Air Guitar Competition Plays Out in Finland

OULU, Finland (AP) — Who can play wildest on an instrument no one can see? A record 30 air guitarists from a dozen countries have been jamming this week on a stage in northern Finland to answer just that question.

The 20th Air Guitar World Championships kicked off yesterday with 30 "dark horses" hoping to be among eight advancing to today's final. They joined seven national champions who automatically qualify.

Among them were reigning world champion Nanami "Seven Seas" Nagura from Japan, and legendary New Yorker Matt "Airistotle" Burns.