People of the Colorado Tomato Battle

July 7, 2012 4:00AM

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Two decades ago, Coloradans and Texans exercised their interstate animosity by throwing tomatoes at each other during the Colorado Texas Tomato War in Twin Lakes. Now an epic tomato fight has returned to the state, but with a completely different flavor. Tomato Battle founders Max Kraner and Clint Nelson combined concepts from La Tomatina Festival in Spain and Oktoberfest in Germany to come up with a food fight complete with live music and beer that they could market to cities across the United States. The Colorado Tomato Battle went down on July 7 at Dick's Sporting Goods Park. -- Natalie Gonzalez

Photos by Nathan Federico for Westword

See Also
- Photos: Tomato Battle at Copper Mountain
- Video: Tomato Battle 2011 uses 300,000 lbs. of tomatoes for evil
For more photos of tomato madness, check out:
The Midwest Tomato Fest
Titanic Tomato Toss @ Irvine Lake
Tomato Battle in Seattle 2012