The NPC/IFBB competitive season is underway and it looks like this will be a record year for the industry. Over the weekend, several NPC shows took place across the country and one of them was the return of the NPC Montana State Bodybuilding Championship. The Missoulian covered the event and based on the story, it looks like Montana competitors will have a place to compete for years to come.Â
“We had a lot of competition, which is unbelievable,” said Jeff Kovick, who owns the Max Muscle store in Missoula and promoted the championship, which had been dormant since 1997. “What’s most amazing is how many people came to watch. It takes a lot of guts for the 102 people competing to get up on stage and do their thing, and to have the theater basically full, that’s just amazing. Hopefully it made the competitors feel good.”
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The idea to restart the championships came to Kovick and his wife a couple of years ago, and they have been planning and preparing for the event ever since. Kovick said the question on every bodybuilder’s mind on Saturday was whether the event would be held again next year, and by the end of the day he had found an answer.
“Given the success so far, I think you can go ahead and call this an annual event,” he said. “We had great sponsors, and it was great to see Missoula supporting this. That’s what’s so great about our town. Our community is so supportive.”
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