Shortest take off and landing contest in Valdez Alaska

http://www.wired.com/autopia/2011/05/bush-plane-competition-spurs-innovation/
has a good gallery of the planes and the innovations that are used to get off the ground faster, ans land slower

http://www.wired.com/autopia/2011/05/video-bush-pilot-competition-how-slow-can-you-go/ tells the story of Josh and how his 890 feet total take off and landing was only good enough for 3rd

and http://www.wired.com/autopia/2011/05/video-young-pilot-prepares-for-stol-competitionvideo-young-pilot-prepares-for-stol-competition/#more-34809 is the story with photos and video of a 17 yr old that has built a custom Super Cub to win this contest