The 1998 Indoor Championships


Sunday, March 8 - Finals
Jackson Hole, Wyoming

An enthusiastic crowd enjoyed the first Indoor Freestyle Championships in Jackson Hole, Wyoming on Sunday night.

Mikey has stepped up to the plate and hit it out with his special brand of Jackson hole hospitality. Snow shoeing, jam, toboggan ride, jam, Star Trek, jam!!! Everybody had their moments and Mikey made it happen!!!! I hope we see a Jackson Hole repeat in 99

Random Jam

Z/Randy Silvey/Larry Imperiale - First team out, they may have gotten hottest as a team. Jim T. said it almost looked like a real co-op routine, lots of exchanges with high execution and some fun stuff.

Schiller/Dani Myers/Mikey. Dani toe jam to Schiller toe jam, Mikey a little around the gym to gitis, Schiller big crow off the throw, mikey tries gitis off of Shiller's roll, you get the idea. Disc hit the ground a few times.

Jonathan/Rick Castiglia/John Andre Nice pace, I didn't see it though since a reporter from the local rag was talking at me while I typed, asking about the role of the internet in the sport.

Jim T./Anne/Tommy. Nice flowing style to start. Reporter's still talking to me.

Rob/Lisa/Jamie. Good quick catch opening with a Lisa gitis. Rob pick up the disc off the ground to a catch. Nice flow. Rob steep kick to a utl. J psycho-bashes to THE. Nice pull by L to R. Lisa hitting her indy's. Lisa suction cup disc on the wood floor. Nice old school throw by Jamie.

And that's it for Random Co-Op. And for the last part of that the JH Rag Photographer was in my way so I couldn't see.

Open Pairs

The Open Pairs Final Summary by Lisa Hunrichs (More play by play on the finals in parentheses):

Larry and Jim came on the floor with a shredding routine. The opening featured an across the gym upside down hammer throw with a solid scarecrow by Larry. The four minutes were packed full of counter brushing, macking, and lots of very fun combos by both players. Kick change off the raised-basket to a scarecrow was another highlight. The crowd became especially excited by a canine spectator who was incited to bark at each of the players at two high points during the routine with Nirvana blaring. Mostly, these two players were fired up and enjoying the vibe of the tourney and playing extremely well. This routine set the tone, and all the following routines had to get on the bandwagon!

(Jim/Larry. Nirvana - Hot. Kick change to raised-basket deflection to huge crow. Big gitis to end. L did 9 elbow tips in a row - Neanderhal-like, Lisa said. Jim did his stuff from 20 years ago to near perfection. Shredding to huge Nirvanna at the hole! These guys were first and scared everyone, and Jim Skied all day. As Z said afterwards, this was the only routine without a real flat spot except Randy/Schiller).

Rick Castiglia and Dani Myers were very impressive with lots of turnover moves and several improvised and interesting co-op moves. Dani came out with his trademarked toe jam moves, balancing the disc on one foot, switching off to the other, then finishing with a hein combination or two. Rick pulled out all his awesome demo moves with his usual panache.

(Rick/Dani. Nice use of floor on the opening, with the vertical disc spinning on the floor and weaving between Rick's legs and back to Danny. Maybe too many drops. But Danny hit a cool move the made the crowd wake-up - a 7 consecutive upside down clean roll series. Rick says hi to his lovely wife Lisa and FPA cover child Kianna.)

Jamie Chantiles and Rob Fried brought the East Coast style in to the opening portion of this shredding routine, with a crispy use of flying quick catch moves. Then the real action got started. Jamie wowed the Jackson Hole spectators with his rolling combinations of counter and upside-down moves. Then Rob came to life with more than one flying phlaud and several skid combos that heated the disc and sparked extra audience applause.

(Jamie/Rob. Rob really shredded most of the time, Jamie hit a big crow, and they flowed well during a few quick catch series, but a few flat spots eliminated them from contention despite the flowing dead tunes.)

Tommy Leitner and John Andre used a little-known gym space in the same school to get their routing into top shape for the finals. John enjoyed the smooth moves that have made him one of the envied players of the west. This guy is SO smooth, he literally makes everything we do look quite easy. Tommy went to town and brought out a huge variety of catches and skid combinations. The rule that players could go on as long as they wanted came into play here, as this pair went on and on with a plethora of huge individual double spinning moves.

(Tommy/John Andre. Tommy had some huge combo that a Roland B. Rush type can't really understand, some type of triple skid pullout with another one for good measure. Tommy went for double spinning gitis 4 times, but was denied each time - but being denied to Tommy doesn't mean drop - he "bailed" into a double spinning phlaud, 2-spin Arvand, and 2-spin flamingo, and finally the dropped 2-spin gitis.

John amazed all of us by what an isolated jammer in Montana can do. He really played poised out there, hit his solid moves, and complemented Tom well. John hit a cool gitis pull and an extraneous catch. They may have been better off playing for a few less seconds.)

Randy Silvey and Dave Schiller brought the crowd to the height of excitement with this choreographed, musically precise routine, packed with intricate and restricted moves and several on the edge brushes and spinning catches. The routine opened with a two-disc combination that delighted the spectators, using both discs in innovative ways. Then each of the players competed in top form. Dave brought out his most ridiculously gnarly moves and Randy brought the crowd along with several double spinning combinations that didn't look possible.

(Schiller/Randy. They had a choreographed routine to Yes, nice double disc stuff reminiscent of Arthur/Dave/Dave last year, and Randy's benign flutter combo to Schill big crow was a highlight. They also hit a risky brushing combo and some solid turnover work.)

Mixed Pairs

Dave Schiller/Anne Graves. They start with quick catches then just went for maxo indy moves. Hot stuff, no routine. Anne played really well hitting her stuff and getting aggressive with brushing. Schiller went a bit nuts in the beginning and shredded like there's no tomorrow, hitting huge combos.

Lisa Hunrichs/Randy Silvey. Song was "Got to get you into my life." Flowing quick moves and nice exchanges to start, picking up the pace with the music, Randy hitting a sweet 2 spin reverse osis catch. Lots of breaks to hit in the music, I'm sure they'll hit more at the worlds if they use the same tune. Lots of indy's in the middle. R 2spin utl. Lisa Crow. Incredible spinning combo by Randy^they're getting hot now. 2 chest roll combo, into a catch for the end.

The vacationment continues. Jams and routines and more Jams and smiles. The frisbee is fun, but the company is better. Everyone has such good vibes it almost doesn't seem like a competition at all. Smoking jams have been had by all, The zone is alive.)

The sound system pumped jamming tunes - String Cheese Incident, Live Dead, Bob Marley, Earth, Wind and Fire and Jimi Hendrix. Rice 'crispy' treats were available for competitors.

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