Australia’s search for the most ordinary rig is in full swing with contestants sharing their photos on social media.
In its first official year, popular Sydney-based swimwear label Budgy Smuggler has asked entrants to share hilarious photos of themselves in the swimwear.
The competition, called ‘Australia’s Most Ordinary Rig’, aims to celebrate all manner of average ‘dad bods’.
Australia’s search for the most ordinary rig is in full swing with contestants sharing their entries on social media
In its first official year, popular Sydney-based swimwear label Budgy Smuggler has asked entrants to take photos of themselves in the swimwear
The competition was born in 2016 when Aussie man Dan Leydon was drunk one night at the Mount Isa Rodeo.
After knocking back a few beers he stripped of his clothes to LMFAO’s “Sexy and I Know It” and was left standing in his budgy smugglers in front of the crowd.
The story attracted media attention which brought it to the attention of the Budgy Smuggler label themselves.
One man called Kody has shared a photo of himself wearing nothing but his smugglers and cricket gear
It was in an Instagram post earlier this year the Budgy Smuggler team launched the search.
‘It’s time to get nominating. We are on the search for the man with Australia’s most ordinary rig,’ the post read.
‘Let’s face it, ordinary is the new extraordinary and a six-pack is more useful when it’s under your arm than popping up on everyone’s social media.
‘This bloke we are searching for is exceptional in his ordinariness. This bloke is so ordinary he is extra ordinary.’
‘The Rock pulled out of Bay Watch #2… he’s been replaced by the smoother and softer pebble,’ a man called Nathan captioned his entry
The competition aims to celebrate all manner of average ‘dad bods’ on social media
The post went on to say that entrants should carry their right ‘with a good sense of humour and embraces the body he is in’.
They even went as far as to dub the competition for people with ‘dad bods without needing to have kids’.
The website stated: ‘While this event seems like a complete piss take, we are aiming to send the message that it’s ok [sic] not to be a completely shredded Instagram blogger.’
The judges said that entrants should carry their right ‘with a good sense of humour and embraces the body he is in’
The most popular choice of image that entrants are taking are unsurprisingly at the beach
There are currently 123 posts under the #OrdinaryRigAU with men sharing their entries.
One man called Kody has shared a photo of himself wearing nothing but his smugglers and cricket gear.
‘For the last few years my hair has been falling from my head to my chest and occasionally getting caught on my top lip, I now realise I’m not the young rooster I use to be so,.. This is my bid for #budgysmugglers #OrdinaryRigAU,’ he wrote.
‘Share the post, the love and the likes people, also feel free to add this to your spank bank.’
There are currently 123 posts under the #OrdinaryRigAU with men sharing their entries
‘Let’s face it, ordinary is the new extraordinary and a six-pack is more useful when it’s under your arm than popping up on everyone’s social media,’ the company has stated
Another man, named Benjamin, has had his photo of him in his swimwear, wielding an axe shared by the Budgy Smuggler Instagram account.
Filling out a questionnaire for the label he desribes himself as ‘chunky yet funky’ and has shared his tongue-in-cheek advice on how others can be like him.
‘VBs and Winnie Blues will treat you better than any woman.’⠀
The competition was born in 2016 when Aussie man Dan Leydon posed at the Mount Isa Rodeo
The website has stated that their aim is to send the message that it is okay to not be a ‘shredded Instagram blogger’
A man called Nathan has shared a photo of himself standing in front of what looks like a beach green screen looking out to the ocean.
‘The Rock pulled out of Bay Watch #2… he’s been replaced by the smoother and softer pebble,’ he captioned the picture.
The search is nationwide and Aussies are encouraged to nominate themselves or mates using the hashtags #OrdinaryRigAU and #BudgySmuggler on social media.