

Clay Edgin
10-20-05 		#3

Shane Larson
11-17-05 		#5

Kevin Bussi
02-02-07  		   #8
 
Aaron Corcorran
02-21-09		 #9
 
Steve Gardener
06-02-09		  

Level 4

 #8
 
Teemu Ilvesniemi
12-16-08		   #13
 
Adam Glass
9-19-11		        
Level 3 #1

Rob  Vigeant
05-29-04 		           
  #35
 
Ted Wynn
06-12-10		 #37
 
Joefrey Wibrin
12-19-10		 #39

Cesare Ricchezza 
10-13-2011		 #40

Russ Farver
11-03-2011		 #41

Daniel Reinard 
12-8-2011		 #42

Juha Harju 
01-01-2012
  #28
 
Luke Martin
01-14-09		 #30
 
Frank Synder
06-19-09		 #31
 
Ryan Johnson
08-22-09		 #32
 
Frank Henritzi
10-17-09		 #33
 
Bobby Goodfellow
11-08-09		 #34
 
Mike Rinderle
11-19-09
  #19
 
Wes Peart
2-10-07		 #22
 
Peter Kerr
12-08-07		 #23
 
Chris Mathison
04-01-08		 #26
 
Sam Solomi
11-25-08		 #27
 
Brendan Dwyer
12-20-08		 #29
 
John Eaton
3-11-09
  #13

Theo Burggraaff
03-27-05 		#14

Bob Lipinski
04-25-06 		#15

Ron Wright
06-06-06 		#16

Scott George
07-15-06		 #17

Erik Franz
08-12-06		 #18

Josh Dale
01-12-07
Level 2 #10

Ben Edwards
11-19-05 		#5

Jedd Johnson
05-5-04 		#6

Eli Thomas
11-17-04 		#9

Florian Kellersmann
10-08-05		 #12

George MacEachern
01-01-06		  
#66
 
Casey Emery
5-08-10		 #68 

Matt Cannon
9-22-2010		 #69 

Derek Graybill
12-27-2010		 #70

Matt Hunt
04-20-2011
   
             
#56
 
Chris Harlow
06-14-09		 #57
 
Zach Coulter
07-11-09		 #60
 
Kris Hamilton
09-09-09		 #61
 
Frank Henritzi
10-01-09		 #62
 
Martin Kotte
10-01-09		 #64
 
Joefrey Wibrin
12-10-09		  
#42
 
Matti Heiskanen
08-25-07		 #44
 
Thomas Becker
12-02-07		 #47
 
Luke Martin
07-07-08		 #50
 
Eric Milfeld
09-17-08		 #51
 
Cornelius Rode
11-14-08		 #54
 
Rex Hubbard
03-12-09		  
#31

Jeremy Smith
01-27-06		 #33

Greg Allen
04-22-06		 #36
 
David Juma
02-21-07		 #37
 
Sean Prince
04-02-07		 #39
 
Adam Demnowicz
05-10-07		 #41
 
Teemu Pohjola
08-25-07		  
#18

Jason Allen
01-09-05

#19

Josh Dale
02-05-05

#21

Eli Kiener
03-17-05 		#23

Jonathan Creason
07-13-05		 #24

Shawn Littleton
07-30-05

#27

Brian Mottola
10-10-05

#28

Steve Reagan
11-06-05

#2

Kurtis Bowler
12-07-03

#4

Jim Wylie
01-04-04

 #5

Nick  McKinless
01-04-04		 #10

Jeff Peterson
03-27-04

 

#13

John Hicks
07-17-04		 #15
Steve McGranahan
10-11-0		 4

 

Mash Monster Level 7

    Name   Date of Certification   Witness   Profile
1.   Paul Knight   January 22, 2011   Eric Milfeld & Jeff Engles   Click Here
2.   Tim Struse    November 05, 2011   Diane Struse, Aaron Corcorran, Pete Merrill   Click Here
                 
                 

 

Mash Monster Level 6

    Name   Date of Certification   Witness   Profile
1.   Dave Morton   March 18, 2006   Traci Morton   Click Here
2.   Chad Woodall   January 08, 2009       Click Here
3.   Paul Knight   January 14, 2009   Eric Milfeld   Click Here
4.   Heath Sexton   March 31, 2010       Click Here
5.   Tim Struse    October 28, 2011   Diane Struse   Click Here
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 

 

Mash Monster Level 5

    Name   Date of Certification   Witness   Profile
1.   Dave Morton   September 21, 2005   Jonathan Creason   Click Here
2.   Clay Edgin   October 20, 2005   Shawn Littleton   Click Here
3.   Shane Larson   November 17, 2005   Todd Larson   Click Here
4.   Heath Sexton   March 16, 2006   Caleb Thompson   Click Here
5.   Kevin Bussi   February 2, 2007   Kevin A. Bussi   Click Here
6.   Chad Woodall   January 03, 2009   Rex Hubbard   Click Here
7.   Paul Knight   January 15, 2009   Eric Milfeld   Click Here
8. Aaron Corcorran February 21, 2009 Paul Knight Click Here
9. Steve Gardener  June 2, 2009 Paul Savage Click Here
10.   Tim Struse    September 3, 2011   Diane Struse   Click Here
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 

Mash Monster Level 4

    Name   Date of Certification   Witness   Profile
1.   Dave Morton   March 26, 2005   Mark Dixon   Click Here
2.   Shane Larson   April 09, 2005   Todd Larson   Click Here
3.   Clay Edgin   May 01, 2005   Shawn Littleton   Click Here
4.   Heath Sexton   December 27, 2005   Caleb Thompson   Click Here
5   Kevin Bussi   January 10, 2007   Kevin A. Bussi   Click Here
6.   Chad Woodall   September 12, 2007       Click Here
7. Aaron Corcorran April 19, 2008 Eric Milfeld Click Here
8.   Teemu Ilvesniemi   December 16, 2008       Click Here
9.   Paul Knight   January 11, 2009   Eric Milfeld   Click Here
10.   Steve Gardener    March 13, 2009   Paul Savage   Click Here
11. Tim Struse  February 09, 2011 Diane Struse Click Here
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 

Mash Monster Level 3

    Name   Date of Certification   Witness   Profile
1.   Rob W. Vigeant   May 29, 2004   Rob F. Vigeant   Click Here
2.   Clay Edgin   November 21, 2004   Michael Corlett   Click Here
3.   Dave Morton   December 11, 2004   Mark Dixon   Click Here
4.   Shane Larson   February 25, 2005   Todd Larson   Click Here
5.   Heath Sexton   July 21, 2005   Sean Dockery   Click Here
6.   Chad Woodall   November 26, 2006   Steve Reagan   Click Here
7.   Kevin Bussi   December 15, 2006   Kevin A. Bussi   Click Here
8. Aaron Corcorran November 25, 2007 John Clark, Marco Scozzarella Click Here
9.   Teemu Ilvesniemi   October 21, 2007       Click Here
10. Paul Knight November 04, 2008 Eric Milfeld Click Here
11.   Steve Gardener   January 20, 2009   Paul Savage   Click Here
12. Tim Struse  January 09, 2011 Aaron Corcorran Click Here
13. Adam Glass  September 19, 2011 David Dellanave Click Here
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 

Mash Monster Level 2

    Name   Date of Certification   Witness   Profile
1.   Heath Sexton   February 26, 2004   Chris Carson   Click Here
2.   Rob W. Vigeant   March 10, 2004   Rob F. Vigeant   Click Here
3.   Clay Edgin   March 27, 2004   Matt Whitehead   Click Here
4.   Dave Morton   April 11, 2004   Mark Dixon   Click Here
5.   Jedd Johnson   May 5, 2004   Jim Smith   Click Here
6.   Eli Thomas   November 17, 2004   Jedd Smith   Click Here
7.   Shane Larson   January 07, 2005   Todd Larson   Click Here
8.   Kevin Bussi   July 17, 2005   Steve Belanger   Click Here
9.   Florian Kellersmann   Octomber 08, 2005   Frank Henritzi   Click Here
10.   Ben Edwards   November 19, 2005   Travis Mickelberry   Click Here
11.   Chad Woodall   December 04, 2005   Steve Reagan   Click Here
12.   George MacEachern   January 1, 2006   Mark MacEachern   Click Here
13.   Theo Burggraaff   March 27, 2006   Sybo Offenga   Click Here
14.   Bob Lipinski   April 25, 2006   Paula Lipinski   Click Here
15.   Ron Wright   June 06, 2006   Jeremy Smith   Click Here
16.   Scott George   July 15, 2006   Anson Castelvecchi   Click Here
17.   Erik Franz   August 12, 2006   Frank Henritzi   Click Here
18.   Josh Dale   January 12, 2007   NA   Click Here
19.   Wes Peart   February 10, 2007   Greg Allen   Click Here
20. Aaron Corcorran May 26, 2007 John Clark, Marco Scozzarella Click Here
21.   Teemu Ilvesniemi   October 21, 2007       Click Here
22.   Peter Kerr   December 8, 2007   Gavin Simmons   Click Here
23.   Chris Mathison    April 1, 2008   Brandon Zemke   Click Here
24.   Paul Knight   August 16, 2008   Eric Milfeld/Andrew Durniat   Click Here
25.   Steve Gardener   November 25, 2008   Sam Solomi   Click Here
26.   Sam Solomi   November 25, 2008   Steve Gardener   Click Here
27.   Brendan Dwyer   December 20, 2008       Click Here
28.   Luke Martin   January 14, 2009       Click Here
29. John Eaton March 11, 2009 Kelly Eaton Click Here
30. Frank Snyder June 19, 2009   Click Here
31. Ryan Johnson August 22, 2009 Eric Milfeld Click Here
32. Frank Henritzi  October 17, 2009 Martin Kotte Click Here
33. Bobby Goodfellow November 08, 2009 Mike Rinderle Click Here
34. Mike Rinderle  November 19, 2009 Bobby Goodfellow Click Here
35. Ted Wynn  June 12, 2010 Eric Milfeld Click Here
36. Tim Struse  July 14, 2010 Aaron Corcorran Click Here
37. Joefrey Wibrin  December 19, 2010 Click Here
38. Adam Glass  September 2, 2011 David Dellanave Click Here
39. Cesare Ricchezza  October 13, 2011 Daniella Fiorilli Click Here
40. Russ Farver  November 3, 2011   Click Here
41. Daniel Reinard  December 8, 2011   Click Here
42. Juha Harju  January 1, 2012 Yvonne Häkkinen Click Here
         
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 

Mash Monster 1

    Name   Date of Certification   Witness   Profile
1.   Heath Sexton   November 22, 2003   Jeff Roark   Click Here
2.   Kurtis Bowler   December 7, 2003   Austin Slater   Click Here
3.   David Morton   December 27, 2003   Terry Amos   Click Here
4.   Jim Wylie   January 04, 2004   David Horne   Click Here
5.   Nick McKinless   January 04, 2004   David Horne   Click Here
6.   Rob W. Vigeant   January 17, 2004   George MacEachern   Click Here
8.   Clay Edgin   February 29, 2004   Matt Whitehead   Click Here
9.   Bob Lipinski   March 14, 2004   Steve Shafley   Click Here
10.   Jeff Peterson   March 27, 2004   Brian Carlton   Click Here
11.   Jedd Johnson   April 15, 2004   Jim Smith   Click Here
12.   George MacEachern   May 1, 2004   Rob F. Vigeant   Click Here
13.   John Hicks   July 17, 2004   Steve Reagan   Click Here
14.   Florian Kellersmann   September 11, 2004   Frank Henritzi   Click Here
15.   Steve McGranahan   October 11, 2004   Rick Walker   Click Here
16.   Eli Thomas   October 30, 2004   Jedd Johnson   Click Here
17.   Shane Larson   December 03, 2004   Todd Larson   Click Here
18.   Jason Allen   January 09, 2005   Matt Van Weele   Click Here
19.   Josh Dale   February 05, 2005   Brett Kerby   Click Here
20.   Kevin Bussi   February 26, 2005   Dan Harrison   Click Here
21.   Eli Kiener   March 17, 2005   Sean Dockery   Click Here
22.   Scott George   July 13, 2005   Anson Castelvecchi   Click Here
23.   Jonathan Creason   July 13, 2005   Anson Castelvecchi   Click Here
24.   Shawn Littleton   July 30, 2005   Clay Edgin   Click Here
25.   Chad Woodall   August 14, 2005   Steve Reagan   Click Here
26.   Ben Edwards   September 10, 2005   Travis Mickelberry   Click Here
27.   Brian Mottola   October 10, 2005   Pat Povilaitis   Click Here
28.   Steve Reagan   November 06, 2005   John Hicks   Click Here
29.   Theo Burggraaff   December 01, 2005   Sybo Offenga   Click Here
30.   Ron Wright   January 27, 2006   Jeremy Smith   Click Here
31.   Jeremy Smith   January 27, 2006   Ron Wright   Click Here
32.   Erik Franz   April 1, 2006   Frank Henritzi   Click Here
33.   Greg Allen   April 22, 2006   Walter Crews   Click Here
34.   Teemu Ilvesniemi   October 11, 2006       Click Here
35.   Wes Peart   November 03, 2006   Tim Myrick   Click Here
36.   David Juma   February 21, 2007   Mike Caruso   Click Here
37.    Sean Prince   April 02, 2007   Shawn Roys   Click Here
38.   Aaron Corcorran   April 21, 2007   John Clark, Marco Scozzarella   Click Here
39.   Adam Demnowicz   May 10, 2007   Bill McCaslin, Aaron Corcorran   Click Here
40.   Peter Kerr   July 24, 2007   Victoria Kerr   Click Here
41.   Teemu Pohjola   August 25, 2007   Matti Heiskanen   Click Here
42.   Matti Heiskanen   August 25, 2007   Teemu Pohjola   Click Here
43.   Brendan Dwyer   September 27, 2007       Click Here
44.   Thomas Becker   December 02, 2007   Erik Franz   Click Here
45.   Chris Mathison   March 03, 2008   Brandon Zemke   Click Here
46.   Paul Knight   June 07, 2008   Eric Milfeld   Click Here
47.   Luke Martin   July 07, 2008   Matt Cannon   Click Here
48.   Sam Solomi   August 26, 2008   Steve Gardener   Click Here
49.   Steve Gardener   August 26, 2008   Sam Solomi   Click Here
50.   Eric Milfeld   September 17, 2008   Paul Knight   Click Here
51. Cornelius Rode November 14, 2008 Frank Henritzi