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Profile: UK’s Newest Generation


Timmy “Magic” Broxup
(Timmy’s Shrednow Profile)

We have heard about the freestyle explosion in Italy and Israel, the emergence in Germany, France, Denmark and the Netherlands. Something else is happening. Below the radar, a group of young freestylers from the UK has been on a freestyle mission. With the help of The Secrets of Pro Disc Freestyle, they have been studying and practicing and jamming, and they are getting good very quickly. Most importantly, most of them already have nicknames.

If you went to the European Championships, you may have met Timmy “Magic” Broxup or Russell “I don’t have a nickname yet” Scott. You may have met John “Johninho” Coxhead or Joe “The Flow” McCrave on MSN’s Instant Messenger. They are four of the new freestylers from the UK. Most of us have not jammed with them yet.

And in this nucular, high tech age, we don’t have to wait until our travels bring us to the same destination to meet them. They have already filmed videos to introduced themselves through their website, ukfrisbee.com.

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Big Moves: Dave Schiller, 1998 FPAW


(DivX: 412k, Quicktime: 716k)

When: 1998
Where: Greenlake Park – Seattle, WA
Who: Dave Schiller
Why: FPA Worlds – Co-op Semifinals

While playing with Danny Cameranesi and Joel Rogers in the 1998 FPA Worlds co-op semifinals, Dave Schiller came back from two frustrating individual combos with this one that made up for everything.

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Media Moments: 1996 Jeep “I Got It”


(DivX, 2.0 meg, 720k)
(Quicktime, 428k)

When: 1996
Where: On television all over the US
Who: Dave & Amy Schiller
Why: Jeep wanted to sell cars.

Just before the 1996 US Open, Jeep started casting a commercial with a Frisbee theme. People travelled to San Diego for auditions. In the end, Dave Schiller and Amy Bekken (now Amy Schiller) were hired for the spot, which was filmed the week of the U.S. Open. Amy gave up a likely overall and freestyle title, and Dave gave up a great shot at the U.S. Open freestyle championship to promote a great image for disc sports. Yes, they are really on those mountains.

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Rankings – December 2004

The big development in this month’s rankings (open | women) is that there is now more information available. I have added the nationality of the ranked players to the list. It gives an interesting snapshot of the international nature of our sport, and it will also allow players like Lorenzo Apriano to compile country-specific rankings lists using worldwide rankings.

I’m sure there are some mistakes, as I did this mostly from tournament results and memory. Let me know if I got anyone’s country wrong – or three-letter country abbreviations.

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Winning Moments: 1997 Arizona States

When: 1997
Where: Scottsdale, Arizona
Who: Arthur Coddington, Dave Murphy
Why: Arizona States – Freestyle Final

In 1997, Arthur Coddington and Dave Murphy played Pairs together while Dave Lewis recovered from a pesky neck injury. Their “Sweet Emotion” routine was runner-up to Schiller/Silvey’s “Jet” routine at the 1997FPAW. After the worlds, Coddington and Murphy took their show on the road and won some redemption with this title-winning performance at the Arizona States.