Wintershred
Ocean Beach, San Francisco, CA
March 6, 2004
Wintershred III Review
by Carl Dobson
Sunny skies and steady breezes graced San Francisco's Ocean Beach on Saturday
during the third annual Wintershred. Overall it was a great day of jamming
and celebrating spin with a stellar group of shredaholics. Unfortunately, there
was also a dose of bad news as two competitors, Mike Esterbrook and Arthur
Coddington, both suffered moderate knee injuries. Both appeared to be sprains,
and we all hope and pray that they will be back playing soon.
Other than the knee mishaps, the fun meter was pegged most of the day. By the
time I arrived in the late morning, Mark Regalbuti, Mike Esterbrook, Tam
Wolfe, Alan Caplin, Doug Korns, Steve Stotter, Keith Armstrong and Dr. Bob
Morrissey all had been warming up the sand for quite a while. Soon Arthur Coddington,
Greg Riley, Tommy Leitner, Dave Schiller, Keith Kleiner, Scott Weaver, and
Melissa Trail arrived and full-scale mobbing ensued for a couple hours. The wind
was perfect in the morning, and picked up as the afternoon progressed, but it
was always smooth and manageable.
During the mid-afternoon we switched gears for a competitive round of open
pairs. We had a great turnout with eight pairs on the score sheet. Each team had
five minutes to shred their stuff, and we drew names randomly for playing
order. Judging was as simple or as technical as each judge desired, with the
ultimate score being a placement on a 1-10 scale.
First up was long time UFOS great Scott Weaver and Bostyler Alan Caplin. They
got the energy level pumped up early with some nice co-ops and Alan polishing
off a diff series with a big spinning gitis. Alan played great all day. It
was a real treat having him come all the way out west. Scott was working all
angles and showing off his wide variety of rolls in the stiff breeze. There was
no lack of diff during their five minutes, but the wind may have bit them a bit
as the disc found the sand more than they liked. All in all though, a great
start.
Next were Buti and Keith Armstrong. Buti was in fine form all day, perhaps
honed from the time he's spent recently with a personal trainer. Keith was
playing big, too. Even though he doesn't play as much these days, he can still hang
with the best. They started off hot, passing, and hitting some nice seals.
They seemed unaffected by the breeze, and used it to hit some big multi spinning
catches. They had the momentum going throughout and a little past midway Buti
got real determined on an indy, which he finished off with a huge gitis. A
very solid round by these two.
Third up was the doctor, Bob Morrissey and TD, Carl Dobson. Bob got the show
off to the right start early with a big indy and very nice double spinning
gitis catch. Also, early on they worked in a variety of passes, brushes and
shoots before Carl finished off the co-op with a double spinning flying laser. Carl
managed to take advantage of the steady wind, setting out a few triple and
quad spinning moves/seals. The breeze did get the best of us a few times, but
all in all they had a fun round.
Great anticipation greeted our next pair featuring Greg Riley and Arthur
Coddington. The World's #1 and the marvelous flow master Greg had been shredding
up to a high degree in the mob's earlier. Infact, they seemed to have taken
their games to new levels. I still was shaking my head hours later after watching
Arthur take one of his patented moves to a new level. We've all seen him do
his multi-spinning somersault move to a cool seal, but this is what we
witnessed: Triple spin to a somersault to a spinning btb pull/shoot to a huge triple
spinning aerial gitis. Wow.
The first minute of Greg and Arthur's routine was superb. Big moves, nice
co-ops, great flow and some huge patented seals. Greg's big spinning Flamingitis
and Arthur's spinning crows and barrel catches highlighted the early going.
But it abruptly came to a halt as Arthur planted for a move and his knee
buckled in pain. He could not finish the round, and unfortunately they had drop out.
After a few anxious minutes and a break to take care of Arthur's knee we
resumed play with another much anticipated pair. Dave Schiller and Tommy Leitner
had drawn the next playing position and were fired up and ready to shred.
And shred they did. Both are classic beach jammers, they were fully
comfortable with the considerable ocean breeze, and what ensued was a clinic of huge
moves, sick series and diff pass/takes. Tommy often went turbo using the wind to
set out flat shoots for multi-spinning consecutive series ending in huge
seals. Both were hitting brushes from all over the map; Btb's, Crows, Bth's,
Osis, Triple fake and foot brushes during co-ops and indis. Schillman even did a
little toe jammin' early on during one of his series, which ended in a
difficult fully extended double spinning aerial gitis. Tommy went off down the beach,
on a run that started with a quad spinning UL, to a Triple spinning UL, to a
bad attitude shoot, to a big double roots attempt that just fell off the
clampers. Over and over they demonstrated extreme prowess in beach shredding. Peo
ple from all over the beach dropped what they were doing and came over to watch
these two as they put on a tremendous show.
Steve Stotter and Melissa Trail were up next and had the daunting task of
following a massive routine. But it didn't faze them at all as they calmly went
about their business. Steve is a rollmaster of the highest order and he had his
sticky front and back rolls working in the wind just fine. Melissa continues
to improve and now impress with great finish moves like full-extended Bad
Attitudes, flying gitis, and Scarecrows. Late in the round Steve went turbo and
stuck a nice double spinning flying UL. Both looked as if they were having a
great time jamming in the sand and all of us enjoyed watching them play.
Next were home beach styler's Tam Wolfe and Doug Korns. These two play Ocean
Beach as much as anyone and they seemed right at home as they played smart and
clean freestyle. After watching most of us struggle trying to do a bit too
much in the wind, these two decided beforehand to keep it simple and build
through the routine. It paid off, they played great, both hitting all their
signature moves, and they hardly dropped at all. I really enjoyed their round.
There wasn't an eighth team when we started the tournament, but because of a
late appearance from Johnny O'Malley and Tom Sahlit, we were able to enjoy yet
another great team performance. In contrast to the previous team these guys
were determined to lay it all out from the get go and to not stop until we made
them. It worked for them, too. Tom Slick left every ounce of shred he had in
the sand, hitting some big series, gitis and crows. Johnny O was flying all
over the beach, brushing, rolling, and attempting one of his patented aerial
gitis (see the Frisbee.com photo). It was a nice routine to energize the cold
judges and spectators and transition us back to the mob seen.
Except for the two knee injuries, it was a perfect day of playing, fun and
disc camaraderie. We didn't stop until sunset, and afterwards many of us enjoyed
a fine Italian dinner at Pasquali's restaurant in the sunset district of San
Francisco.
Wish all of you could have been there to enjoy the day with us. Maybe next
year?
- Carl Dobson
Final Scores (1-10 scale)
1. Tommy Leitner and Dave Schiller 9.33
2. Mark Regalbuti and Keith Armstrong 7.48
3. Dr. Bob Morrissey and Carl Dobson 7.46
4. Johnny O'Malley and Tom Sahlit 6.80
5. Alan Caplin and Scott Weaver 6.63
6. Steve Stotter and Mellisa Trail 6.15
7. Tam Wolfe and Doug Korns 6.00
DNF Arthur Coddington and Greg Riley
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New England Indoor Championships
Cambridge, MA
March 13, 2004
by Rick Williams
The weather was great and.........oh wait, it was an indoor tournament.
I want to thank the players who made the journey to compete and have
fun. Six teams played for two separate rounds. The prelim round was
used for seeding the finals. The results show the places for both
rounds, F = Finals, P = Prelims. A total of $480 was paid out to the
top three teams. A crowd of about thirty spectators were present for
the finals. Most of them were witnessing freestyle for the first time!
The big party was a blast. Sixty people enjoyed good food and lots of
dancing. My sister wowed the crowd with a very professional power point
presentation. I wasn't too embarrassed at the time, but it's starting
to sink in. That's it for now.
Jam on,
Rick Williams
Place Team
1 Toddy Brodeur and Carlos Pipo Lopez $274
2 Petri Isola and Alan Caplin $138
3 Carl Emerson and Rick Williams $68
4 Steve Vinoski and Ryan Vinoski
5 Steve Scannell and Anne Goh
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Seaside Superhein
Seaside Beach, Seaside, OR
March 27, 2004
results
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Acrobatic Paganello
Rimini, Italy
April 8-12, 2004
review
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Virginia States
Fredricksburg, VA
April 17-18, 2004
1. Rob Fried/Joey Hudoklin/Doug E. Fresh
2. Toddy Brodeur/Alan Caplin/Rodney Sanchez
3. Rob Knapik/Bill Wright
4. Dale Crawford/Phil Kappa/Mike Mosher
5. Harvey Brandt/Tom Lasher
6. Bob and Jack Cooksey
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Podersdorf Flying Disc Opening
Podersdorf, Austria
May 1-2, 2004
results
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The Jammers 2004
Jacksonville Beach, FL
May 22-23, 2004
But of Course!
10 open pairs teams and 7 mixed pairs teams (with 1 scratch)...WOW!
A field so deep that teams not making the open pairs finals could make FPA Worlds finals...WOW!
A large beach, huge crowds and Mikondo setting the stage...WOW!
Jamming so hein, a bypasser was noted as saying "They just keep it going....it ain't right!"...WOW!
A birthday girl making the vibe special for everyone...MOM!
All this and so much more made The Jammers 2004 the best yet. The special friends getting together was equally important to the competition.
I would like to thank a few folks. First and foremost was Dan Berman. Dan is a crusty overaller many of us know. He did the lion's share of the driving to and from the airport, taking a HUGE load off everyone's shoulders and wallets. If you need a ride, refer folks to Jax Ride at 904 422 7433. Some of you who got a ride may consider giving him a call and thanking him as well. Others who gave a big help were local buds Sam Faber and Scott Hardy. Sam has sponsored for many years as has Scott. Scott also provided a banner and the huge poster we all signed. Of course, J.T. Rosenthal came through in a monster way by showing up last minute and surprising the group with an awesome and free catered meal on Saturday night prior to the Toddy invoked tribal beach cleansing. Carl Emerson (Emerson Signworks!) as always brings his big heart to the effort along with an awesome banner and stickers for everyone. Tito and Lori taped the whole event with Tito digitizing the whole tourney and putting it in .wmv format on CD. Gary Auerbach at www.spinningbees.com could not come out so donated water bottles to the event, timely with the big heat!
Players package included an embroidered polo shirt, Gary's bottles, an octopus shaped handheld massager, Carl's sticker, special limited Mikondo Beach sand with signed and numbered certificates of authenticity and for a special few who "earned" them, tournament discs.
Special jammer thanks go out to Lori and Lorenzo for making the long trip across their respective ponds to make this year's Jammers the best yet. They have forced the event to raise the bar and I believe stimulated a bunch of other folks to make the trip out. Don't forget the backbones of the tournament, perennial jammers Murf, Pipo and Jeff O'Brien as well as everyone else making the effort. Flying or driving is an effort to make it out and is supremely appreciated.
There were many sideline jammers besides the great competitive field with Pat Carasco, John Cain, Darryl Allen and Rich Murray leading the charge.
But enough of the preliminaries. Pipo wants to hear about his play :-)
The jamming was incredible with most hitting moves they only previously thought of doing. Jeff O'Brien hit a gitis brush-gitis brush-gitis which was the move of the tournament. Pipo hit a few triples, Murf had some incredible groundwork and triple stuff that you have to see to believe. We brought Lorenzo over from Roma to help interpret Murf's moves to no avail. I think he jams in Sanskrit or something. The TD even hit a triple scarecrow :-) Deaton continues to amaze all of us with his understated control and depth of consecutivity. Lori shredded and caught everything and carried her partner! Cindy is just so dang turbo it is ridiculous, hitting power moves guys only dream of! Jeff Kruger has a depth of game and is probably the most underrated top player today. Steve Hanes was his name as usual. Jambo jamboasted. Laerbs Laerbsed and had a cool behind the neck outer rim hover delay. Alan is expanding his game rapidly and showing he is to be reckoned with. Carl was his usual steady self hitting bread and butter moves all over the sands. Lorenzo has improved dramatically in the few days he has been out here and he peeled coming in! It was good to see Dan Yarnell come out and shred for the public again, hitting his patented moves even after a bit of a layoff. Contortion boy Hos makes everyone laugh whether shredding or just doing a comic show (we are laughing WITH you Gregg):-0 Rik and Craig were fun to watch taking control of the beach winds like the savvy veterans they are. Renee plays with a level of expertise making one believe she has had many more years experience than she actually has had. It was good to see first time Jammers competitors Anne and Berni come on out and quickly grasp the nuances of beach jam competition. Oh, and Sara BERGMAN played out of her mind and shredding even after twisting her ankle just before going out.
I refuse to say much about Toddy or Pipo because they barely shredded incredibly leaving others in the dust. They almost didn't hit huge move after huge move. Pipo may have hit numerous triples with some gitises thrown in but again just barely. Toddy is just not capable of not playing well which makes it difficult for his partner to not play well too.
Actually it was a 2 team race for first between Murf-Deaton and Toddy-Pipo with both just CRUSHING their semi pools. The difference was Toddy and Pipo stayed right on it while Murf and Deaton, while still hitting ridiculous stuff, had a mild breakdown which was enough for Toddy and Pipo to eek out the W.
There was a cool tie for third with PK and Lorenzo tying Laerbs and Jeff O'Brien. It was the first time Jeff has finished top 3 and the first time an Italian jammer competed in the states and also finishing top three! Amazing and very satisfying stuff for both. A Tutto Gas to my great friend and incredible jammer Lorenzo. A Tutto Gas to my great friend and incredible jammer Jeff.
In mixed there were an amazing 7 teams to begin with a drop to 6 when Cheryl and Steve bowed out due to Cheryl's TD hostess demands. It was an awesome round with all playing well. It was fun to see the newcomers Anne and Berni with the goofballs that were their partners :-). Renee and Carl are so fun to watch together and continue to grow together after playing with each other (jamming I mean) for many years. Jeff Kruger and Sara put on a fun show that got them a third place slot and good experience competing as the FPA Worlds come up in Rimini. It then came down to the 2 experienced teams. Laerbs and Cindy came out and hit some awesome moves, shredding outstandingly and worthy of a W in most events. But the Honolulu Hein, Lori, came out with her partner and put on quite a show. Playing up to their music with appropriate props they came out the box and hit huge moves on music cues throughout. Playing cleanly and with the big moments these 2 came out with Lori's first mixed title.
Making it the most special Jammers ever, it was Jammer Mom's birthday that weekend. Happy birthday MOM, we all love you!!!!!
Open Pairs Finals
1. Carlos "Pipo" Lopez
Todd Brodeur
2. Dave Murphy
Deaton Mitchel
3. T Jeff O'Brien
Larry Imperiale
3. T Paul Kenny
Lorenzo Apriani
5. Steve Hanes
Jamie Chantiles
6. Jeff Kruger
Dan Yarnell
Mixed Pairs Finals
1. Lori Daniels
Paul Kenny
2. Cindy Kruger
Larry Imperiale
3. Sarah Bergman
Jeff Kruger
4. Berni Murray
Todd Brodeur
5. Renee Pardo
Carl Emerson
6. Anne Goh
Steve Scannell
Open Pairs Semi-Finals Pool A
1. Carlos "Pipo" Lopez
Todd Brodeur
2. Paul Kenny
Lorenzo Apriani
3. Larry Imperiale
Jeff O'Brien
4. Tito Andino
Steve Scannell
5. Alan Caplin
Carl Emerson
Open Pairs Semi-Finals Pool B
1. Dave Murphy
Deaton Mitchel
2. Steve Hanes
Jamie Chantiles
3. Jeff Kruger
Dan Yarnell
4. Cindy Kruger
Gregg Hosfeld
5. Rik Downs
Craig Simon
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Minnesota States
Jun 19-20 2004
St. Cloud, MN, US
results
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Vagolino
Milan, Italy
June 12-13, 2004
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Colorado States
Fort Collins, CO
June 19, 2004
results
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World Beach Invitational - Aloha Beach Festival
Ventura, CA
June 19-20, 2004
This past weekend's World Beach Invitational was a huge success, with great
beach jamming conditions all weekend, and was combined with the Aloha Beach
Festival this year, run by none other than our generous tournament director and
host, Chipper Bro Bell. There were 5 simultaneous alternative sports contests
(freestyle disc, canine disc, softboard challenge, longboard challenge, and a
volleyball tournament), great food, and local island themed craft booths all
along with 14 bands through the mega freaky slam bam sound system of Richie
Bartle and BIG productions. Chipper Bro, Corey, and the whole surfclass.com crew
did a tremendous job pulling together their first festival.
Sideline cameos were abundant with Mark Regalbuti, Carolyn and Steve Hubbard,
Peter Laubert, and Danny Camernesi jamming up the beach. There was also a
Scott Star and Ritchie Smits sighting along with Jan and Shane Sobel and the rest
of the Sobel gang, who by the way are running the Beach Bowl this year in
Malibu Aug. 27th. (e-mail for info at whizbo88@aol.com )
The conditions were kind wind and June gloom. The competition
consisted of alternating canine and human routines. Saturday was a feeling out day
with solid play by most with Dave Bailey and Dan "Monkeyman" Sullivan shining
like their Miller tour days of old and Dave Lewis putting on his usual clinic as
we've all become used to seeing. Chipper Bro, forever the consummate
performer, threw down his mike, walkie-talkie, and clipboard and went out there and
crushed some of the sweetest roll combos to huge finishes seen all weekend and
the crowd let him know it.
Sunday saw the exact same conditions as Saturday, but folks seemed to get
a little more fired up and hit their stuff. Mixed started with Cindy Kruger
and Dave Lewis showcasing their Worlds routine, nailing it with lots of nice
co-ops and diff. Next Amy and I came out, feeling the pressure of Cindy and
Dave's crowd response, and hit our routine with only one drop and goosebumps for
all. Open had Chip warm it up again with his smooth charismatic style. Next,
Pipo and I came out and redeemed our lackluster Saturday performance with an all
out freak unleashing, highlighted by Pipo's 3 or 4 ( I lost count ) triple
spinning gitises. Dave L. and Jeff Kruger were next and had some great passes
and radical indies. Dave's fully dropless commitment to really difficult moves
and getting completely soaked (shoes and all ) was quite memorable. Monkey and
Bailey were hoping to repeat the previous days' awesome performance, but a few
early drops were too much to overcome. All in all, a great time was had by
all who attended, and Chip hopes to have another great turnout next year. Thanx,
good luck to all going to Italy for the Worlds, and I'll be seein ya at the
Masters.
Peace and Love,
schillz
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Narragansett Jam
Narragansett, RI
June 26, 2004
Open Pairs/Co-op
1 Petri Isola, Toddy Brodeur, Pipo Lopez 181.5 points
2 Doug Simon, Rob Fried, Joey Hudoklin 172.8
3 Ted Oberhaus, Brad Keller 172
4 Steve Vinoski, Carl Emerson 134.5
5 Rick Williams, Alan Caplin 134
6 Nicki Nicholson, Steve Scannell 112
7 Mark Ide, Chris DePaola 102
Individual Freestyle
1 Toddy Brodeur 208.5 points
2 Ted Oberhaus 192
3 Pipo Lopez 191.4
4 Rob Fried 176.9
5 Doug Simon 166
6 Petri Isola 158
7 Joey Hudoklin 156.5
8 Rick Williams 154.7
9 Brad Keller 152
10 Chris DePaola 150.8
11 Steve Scannell 141.3
12 Alan Caplin 125.9
13 Mark Ide 72
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2004 Austrian Freestyle Championships - RumbaCup
Hohenzell, Austria
June 26-27, 2004
1T. Thomas Gereben
1T. Fabio Sanna
3. Juro Chorche Turan
4. Gabor Boross
5. Ferenc Feri Orosz
6. Johannes Petz
7. Tamas
8. Andrea Oddi Furlan
9. Florian Flow Herkner
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Minnesota State Overall Frisbee Championships
Jun 19-20 2004
St. Cloud, MN, US
results
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2004 Swedisc Open
Jul 7-10 2004
Bollnas, Sweden
Open Finals
1. Stefan Karlsson/Andreas Jaderyd
2. Roland Karlsson/Christian Sandstrm
3. Niclas Bergehamn/Dieter Johansson
4. T Tomas Burvall/Peter Karlsson
4. T Peter Henriksson/Jonas Bengtsson
Open Prelim A
1. Roland Karlsson/Christian Sandstrm
2T. Tomas Burvall/Peter Karlsson
2T. Peter Henriksson/Jonas Bengtsson
4. Niloofar Mosavarrahmani/Gohar Mossavarrahmani
Open Prelilm B
1. Stefan Karlsson/Andreas Jaderyd
2. Niclas Bergehamn/Dieter Johansson
3. Mikael Zewgren/Jonas Rask-Samuelsson
4. Fredrik Celinder/Jimmie Nilsson
Women
1. Niloofar Mosavarrahmani/Gohar Mossavarrahmani
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The Masters
San Diego, CA
July 12-16, 2004
results
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2004 New England Overall Flying Disc Championships
July 23-25
Wickham Park
Manchester, CT
1 Rick Williams and Petri Isola
2 Steve Scannell, Steve Vinoski and Ryan Vinoski
3 Jim Herrick and Mark Ide
4 Jack Cooksey and Robert Cooksey
5 Dan Berman and Carl Emerson
6 Jon Cohn and Eddie Cohn
7 tie Louie Cohn (with a designated thrower)
7 tie Augy Cohn (with a designated thrower)
9 Joe Proud and Bill MacWilliams
10 Jerel Davis and Mike Mattioli (scratch)
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AmsterJam
Amsterdam, Netherlands
July 24-25, 2004
results
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FPA World Championships
Rimini, Italy
July 30-August 1, 2004
review
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Beach Bowl 2004
Malibu, CA
August 27, 2004
1. Dave Bailey/Danny Sullivan
2. Joel Rogers/Jamie Chantilles
3. Dave Schiller/Shayne Sobel
4. Z Weyand/Diego Gamboa
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Jam on Go Turboshred
Nuremberg, Germany
September 4-5
results
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Santa Cruz Open
Santa Cruz, CA
September 12, 2004
The format was the Pinball System. 1-5 points for doing a gitis, a roll to a teammate and footbrush. 5 super bonus points each for doing a double spinning catch, crow brush and a knee trap. An overall difficulty rating is added to those points for the final total. The wind was strong and squirrelly, making for very challenging conditions.
Paul Klimek and Mike Galloupe seedbusted to second with a last minute flurry of bonus moves. In the last twenty seconds of their routine, Mike grabbed an aerial gitis that was moving away from him, then Paul hit a turnover into a knee trap for a 5 point superbonus.
Open Format Finals
1. Kevin Givens
Tom Leitner
2. Mike Galloupe
Paul Klimek
3. Thomas Cole
Jeff Shelton
Shane Egeland
4. Conrad Damon
Andrew Lehmann
5. Greg Riley
Mark Regalbuti
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Tennessee States
Nashville, TN
September 18-19, 2004
The 29th annual Tennessee State Overall Championships were held on
September 18th and 19th. Two players, Barry Gill and H. B. Clark are the
only ones who can say they have been to all 29 tournaments!
Being an overall tournament with an emphasis on disc golf the
competitors were split into amateur and open groups. Amateur freestyle started
on a sunny Saturday at 9:30 with the grass still wet with all the rain
that Hurricane Ivan dumped on the area the day before. There were 12 two
player teams! For most teams it was basic throw and catch with some
speed flow thrown in by the more experienced teams. The highlights were
players who dove for their catches and slid sideways with water and wet
grass cuttings spraying in the air to be backlit by the morning sun.
Open freestyle prelims occurred shortly after the ams with 4 two player
teams entered. The first team was a pair of guys who were interested
only in gathering overall points and I must confess that I do not
remember their names. Jeff Soule and Greg Clement played next and though they
do not have much experience they seemed to be having a great time. Both
competed last year with Jeff and his partner coming in 3rd and Greg and
his partner coming in 5th. Next up were those perennial favorites,
Barry Gill and H. B. Clark. These guys are practitioners of 'old school'
freestyle complete with speed flow, delays, tips, rolls and even barefoot
toe throws - all done with about 2-3 times the distance apart than you
would see at most freestyle events. Even though Barry needs hip
replacement surgery he did very well for himself and H. B. was his usual
steady self. The last team was Steve Scanell and Rik Downs. Despite Steve
having a torn quadriceps muscle and Rik's tendency to do horribly in
competition this crusty team shredded! Steve, being calm and cool,
completed combo after combo with plenty of diff with only a few drops while Rik
played out of his mind and was later heard to say he felt like there
was nothing he couldn't do and he had only one drop! (Really!)
Prelim results:
1st - Steve Scanell, Rik Downs
2nd - Barry Gill, H. B. Clark
3rd - Jeff Soule, Greg Clement
The finals were held on Sunday and in many ways were fairly
anticlimactic when compared to the prelims. Three days of heavy jamming had its
affect on Rik and he couldn't repeat his previous day's success and while
doing well had quite a few drops. Otherwise, everyone else seemed to do
as well as the previous day and the final results were the same as the
prelims.
After the finals the real fun began. A mob-op consisting of Ron King,
David Kessler, Anne Goh, Brian Bohannon, Barry, H. B., Steve and Rik
fired up and jammed at a high level for a few more hours. Like most
post-event jams everyone brought out their "A" game. David played better than
I have seen him play in a long time and despite having debilitating
back surgery several years back Ron jammed great! Anne has really come a
long way and can pretty much jam with anyone. When she perfects a level
delay she will be awesome! Steve was impressed with the quality of play
- so much so he wants to return next year and bring others with him.
Perhaps now the world will realize that there is freestyle to be had in
the mid-U.S.!
(Unfortunately, two of Tennessee's best Gary Edge and Willeye Williams
could not make it. If they had we really would have had a jam to
remember!)
1. Steve Scannell/Rik Downs
2. H. B. Clark/Barry Gill
3. Greg Clement/Jeff Soule
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Torneo Citta' di Milano 2004
Milan, Italy
September 19, 2004
- OPEN PAIRS Results -
1 Clay Collera - Fabio Sanna
2 Antonio Cusma - Andrea Meola
3 T Andrea Gallotti - Fabio Percario
3 T Paolino di Monza - Matteo Feller
5 Massi "Potenzio" - Fabio di Gallarate
6 Luca Viola - Pietro Serra
7 Frisbee Globetrotters
8 Matteo Ceresa - Gaia Audino
8 Elenora - Sara
10 Valerio - Jo
11 Damiano Basso
12 Cosimo
European Freestyle Championships
Viareggio, Italy
September 25-26, 2004
review
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29th Annual Arizona States
Scottsdale, AZ
Oct 30-31 2004
results
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Romashred
Rome, Italy
Oct 23-24 2004
review
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Invalides Open
Paris, France
Nov 14 2004
review
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Torneo del Cappello
Rome, Italy
Dec 11-12 2004
review
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