Gary Kristensen grew a massive gourd in his backyard and then paddled it 46 miles down the Columbia River to set a new world ...

Gary Kristensen, a real estate appraiser from Oregon, made headlines by paddling a massive 1,224-pound pumpkin named "Punky ...

It was just after midnight when the support boat’s rack of lights cut out, leaving Gary Kristensen in near-darkness as he ...

ST. HELENS, Ore. — Officials in Columbia County and the state of Oregon removed nine sunken boats from the Columbia River ...

Kristensen completed his journey on the Columbia River in Oregon with his pumpkin boat named "The Punky Loafster ... "I was hoping to paddle at least a little over 39 miles," he told Oregon ...

Gary Kristensen from Oregon sails 73.5 km in a giant pumpkin named "Punky Loafster," breaking the previous Guinness World ...

The recent trip was the culmination of more than a decade of pumpkin breeding that sprouted into giant pumpkin regatta racing before evolving into a world record.

Anglers in the popular Buoy 10 fishery at the mouth of the Columbia River will be limited to keeping ... level at Yale Reservoir on the North Fork of the Lewis River is too low to launch boats at Yale ...

Oregonian Gary Kristensen is probably having the best Halloween ever. His record-setting 45.67-mile pumpkin boat paddle on ...