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You can now share YouTube videos in Shrednow stories. I have adjusted our security settings to allow the embedded YouTube (and probably Google Video too) player. When you create a story that uses a YouTube video, just make sure to select “HTML Formatted” instead of “Plain Old Text”.
Here’s some footage Fabio and Eleonora put together from EFC 2006:
I am going to Paganello for the first time ever after 10 years of watching it from afar and envying those who have been able to be there. I am really excited about Paga, but more so to see all my friends after almost a year away from Europe.
The first challenge was finding a way to travel to Paganello. After searching for months, I was able to find a good airfare. Once I figured that out, another question appeared: will I compete or just jam? Experiencing Paganello is one thing, but having the experience of competing in Paganello is legendary. Will I feel like I’m missing out by not competing?
The question is actually a bit trickier now because it is so late. There are only a few weeks until Paga, and most players have already teamed up. Usually I have been able to put together superteams of elite players, and that has spoiled me because superteams have a tendency to place well.
No superteam this year, but competing at Paganello with the rising European stars might be just as fun. I had a great time playing in Köln with Flo Hess.
And here is the quandary. In order to compete in Paga, I need to find a team soon, but part of my process for finding a team is finding a bond – jamming with someone, knowing them. For instance, Flo and I had jammed for a few weeks before Köln.
If I compete at Paga, I won’t have a chance to put together the magical Paga team, the team that can capture Paga’s spirit and shred (no matter what our level is). Maybe my team will have magic; maybe it won’t. It will be sort of a blind decision.
So, now I must decide what to do. Will I be happier just jamming, like I did in Berlin? It’s nice to not have to rehearse or warm-up or conserve energy. It’s nice to just watch the competition and take photos. Or will I be happier experiencing Paga through the lens of a competition team. It’s nice to share four minutes of performance.
So, Yendor, and the entire Shrednow community…what should I do? Should I jam or should I compete? Should I compete with you? Should I compete against you? Should I leave my nails at home and go sightseeing?
Each year, I look at the rankings system to figure out what’s working and what might need improvement. Each year, I share proposed changes to the FPA Board along with suggestions others have made. Sometimes those changes are small; sometimes they are systemic.
Last year, we made some small changes in classifying which tournaments would offer larger point values. This year, there will be some broader changes designed to address the evolution of the freestyle tournament scene and to create some standardization toward future upgrades.
I will update the rankings section of the site soon with detailed descriptions of all the changes, but in the meantime let me outline the main changes. None of the changes affected the year-end lists (open | women) for 2006. All of the changes begin with the February 2007 lists (open | women).
Taken separately, the changes might seem strange or scary, but read through them as a package of changes that work together to keep the rankings in balance, with the goal of creating a useful reflection of current tournament performance.
Continue reading “FPA Board Supports Rankings System Changes”
Puerto Rico Winter Jam 2007
Puerto Rico
February 17-18, 2007
1. Toddy Brodeur/Pipo Lopez
2. Jamie Chantiles/Pat Marron
3. Liliana Cruz/Paul Kenny
4. Felipe "Tito" Torres/Manuel "Cookie" Viner
5. Geoff Gregory/Ricardo Guzman
2007 Boxmeer Winterjam
Netherlands
January 30, 2007
1. Boguslaw Bul/Iwan de Moor
2. Michel Otte/Frank Lejeune
3. Henrik Klein/Paul Seifert
4. Ilka Simon/Jascha Wollmann
5. Holger Hill/André Hillmann
6. Bram Maassen
In the spirit of Tall Pall’s All Star Thursday reports on the Jammers on the Net list, I thought I would open up a space to talk about what happened in your January jams. Brag about yourself, tell us about a big move someone else did, report on a perfect co-oping moment, or just tell us how good it feels to play in the middle of the winter.
The 2007 FPA disc design has been announced. It is a tulip themed graphic (tulips/Amsterdam – get it?) by Carolyn Yabe. Personally, I love it and can’t wait to receive mine (a perk of FPA membership).
2006 Freestyle Flying Disc Year-End Women’s Rankings
(tournaments from January 1, 2005 to January 1, 2007)
Rank | Name (Nation) | Best Five Results | Number of Events
1 Lowry, Mary (USA) 1203.75 7
2 Hunrichs, Lisa (USA) 1200 6
3 Imazio, Eleonora (ITA) 1187.5 23
4 Kruger, Cindy (USA) 1155 10
5 Daniels, Lori (USA) 1130 13
6 Bergman, Sarah (USA) 1025 10
7 Sanchez, Bethany (USA) 912.5 11
8 Hagenbjšrk, Karolina (SWE) 814.5 6
9 Caruso, Silvia (ITA) 800 19
10 Strunz, Bianca (GER) 737.5 8
11 Schiller, Amy (USA) 705 3
12 Nicolardi, Cristina (ITA) 667.5 9
13 Torngren, Linda (SWE) 632 6
14 Yabe, Carolyn (USA) 602.5 6
15 Nicholson, Nicki (USA) 480 3
16 Bogenhagen, Terry (USA) 355 2
17 Goh, Anne (USA) 265.5 6
18 McCarthy, Stacy (USA) 250 1
19 Griffin, Jen (USA) 216.5 3
20 Yaniv, Hila (ISR) 200 1
The winners of the 2006 Jammy Awards have been announced. Winners are listed below in the extended text, to avoid revealing any spoilers. Full stories behind the winners are at the Jammy link above.
Tom Leitner is the year-end number one ranked frisbee freestyle player for 2005. He becomes the fourth player – after Arthur Coddington, Dave Murphy and Dave Lewis – to end the year twice with the number one ranking. This year-end list covers events from January 1, 2005 to January 1, 2007.
[this time | last time | name | best five results]
1 1 Leitner, Tom (USA) 1462.25 18
2 2 Imperiale, Larry (USA) 1283.75 8
3 3 Lewis, Dave (USA) 1222.00 6
4 4 Collerˆ, Clay (ITA) 1136.00 19
5 5 Kenny, Paul (USA) 1096.25 12
6 6 Gauthier, Matt (USA) 1078.75 6
7 7 Sanna, Fabio (ITA) 1060.50 27
8 8 Marron, Pat (USA) 1012.75 11
9 9 Gauthier, Jake (USA) 1005.50 10
10 10 Coddington, Arthur (USA) 980.75 7
11 11 Schiller, Dave (USA) 971.50 5
12 12 Zimmerman, Reto (SUI) 888.67 4
13 13 Cusm‡, Antonio Piccione (ITA) 878.25 15
14 14 Lopez, Pipo (PUR) 866.50 7
15 15 Kruger, Jeff (USA) 855.25 10
16T 16T ArveskŠr, Joakim (SWE) 849.00 5
16T 16T Karlsson, Stefan (SWE) 849.00 5
18 18 Brodeur, Toddy (USA) 841.50 6
19 19 Meola, Andrea (ITA) 841.00 11
20 20 Rogers, Joel (USA) 777.00 6
21 21 Silvey, Randy (USA) 776.25 3
22 22 Soerensen, Jan (DEN) 767.00 11
23 23 Apriani, Lorenzo (ITA) 737.25 14
24 24 Hess, Florian (GER) 729.50 11
25 25 Bul, Boguslaw (GER) 688.00 8
26 26 Fried, Rob (USA) 683.75 5
27 27 Lamred, Christian (GER) 676.25 6
28 28 Favorini, Edoardo (ITA) 651.75 9
29 29 Gaddoni, Matteo (ITA) 643.50 11
30 30 Wahrmann, Hartmut (GER) 597.00 4
31 31 Sanchez, Rodney (USA) 596.50 12
32 32 Chantiles, Jamie (USA) 578.50 11
33 34 Karlsson, Roland (SWE) 541.25 6
34 35 Yarnell, Dan (USA) 540.00 4
35 36 Jaderyd, Andreas (SWE) 536.75 4
36 37 Hunrichs, Lisa (USA) 535.25 7
37 38 Oberhaus, Ted (USA) 529.75 4
38 33 Botrugno, Fernando (ITA) 528.75 7
39 39 Imazio, Eleonora (ITA) 522.50 25
40 40 Mercuri, Mauro (ITA) 503.84 8
Continue reading “2006 Year-End Open Frisbee Freestyle Rankings”