Student a winner with just one leg to stand on
GILES BROWN
GOOD EFFORT: Cantabrians try their luck in the Grabaseat competition.
A Christchurch student will hop off around the world after being the last man standing on one leg.
An unstable crowd took part in the endurance test at North Hagley Park on Saturday in a competition organised under Air New Zealand's Grabaseat promotion. The person who could stand on one leg for the longest was awarded an around-the-world ticket for two.
Grabaseat spokeswoman Melanie Smith said about 100 people began the challenge at 11.30am, with seven still standing after three hours.
"It was getting so late in the day that we were getting a bit nervous, and so we decided to change the rules slightly so they needed to close their eyes and that was pretty much the final nail in the coffin," she said.
In the end, student Claude Meffen emerged victorious after more than four hours.
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