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2008 Paganello: Day 1 Results

Below are the unofficial results from today’s Open Pairs prelim at Paganello. We moved into the big tent because of nasty onshore winds. We played on the tent’s wood floor and had a great crowd of hungry Ultimate players making their way to and from the concession.

Prelim highlights included Flo Hess’ superconsecutive Combo Of The Day that included a cartwheel and a spinning gitis, a one-drop performance by Reto Zimmerman and a bearded Paul Kenny, and the Paganello debut of legend Joey Hudoklin (and Darryl Allen and Rob Fried). The after competition highlight were the mob-ops in the tent that allowed the European players to continue their Joey-led immersion in one-touch jamming.

Tomorrow’s day session will be the co-op semifinals, and the night session will be the pairs semifinals in the disco.

2008 Paganello
Rimini, Italy
March 21, 2008

Prelim Pool A

1. Tom Leitner/Fabio Sanna ( TOTAL: 53.9 – DIFF: 15.8, EX: 27.3, AI: 10.8) [video]
2. Joey Hudoklin/Rob Fried ( TOTAL: 48.7 – DIFF: 13.7, EX: 24.3, AI: 10.7) [video]
3. Kolja Hanneman/Nico Bernold ( TOTAL: 41.4 – DIFF: 10.5, EX: 24.5, AI: 6.4)
4. Eleonora Imazio/Dan Yarnell ( TOTAL: 40.3 – DIFF: 11, EX: 23.6, AI: 5.7) [video]
5. Jakub Zahradnicek/Jan Dexter Struz ( TOTAL: 37.9 – DIFF: 10, EX: 22.5, AI: 5.4)
6. Davide Bianchi/Andrea Marciano ( TOTAL: 36.4 – DIFF: 7.9, EX: 25.2, AI: 3.3)
6. Jakub Osek/Lukas Lacina ( TOTAL: 36.4 – DIFF: 9.9, EX: 22.9, AI: 3.6)

Prelim Pool B

1. Paul Kenny/Reto Zimmerman ( TOTAL: 55.2 – DIFF: 11.8, EX: 28.8, AI: 14.6) [video]
2. Valerio Occorsio/Giovani Coppo ( TOTAL: 51.3 – DIFF: 11.7, EX: 28.2, AI: 11.4) [video]
3. Marco Prati/Luca Medri ( TOTAL: 46.1 – DIFF: 10.4, EX: 25.1, AI: 10.6)
4. Darryl Allen/Steve Hays ( TOTAL: 45.8 – DIFF: 10.3, EX: 26.9, AI: 8.6) [video]
5. Paolo Magni/Michele Casadei ( TOTAL: 41.4 – DIFF: 10, EX: 23.6, AI: 7.8) [video
6. John Titcomb/John Coxhead ( TOTAL: 39.5 – DIFF: 9, EX: 24.5, AI: 6)
7. Jakub Matula/Jakub Sedlak ( TOTAL: 33.8 – DIFF: 7.8, EX: 21.6, AI: 4.4)

Prelim Pool C

1. Matteo Gaddoni/Arthur Coddington ( TOTAL: 55.6 – DIFF: 13.5, EX: 27.9, AI: 14.2) [video]
2. Clay Collera/Claudio Cigna ( TOTAL: 55.2 – DIFF: 13.7, EX: 27.8, AI: 13.7) [video]
3. Balu Major/Gery Nemeth ( TOTAL: 53.9 – DIFF: 12.3, EX: 28.7, AI: 12.9)
4. Anton Capellmann/Andrea Dini ( TOTAL: 48.9 – DIFF: 11.2, EX: 27.1, AI: 10.6)
5. Matteo Ceresa/Alessandro Berra ( TOTAL: 44.6 – DIFF: 10.8, EX: 24.6, AI: 9.2)
6. Emmanuele Faustini/Martina frosini ( TOTAL: 40.6 – DIFF: 8.3, EX: 25.5, AI: 6.8)

Prelim Pool D

1. Jan Schreck/Flo Hess ( TOTAL: 49.7 – DIFF: 12.8, EX: 26.4, AI: 10.5)
2. Filippo Cavalca/Sergio Arrighi ( TOTAL: 47.7 – DIFF: 11.6, EX: 27.6, AI: 8.5)
3. Manuel Cesari/Andrea Poli ( TOTAL: 45.3 – DIFF: 11, EX: 25.6, AI: 8.7) [video]
4. Pavel Baranyk/Oren Meron ( TOTAL: 44.8 – DIFF: 11.1, EX: 26.4, AI: 7.3)
5. Antonio Cusma/Danilo TorzolinI ( TOTAL: 44.7 – DIFF: 11.1, EX: 24.5, AI: 9.1) [video]
6. Serge Marconi/Raffaele Pilla ( TOTAL: 37.6 – DIFF: 8.4, EX: 23.4, AI: 5.8)
7. Markus Goetz/Niki Thoma ( TOTAL: 35 – DIFF: 9.2, EX: 20.6, AI: 5.2)

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DiscCast Extra

Hey Jammers,

Today we are proud to announce the return of `DiscCast – The Frisbee Freestyle PodCast‘ in the form of `DiscCast Extra‘.

DiscCast Extra has been designed to allow us to keep DiscCast going but without committing ourselves to full length monthly episodes (which require much time and hard work). Instead, DiscCast will be released occasionally in one-off specials that will be shorter and have just one main feature. These features will include things such as interviews, discussions, how-to segments and news updates.

Coming soon to DiscCast Extra will be interviews with several time World
Champion and star of the 2003 Nike commercial Dave Murphy, and Female
legend of the game Judy Robbins. So keep your eyes pealed for these.

However, we are pleased to announce that the first DiscCast Extra flies into
action with a superb interview from John `Z’ WeyandÖ one of the true
pioneers of our sport.

DOWNLOAD
NOW

To download our interview with Z, 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 Podcast Alley.

Please do give us some feedback on the show – we’re eager to
hear from you! Contact us at ukdiscstyle@yahoo.co.uk
or discuss the podcast on the FPA
FORUM.

Thanks

John and Joe

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2008 Frisbeer Cup Results

2008 Freestyle Frisbeer Cup
Prague, Czech Republic
February 16-17, 2008

Open Pairs Final

1. Tommy Leitner/Fabio Sanna (46.7)
2. Geri Nemeth/Balu Major (45.5)
3. Philipp Lenarz/Fabio Caruso (39.5)
4. Jan Schreck/Anton Capellmann (38.4)
5. Jan Soerensen/Pavel Baranyk (38.1)
6. Jakub Hosek/Jakub Kostel (33.9)
7. ätěp·n Materna/Juro "Chorche" Turan (32.4)
8. Andrea Rimatori/Serge Marconi (28.1)

Open Co-op Final

1. Tommy Leitner/Fabio Sanna/Andrea Rimatori (41.6)
2. Sascha Scherzinger/Pavel Baranyk/Jan Schreck (37)
3. Jan Soerensen/Balu Major/Geri Nemeth (36.7)
4. Fabio Caruso/Philipp Lenarz/Juro "Chorche" Turan (32.6)
5. Jan "Mahony" Zahradnicek/Jiri Weiss/Luk·ö Lacina (29)
6. ätěp·n Materna/Jakub Hosek/Jakub Kostel (26.5)

Open Co-op Semi A

1. Tommy Leitner/Fabio Sanna/Andrea Rimatori (38.4)
2. ätěp·n Materna/Jakub Hoöek/Jakub Koötěl (27.6)
3. Luk·ö Lacina/Jan Zahradnicek/Jiri Weiss (26.5)
4. Ilka Simon/Harald Skomroch/Marc Pestotnik (24.3)
5. Jakub Zahradnicek/Anton Capellmann/Ondrej Klega (23.7)

Open Co-op Semi B

1. Jan Soerensen/Balu Major/Geri Nemeth (35.9)
2. Sascha Scherzinger/Pavel Baranyk/Jan Schreck (33.8)
3. Fabio Caruso/Philipp Lenarz/Juro Chorche Turan (33.4)
4. Jorg Woo Wunder/Philipp Ludwig/Bianca Strunz (24.3)
5. Serge Marconi/Jakub Sedlak/Jakub Matula (22.9)

Open Pairs Semi A

1. Fabio Sanna/Tommy Leitner (41.7)
2. Jan Schreck/Anton Capellmann (36.4)
3. Jan Soerensen/Pavel Baranyk (33.2)
4. ätěp·n Materna/Juro Chorche Turan (31.7)
5. Bianca Strunz/Philipp Ludwig (29.4)
6. Marc Pestotnik/Jorg Woo Wunder (28)
7. Luk·ö Lacina/Jiri Weiss (27.1)

Open Pairs Semi B

1. Jan Soerensen/Balu Major/Geri Nemeth (35.9)
2. Sascha Scherzinger/Pavel Baranyk/Jan Schreck (33.8)
3. Fabio Caruso/Philipp Lenarz/Juro Chorche Turan (33.4)
4. Jorg Woo Wunder/Philipp Ludwig/Bianca Strunz (24.3)
5. Serge Marconi/Jakub Sedlak/Jakub Matula (22.9)

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2007 Jammy Awards Announced

The winners of the 2007 Jammy Awards have been announced. The Jammys are a set of informal year-end awards. The freestyle community makes nominations, and a super secret cabal of decisionmakers (led by the super secret Paul Kenny) determines the winners.

Congratulations to this year’s Jammy Award winners:

The FPA Writing Award and the A*T Jam Party Award: Tall Paul

Erwin and Jens Velasquez Routine of the Year: Antonio Piccio Cusm·/Andrea Meola/Fabio Sanna, FPAW Co-op Finals

Tommy Leitner Move of the Year: Angelo Mancarella

Most Missed: Joey Hudoklin

Paganello Tournament of the Year: FPAW Amsterdam

FPA Lifetime Achievement Award: Pipo Lopez

Most Underrated: Sarah Bergman

Female International Player of the Year: Silvia Caruso

Jan Ekman/Clay Collera Male International Player of the Year: Fabio Sanna

Dave Schiller Most Turbo: Flo Hess

Comeback of the Year: Skippy Jammer

Up and Comer (formerly Rookie) of the Year: Claudio Cigna

The Joey Hudoklin Mens Player of the Year: Matt Gauthier

Demo/Show: tie – Hero Disc Dodgebee championships and Freestyle Jam Camp

The Stacy Women’s Player of the Year: Silvia Caruso

The Skippy Jammer/Bill Wright Crusty Guru Jam Master: Joey Hudoklin, Larry Imperiale and Steve Hays

Bethany Sanchez/Mary Lowry Spirit of the Jam: Tita Ugalde

The Jammy’s are not so much about the win with a big, capital W. The story behind the award is as important as the award itself. For a complete write up of each award, including well-deserved kudos for the others nominated in the various categories, visit the Jammy Awards page.

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Women’s Rankings – 2007 Year-End List

2007 Freestyle Flying Disc Year-End Women’s Rankings
(tournaments from january 1, 2006 to january 1, 2008)

Rank | Name (Nation) | Best Five Results | Number of Events

1 Imazio, Eleonora (ITA)            1528            25
2 Daniels, Lori (USA)            1295            14
3 Caruso, Silvia (ITA)            1182            21
4 Hunrichs, Lisa (USA)            1052.5            8
5 Strunz, Bianca (GER)            1012            14
6 Bergman, Sarah (USA)            969            9
7 Sanchez, Bethany (USA)            929.5            11
8 Nicolardi, Cristina (ITA)            851.2            11
9 Lowry, Mary (USA)            841.95            7
10 Hagenbjörk, Karolina (SWE)            821            6
11 Torngren, Linda (SWE)            638.5            6
12 Kruger, Cindy (USA)            630            6
13 Alessandrini, Gloria (USA)            398.55            9
14 Simon, Ilka (GER)            298            6
15 Schiller, Amy (USA)            295            3
16 Haas, Judith (GER)            238.65            4
17 Cherici, Francesca (ITA)            237.5            3
18 Bogenhagen, Terry (USA)            236.2            4
19 Ugalde, Tita (USA)            233            3
20 Ciciriello, Fabiana (ITA)            206.625            5

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2008: The Year Of Consecutivity

I’m laying down the challenge: make 2008 the year of consecutivity.

What’s consecutivity, you ask? It’s a theory of freestyle that improves flow and radically increases difficulty by linking moves together rather than breaking up combinations with basic moves like a simple “THE” nail delay. You set under your leg, and instead of going to a delay, you go right into a restricted pull. Some of have described it as the difference between one person giving an elequent speech and another interrupting every other word with “um,” “uh,” and “you know.”

Why is consecutivity important? It’s one of the only ways to reach your freestyle potential. You can have a lifetime of fun without ever learning consecutivity, but to learn what you can really do, you need to play consecutive. It’s a risk because when you try consecutivity, you might feel like you’re learning freestyle all over again. You won’t be doing long combos anymore. You’ll be out of your comfort zone because the two-move combos you’re trying are much harder.

You might feel like a beginner, but once you figure out how to make the transition from move to move without interruption, your game will transform. To begin with, your difficulty level will go up dramatically. The difference between a double spin to a THE delay and a double spin to an under the leg pull is huge. It’s massive. You’ll see new possibilities to link moves together as only you can do. The flow of your game will improve. Flowing from a pass directly into a pull, brush or roll is a universe of difference from pausing to get control of the disc, and then doing your move.

The biggest plus of consecutivity is the upside. With consecutivity, you can push your game every day, every month, every year as far as your body and mind can take it.

So the challenge begins today. Next time you do a move, take the risk. Go directly into your next move without a THE delay, without a THE tip. Imagine the biggest move you can do and go for it. So what if you miss? No problem. You’ll hit it eventually or think of a better idea.

When you watch freestyle, notice consecutivity. Which players are linking moves? Which players are pausing with setups and gaining control before moving on? Realize that in 99% of the cases, there is a huge difference in difficulty between the two.

Think about your own moves. Which two can you link together? Which three? Maybe even four. Then try it. Make 2008 the year of consecutivity.

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2007 Year-End Open Frisbee Freestyle Rankings

Fabio Sanna is the year-end number one ranked frisbee freestyle player for 2007. This year-end list covers events from january 1, 2006 to january 1, 2008.

[this time | last time | name | best eight results]

1 1 Sanna, Fabio (ITA) 1651.00 28
2 2 Leitner, Tom (USA) 1626.50 17
3 3 Collerà, Clay (ITA) 1448.00 21
4 4 Cusmá, Antonio Piccione (ITA) 1389.75 17
5 5 Imperiale, Larry (USA) 1367.75 11
6 6 Kenny, Paul (USA) 1360.00 16
7 7 Meola, Andrea (ITA) 1337.75 15
8 8 Marron, Pat (USA) 1325.75 13
9 9 Gauthier, Matt (USA) 1294.25 10
10 10 Gauthier, Jake (USA) 1279.50 13
11 11 Lopez, Pipo (PUR) 1222.50 9
12 12 Zimmerman, Reto (SUI) 1191.67 7
13 13 Lewis, Dave (USA) 1151.75 8
14 14 Arveskär, Joakim (SWE) 1047.25 8
15 15 Brodeur, Toddy (USA) 1019.75 11
16 16 Hess, Florian (GER) 1000.50 16
17 17 Apriani, Lorenzo (ITA) 890.75 14
18 18 Gaddoni, Matteo (ITA) 885.13 17
19 19 Heim, Carsten (GER) 847.00 10
20 21 Cigna, Claudio (ITA) 844.50 14
21 20 Bul, Boguslaw (GER) 827.50 10
22 24 Medri, Luca (ITA) 707.65 8
23 22 Feller, Matteo (ITA) 704.40 8
24 23 Wahrmann, Hartmut (GER) 700.75 7
25 25 Sanchez, Rodney (USA) 677.15 11
26 26 Rimatori, Andrea (ITA) 672.88 13
27 27 Favorini, Edoardo (ITA) 660.25 8
28 28 Schreck, Jan (GER) 634.00 12
29 29 Schiller, Dave (USA) 618.50 6
30 31 Occorsio, Valerio (ITA) 601.50 12
31 32 Murphy, Dave (USA) 588.50 4
32 30 Mazzucato, Luca (ITA) 561.75 10
33 33 Fried, Rob (USA) 555.50 4
34 34 Lamred, Christian (GER) 555.40 5
35 35 Massaro, Claudio (ITA) 548.15 10
36 36 Coddington, Arthur (USA) 544.50 6
37 37 Cesari, Manuel (ITA) 529.53 12
38 38 Mancarella, Angelo (ITA) 513.00 12
39 39 Jaderyd, Andreas (SWE) 505.44 9
40 40 Yarnell, Dan (USA) 503.75 7
Continue reading “2007 Year-End Open Frisbee Freestyle Rankings”

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Freestyle Jam Camp Begins

Forty students converged on the Eagle Rock Recreation Center in Los Angeles for Tita Ugalde’s freestyle jam camp. We’ll get together for three days of workshops, jamming and parties. If today is any indication, the weekend will be wonderful. The instructors are: Danny Cameranesi, Lori Daniels, Jake Gauthier, Dave Lewis, Z Weyand, Carolyn Yabe and Arthur Coddington.