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Here’s a first look at the Women’s division from the FPA Worlds. The order of finish in the semifinals and finals was the same. Because of hellish finals conditions on Sunday, these videos give a better picture of the high level at which the top teams play:
1st Place: L. Silvey/C. Kruger (7.8meg, avi)
2nd Place: Robbins/Graves (8.2meg, avi)
3rd Place: Hagenbjork/Torngren (8.4meg, avi)
(video courtesy of Fabio Sanna)
Two videos from the 2003 FPA Worlds, both featuring Switzerland’s Reto Zimmerman.
1. His pairs prelim (5.4meg, avi) with Sune Wentzel. Zimmerman and Wentzel won Pool B by more than 3 points with this performance and went on to finish seventh in pairs.
2. His co-op semifinal (9.9meg, avi) with Jeff Kruger and Toddy Brodeur. They finished third in their semifinal, only one tenth of a point out of second place. In the finals, they placed third.
(video courtesy of Fabio Sanna)
As freestyle enters its competitive offseason each fall, there are few changes on the rankings. The higher the player is ranked, the less likely his/her ranking will change late in the year. The big point events are over. For everyone else, there is plenty of time to make a rankings move.
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This is a video of the Co-Op semifinals at the 2003 FPA Worlds in which Tommy Leitner unleashes an amazing sequence of individual combos in a tough, SF Ocean Beach-style wind. Paul Kenny, Sune Wentzel and Tommy went on to win the world championships later that weekend. Enjoy the amazed play-by-play by Fabio and Stefano:
Sune Wentzel, Tommy Leitner and Paul Kenny (10mb, avi file)
(courtesy of Fabio Sanna)
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On a blistering October day in Walnut Creek, with Santa Ana winds blowing the same dry desert air that fueled massive wildfires in Southern California, the second annual Best Damn Freestyle Tournament Period set a new standard for the turboshred format. Last year, Carl Dobson scored the upset win of the season by defeating Arthur Coddington in the finals. This year he had a much larger gauntlet to pass through to defend his title. Tommy Leitner had returned from Europe. Dave and Ami Lewis happened to be in Northern California for the weekend. And Arthur Coddington was primed for a rematch. Nine other freestylers were determined to mix things up as well.
2003 FPA Worlds
Rimini, Italy
October, 2003
2003 FPA World Champions
OPEN PAIRS: Arthur Coddington/Dave Lewis
OPEN CO-OP: Paul Kenny/Tom Leitner/Sune Wentzel
MIXED PAIRS: Lisa Silvey/Arthur Coddington
WOMEN’S PAIRS: Cindy Kruger/Lisa Silvey
OPEN PAIRS FINAL
1. Arthur Coddington/Dave Lewis (T 76.9; D 24.5; E 27.7; A 24.7)
2. Tom Leitner/Pat Marron (T 70.4; D 23.8; E 26.1; A 20.5)
3. Clay Collera/Paul Kenny (T 68.7; D 22.3; E 25.8; A 20.6)
4. Dave Murphy/Ted Oberhaus (T 68.5; D 22.7; E 26.3; A 19.5)
5. Jake Gauthier/Randy Silvey (T 66.2; D 22.0; E 22.4; A 21.8)
6. Larry Imperiale/Joel Rogers (T 64.9; D 21.4; E 25.3; A 18.2)
7. Sune Wentzel/Reto Zimmerman (T 64.8; D 21.7; E 24.8; A 18.3)
8. Joakim Arveskär/Stefan Karlsson (T 52.2; D 18.5; E 18.7; A 15.0)
OPEN CO-OP FINAL
1. Paul Kenny/Tom Leitner/Sune Wentzel (T 66.1; D 18.3; E 27.0; A 20.8)
2. Arthur Coddington/Dave Lewis/Dave Murphy (T 62.6; D 19.0; E 21.8; A 21.8)
3. Toddy Brodeur/Jeff Kruger/Reto Zimmerman (T 58.9; D 15.7; E 24.0; AI 19.2)
4. Jake Gauthier/Larry Imperiale/Pat Marron (T 53.3; D 15.5; E 21.2; A 16.6)
5. Lorenzo Apriani/Fernando Botrugno/Clay Collera (T 44.9; D 13.8; E 14.5; A 16.6)
6. Pipo Lopez/Ted Oberhaus/Scott Sailor (T 40.6; D 14.4; E 12.6; A 13.6)
MIXED PAIRS FINAL
1. Lisa Silvey/Arthur Coddington (T 58.9; D 18.9; E 22.2; AI 17.8)
2. Bethany Sanchez/Rodney Sanchez (T 56.0; D 14.3; E 23.1; AI 18.6)
3. Anne Graves/Pipo Lopez (T 53.6; D 16.7; E 23.0; AI 13.9)
4. Karolina Hagenbjork/Roland Karlsson (T 52.4; D 12.5; E 25.9; AI 14.0)
5. Cindy Kruger/Paul Kenny (T 52.2; D 16.6; E 17.2; AI 18.4)
6. Judy Robbins/Dave Murphy (T 49.7; D 15.6; E 19.5; AI 14.6)
Women’s Final
1. Cindy Kruger/Lisa Silvey (T 65.1; D 20.7; E 24.8; AI 19.6)
2. Anne Graves/Judy Robbins (T 55.3; D 16.8; E 22.0; AI 16.5)
3. Karolina Hagenbjork/Linda Torngren (T 48.2; D 11.1; E 23.3; AI 13.8)
Spincollectif’s discue de rue video shows an exciting new direction for the sport – street freestyle. I’ve seen throws that bounce off buildings before, but this video takes street freestyle to the next level. Could the outlaw element of street freestyle attract young players who aren’t interested in learning delay skills?