GOLDMEMBER

Our friend and fellow blogger/party star Cameron Frye ventured out to Vegas for a little fun in the sun and promised she'd bring a craner home with her. And while Elvis' fat ass gave her the run around and shot down her requests, this dude came through with a 24 karat craner and two tickets to the golden gun show.

Just to confirm, yes that is a yellow Lamborghini he is lifting a leg in front of. Goldmember doesn't play around. And that may or may not be the former CEO of Death Row Records in the background trying to get wired some extra scratch to rent that banana rocket. Keep it gangster.

Check out Cameron and her wiley ways over at http://cameronfrye.wordpress.com/ and tell her we sent you.

TURKEY TROT FROGGER

2300 runners came out in force to the 27th annual Turkey Trot in Manasquan, NJ. And guess what? They all got craned by the Dando Penguin.

This is about as risky as a craning will get folks. There's a trophy at stake for these pavement pounders, yet the DP hops right in the middle of oncoming traffic and let's loose a crane kick with all the trimmings. I think I even see some pumpkin pie in the background.

HAVE IT YOUR WAY

World Series - Game 3. The Phillies come back home knotted up at a game apiece. Cole Hamels takes the hill and is jumpstarted with a 3-0 lead. All is right in the world.

Then the wheels fell off.

After such a disappointing loss, The King sought out a Yanks fan with vengeance on his mind. Would it be a Whopper to the face? An Angry Tendercrisp to the groin? No folks...a food fight isn't going to justify what happened on the field that night. Only a craning could make up for such a display.

Big up to The King for stepping up to the plate when no one else would. You took to the skies for this one, and lord knows you stood tall for a nation of Phillies faithful that night. The Yankees may have won the series, but you my friend, were the lone champion on this night.

COBRA KAI

This beauty arrived a few days ago with the following words:

Crane Kick Chronicles,

Love the website. My names Paul **** and live in Denver. For Halloween I went to a three day Phish festival in Indio, CA. As my costume I had a Cobra Kia Gi and went as Tommy. I drove my friends and anybody else around me bat-shit by repeatedly yelling "Get him a body bag! Yea!" over and over with no provocation. The picture was taken after the fourth set of the weekend, an exact cover of the Rolling Stones "Exile on Main St." My weekend was full of drinking and boogying down, but I had to spare a second to give the festival and it's many hippies a good ole-fashioned craning. Keep up the good work guys!

Awesomeness. Thank you for keeping us in mind on what surely was an adventure you couldn't quite remember. Next time take us with you. We'll spring for the garlic grilled cheeses.

DANDO PENGUIN

This is Dando Penguin. He likes football. He also likes to drink. And he likes to drink while watching football. Case in point: Dando Penguin hit up the Steel City for a little Notre Dame/Pitt showdown, and while the action on the field was quite entertaining, the action in the front row behind the ND bench was even better.

Check out the attention this crane kick is garnering from the Irish faithful. Go ahead sir in the khaki hat, laugh away. But the joke's really on you, because not only did you witness a craner worthy of a Heisman nomination, but you also missed the opportunity to partake in something special yourself.

Postscript - I received a text message from this flightless bird the following morning, which said something along the lines of "Dando Penguin got lucky last night!" No word on whether he was alone at the time.

For more on Dando Penguin and his adventures, including Dando's Vegas Vacation, hit him up on Facebook. Fear the Penguin!

TRES AMIGAS

Our buddy Gwen is at it again, and this time she's brought along some friends for a little Halloween outdoor exercise benefit crane kicking. This was a well coordinated effort, notice all three ladies are showing the same right-leg raised stance. They've got a little Captain in them, me thinks.

In all seriousness, the real meaning behind this triple craning is to kick the crap out of cancer. These ladies took part in a little something called "The Vampire Sprint", which supports the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.

In other words, Crane Kick Cancer! Nice job chicas.