Photos: Air guitar contest winner named

Justin Howard, alias "Nordic Thunder," raises a handmade electric guitar, his prize in the <a href='http://www.airguitarworldchampionships.com/' target='_blank'>2012 Air Guitar World Championships</a> in Oulu, Finland, on Friday, August 24. The American was crowned the world champion air guitar player, narrowly ahead of Matt Burns, or "Airistotle."

Justin Howard, alias "Nordic Thunder," raises a handmade electric guitar, his prize in the 2012 Air Guitar World Championships in Oulu, Finland, on Friday, August 24. The American was crowned the world champion air guitar player, narrowly ahead of Matt Burns, or "Airistotle."