Every now and then, the internet comes together to cheer on the sidelines of some bizarre, nonpolitical competition. There’s Fat Bear Week; there was the Boaty McBoatface name competition; there’s the New Zealand Bird of the Year, which was most recently won by a bat, a land mammal that evolved to fly at a different point in natural history than birds; and now, the U.S.A. Mullet Championship Kids division, which started in 2020, has penetrated the mainstream.
For a $10 entry fee (with a portion going to charity, including the Michigan Wig Foundation), parents around the country can enter their mulleted children in an online competition to show their flow. Now, an elite 25 finalists, with names like Axel and Ridge and Rustin, are battling for the title of the country’s best kid mullet.
