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It has been several years since anyone but Dave Lewis, Dave Murphy or Arthur Coddington has been ranked number one. Since 1998, those three players have won the big titles and played enough other tournaments to outscore the rest of the players. Now, Tom Leitner has outscored them all and has become the new number one player on the June 2005 rankings.
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1986 US Open freestyle champion Peter Laubert suffered a heart attack last Tuesday in San Diego. He was released from the hospital after two days of treatment and will be recuperating for a month. Though his jamming is on hold right now, he plans to watch the action as a spectator at the upcoming WFDF/Masters/Juniors championships in late June.
Ciao, Jammers! The summer is near, and with it the ìtournement seasonî.
In Italy the jammers start to ìseeî for the partners, and decide the ìcalendarî. From June to August there are a lot of appointment very interesting:
All know about EFC – Amsterdam (18 ñ 19 June 2005), the most important tournement in Europe, ìpresentedî by our fantastic Iwan De Moor & his friends…and no-one forget that USA attend all for FPA 2005 in Seattle (31 July ñ 1 August 2005) and other tournaments…
But probably not everybody know the Italian summer tournements.
In June, (11 ñ 12), at Milan, there is Vagolino. Vagolino is one of the most ìlovelyî tournement in Italy: Andrea Meola, Antonio ìPiccioî Piccioni and the other friends organize an appointment where freestyle is not ìaloneî: it will be possible to practice other ìfreestyleî sport, like boomerang, and try frisbee distance and DDC too. But Vagolino is ìotherî: it’s famous for the ìgnam gnam dinnerî and the favolous ìsalamella ignoranteî (no translate! But a very special food…italian food!). Freestyle & friendship, for one of more ìintenseî italian meeting.
The ìnew entryî of 2005 is another tournement, that Matteo ìGaddozî Gaddoni created for us: Rototom! From 1 to 3 july, in Osoppo (Udine) there will an open tournement & free jam, during the most famous and important Reaggae meeting. To see the magic atmosphere the tournament is located in, take a tour to www.rototomsunsplash.com. A lot of italians player will come…
The large number of italians players will guarantee a show and good play, in that tournements…
But what make ìspecialî the tournements is the presence of a lot of new players. From Lecce, and from Veneto will come young players (young for age and freestyle….). There are 6 (maybe more) new players from Veneto, and 3 from Lecce. Others new players from Roseto degli Abruzzi, and Fabio in Trieste has a lot of new ìdiscepoliî…
At the ìeast coastî there are 3 players from Cesenatico, and at ForlÏ, Gaddoz & his friend Panda (new freestyler but ultimate player too) have create a new Frisbee Society ì45 giriî. See their blog: 45giri.blogspot.com.
I like a lot their energy, and the ìfusionî of freestyle & ultimate too: and Gaddoz & Panda make a very good work, teach people that frisbee is not only freestyle, but more….
Well, from Italy, for now, is all…
And in other States?
Lui
There is a lot of movement on the May rankings (Open, Women). Each month I try to list some of the more important changes, but that’s just one man’s opinion. I think there Shrednow’s community can find much more interesting rankings stories both in this month’s list and the more than 10 year history of the rankings. If you see something interesting, talk about it in the comments.
Here’s one bit of news. Next month there will be a new Open number one player. He lives in Europe and his first initial is T.
I’ll sweeten the offer. The best rankings story gets a Shrednow sticker.
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2005 Flying Disc Opening
April 30 – May 1 2005
Podersdorf, Austria
Pairs
1. Edoardo Favorini/Tom Leitner
2. Tommy Gereben/Fabio Sanna
3. Gergo Németh (14 yo)/Balázs Major (16yo)
4. Florian Hess/Ferenc Orosz
5. Eleonora Imazio/Johannes Petz
6. Gábor Boross/István Prán
7. Andrea Poli/Manuel Cesari
8. Andrea Furlan/Ricardo Macari
Intermediate
1. Davide Sanna
2. Jan "Dexter" Struz
3. Ali Dastrandj
4. Ricardo Macari
5. Andrea Furlan
6. Christopher Peroutka
7. Mike Haberfelner
8. Florian Herkner
One night, during finals week, I went to Wal-Mart at 3am. I saw this Frisbee, it was on sale for like 5 bucks. So I bought it. To my excitement, I soon found out that it included a free DVD starring Dave Lewis!!! I couldn’t believe that the makers of Frisbee actually got the World Champion Freestyle Disc Player to appear on a DVD for them.
After watching the DVD, I decided that I was going to try to become the next World Champion. I still haven’t learned any of the moves, cuffs, bumps, chest rolls, back rolls, glitis catches or chair catches but I fully intend to learn all of them this summer when I go back home to stay with my parents.
I’m gonna wake up every day at around 4pm (voted to be the best time of day to “jam”) and play with the frisbee until at least 7 (voted to be the end of the best time of day to “jam”). Anyways, I just thought that you guys should know that this is DEFINITELY the sport of the future and I am DEFINITELY going to be awesome. Probably not as good as Dave, but awesome nonetheless.
I wish the freestyle community the best of luck in learning the greatest art form on the PLANET!
The Shrednow Sky Styler has been one of the most successful Sky Stylers in history, winning world title after world title over the past five years. Both the green and the white model have sold out, so it’s time to make some more.
I’d like to get an idea of who will need more Shrednow discs this season and which color you prefer. Let me know in the comments, or you can send me a message. Don’t worry, you’re not ordering anything by answering this little survey, but if you want to pre-order, you can do that too. Just contact me and I’ll set you up with the discs you need.
2005 Jammers Championship
April 23-24, 2005
Jacksonville, FL
Pairs
1. Larry Imperiale/Jeff Kruger
2. Pipo Lopez/Jonathan Willett/Paul Kenny
3. Jake Gauthier/Gregg Hosfeld
4. Tito Andino/Steve Scannell
5. Sarah Bergman/Cindy Kruger
6. Carl Emerson/Craig Simon
7. Vic Ouzoonian/Stuart Landsee
Mixed Pairs
1. Cindy Kruger/Jake Gauthier
2. Sarah Bergman/Jeff Kruger
3. Anne Goh/Steve Scannell
Wham-O’s World Class Freestyle 160g model comes with a bonus this year: the Jam Like A Pro DVD aka Z Weyand and Dave Lewis’s The Secrets Of Pro Disc Freestyle. Z and Dave licensed the DVD to Wham-O so more people could learn to freestyle, and in turn Wham-O is offering the DVD as a free bonus in the package with the disc. Wham-O is also releasing disc/DVD packages for Ultimate and Golf.
This is a great moment for Freestyle. Hundreds of thousands of players will be able to learn freestyle, even if they have never seen a real-life jam. Let’s make the most of it. Let people know about the free DVD offer, and if you see someone playing with the Wham-O freestyle disc, ask them if they got hte DVD and if they want to learn any new tricks.