John Kitchin

John Kitchin's Biography

I am John Kitchin ACL Pro from the NorthEast Conference and this is my story of how and when I started playing cornhole and worked my way up to an ACL Pro. Started off my cornhole career every Sunday in the parking lot tailgating before the games; GO BIRDS! Along came a fellow, Rich Riskie, who asked me to come out and play in a league that he was starting. Rich happened to work for me and would whip my ass after work everyday, I eventually went out to this league; South Jersey Cornhole League. It was a random draw, I drew the best player in the room and we won. I was hooked. I began playing more and more, ran into a loud mouth team of brothers but for some reason I quickly became friends with these guys; the Wyres. Maybe it was the passion for competition or maybe it was there passion for... Go Birds! Either way I soon thereafter moved to Delaware for a quick stint and joined there league; Wilmington Cornhole. I'd say this is where I began my true journey to playing on a national level as Brian became my partner and talked me into driving half way around the country to tournaments against what was a much higher level of competition, again I was hooked and I would not stop until I could compete with these individuals. My obsession with being good at things would not allow me to do anything but play on this level, I had a short stint as an owner with Delaware Cornhole where I learned a lot but could only use it as a spring board to the professional level. I became a Pro because I felt like I had to represent our small cornhole community and for some personal satisfaction that I could grow into an elite player; although not at that point yet I feel as if my journey continues....

CONGRATULATIONS to John for winning the 2019 Devour Man of the Year award!

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