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2006 Torneo Cittá Di Milano
Milan, Italy
September 16-17, 2006
1. Fabio Sanna 395 points
2. Clay Collerá 385
3. Andrea Meola 370
4. Paolo Magni 345
5. Antonio Cusmá 335
6. Vico Silano 295
7. Silvia Caruso 285
8. Claudio Cigna 280
9. Fabio Caruso 270
10. Sergio Arrighi 250
11. Filippo Cavalca 230
12. Matteo Ceresa 205
13. Alessandro Berra 180
14. Ale Collerá 175
14. Massimo Possenti 175
16. Andrea Corizzo 170
The resurrection of Indian Summer coincided with what else but…indian summer. Two 80+ degree days and a sweet wind on Sunday were heaven for the freestylers.
The competition used the pinball judging system, which rewards a mix of difficulty and hitting specific bonus moves during a routine. Three bonus moves were worth up to five points each, depending on the quality shown. Three super bonus moves were worth either 5 points or 0 points. If you did the move successfully, you got 5. Otherwise, zippo. Add a difficulty mark from 1-10 to get each team’s finals score.
For the pro division, bonus points were given out for a roll to a teammate’s catch, a brushing run and an aerial catch. Super bonuses were given out for a footbrush, a multiple spinning catch and a turnover.
For the amateur division, bonuses were given for a tipping combo, an airbrush to a catch, and a nail delay. Super bonuses were given for a bodyroll, a footbrush and any trick catch besides a UTL or THE.
The final Pro results shook out like this:
1. Skippy Jammer/Arthur Coddington (31.4 points)
2. Greg Riley/Scott Weaver (25.6)
3. Mark Regalbuti/Carolyn Yabe (25.5)
4. Carl Dobson/Doug Korns (24.3)
5. Bob Gossett/Dan Exelby/Tom Ford (23.2)
6. Scott Riley/Pete Sontag (18.7)
7. Mike Ruzicka/Amy Campbell/Jeff Fiedler (4.2)
8. Sweet Lou/Big Ter (3.2)
Amateur Division
1. Josh Walton/FJ
Believe it or not, the September world rankings (Open and Women) are done. I know. You weren’t expecting these until December, but I am full of surprises.
No big article this time except to say thanks to Flo Hess for playing with me at Jam & Go Cologne. Playing together was a wonderful experience, and a big bonus is that you helped me earn enough points to jump back up into the Top 10. Thanks!
European Freestyle Championships
Rome, Italy
September 2-3, 2006
Open Pairs Final
1. Clay Collera/Fabio Sanna
2. Florian Hess/Christian Lamred
3. Matteo Gaddoni/Luca Medri
4. Gregory Lo-a-sjoe/Edoardo Favorini
5. Luca Mazzucato/Claudio Massaro
6. Stefan Karlsson/Joakim Arveskaer
7. Angelo Mancarella/Carlo Perrone
8. Lorenzo Apriani/Roland Karlsson
Open Co-op Final
1. Florian Hess/Christian Lamred/Antonio Cusmá Piccione
2. Stefan Karlsson/Joakim Arveskaer/Andreas Jaderyd
3. Matteo Gaddoni/Luca Medri/Clay Collera
4. Mauro Mercuri/Alessandro Damiano/Edoardo Favorini
5. Lorenzo Apriani/Roland Karlsson/Paolo Mirabelli
T6. Fabio Sanna/Fernando Brotugno/Eleonora Imazio
T6. Luca Mazzucato/Claudio Massaro/Andrea Rimitori
8. Ramon Galliani/Angelo Mancarella/Carlo Perrone
Mixed Pairs Final
1. Fabio Sanna/Ele Imazio
2. Roland Karlsson/Karolina Hagenbjoerk
3. Carlo Perrone/Cristina Nicolardi
4. Jan Shreck/Bianca Strunz
5. Angelo Mancarella/Linda Toerngren
6. Luca Mazzucato/Silvia Caruso
Womens Shred
1. Silvia Caruso
2. Karolina Hagenbjoerk
3. Bianca Strunz
4. Cristina Nicolardi
5. Linda Toerngren
6. Ele Imazio
Preliminary and Semifinal results below…
Continue reading “2006 European Freestyle Championships Results”
Wisconsin States
Sheboyan, Wi
August 19-20, 2006
Open
1. Steve Jennings/Pat Marron
2. Rodney Sanchez/Rico Schneider
3. Tim Mackey/ Dave Bogenhagen/Terry Bogenhagen
4. Erik Drummond/John Elsner/Chris Sieben
5. Ryan Hornickel/Terry Miller
6. Matt Brock/Ben Singer
Masters
1. Daniel Burke/Jim Van Lanen
2. David Bolyard/Paul Thompson
3. Shawn Fallon/Paul Kuffel
Women
1. Bethany Sanchez
2. Terry Bogenhagen
3. Katie Stauss
Frischstylers Jam 2006
Karlsruhe, Germany
August 26-27, 2006
1. Carstein Heim/Laurent Mess (39.5)
2. Boguslaw Bul/Alex Humphreys (38.5)
3. Florian Hess/Domi Weissenberger (37.1)
4. Stefan Dünkel/Mehrdad Hosseinian (33.9)
5. Markus Götz/Heiko Vogt (29.2)
6. Rainer Dörr/Jochen Schleicher (28.8)
7. Silvia Kronmüller/Martin Stadler (19.8)
8. Björn Tiggis/Jascha Wollman (18.7)
9. Janis Degenhardt/Benni Sing (15.8)
This list is super late, late-issimo, inexcusably late and I apologize. A couple factors collided to delay them – starting a new job and compiling an unprecedented amount of Worlds data. The result: the rankings are a little more than a month late, and another, newer rankings list for September will be announced in the next few days (fingers crossed).
I wanted to do a lengthy analysis of these rankings because they are pretty earthshattering, but that would delay them even more, so I’ll just summarize some of the highlights:
– We have a new Women’s #1. Congratulations to Mary Lowry for taking over the #1 spot! Her win in Women’s at FPAW allowed her to squeak by Lisa Hunrichs and reign supreme.
– Tom Leitner remains the Open #1 player. With two world championships titles in the past 2 years plus a second (FPAW2006 pairs) and a fourth (FPAW2006 co-op), he maintains a healthy lead over all other players.
– There is a youth invasion in the top 10. Fabio Sannam Matt Gauthier and Andrea Meola all enter the top 10. A note about youth, though. The top 5 players are all 40+ years old, but the spirit of one of them is younger than us all – Clay Collera, who reaches a career high of #4. In some sports, being 40 is a problem, but it’s really an asset in freestyle. Our sport is one for a lifetime. It keeps us young. The more we play, the more we embrace the wonder of flight, the energy of creativity, the glow of athleticism. And remember, those creaking, old 40+ year old veterans have had a lot of time to build up their skills, think about freestyle and develop the competitive mind that earns them the megapoints needed for the top 5. The new generation will eventually take over, but the old geezers won’t go down without a fight. 😉
– Randy Silvey and I fall out of the top 10. That’s what we get for not playing at a worlds.
– Toddy Brodeur drops 9 spots despite winning another world title. This is because his first co-op win in 2004 expired with this list, so he kind of broke even on those points. The big change was that Toddy ruled the summer of 2004, winning four or five tournaments in a row leading into the worlds. Those points all went away this month, ironically lowering his points even though he rocked this worlds. It’s a reminder that the rankings are a reflection of the entire two years of play, even though the worlds tends to make a big contribution to the point total.
– The size of the rankings list is actually smaller this month than last because many summer tournaments from 2004 expired. The next list should get bigger as there were a lot of August events this year. The October list should be even bigger with all the September European events.
– It seemed like the top finishers earned more bonus points this year than in previous years because there were so many players from the Top 200 at Berlin. That helps the top finishers, but if you didn’t progress through many cuts at the Worlds, your points might be lower than you expect. In fact, we reached the limit of the current point scale with this year’s worlds, so I will be revising the point scale to reflect the new definition of a huge event. Thanks again, Kolja, the entire Berlin planning team, and everyone who attended FPAW2006!
Please add your observations in the comments. Brag about your ranking. Speculate about next month. And as always, if you think there’s a mistake, just contact me. Mistakes happen, and I’ll fix them.
2006 European Freestyle Championships
Corallo Beach
Rome, Italy
September 3-4, 2006
Summary:
62 players
19 co-op teams
30 pairs teams
6 mixed teams
Mixed Pairs Final
1. Fabio Sanna/ Ele Imazio
2. Roland Karlsson/ Karolina Hagenbjoerk
3. Carlo Perrone/ Cristina Nicolardi
4. Jan Shreck/ Bianca Strunz
5. Angelo Mancarella/ Linda Toerngren
6. Luca Mazzucato/Silvia Caruso
Womens Shred
1. Silvia Caruso
2. Karolina Hagenbjoerk
3. Bianca Strunz
4. Cristina Nicolardi
5. Linda Toerngren
6. Ele Imazio
Open Pairs Final
1. Clay Collera/ Fabio Sanna
2. Florian Hess/ Christian Lamred
3. Matteo Gaddoni/ Luca Medri
4. Gregory Lo-a-sjoe/ Edoardo Favorini
5. Luca Mazzucato/ Claudio Massaro
6. Stefan Karlsson/ Joakim Arveskaer
7. Angelo Mancarella/ Carlo Perrone
8. Lorenzo Apriani/ Roland Karlsson
Open Co-op Final
1. Florian Hess/ Christian Lamred/ Antonio Cusmá Piccione
2. Stefan Karlsson/ Joakim Arveskaer/ Andreas Jaderyd
3. Matteo Gaddoni/ Luca Medri/ Clay Collera
4. Mauro Mercuri/ Alessandro Damiano/ Edoardo Favorini
5. Lorenzo Apriani/ Roland Karlsson/ Paolo Mirabelli
T6. Fabio Sanna/ Fernando Brotugno/ Eleonora Imazio
T6. Luca Mazzucato/ Claudio Massaro/ Andrea Rimatori
8. Ramon Galliani/ Angelo Mancarella/ Carlo Perrone
Following up on this discussion about difficulty, Z Weyand has put together an example of how 15-second difficulty judging might go. The video (7mb, mov), from my 2003 FPAW semifinal round of Open Pairs with Dave Lewis, shows 30 seconds of freestyle. A difficulty judge would write down two scores during this period. On the video, you can see the word MARK to indicate when to award your score.
Once some people chime in with scores and comments, Dave, Skippy Jammer and I will give our perspectives.
Only weeks after the 2006 FPAW, teams are forming for 2007 in Amsterdam, and it looks like there will be some doozies:
Open Pairs
Dave Murphy/Dave Schiller
Ted Oberhaus/Randy Silvey
Dave Lewis/Pat Marron
Open Co-op
Dave Lewis/Dave Murphy/Dave Schiller (aka D3)
Tom Leitner/Ted Oberhaus/Randy Silvey
Toddy Brodeur/Larry Imperiale/Paul Kenny
If things keep going at this pace, Amsterdam will be incinerated by the performances these teams will lay down.
What other players are joining forces to compete in Amsterdam?