The February Open and Women’s ranking lists show that the freestylers who competed at Jamie Chantiles’ random pairs event in San Diego were the first to benefit from the bigger ranking point scales introduced for 2004.
Discs With Domes For Learning Delays
I am totally green to this sport and looking at the Pros Freestylin’ & Jammin’ a disc like as if the disc is stuck to their fingers is amazing!!!
I have came across instructional sites that have briefly mentioned about freestyling discs having sort of a "ring" in the center on the underside of the disc for better guidance while Spinning.
How true is this? If true, which manufacturer/model of disc has this?
As I am very new to this, I would think this might help me learn to spin at the beginner’s level.
Please help!
Spike Wins 2004 San Diego Round Robin
Jamie Chantiles hosted the first event of 2004, an experimental-format round robin pairs event in San Diego on January 25.
By random draw, six players were teamed with a different pairs partner over five competition rounds. The idea was to play with a variety of teams and have the opportunity to create routines with short-lead time. According to Chantiles, the format “is an excellent way to promote the sport in a public area, while honing your skills.”
The final standings reflect each athlete’s performance over all five rounds. World number 2 and current open pairs world champion Dave “Spike” Lewis lived up to his ranking by taking the title. Peter Laubert, known as one of the best at conceiving effective routines, followed in second, with 2002 open pairs world champ Joel Rogers in the third spot.
The Final Standings:
1. Dave Lewis
2. Peter Laubert
3. Joel Rogers
4. Tom Gleason
5. Jamie Chantiles
6. Ami Lewis
FPA Creates Online Results Archive
The Freestyle Players Association (FPA) has launched an ambitious project to document the history of competitive freestyle. Spearheaded by Larry Imperiale, the FPA has created an online database of tournament results that will eventually allow freestyle fans to research individual tournaments, player results and even create statistical reports of their own, such as the biggest winning margins, most finals in a row, most second place finishes without a win, or any other creative stat a visitor can think of.
To start, the database includes results from final rounds in 2003 as well as nearly complete results from some of the earliest freestyle competitions in 1974 and 1975. The FPA is currently looking for volunteers to enter results from other years. The FPA will provide the stats; volunteers can enter as much as they want. With the help of the freestyle community, the FPA hopes to have 25 years of results available online by the end of 2004.
What statistics would you look up in the FPA’s new database?
Indoor Romashred Videos
Fabio Sanna has edited videos from December’s Indoor Romashred to showcase the best moves of each of the 30 Romashred players. Each video file is about 1.5 megs. The files for the top players are larger, since Fabio was kind enough to include several extra combos for the finalists.
Direct links to the thirty videos are below. [NOTE: the videos are no longer available online, but contact me if you are interested in seeing any of them]
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Women’s Rankings – 2003 Year-End List
2003 Year-End Freestyle Flying Disc Women’s Rankings
(tournaments from January 1, 2002 to January 1, 2004)
Rank | Player | Best 5 Results
1. Kruger, Cindy 1400.00
2. Robbins, Judy 1375.00
3. Hunrichs Silvey, Lisa 1225.00
4. Graves, Anne 1200.00
5. Sanchez, Bethany 1025.00
6. Hagenbjörk, Karolina 905.75
7. Lowry, Mary 850.00
8. Almljung-Törngren, Linda 830.75
9. Daniels, Lori 772.50
10. Pardo, Renee 693.00
11. Bergman, Sarah 605.75
12T. Mossavarrahmani, Gohar 400.00
12T. Mossavarrahmani, Nilofaar 400.00
14T. Ugalde, Tita 383.25
14T. Verish, Beth 383.25
16. Zurn, Mary 300.00
17. Trail, Melissa 275.76
18. Kenny, Cheryl 275.00
19. Schiller, Amy 260.00
20. Carreiro, Amanda 225.00
Shrednow’s Speed
Apologies that Shrednow is taking longer to load pages lately. I’m working on getting the site back to its old speed.
UPDATE (1/23/04): The problem has been fixed by Cornerhost. Pages should load much quicker now. Please let me know if you encounter any delays or errors.
Indoor Romashred Pictures
Team Ciakka Uakka has posted 120 photos from December’s Indoor Romashred. Fabio Sanna has also posted 26 more photos with a very creative layout.
What Song Are They Playing To?
Music can be one of the most memorable elements of a competition routine. Sure, sometimes a team will just let one member choose a jam song and play to it, but many times a team’s music is an expression of their collective musical taste.
What were pairs teams playing to at the 2003 Worlds in Rimini? What are some other memorable songs used in routines?