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Want two limited-edition discs and a whiz ring for $10? Join the Freestyle Players Association. They just reduced their membership fees. A Jammer membership is now only $10, and Competitor memberships have been reduced to $30 until June 30. Join or renew now! Give a membership as a gift. It’s the best deal in freestyle.
No get-rich quick schemes here, just a peek at the financial solvency of some companies that have supported freestyle:
Budweiser: Sponsor of the Bud Light Team in the mid-1980’s.
Dupont: Ever wonder where the plastic for the discs comes from? DuPont is a leading manufacturer of Low Density Polyethylene pellets, which are used to manufacture discs.
K2: sponsor of the 1998 and 2000 FPA World Championships. Winners were lucky enough to receive a pair of inline skates as part of their prize package.
Krazy Glue is part of privately-owned Borden Chemical.
Nike: Shoes, sunglasses and more. Broadcast a pivotal commercial in 2003 that ignited interest in freestyle throughout Europe.
Ray-Ban Sunglasses: Owned by Luxottica of Milano.
Rollerblade: Part of the world dominating empire of Benetton.
The 2004 Year-End freestyle rankings for women have been published, and the list of yearly top 10 ranked women players has been updated as well.
[Summary coming soon – or you can write a better one in the comments section…]
When I compile the rankings each month, I see a lot of slow movement. Players drifting up and down in little waves, with a few big splashes of rising or retiring players making sudden moves. It’s generally very calm and orderly.
For this year’s 2004 rankings list, I decided to add information about each player’s rank on the 2003 year-end list. Taking a step back from the month-to-month rankings revealed just how much of a revolution our sport is experiencing. Dozens of new players entering the list. Some outrageous upward movement by emerging stars. Looked at year-by-year, the rankings is no calm pond. It’s a roiling, raging rapids.
2004 Year-End Freestyle Flying Disc Women’s Rankings
(tournaments from January 1, 2003 to January 1, 2005)
Rank | Player | Best 5 Results | Events Played
1 Hunrichs Silvey, Lisa (USA) 1600.00 13
2 Kruger, Cindy (USA) 1400.00 17
3 Graves, Anne (USA) 1025.00 13
4 Lowry, Mary (USA) 1025.00 6
5 Sanchez, Bethany (USA) 1005.00 13
6 Daniels, Lori (USA) 925.00 8
7 Robbins, Judy (USA) 843.75 5
8 Bergman, Sarah (USA) 760.75 6
9 Hagenbjšrk, Karolina (SWE) 705.75 4
10 Almljung-Tšrngren, Linda (SWE) 630.75 4
11 Yaniv, Hila (ISR) 571.25 5
12 Titcomb, Qxhna (USA) 517.00 3
13T Mossavarrahmani, Gohar (SWE) 450.00 3
13T Mossavarrahmani, Nilofaar (SWE) 450.00 3
15 Schiller, Amy (USA) 376.50 5
16 Pardo, Renee (USA) 253.00 3
17 Bogenhagen, Terry (USA) 220.00 3
18 Trail, Melissa (USA) 143.16 5
19 Goh, Anne (USA) 129.00 3
20T Carreiro, Amanda (USA) 125.00 1
20T Kenny, Cheryl (USA) 125.00 1
20T Morales, Hilda (USA) 125.00 1
Check your local specials for Long’s Drugs. In my area, Krazy Glue is buy one/get one free.
Stock up for the year!
Fresh in from Japan, the latest fashion statement – Apple logo fake nails. I’m still waiting for nails with an embedded LoJack tracker so I can find them when they burrow under the grass at the worst moments.
Don’t forget to participate in the “what kind of nails do you use?” poll on the left.
Now is the time to book your tickets, if you can plan that far ahead. Airlines and booking organizations are having some unbelievable sales.
Orbitz is giving away a Blackberry 6710 cellphone/organizer/wireless web thingy ($99 value) when you book anything. The catch? Blackberries need service to work, so you have to get a plan ($29.99/month + $35 activation fee + $9.99 shipping minus $85 rebate – got that?). NOTE: This deal has expired, but try this one for some great Florida (aka Jam With Paul Kenny) fares:
Airlines like Delta, JetBlue and American announced some amazing (foolhearty?) sales today – Delta’s fares are 50% off. You can book through CheapTickets.com or Orbitz. I saw a Paganello fare from the West Coast to Bologna for less than $700, a cross-country round trip to the Baton Rouge jam (February 5-7) for $314, to Jammers for $285 and a round trip to Seattle for Worlds (July 29-31) of about $200. Dates of events are on the FPA schedule.
If you’ve got the credit or cash, and you know you’re going on the road, think about booking now.