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2008 German Championships Results

Thu, 19 Jun 2008 14:18:00 -0400

2008 German Championships
Friedrichshafen/Bodensee, Germany
June 7-8, 2008

Open Pairs Final
1. Florian Hess/Christian Lamred (21.65)
2. Kolja Hannemann/Matteo Feller (18.4)
3. Rainer D�rr/Dominique Wei�enberger (18.25)
4. Carsten Heim/Laurent Mess (17.9)
5. Bianca Strunz/Jan Schreck (17.3)
6. Heiko Vogt/Mehrdad Hosseinian (16.65)
7. Ilka Simon/Sascha Scherzinger (16.45)
8. Jens Friebe/Robert Dittrich (14.25)

Co-op Final
1. Florian Hess/Christian Lamred/Carsten Heim (22.15)
2. Stefan D�nkel/Martin Stadler/Mehrdad Hosseinian (16.55)
3. Jan Schreck/Kolja Hannemann/Matteo Feller (16.36)
4. Bianca Strunz/Ilka Simon/Marc Pestotnik (15.5)
5. Jens Friebe/Robert Dittrich/Sascha Scherzinger (14.33)
6. Markus G�tz/Niki Thoma/Heiko Vogt (13.05)

Open Pairs Semifinal A
1. Jan Schreck/Bianca Strunz (17.25)
2. Carsten Heim/Laurent Mess (16.85)
3. Jens Friebe/Robert Dittrich (16.40)
4. Kolja Hanneman/Matteo Feller (16.35)
5. Henrik Klein/Paul Siefert (15.5)
6. Markus G�tz/Niki Thoma (14.05)
7. Stefan D�nkel/Martin Stadler (13.65)
8. Gino Lucia/Ot Loetlam (10.8)

Open Pairs Semifinal B
1. Florian Hess/Christian Lamred (22.6)
2. Rainer D�rr/Dominique (18.95)
3. Sascha Scherzinger/Ilka Simon (18.35)
4. Heiko Vogt/Mehrdad Hosseinian (17.95)
5. Dominik Weber/Mike Hettich (14.25)
6. Urs Hardegger/Christop Brack (13.55)
7. Tobias D�hner/Alexander Leist (13.05)
8. Marc Pestotnik/Heinz Auferodt (13.00)

Open Pairs Quarterfinal A
1. Florian Hess/Christian Lamred (20.32)
2. Jan Schreck/Bianca Strunz (19.15)
3. Heiko Vogt/Mehrdad Hosseinian (16.83)
4. Jens Friebe/Robert Dittrich (16.09)
5. Tobias D�hner/Alexander Leist (15.84)
6. Stefan D�nkel/Martin Stadler (14.79)
7. Henrik Klein/Paul Siefert (14.72)
8. Marc Pestotnik/Heinz Auferodt (13.15)
9. Ronnie Koch/Tob Gebart (11.67)

Open Pairs Quarterfinal A
1. Kolja Hanneman/Matteo Feller (18.1)
2. Rainer D�rr/Dominique (16.6)
3. Markus G�tz/Niki Thoma (16.2)
4. Dominik Weber/Mike Hettich (15.75)
5. Carsten Heim/Laurent Mess (15.65)
6. Sascha Scherzinger/Ilka Simon (15.65)
7. Urs Hardegger/Christop Brack (12.55)
8. Gino Lucia/Ot Loetlam (12.2)
9. Toufik Lamred/Janis Degenhart (11.35)
10. Waldemar Wagner/Marc Uhlig (7.4)

Open Co-op Semifinal A
1. Flo Hess/Christian Lamred/Carsten Heim (23.41)
2. Stefan D�nkel/Martin Stadler/Mehrdad Hosseinian (18.04)
3. Jens Friebe/Robert Dittrich/Sascha Scherzinger (16.35)
4. Dominique Weissenberger/Laurent Mess/Rainer D�rr (16.2)
5. Urs Hardegger/Christop Brack/Tobias D�hner (12.91)
6. Mike Hettich/Janis Degenhart/Alexander Leist/Dominik Weber (11.8)

Open Co-op Semifinal B
1. Bianca Strunz/Ilka Simon/Marc Pestotnik (16.3)
2. Jan Schreck/Kolja Hanneman/Matteo Feller (16.25)
3. Markus G�tz/Niki Thoma/Heiko Vogt (13.7)
4. Henrik Klein/Paul Siefert/Toufik Lamred (11.95)
5. Ronny Koch/Gino Lucia/Ot Loetlam (8.55)

Dave Murphy on DiscCast Extra

Wed, 18 Jun 2008 16:56:00 -0400

DiscCastExtra Interview - Dave Murphy

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A treat is instore yet again with the latest episode of DiscCast Extra. This time, we bringyou an interview with a man who has been one of the most inventive and excitingfreestylers over the last few decades. Somebody who won 5 FPA World titles inthe space of just 3 years and is famous throughout the global freestylecommunity thanks to his appearance in the 2003 Nike commercial; it�s DaveMurphy! Dave talks about how he discovered the sport, his views on its currentsituation, and reveals a big secret from the set of the Nike commercial. Enjoy!

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Length: 5mins47secs

File size:5.3MB

To download our interview withDave, use the link above, or find/subscribe to the podcast on the iTunes podcastdirectory. (Click HERE toget iTunes) This episode is also available on PodcastAlley.

Please do give us some feedbackon the show - we're eager to hear from you! Contact us atukdiscstyle@yahoo.co.uk or discuss the podcast on the FPAFORUM.

Thanks

John and Joe

2008 Vagolino

Thu, 12 Jun 2008 02:58:00 -0400

2008 Vagolino Milano, Italy June 7-8, 2008 Final 1. Clay Coller�/Claudio Cigna (43.66) 2. Fabio Sanna/Serge Marconi (43.61) 3. Andrea Meola/Antonio Cusm� (41.93) 4. Valerio Occorsio/Giovanni Coppo (41.06) 5. Matteo Gaddoni/Marco Prati (40.22) 6. Paolo Magni/Michele Casadei (37.65) 7. Filippo Cavalca/Sergio Arrighi (34.67) 8. Manuel Cesari/Fabio Percario (32.67) Semi Pool A 1. Fabio Sanna/Serge Marconi (52.22) 2. Andrea Meola/Antonio Cusm� (52.18) 3. Matteo Gaddoni/Marco Prati (50.59) 4. Paolo Magni/Michele Casadei (45.84) 5. Matteo Ceresa/Alessandro Berra (43.05) 6. Luca Trotta/Davide Bianchi (38.05) 7. Lorenzo Sforza/Raffaele Pilla (37.28) Semi Pool B 1. Claudio Cigna/Clay Coller� (39.78) 2. Valerio Occorsio/Giovannni Coppo (38.23) 3. Filippo Cavalva/Sergio Arrighi (37.45) 4. Manuel Cesari/Fabio Percario (33.81) 5. Danilo Torzolini/Andrea Stazi (31.17) 6. Silvia Caruso/Andrea Dini (29.46) 7. Luigina Tasini/Alessandro Coller� (25.12)

Connectivity - from Secrets of Pro Disc Freestyle Vol. 2

Mon, 09 Jun 2008 22:38:00 -0400

Here is a sneak preview from the soon to be released Secrets of Pro Disc Freestyle Volume 2.

Z Weyand and I each had our personal missions on this new DVD. It was my goal to include a clear and easy to follow section defining and demonstrating consecutivity on our 2nd DVD. Here it is at last.

In my opinion, Consecutivity is the most powerful technique there is to improve your overall freestyle game. But a lot of players are confused about what is really consecutive. I think the reason it has been misunderstood is that the word itself doesn't describe what one should focus on.

That's why Z and I decided to rename this technique CONNECTIVITY. The technique focuses on connecting moves together. It focuses on linking moves together without breaking up your combo with the basic "the" nail delay or with any other breaks in flow such as long pauses or hesitations. A player should focus on connecting the moves, the combos, the co-ops. Hence the term Connectivity.

Anyway, check out the segment. This video is just the beginning of what can be said of Connectivity. There will be more to come in in the future. Also Arthur Coddington's article The Year of Consecutivity is a great description as well.

Thanks,

Dave Lewis

Urban-freestyle Disc-sport

Sat, 31 May 2008 07:19:17 -0400

We will like to hear people opinion about A new style In the World of Urban-Sport, good and bad opinions is welcome. http://es.youtube.com/watch?v=u0WcOoLfhMs The Urban disc it's an obstacle race where you have to fight constantly with your disc against the streets. It a mix betwen Disctwirls(new style i disc-sport) and other Urban/street sport. Mojn -Jan

The Jammers 2008 Results are in!

Sun, 25 May 2008 10:51:30 -0400

Perfect day, perfect wind, perfect group of jammers. Rodney Sanchez in semis...oh my gawd! All captured on video. Many first timers to Jammers...The Randoman, Arthur (thanks AC!) Neil and Mike, Ryan, Paul S. and Doug. Thanks for coming out and making the weekend so special. Hopefully we have some videos coming from "Worlds Jammers". Now it is World Gitis Day! Open Finals 1. Pat Marron-Dave Murphy 2. Randy Silvey-Pipo Lopez 3. Arthur Coddington-Paul Kenny 4. Jeff Kruger-Rodney Sanchez Mixed Finals 1. Cindy Kruger-Randy Silvey 2. Bethany Sanchez-Todd Brodeur 3. Sarah Bergman-Jeff Kruger 4. Anne Goh-Steve Scannell Open Semis Pool A 1. Pat Marron-Dave Murphy 2. Jeff Kruger-Rodney Sanchez 3. Ryan Vinoski-Todd Brodeur 4. Craig Simon-Paul Smith 5. Steve Scannell-Doug Korns 6. Josh Emerson-Carl Emerson Pool B 1. Arthur Coddington-Paul Kenny 2. Randy Silvey-Pipo Lopez 3. Jeff O�Brien-Gregg Hosfeld-Tito Andino 4. Daryl Allen-Cindy Kruger 5. Mike Galloupe-Neil Toland

DiscCast Extra: Judy Robbins

Thu, 22 May 2008 18:02:29 -0400

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This latestDiscCast Extra features an interview with a lady who is not only one of thegreatest female freestylers of all time, but also one of the most accomplishedall round disc players the world has ever seen; it�s Judy Robbins! Judy madethe trip to Europe last summer to attend the FPA World Championships inAmsterdam. And while there, we took the opportunity to chat to her about herlong and diverse career, her views on the current female freestyle scene &much more. Enjoy!

EpisodeInformation�.

Length:10mins 24secs

File size:9.5MB

To download our interview withJudy, use the link above, or find/subscribe to the podcast on the iTunes podcastdirectory. (Click HERE toget iTunes) This episode is also available on PodcastAlley.

Please do give us some feedbackon the show - we're eager to hear from you! Contact us atukdiscstyle@yahoo.co.uk or discuss the podcast on the FPAFORUM.

Thanks

John and Joe

Music Queries

Thu, 22 May 2008 01:44:07 -0400

Ive been rewatching some vids lately and I really enjoyed the 2007 FPAW routine in the finals with Dave Lewis and Pat Marron. Anyone know the song they are playing to? I really like it )) you can watch the routine on Fabio's jamngo.com website

Bibione Freestyle Contest 2008

Mon, 12 May 2008 14:30:57 -0400

Bibione Freestyle Contest 2008
Bibione (near Venice), Italy
April 26-27, 2008

We experimented a strange format, because of there were only five players. Each player played in couple with the other four ones, so we haved 10 open pairs team.While a team was performing its 3 minutes routine, the other three players judged (respectively in execution, difficulty and artistic impression).
Obviusly the judjment system was not so precise, but we managed to give a good and constant show to the big audience.
Besides lots of children and adults play with us on the beautiful wood carpet, with sea, sun and wind...

Here you can find a report on the tournament (in Italian), here some photos and here a nice video of a jam.Below the results of the contest.

1. Matteo "Gaddoz" Gaddoni / Luca Medri
2. Claudio Cigna / Marco "Cega" Prati
3T. Matteo "Gaddoz" Gaddoni / Marco "Cega" Prati
3T. Claudio Cigna / Emmanuele "Zanardi" Faustini
5. Claudio Cigna / Luca Medri
6. Matteo "Gaddoz" Gaddoni / Emmanuele "Zanardi" Faustini
7. Claudio Cigna / Matteo "Gaddoz" Gaddoni
8. Marco "Cega" Prati / Emmanuele "Zanardi" Faustini
9. Luca Medri / Emmanuele "Zanardi" Faustini
10. Marco "Cega" Prati / Luca Medri

Spirit of the game: Emmanuele "Zanardi" Faustini

Torneo del Cappello 2008

Wed, 30 Apr 2008 23:19:00 -0400

Torneo del Cappello 2008
Corallo Beach Ostia
Roma, Italy
April 25, 2008

1. Alessandro "Doccetta" Damiano/Marco "Zecca" De Lucia (83.1 points)
2. Fabrizio "Folle" De Rossi/Lorenzo "Atuttogas" Apriani �(82.1)
3. Fabiana "Ciucci" Ciciriello/Angelo "Zoom" Mancarella (81.8)
4. Francesca "Dulcisinfundo" Iasenzio/Tom "Lighting" Leitner (76.9)
5. Mauro "Pankettone" Mercuri/Alessandro "Ale" Berra (76.0)
6. Edoardo "Paperino" Favorini/Paolo "Rastacippo" Cipolloni� (74.9)
7. Fernando "Yoghy" Botrugno/Francesca "Frappa" Cherici (67.3)
8. Luca "Moxie" Mazzuccato/�Paolo "Pibbi" Braico (65.3)
9. Claudio "Cicala" Pietrarelli/Ramon "Razzle" Galliani�
10.Serge "Salentino" Marconi�/Paolo "Cobra" Mirabelli
11.Ilaria "Manager" Capobianco/Andrea "Raimondo Rimello" Rimatori
12.Raffaele "Shraf" Pilla/Claudio "Marana" Massaro
More info at fristail.it

Berliner 4 Seasons Hat Tournament - Spring 2008

Mon, 21 Apr 2008 16:37:10 -0400

Berliner 4 Seasons Hat Tournament (Edition: Spring 2008) Berlin, Germany April 20, 2008 1. Fabio Caruso / Markus Hein 2. Anton Capellmann / Daniel Sorgatz 3. Jan " Mahoni" Zahradnicek / Kolja Hannemann 4. Jiri Weiss / Marc Pestotnik 5. Jason McGlade / Jan Schreck 6. Sascha H�hne / Jan "Dexter" Struz 7. Pavel Baranyk / J�rg "Woo" Wunder 8. Jan Soerenson / Robert Dittrich 9. Bianca "Bibi" Strunz / Jakub Matula 10. Max Schmidt / Philipp Stahl

2008 Virginia States Results

Wed, 16 Apr 2008 08:40:00 -0400

2008 Virginia States
Fredericksberg, VA
April 12-13, 2008

Finals
1. Randy Silvey, Dave Lewis, Pat Marron
2. Toddy Brodeur, Dan Yarnell
3. Harvey Brandt, Rick Sader, Jeff O'Brien
4. Rob Fried, Doug E. Fresh, Roger Meier
5. Dale Crawford, Phil Cappa
6. Joey Hudoklin, Lou Sumrall, Jonathan Willett
7. Tom Lasher, Jay Modenhower
8. Bethany Sanchez, Alan Caplin

Semifinal Pool A
1. Rob Fried, Doug E. Fresh, Roger Meier
2. Dale Crawford, Phil Cappa
3. Joey Hudoklin, Lou Sumrall, Jonathan Willett
4. Bethany Sanchez, Alan Caplin
5. Pat Rabdau, Bruce Page
6. Mark Horn, Chris Horn

Semifinal Pool B
1. Randy Silvey, Dave Lewis, Pat Marron
2. Toddy Brodeur, Dan Yarnell
3. Harvey Brandt, Rick Sader, Jeff O'Brien
4. Tom Lasher, Jay Modenhower
5. Ronnie Turner, Bryan Steffen, Rob Knapik

And some photos from VA States (thanks to Scott Holter for the link).

2008 Wintershred Results

Wed, 16 Apr 2008 08:38:00 -0400

2008 Wintershred Ocean Beach San Francisco, CA April 13, 2008 1. Arthur Coddington/Carl Dobson 2. Neil Tolan/Mike Galloupe 3. Tam Wolfe/Mike Esterbrook/Art Viger 4. Steve Stotter/Doug Korns

Updating The Competition Manual

Thu, 10 Apr 2008 20:57:00 -0400

Since 2006, the size of the FPA Worlds has exceeded the competitioncapacity of the current Competition Manual. Therefore, the FPA Board hasbegun updating the Competition Manual to better support our larger playerbase. his work does not include any changes to the judging system itself,only the sections guiding tournament directors in running events andeventually, a possible refresh of what is expected from players.

Revisions are being approved on a section-by-section basis so the newguidelines can be used at FPAW this summer. The first approved section isEvent Progressions. This section defines how many rounds of competitionthere are, how many teams in each pool, etc.

The main changes include more rounds of competition with new names.Instead of four possible rounds (Qualifier, Preliminary, Semifinal andFinal), we now have five (Qualification, Preliminary, Quarterfinal,Semifinal and Final), and the Manual outlines how many teams are requiredfor the addition of a new round of competition.

Our next step is to build FPAW competition schedules from these EventProgressions, then look at whether any other sections are in need ofupdates.

Here is apdf of the new Event Progressions section.

The FPA Board is interested in translating the new Competition Manualsections to other languages. If you are interested in doing that,please contact me.

DiscCast Extra: Joey Hudoklin Interview

Tue, 08 Apr 2008 10:18:10 -0400

DiscCast Extra:Joey Hudoklin Interview

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A real treat is in store for all in the latest DiscCastExtra� We have an interview with �The Legend� himself Joey Hudoklin. Asyou�ll all know, Joey was in Europe for Paganello last week, and with all theexcitement still in the air following his visit, we felt now was the ideal timeto release this interview. While at Paganello, Joey spoke to John about how hiscareer began, its many highlights (including Team Bud Light and his first Worldtitle in 1979) and also discusses his views on the freestyle scene in Europe.Enjoy�

Episode Information�.

Length: 26mins 42secs

File size: 18.3MB

To download our interview with Joey, use the link above,or find/subscribe to the podcast on the iTunes podcast directory. (Click HEREto get iTunes) This episode is also available on PodcastAlley.

Please do give us some feedback on the show - we're eagerto hear from you! Contact us at ukdiscstyle@yahoo.co.ukor discuss the podcast on the FPAFORUM.

Thanks,

Johnand Joe

2008 Frisbee Freestyle Masters - Results

Mon, 07 Apr 2008 06:13:03 -0400

Dortmund, Germany March 15-16, 2008 Open Pairs Finals 1. Florian Hess/Christian Lamred (21.26) 2. Philipp Lenarz/Fabio Caruso (20.15) 3. Carsten Heim/Heiko Vogt (18.13) 4. Mehrdad Hosseinian/Stafan Duenkel (17.94) 5. Robert Dittrich/Jens Friebe (16.78) 6. Harald Skomroch/Marc Pestotnik (13.49) Open Co-op Finals 1. Florian Hess/Christian Lamred/Carsten Heim (19.66) 2. Philipp Lenarz/Fabio Caruso/Marc Pestotnik (16.32) 3. Mehrdad Hosseinian/Stefan Duenkel/Heiko Vogt (15.61) 4. Harald Skomroch/Robert Dittrich/Jens Friebe (13.63) Open Pairs Semi-Finals Pool-A 1. Florian Hess/Christian Lamred (21.02) 2. Robert Dittrich/Jens Friebe (16.34) 3. Mehrdad Hosseinian/Stefan Duenkel (16.18) 4. Ilka Simon/Jascha Wollmann (13.10) Open Pairs Semi-Finals Pool-B 1. Philipp Lenarz/Fabio Caruso (19.42) 2. Carsten Heim/Heiko Vogt (19.03) 3. Harald Skomroch/Marc Pestotnik (12.27) 4. Holger Hill/Andrew Quinn (11.69) Open Co-op Semi-Finals Pool-A 1. Philipp Lenarz/Fabio Caruso/Marc Pestotnik (17.12) 2. Mehrdad Hosseinian/Stefan Duenkel/Heiko Vogt (14.72) 3. Ilka Simon/Frank Lejeune/Michel Otte (10.11) Open Co-op Semi-Finals Pool-B 1. Florian Hess/Christian Lamred/Carsten Heim (20.22) 2. Harald Skomroch/Robert Dittrich/Jens Friebe (15.13) 3. Holger Hill/Andrew Quinn/Jascha Wollmann (11.16) Open Pairs Prelim 2 (second chance for semi-finals) 1. Holger Hill/Andrew Quinn (14.29) 2. Ilka Simon/Jascha Wollmann (13.91) 3. Marc Pestotnik/Andre Hillmann (12.90) 4. Frank Lejeune/Michel Otte (12.57) Open Pairs Prelim Pool-A 1. Carsten Heim/Heiko Vogt (18.39) 2. Mehrdad Hosseinian/Stefan Duenkel (18.12) 3. Harald Skomroch/Enrique Faria (16.18) 4. Ilka Simon/Jascha Wollmann (15.83) 5. Frank Lejeune/Michel Otte (12.38) Open Pairs Prelim Pool-B 1. Florian Hess/Christian Lamred (21.82) 2. Philipp Lenarz/Fabio Caruso (18.90) 3. Robert Dittrich/Jens Friebe (16.72) 4. Holger Hill/Andrew Quinn (15.42) 5. Marc Pestotnik/Andre Hillmann (12.64)

Utter Mastery

Thu, 03 Apr 2008 23:30:00 -0400

Fabio Sanna got into the zone in the semis of pairs at Paganello and hit huge moves with such mastery that they looked standard. Keep in mind that Tommy's playing well in this round too, but Fabio keeps upping the ante. Double spinning arvon. Bad attitude hold directly into invert, then skid, leading to a double spinning barrel gitis. Double spinning skid. Flamingitises. Playing both spins. With no wind to help him out. They didn't win the round, but Fabio's 4 minutes might have been the performance of the tournament.

Judging: The Severe Error

Sun, 30 Mar 2008 20:38:00 -0400

1. Severe Error (-.5) Reserved for mistakes that disturb the routine in an extreme way, such as a wild throwaway, a long, embarrassing break in the routine, or an incident that clearly endangers the audience. Judges are cautioned to make a Severe Error deduction only when the audience is clearly endangered, not just when players perform near the audience. Catches near the audience may add to a routine's excitement without endangering spectators.

I noticed something at Paganello while helping Lui tabulate the results of the Co-op finals. A judge gave three teams in my pool a Severe Error - including one in my routine with Gery Nemeth and Balu Major. As implied in the definition above, Severe Errors are most often wild throaways, discs thrown out of the reach of the teammate. I was surprised because I didn't remember any throwaways during our performance. I'll have to wait until the videos hit YouTube to remind myself of what happened during our five minutes.

I bring this up not as a sob story. We would have placed the same with or without that deduction. I bring this up because Severe Errors are rare, especially indoors, and yet three teams were given the Severe Error deduction during the finals, so it's a good window into how judges perceive the judging system and the routine they watch.

Judging competency is essential. As so many players emerge into the competitive scene, it's super important that judges are trained and that players can expect to be evaluated consistently. One of the best ways to improve our judging competency is through discussion. So let's talk about the Severe Error. When do you give them, what's your threshhold for the difference between Major and Severe Error? What do we need to do to communicate the difference to new judges?

I give Severe Errors rarely because that's the intention of the judging system. They are Severe. Most teams don't stray into Severe territory. They may make mistakes, but most don't make gigantic, severe mistakes that match the definition of this deduction.

For throwaways, I adhere very strictly to the definition. It's got to be a wild throwaway. The teammate doesn't even have a chance to touch the disc. Someone used to use the phrase "throw to the ghost," like the disc was thrown to someone not even on the team.

Regular bad throws usually get a 0.2 or 0.3 from me. If the disc is dropped or doesn't reach the teammate, but it's not a huge, embarrassing error, I give a 0.3. Occasionally, I'll downgrade for 0.2 if someone is able to seamlessly pick or kick the disc back into play.

The other scenarios for Severe Error rarely happen. I personally have not seen a player endanger the audience. I've seen many flow interruptions, but the play hardly ever stops long enough for it to be a Severe Error.

What kind of disruptions would merit a Severe Error if I were a judge? Let's say the team not only forgot where they were in the routine but started a long conversation about what to do. After about 10 seconds of absolutely nothing going on, I'd probably give the Severe Error. Usually, teams make some sort of throw before that, so this situation rarely comes up.

How about teams that endanger the audience? For me, the line that distinguishes between aggressive play, going after a disc off the field, and a Severe Error is body control. If the player is tracking the disc AND the audience, and if they make good decisions about where to run/jump, it's not a severe error for this judge. But, if the player recklessly runs into the audience with a great chance of collision, or if they jump with little body control so there's a very real possibility of them landing on an audience member, they get the 0.5 deduction.

I want to make an important distinction. There are players who can play into an audience without endangering them. It's probably not the best situation, but I'll let the Artistic Impression judges deal with that. The point is: the player isn't endangering the audience by doing it, and that is the essential difference between a Severe Error and a questionable decision that's not really an error.

2008 Paganello: Final Results

Sun, 23 Mar 2008 17:23:00 -0400

The rain came. A cold rain that kept us in the tent. The downside was that the people of Rimini didn't get to see the freestyle final. The upside was that we had a raucus audience of stir-crazy Ultimate players.

Tomorrow's weather forecast is better, so we're all looking forward to a big beach jam.

Here's how the finals went down:

Open Co-op Final

1. Clay Collera/Paul Kenny/Manuel Cesari (44.2 - DIFF: 12.6, EX: 17, AI: 14.6) [video]
2. Dan Yarnell/Steve Hays/Darryl Allen (43.9 - DIFF: 13.3, EX: 17.6, AI: 13) [video]
3. Tom Leitner/Claudio Cigna/Luca Medri (43 - DIFF: 13.8, EX: 15.2, AI: 14) [video]
4. Arthur Coddington/Gery Nemeth/Balu Major (41.8 - DIFF: 13.6, EX: 15.2, AI: 13) [video]
5. Matteo Gaddoni/Valerio Occorsio/Jan Schreck (38.6 - DIFF: 12.7, EX: 13.1, AI: 12.8) [video]
6. Emmanuele Faustini/Flo Hess/Danilo Torzolini (38.4 - DIFF: 12.8, EX: 13.6, AI: 12) [video]
7. Anton Capellman/Jan Soerensen/Kolja Hanneman (34.2 - DIFF: 10, EX: 12.8, AI: 11.4)
8. Sergio Arrighi/Marco Prati/Andrea Poli (31.7 - DIFF: 11.5, EX: 11.6, AI: 8.6)

Open Pairs Final

1. Tom Leitner/Fabio Sanna (47.5 - DIFF: 12.8, EX: 17.3, AI: 17.4) [video]
2. Clay Collera/Claudio Cigna (45.4 - DIFF: 11.7, EX: 16.3, AI: 17.4) [video 1 & 2]
3. Matteo Gaddoni/Arthur Coddington (42.1 - DIFF: 11.4, EX: 16.2, AI: 14.5) [video 1 & 2]
4. Paul Kenny/Reto Zimmerman (41.2 - DIFF: 11.5, EX: 14.1, AI: 15.6) [video 1 & 2]
5. Valerio Occorsio/Giovanni Coppo (39.8 - DIFF: 10.2, EX: 16.7, AI: 12.9) [video]
6. Darryl Allen/Steve Hays (39.3 - DIFF: 10.4, EX: 16.9, AI: 12) [video]
7. Jan Schreck/Flo Hess (38 - DIFF: 11.1, EX: 15.1, AI: 11.8) [video]
8. Balu Major/Gery Nemeth (35.6 - DIFF: 9.1, EX: 13.9, AI: 12.6)

Spirit of the Game: Steve "The Beast" Hays

Special Lifetime Achievement Award: Joey Hudoklin

2008 Paganello: Day 2 Results

Sun, 23 Mar 2008 06:43:00 -0400

An exciting Day 2. We weren't sure if we'd have to move inside again. The morning weather was beautiful, but an afternoon storm was predicted. The weather started to turn, with the wind shifting 180 degrees to that nasty offshore breeze from Friday, but it didn't last long and we played the co-op semis outdoors on the red carpet.

The crowd seemed almost as big as last year's finals audience. Lots of high energy routines throughout the afternoon, including Flo Hess/Emannuele Faustini/Danilo Torzolini taking an upset win the A pool. The biggest shocker of the day was that Fabio Sanna/Piccio Cusma/Joey Hudoklin didn't make the finals. They had a rough, Frisbee hell round and couldn't recover enough to make it to Sunday's show.

In the evening, we moved to the disco for the pairs finals and another high-energy show in front of Paganello's ultimate teams. Clay Collera/Claudio Cigna laid down the strongest performance of the night, a two drop routine that took a hotly contested A pool - the top 3 teams had 4 drops or less. Tom Leitner and Fabio Sanna came in second but put on a technical clinic, one of the most aggressive routines I've seen in a while. Fabio was completely in the zone, hitting a double spinning against the spin flamingo pull, a double spinning barrel gitis, a double spinning skid and much much more. Young upstarts Balu Major and Gery Nemeth upset Paul Kenny and Reto Zimmerman to take 1st place in Pool B.

The Flickr photographers have also arrived, so expect to see a fresh batch of action shots shortly.

The weather reports are for rain today. We're hoping they are as wrong as they were yesterday.

Co-op Semi A

1. Emmanuele Faustini/Flo Hess/Danilo Torzolini ( TOTAL: 38.9 - DIFF: 12.8, EX: 15.6, AI: 10.5) [video]
2. Matteo Gaddoni/Valerio Occorsio/Jan Schreck ( TOTAL: 37.6 - DIFF: 12.7, EX: 13.9, AI: 11) [video]
3. Dan Yarnell/steve Hays/Darryl Allen ( TOTAL: 37.5 - DIFF: 12.4, EX: 15.7, AI: 9.4) [video]
4. Clay Collera/Paul Kenny/Manuel Cesari ( TOTAL: 37.4 - DIFF: 13.6, EX: 12.6, AI: 11.2) [video]
5. Paolo Magni/Filippo Cavalca/Giovanni Coppo ( TOTAL: 34.7 - DIFF: 12.4, EX: 12.6, AI: 9.7)
6. Eleonora Imazio/Markus Goetz/John Titcomb ( TOTAL: 27 - DIFF: 10.5, EX: 8.9, AI: 7.6)
7. Raffaele Pilla/Gloria Alessandrini/Davide Bianchi ( TOTAL: 24.5 - DIFF: 8.4, EX: 10.6, AI: 5.5) [video]
8. Lukas Lacina/Jakub Zahradnicek/Jan Dexter Struz ( TOTAL: 19.7 - DIFF: 8.7, EX: 6.7, AI: 4.3) [video]
9. Jakub Matula/Jakub Sedlak/Nico Bernold ( TOTAL: 19.4 - DIFF: 7.9, EX: 7.2, AI: 4.3)

Co-op Semi B

1. Claudio Cigna/Luca Medri/Tom Leitner ( TOTAL: 44.8 - DIFF: 13.3, EX: 16, AI: 15.5) [video]
2. Arthur Coddington/Balu Major/Gery Nemeth ( TOTAL: 43 - DIFF: 13.3, EX: 16, AI: 13.7) [video]
3. Sergio Arrighi/Marco Prati/Andrea Poli ( TOTAL: 39.9 - DIFF: 12.5, EX: 15.9, AI: 11.5) [video]
4. Anton Capellman/Jan Soerensen/Kolja Hanneman ( TOTAL: 39.1 - DIFF: 11.9, EX: 15, AI: 12.2) [video]
5. Fabio Sanna/Antonio Cusma/Joey Hudoklin ( TOTAL: 35.9 - DIFF: 12.5, EX: 11.2, AI: 12.2) [video]
6. Oren Meron/Ofek Agmon/Yarden Borcow ( TOTAL: 34.4 - DIFF: 10.3, EX: 12.8, AI: 11.3)
7. Sergio Marconi/Andrea Dini/Pavel Baranyk ( TOTAL: 33.4 - DIFF: 11.1, EX: 11.5, AI: 10.8)
8. Ale Berra/Matteo Ceresa/Merciano ( TOTAL: 30.8 - DIFF: 9.6, EX: 11.9, AI: 9.3) [video]
9. Jakub Hosek/Fathi Abdelli/Niki Thoma ( TOTAL: 19.4 - DIFF: 8, EX: 7, AI: 4.4)

Pairs Semi A

1. Clay Collera/Claudio Cigna ( TOTAL: 47.4 - DIFF: 14.2, EX: 18.8, AI: 14.4) [video]
2. Tom Leitner/Fabio Sanna ( TOTAL: 46.1 - DIFF: 14.6, EX: 17.2, AI: 14.3) [video]
3. Matteo Gaddoni/Arthur Coddington ( TOTAL: 45.9 - DIFF: 13.9, EX: 17.3, AI: 14.7) [video]
4. Darryl Allen/Steve Hays ( TOTAL: 40.7 - DIFF: 10, EX: 18.3, AI: 12.4) [video]
5. Ele Imazio/Dan Yarnell ( TOTAL: 39.1 - DIFF: 10, EX: 18.5, AI: 10.6) [video]
6. Marco Prati/Luca Medri ( TOTAL: 38.4 - DIFF: 11.5, EX: 15, AI: 11.9) [video]
7. Filippo Cavalca/Sergio Arrighi ( TOTAL: 35.2 - DIFF: 10.6, EX: 15.2, AI: 9.4) [video]
8. Kolja Hanneman/Nico Bernold ( TOTAL: 28 - DIFF: 7.4, EX: 12.5, AI: 8.1) [video]

Pairs Semi B

1. Balu Major/Gery Nemeth ( TOTAL: 42 - DIFF: 12.4, EX: 16.8, AI: 12.8) [video]
2. Paul Kenny/Reto Zimmerman ( TOTAL: 41.8 - DIFF: 13.2, EX: 15.1, AI: 13.5) [video]
3. Valerio Occorsio/Giovanni Coppo ( TOTAL: 41 - DIFF: 11.5, EX: 16.9, AI: 12.6) [video]
4. Jan Schreck/Flo Hess ( TOTAL: 38 - DIFF: 12.2, EX: 13.7, AI: 12.1) [video]
5. Oren Meron/Paval Baranyk ( TOTAL: 36.2 - DIFF: 10.5, EX: 15.3, AI: 10.4) [video]
6. Anton Capellman/Andrea Dini ( TOTAL: 35.9 - DIFF: 10, EX: 16, AI: 9.9)
7. Joey Hudoklin/Rob Fried ( TOTAL: 34.3 - DIFF: 10.3, EX: 13.3, AI: 10.7) [video]
8. Manuel Cesari/Andrea Poli ( TOTAL: 33.4 - DIFF: 10.6, EX: 12, AI: 10.8) [video]