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Published quarterlv by the F s Assocrarron, dedrcated to the growth of freestyle drsc plav as a Irfetrme recreanon and a competrtrve sport A Letter from the Director by Paul Kenny

VOLUNTEERS This is the issue is This What a dynamic year it has been in all our period. why judging open. be external lives. The 9/11 tragedies have brought us all is thetime for change. That change may make closer and driven home thepoint how we need or internalto theorganization.Let's something of THE FPA IS: each other more than ever. Our pursuit positive happen. artistic joy is a welcome escape from real world who Paul Kenny considerations. No matter how significant our I want to personally thankeveryone physically Executive Director the list are differences may be, they pale in comparison contributed to freestyle.Topping freestyler0mediaone.net Also on thelist are folks who to those thingsthat bring us together. Never tournamentdirectors. carried boxes. Larry Imperiale forget that.The beautyof our community is traveled and attended tournaments. Treasurer down event announced. thatall of us hold strong beliefsregarding the set up tents. tore sites, larryflfreestylediscorg wrote articles or have web pages, sport and we live lifestylesin many ways made banners, TDs and those Dave Lewis predicated on the love of freestyle. We have twisted arms to get more especially Education Director to events to watch. like to work togetherto grow the sport. We owe fans who traveled just my lewisdblOloop.com and thank it to ourselves to bring new people in and Mom! Lastly. I want to personally publicly and I thinkall of should too. Chip Bell bring back crusties who may have walked the FPA board you Director more effort into things Marketing away for whatever reason. Freestyle and its These volunteers put doing Chip_BellOpatagonia.com and little notice for their people are better off the more of us thatcare right by membership get I am more a facilitator,a which Cindy Kruger and participate. Thinkgloballyand act locally, work. figurehead, heart and MembershipDirector not theotherway around. The sport needs all leans most heavilyon their expertise, ickrug0worldnet.att.net of us. work ethic. Toddy Brodeur into for the love ludging Director The tournamentyear has just been completed I have said it before. Got freestyle [email protected] to some with many success stories. Europe continues of the sport after (finally)getting exposed real talent. I into the organization of freestyle Bob Boulware to grow and have more tournaments,especially got becauseof the relationships. There is Forum Layout + Design Sweden and Italy. Young participants are specifically I have [email protected] becomingcompetitive veterans. how about more love in freestylethan anywhere else make Nikki Ross? We have folks spreading thejam looked. Love one another. love thesport and ArthurCoddington and the Make Statistician to folks all over. Gary Auerbach does clinics, an effort to better yourselves sport. in the if a little arthuroshrednowxom Chipper teaches,Toddy even has his own amends with someone community numberof less friction has occurred. Time is short for all of us. Paul Klimek coachingvan and there are a Webmaster publicized folks helping grow the sport. We [email protected] had over a thousandstrong audiencein Italy, Now go jam!! teams in front of over ALL OFYOU at The lammers, jammed 5o,ooo folks (Jags beatthe Steelersl). I sense Paul Kenny

a backtogether phenomenonbetween Email the FPA growing infoofreestylediseorg jammers and overall'ers. The New England Or visit us on the web: campground experience Memorial Day www.freestyledisc.org weekend was communal bonding at it's best. needs to continue. Overall tournaments, Send Input to: This Paul Kenny Ultimate tournamentssuch as in Italy and disc Executive Director golf events are a fruitful pool of skilledfolks [email protected] who might be inspired to jam. Let’s bring the On The Cover: jam to them. Hikari Hayato Photo Courtesy Larry All I want is for the to be better. I am Imperiale freestyle a facilitatorin this position and am open to

anyone wanting to bring in new energy. Not ContributingWriters that I need you folksto make it Bob Boulware being bright, and more media ArthurCoddington happen. We need more money Rik Downs exposure (which go hand in hand). We have lake Gauthier the product that I thinkis second to none. We Larry Imperiale need to the word to the folks. All Skippy lam mer just get right Paul Kenny of us can help. Tommy Leitner Jim Palmeri it is that Robbins Since it is theoff season. my hope any ludy this Rodney Sanchez infrastructure adjustmentshappen in Dave Schiller Qxhna W. B. Titcomb John Titcornb

2001 FPA World Championships San Diego, California FPA Open Pair Finals October 19-21 by Judy Robbins

As Yogi Berra had said “It ain’t over ‘tilit's over". and thatwas so true of thisyear's pairs finals at the FPA World Championships in San Diego. You could feel the electricity in the air as the pairs finals began.The winds were mostly cooperative and manageableat the outset.

Opening the finals and ending up in the place theystarted were theteam of Blakemore and Riley. Using AC/DC'sversion of “Backin Black" Mark and Greg tried to rev-up the crowd with their long and lanky style.Opening up with a great skid pass to a gitis catch markedthe rest of the routine as the punctuated move to hit. Both Mark and Greg had stellar moments. Greg came up with seven flamingitiscatches (one upside down!) as well as one standinggitis catch. Mark assisted thisgitisfest with his own flamingitosiscatch. Both sprinkled in twists of the old camp. with a few puddle catches and even Mark's twisted turkeythrow. However. the energy level wa fairlyflat for all the moves that were pulled off, and apparently,it showed up in theArtistic Impression scores. “Joel’s openingthrowto

Tyingfor 7th place were the 2000 World pair Dave’s turbo back roll to a In 4th place was the breakthroughteam of Matt champions Dan Yarnell & Randy Silvey. You never turbo front roll, set the mood & Jacob Gauthier.The synergy betweenthetwo know what these two would come up and this brothers is often electric. They played to a very year was no exception. The team chose to play for the remainderofthethree low-keyed piece of music (Portis Head's cut called to the thememusic of thetelevision series E.R. Strangers) and they both donned white button- and seguing into a portion of Led Zepplin’s and a half minutes.” downed shirts with ties! I'm not sure if theywere Stainrvay to Heaven. A few highlights from this going for a business attire effect or the school routine included when Dan executed a clean with a trailingfigure four blind catch was quite boy look...but I didn't see theconnection between scarecrow mackto Randy. giving him enough spin tasty. Many presentational elements kept the the attire, the music and the routine. They did on the disc to continue the move into a double crowd attentive. However, thewinds as theywere however score points with thiswriter only spinning flyingflamingocatch. Randy pulled off (and perhaps nerves), left thesetwo seeking becauseof the restrictiveness of the garb. As for a wild two footed foot brush to Dan as well as easy and safe catches which showed up in their how they played....well. dynamic is a good hitting a huge vacationduring the routine. Of difficulty scores. starting place.Their tight cooperative moves course, if you're looking for antics. thisroutine often involve various skid pulls to gitis catches. definitely had some of them. Unfortunately, Finishing 5th was Tommy Leitner and Dave Jacob had a ratherimpressive standing gitis pull Randy and Dan's playful styleweren't showcased Schiller. Playingto theWho. thisteam pulled off to a body roll combinationto a gitis catch. Matt enough to capitalize on theirtypically some big moves. Dave’s triple spinning under- also took to the blind catch mode with a big presentational routines. Also, it didn't help that the-legpull to a spinning gitis catch certainly spinning crow catch which he connected...but the last minute of the routine was laden with got my attention. Tommy showed-offhis prowess the flyinghorizontal crow catch attempt was incomplete co-opping. when it came to his behind-the-backagainst- nowhere to be felt (let alone seen!). A few easy the-spin pulls into various skid combinations. moves found the ground. But all-in-all, the Another presentational routine was interrupted However. due to some ill-timed errors. Tommy packagewas there as evidenced from the by a bit ofjumpy wind. Peter Laubertand Lee and Dave left thejudges with some lasting presentational judges scores (theygave the Harper brought out their2oo1: A Space Odyssey impressions. In the beginning,the routine second highest scores to both Matt & Jacob).I routine which had been introduced at the WFDF showcased three drops during their co-ops. can’t wait until I see what theydo next year. Overall Championships this past July. Posing up Tommy's near throw-awayover a sponsorship a storm. Peter and Lee know how to put on the banner didn't make thingslook smoothin the The third place team are old pro’s at being ole’ schmooz factorfor the audienceand the middle of the routine. Finally.the last co-op finalists. Dave Murphy and Joel Rogers are both judges. That's not to take away their carefully suffered when Tommy's body roll went astray coming off of serious injuries, but it didn't show constructed routine and big moves. Peter’s “roll- and consequentlywas misaligned for Dave's bad on thisday. I'm still wondering how they played o-matic" stylegot him bigwows when he attitude catch. Although execution errors cost so well to JethroTull in elevator music! Joel's consecutively rolled 6 body rolls to feed Lee to thisteam, the brunt of theeffect seemed to occur opening throwto Dave’s turbo backroll to a turbo a flyingtwisted turkey catch. Lee's ground work in the Presentationalcategory. front roll. set the mood for the remainder of the

threeand a half minutes. loel handilycompleted a spinning extended-legfoot brush to Dave. and FPA Womens Finals to the subsequently,Dave guided thedisc ground by Paul Kenny for a roll acrossthe grass and backto an upright toothbrush delay. Joel's double-spinning under- first were the Ross sisters starting with a pull to a spinning standing gitis catch Up the-leg double disc intro and included excellent was enjoyed by all. Likewise, Dave seemed to interaction and exchanges. Nikki was almost thealready high difficulty scores with punctuate penalized for too many gitises and withthe disc skid to an under-the-leg a behind-the-back pass down so much it theywere upside appeared skid to the culminatingdouble spinning “...almost jamming in Australia. The crows were often flamingitiscatch. The two capitalized on their scared as well. Deanna Ross looks so difficulty and presentationalscores. but suffered penalized for comfortable and it is apparent she is on theverge a bit in the execution category. of the kind of breakout thathas Nikki challenging too many the top ladies. Their play earned a seed bust to The second placeteam was never out of it. Larry gitises...” third place. and Paul Kenny played to a mix oflimi lmperiale Anne Graves and Robbinswith Hendrix and Yes. Paul'sunique styleof handling Next up were Judy a complex counter intro followed by a discs while keeping anotheractive is very tight multiple clock coop section. ludy peeled her typical His to catch a quite mind-blowing. ability heinousness and Anne, coming in as #1 Hit some discs still cradled in scarecrow withtwo other nice moves includinga spinning chair. I don't his catching hand leads me to believethat he know how Anne did it. She was up I thinkuntil has secretly filled his hand with crazy glue just like 4 am cleaning up after hosting a party for all prior to the trick! But believe me, he wasn't the the Jammers. Thanks Anne. only player thatwas “stickingit”. Larry crushed and B-Schiller. a sequence of three consecutive scarecrow Third up were Stacy McCarthy Amy of came out with a strong brushes to himself with a flyingunder-the-leg These legends Betty intro reminiscent of their glory years. Hitting catch to end it. Also. Larry had anotherfantastic seemed to “...Dave move after strong move. these local gals combinationwith body rolls. followed strong tip multiple had the crowd in the palm of theirhands (leaving double foot brush to more body by a leg-over punctuate the already their nails free to jam!). Their play was of such the with a air rolls and capping off sequence big caliberthatit appeared to be a sales pitch for gitis. These two shredded theirway through most high difficulty scores motherhood! Their clean, fun to watch play of the 4 minutes. dropping only one to win the earned them first place. execution scores compared to all the otherfinal with a behind-the-back teams. I had a hard time believingthatthesetwo Playing last was the “Seattle Rocks!” team of could be beaten after thatround....buttheywere. Lisa H—Silvey and Cindy Kruger. Playingto a routine put togetherduring “Summerfest ll”. came out with complex ArthurCoddington and Dave Lewis paraded their they complex coops, indies includinga Cindy Krugitisfest. They had difficulty game and intricate co-op routine high thedisc on both sides. both hands and with both all to to the hardcore techno for enjoy. Playing spins. The complexitiesof theircoops were Dave and Arthurwere sounds of Crystal Method, second to none and only execution might have primed to shred and win. At the outset. Arthur kept them from gold. feeds a sweet bad-attitude pass to Dave's standing gitis pull to his own bad-attitude catch. Mixed finals Arthurpeeled out with several self-setting skids pairs and a hot turnover to a double-spinningcrow Up first establishing an immediatestandard were catch. Afterwards. Dave ripped out a triple- Dave Murphy and Nikki Ross. A double disc start Arthur had a spinning under-the-legpull and with Nikki catching a gitis followed by a Murf set equally ripping upside down spinning under-the- to Nikki crow began thefestivities. Nikki had big leg pull. As with most routines. the play was not indies, Murf brushed his teeth and they played completely flawless.Dave set a technically clean throughoutand seed busted to a second difficult Oliver pull and then proceeded to drop place finish...amazing. an under-the-leg. However. theerrors skid to an under- easy pass pass Lisa H-Silvey certainly weren't significant enough to sway the Next were defending champions and ArthurCoddington, also starting with a The win was conclusive. skid to the judges. the—leg double disc intro. They hit some nice cues with Arthur hitting some triples and Lisa hitting the to all for a high-caliberfinals culminating double Congratulations Silvey familyosis. An execution meltdown this in the Open division at the FPA World year unfortunatelycaused themto drop some to 5th. Championships. 0 spinning flamingitis...”

’TC

Playing next were Larry lmperiale (subbingfor a sick Steve Hanes) and Judy Robbins. With little time to prepare, theseveterans went a little more spontaneous. but knew what to do. Laerbs crow brushed, had a big kick and roll run and had an ultimate looking diving gitis. Judy hit her bread and butter indies and theysurprised themselvesinto a 3rd place finish.

Tommy Leitner and Anne Graves followed with a nice body roll intro capped withTommy’s spinningcrow. Anne had a nice bigair behind the neck catch. AlthoughTommy ended with a nice roots on the note, an execution meltdown cost them as theyended up 6th.

Playing 5th were Paul Kenny and Lori Daniels with a strong intro with many coops. Althoughthe routine was hit fairly well a missed music cue and a critical mental boo boo on an intended throw- aside cost theteam dearly. Lori’s strong indies and Paul's multi disc stuff allowed them to finish 4th.

Playing last and very relaxed were Dan Yarnelland Mary lorgenson. They flowed.hit coops and had some wonderful tricky stuff. When Mary hit a reverse chest roll off Dan's set. you could see it in her eyes...we're there! Dan's scarecrow brushes and Mary's indigini (plural of indiginious?) led the way to theirWorld Title. FPA Coop finals

Winning the right to play in Buddy's first FPA finals after an outstanding semis were Toddy Brodeur, Buddy Adams and Diego Gamboa. With Diego a no-show. thisteam had to scratch. However, theothertwo guys basicallydid a demo jam and absolutely peeled. With the scratch. they finished 8th. lake Gauthier,Matt Gauthierand Bob Boulware began the coop finals with a nicely integrated intro with Matt and lake's third partner playinglike Bob Gauthier. Bob's play may seem underrated, but his relaxed style and some cool combos showed he can play with anyone-anytime. lake and Matt are clearly all that. It is fun to sit backand watch themtechnicallyand physicallyflow. However. a break in the flowingroutine caused by a few drops took some of the fire out and theyended 7th.

Open Pairs Open Co-op 1. ArthurCoddinngton/Dave Lewis 1. Dave Schiller/AnhurCoddingtonlDave Lewis 2. Larry lmperiale/PaulKenny 2. Randy Silvey/PaulKenny/DanVamell 3. Dave Murphy/loel Rogers 3. Larry ImperialelTommy LeitnerlDave Murphy 4. Matt Gauthier/JakeGauthier 4. Pat Marron/Carlos‘Pipo‘ Lopez/leff Kruger 5. Dave Schiller/TommyLeitner 5. Peter Laubert/LeeHarper/DannySullivan T6. Peter LaubertlLee Harper 6. Steve Hanes/GregRiley/MarkBlakemore T6. Randy Silvey-Hunrichs/DanYamell 7. Matt Gauthier/JakeGauthier/BobBoulware 8. Greg Riley/MarkBlakemore juniors Girls esenoo Nikki Mixed Pairs 1. Ross Aq 1. Mary lorgenson/DanYarnell 2. Deanna Ross 2. Nikki Ross/Dave Murphy 3. Qxhna 1'itcomb agwar 3. ludy Robbins/Larrylmperiale 4. Lori Daniels/PaulKenny Juniors Boys 5. Lisa Hunrichs-Silvey/ArthurCoddington L Zach Montes 6. Anne Leitner samuwqg Graves/Tommy “Although not fully recovered from the food poisoning, Steve stuck it out and jammed so well, MichaelWilliamshas registered we should all eat some through PayPal as a PLATINUM memberof the FPA. Thanks for bad mayo.”

our efforts Michael! supporting Next up were Steve Hanes. Mark Blakemore and Gregg Riley with a combinedage of 136 years. Although not fully recovered from the food -The FPA poisoning, Steve stuck it out and jammed so well, we should all eat some bad mayo. Mark did thatridiculous double spinning planted gitis again and Mark had a cool scarecrow brush off someone else’s set. They had a great jam and if they had time for more structure might have punched through higher as they finished 6th. The next team developed their panache at Peter Laubert, Danny Sullivan and Lee Harper “Summerfest II” and the results showed. Pat came out with big energy and hit their intro on Marron, Carlos “Pipo” Lopez and Jeff Kruger seed music cues excellently. Smoothrolls are busted in a bigway to win their semifinal pool Laubertianin nature. Danny had some of the and were fired up. A nice diff coop intro with coolest ground gymnasticsthisside of Murf. Lee multiple phlaudsstarted the jam. Pat jams a lot is a music cue catching machine. The more like a MicroMurf would. leff can turbo with thecrowd into refined choreography pulled deep anyone and showed it with nice technical skills the round and their told the coop through play. to compliment his awesome physical game. audiencewhat was all about. finished coop They Piposis played as if he were on thebeach,hitting after the followingteams were able to 5th only a bunch of spinning catches. Pat's gitis “save” feed off thevibethese guys started. was a highlight as was his bad attitude turnover to Jeff. They ended up 4th. Dave Murphy, Larry lmperiale and Tom Leitner pass came next and just shook the ground. Huge, Last up was TD Dave Schiller, Dave Lewis and complicated coops, big giti (gitises?). too many ArthurCoddington. An absolutelyawesome intro spins to count, theseguys pumped up everyone. to 2 discs started the show. They had a diff laden Their energy captured the fascinationof all of routine and all three hit tasty combos. They us. Again. where does Murf get these bad from a brief meltdown after the intro turnover habits? Tommy and Laerbs had cool recovered of and finished Dave sChillman hit a nice And its fir’? tipping combos and Tommy had an awesome strong. crow. Dave Lewis triple pull. These guys were toothbrushing, double legover turnover to a FI":S59? multi catches. scarecrow tipping, double spinning planted giti, hit his typicallystrong spinning /, Freesfyle and had a coop big air gitis to end on the note. Arthur's half-upside down rim delay roll set to These guys could have won yet finished third. sChillman’sgitis was awesome. With thatthese guys finished 1st. Next were Dan Yarnell, Randy Silveyand Paul the Art of up Zen & Kenny with a 3 disc routine throughout. FPA Junior results Frisbee® Freestyle Choreographed completely,there was always a disc somewhere. Hitting music cues moving In boys, Zach Montes had no competition. literally galore, theyalso added some flair. Their This entertaining and inspiring and figuratively. He has a sequential 3-chair, 3-neck phlaud,3-crow ending instructional video will have you following Murf/Schiller/Leitner/Lewis go-for-it mentality. on the music was a big hit. Paul hit a 3 disc crow Spencer Bradley learning (over thecourse He wears intensity on his face and always goes from Dan’s set. The finishing coop included a of a year) from World Champion Krae Van for the big moves. In female juniors, the Ross disc on dome delay, 2 scarecrows and Randy's Sickle and other legends of the sport. sisters showed their wares with Nikki double spinning flamingosis. These guys could again once Tntcomb showed also have won as a routine out there getting gold again. Qxhna Order it now at: they put as soon as she into her she will be a thatchallenged theevaluation team to keep up. grows disc, 800-32 1 -8833 force in all fields. All these The likely source of their 2nd place finish was competitive juniors $19.95 US Version stuff and it is a matter execution. A 3-disc routine lends itselfto a higher are hitting “grown-up” just $24.95 PAL Version before drop risk. This routine will likely be used as a of time and continued fired-up-ness they benchmarkfor future discussion of a variety of all compete equally in open divisions. - evaluationtopics.

’ 2001 World Games Akita Japan

August 1 6 - 26 by Larry Imperiale

Jammers and overall players, Just a quick update from a freestyleperspective on The 6th World Games just completed in Akita, Japan. about a 1 hour plane ride northwest of Tokyo. The World Games basicallypresents sports thataren't big time yet in an Olympic type atmosphere.Think of it optimisticallyas a farm system for the Olympics as it's under the patronageof theInternationalOlympicCommittee (IOC). This year was nothinglike 1996 when a few of us includingBill, Tommy, Schiller, Reto, Poodle and others jammed on the outskirts of the 5th World Games in Lahti l-“Inland for theday. This time it was the real thing!

I hesitate to tell you more about thisawesome event becausemy words will not do it justice. My expectationswere far too low and were surpassed ten times over in almost every respect. It was one of the greatest events I've ever been a part of. One great aspect of thisevent was thediversity in terms of cultures and sports. At one of thegala parties, you just had to see the 80 lb Chinese gymnaststanding next to the Russian gold medal body builderwith biceps bigger than my 35 lb l dog . Maybewhen I get the slides back can share the joy of thisevent more completely if there'sinterest. Our cheeks stillhurt from smiling for almost 10 day straight.

Fumio Morooka (Moro) was responsible for landingtheWorld Games in Akita. and then making sure flyingdisc was represented. Moro and his wife Ryoko, Bill Wright, Stork, Joey Gray of the UPA. Masa, Sei. Hikariand a cast of hundreds then made flyingdisc in the World Games a reality. Our sport is forever in theirdebt, especially to Moro.

Seventytwo athleteswere allocated to the sport of flyingdisc. so 12 golfers from 6 countries (6 men and 6 women) competed. along with 6 ultimate teams from 6 countries playing 6 on 6 co-ed with 1o players per team. I went as one of 4 Ultimate Officials and basically had a simple job since theteams had great spirit and made all thecalls on the field. The World Games provided lodging and food which was great, so our main

expense as officials and players was travel . Flying disc was very well received and viewed by many execs from various organizations includingthe IOC VP.

I now believethatdisc will be in the Olympics one day, and more importantly in theshort term, freestylehas a CHANCE to be in theWorld Games as early as 2005! This brings up all kinds of issues includingformat (outdoor free format combined with indoor choreographed?. country :2“:3‘:".

players were hounded for autographs.and after “Billand I would just smileas maybea thousand the post ceremony jam billand I snuck away to after catch thebus whileSeppo was totallysurrounded plus kids in blue bandanas would go crazy by kids wanting autographs.Bill still wishes he and wasn't in dress shoes. a simple skip shot or a deflection...” had nails -Timed ultimate games thatculminated in a tie in of the medal match, resulting other countriesthatcould regulation gold 4 in 2-series shoot-out with Canada finallyscoring give the US and Sweden a a goal to win over the injury ridden US team. run for theirmoney. To Sune Canada was undefeated for thetourney and was Reto (Nom/ay). the bestteam all week, whileSweden just edged (Switzerland),HikariJapan out USA for the prestigious Spirit of the Game - maybeNaoko?),Germany award. The level of play was simply awesome as a host country (maybe these 60 athletes everythingtheyhad and automaticbid for Hartmut gave left much skin on the field. if he can find a woman), Peter Bowie (N Z) and -Golf has never been so exciting to watch thanks players from Israel, Italy, to match play. Julianna Korver of Slovakia. Canada, Finland. Ryder Cup style the USA edged out NiloofarMosavar Rahmani of and others - what women Sweden for the in Women's. while Barry to gold jammers are you going Shultz of the USA beatMichael Sullivan of Canada play with in The World for the Men's gold. The medals were beautiful Games in Germany in with the gold worth about $250. 2005? You've got 4 years to get it togetherso you've -Bill and I getting hot in a quick demo for the time if start now. got you Head of the RhythmicGymnasticsAssociation Regardless of winning the from Hungary. And yes, I explained there were event. you also win by just many players out there more rhythmicand more participating in these gymnasticthan us.... games, and I guarantee have thetime of you'll your -Spreadingthejam along with locals Hikari (he's life. We're a off long way hotl), Sabu and Jun, Geri (sp?) & Takeshi Shima from thisbecominga reality (scarecrow practice in the halls at midnight) and [And no Lori, Hawaii isn't a Naoko Inami (she was shredding in between her different but country, rounds!). and the jam before the Puerto Rico could golf 5-minute maybe airport trip with other local jammers, and of be treated as such... you course Bill, Stork and Thomas Greisbaum,The never know, Angie, so you Pres of German Disc Sports. and Pipo better start jammin' more :-) -A definite highlight was getting Finnish Ultimate Toni Asikainen to fill in for Bill and do 2 HIGHLIGHTS: Player demos with me at the All-Japan Ultimate in Tokyo. After hitting crow and -Unmatched hospitality by Championships gitis and a spontaneous brush co-op, the finnish all of our hosts especially Ultimate Team is hopeful Toni will trade in those Moro and Ryoko. cleats for nails permanently. -Spreading thejam with all requirements, shorter routines, etc.), judging the Kids! Getting hand made cards with photos (nearly perfect execution may be critical). and thatsaid thingslike "Welcometo Akita. Nice to drug testing (thefirst drug tests in the history of Meet you. My name is Sasaki. I like chocolate. I frisbeecompetition took placeat thisevent),just want to be farmer." to name a few. -Watching ultimate with the President ofThe The most important thingwe can do now is to World Games and a VP of the IOC. encourage women and non-US teams to start honing theirskillsworldwide, as the most likely °Guerilla jamming with Bill at opening pre and format will be 6 mixed teams from 6 different post opening ceremonies attended by probably countries. WFDF will be lucky to get 12 additional 15,000 spectators. Storksaid a guerillajam could players added to the FlyingDisc roster assuming be huge, and he was right as the only sports flyingdisc is invited back, and you know ultimate demonstrated at the ceremonies were willbe pulling for more subs and 7 person teams. parachutingand freestyle.Bill and I would just smileas maybea thousand plus kids in blue Besides Ninna and Jan from Sweden and the bandanaswould go crazy after a simple skip shot several great US-mixedteams, I can't thinkof the or a deflection throw high off ofa banner. All -This historic event motivated Stork's best the speeches ever at the Ultimate Captain's Meeting, “Spreading jam along at thegolf and ultimate award ceremonies, and with locals Hikari (shown when he was presented a Gold Medal by Bill in Kakunadate. Watch out Tony Robbins.The best on the cover)...Takeshi part was the translator trying to convey Stork's message accurately. Shima (scarecrow practice

-The opening ceremonies - sky divers, kids in the halls at midnight)... everywhere, more drums thanwe've ever seen, dancers, singers. lantern balancers, and and the 5-minute jam numerous other local cultural entertainment. beforetheairport trip with -Dailymedia coverage of flyingdisc, including nationalnewspapers with great photos and lots other local jammers...” of exposure on nationalTV networks.A national TV network (NHK) showed 30 minutes of almost - Playing ultimate with UPA Director Joey at prime time coverage of ultimate thanksto the twilightwith 12 Japanese college ultimate women Japanese team earning the bronze. with the players all wearing white shirts! Finallywe got iapanese captains in the studio providing some shirtless men to take us on so we could commentary- epic. Also. 12 throwers had a shot figure out who was on our team. on Muscle Ranking,a highly rated show, to hit 9 accuracytargets to win 2.ooo.ooo yen ($16,000). -Moro, Masa and the Finnish and German teams Once again no one hit thejackpot, but a couple singing karaoke. especially a group rendition of throwerswere as close as Greensage was (or "Bohemian Rhapsody" after dinner. was it Blair) a few years ago when theshow came to California. -Bill's face after eating and drinkingweird, unknown substances. -Kakunadate and Nakassen demos/clinicfor school kids withtheGerman and Finnish teams. That's my quick report. I'm sure I left out many and spending thatnight at a Japanese style inn names and memories. Maybe others thatwere and spa. The toiletwiththe under bowl car wash there had different impressions to share? type sprayer was definitely a first. Oh yeah, Complete results at http://wfdf.org enjoying the iapanese style BBQ in our awase More later. Time to sleep. Thanks again Moro, robes. combinedwith the master of all sushi Ryoko, Bill, Stork and all for creating a great masters dishing out the raw stuff, rounding out moment in flyingdisc history thathopefully will an amazing day...SAKE! lead to bigger and betterthings.- d2'!1-‘ZIII AVA Skippy Sez 2001 Awards by Skippy Jammer “Every time Mary Jorgenson glues up, ties her shoes and slicks her disc people should Lightning also gets a nod for his strong play this what theyare doing...ask year. A further note on TL..He is a person that I stop have watched closer than anyone during my career. Since my days as a full time jammer have her if you can do her laundry, come to end for while I have seen him grow way beyondmy expectations. I can say withoutfeeling buy her a margarita or buff biasedthat he has becomethe greatest wind I feel he is better player that I have ever seen. her car to show some than JJ Mon, Joey, you name it. He plays with a just passion thatis lackingin the ranks. appreciation.” Indeed if we consider all of thegreat players still Men's Player of theYear playing in tourneys: there is a As I thinkback over time, rarely year Larry, Murphy, Rando, Yarnell et al. thisis as rich Routine of theYear thatpasses thatthereis a clear cut winnerof this of a field of players as there has been since the Leitner...You’ve two award. So it is again. But therehas to be a winner early 90's. Cheers to all. Dave Schillerand Tom got in teamed and thisyear is no exception. In my book, the of the all time leaders difficulty up winner of thismost exalted of categories must for a major. Their game plan going in is no do the following. Win Major Titles. Other holding back. Their themewas to shake the tournamentvictoriesdon’t mean thatmuch. What bones of their predecessors. Boy howdy! This Two with maxed out is more important thanwinning non-majors is routine rocked! drops go the routine of playingwell and playingconsistently.You can be for it. A close second was Lewis, this routine the best player in a given tourney and not win Coddington and Schiller.Watching of for what ever reason. Also what is the essence reminded me of some ofthe great routines What of a state of theart pro is never having an off years past by some of the legends. All day. The worst thingyou did all year was shred. impressed me is the business like approach. So withthatin mind theplayer of theyear is none the otherteams were pressing, trying to do a otherthan Dave “Rock” Schiller. His wins with little too much. This team was poised and Tom Leitner at WFDF and his Co-op victory with confident from the starting throwthrough the the Dave Lewis and ArthurCoddington gave him the ending coop. Anothergreat routine was nod. His abilityto adapt to a wide range of player semis by Dave Murphy and Dave Lewis during Oliver fell out stylesand mesh withthem so theycan play their the AZ States. A no drop (Lewis’s best is under rated. I have watched “Shillz”grow of his grasp after time was called) shred at all routine. as a jammer from his fledgling"0stentatious" costs with Friz Coleman up through his days of the Year Comeback developmentalstage beingtutored by John Jewell, Rick Casio and myself to see a player thatis Speaking of some nostalgia, how about a big withouta doubt one of the all time greats. His hurrah for one of the all time great women's Women's Player of theYear penchant for difficult moves and balls out style teams: StaceyMcCarthyand Amy Bekken-Schiller. has won me over many a time. With those high Every time Mary Jorgenson glues up, ties her Stacey has been busy beinga mother and way accolades he was not as I mentioned the clear shoes and slicks her disc people should stop honed fitness goddess. Amy just gave birth cut winner. That is becauseDave Lewis and Arthur what theyare doing and take a seat. Her longevity to a new baby boy. 50 what, the disc is flat and Coddington continue to improve even though in thesport is unprecedented. We have seen too it stillspins so let's get on with it. theyare both recipients of thisaward and have many women come and go leaving a void in their Most Turbo improved with each passing year. I have the wake. Not so with MJ. Even though she didn't theirdedication her win in utmost regard for theirgame and win a major in the women's division Pipo Lopez is a FREAK! El AbnormalGrande! He to the sport. Withoutthem,the landscape of the FPA mixed with Dan Yarnellgot my attention. lurks on the sideline checking out jams he can do freestylewould be lackingin many regards. Dave The next time you see her, ask her if you can bust. After he wears out thatgroup he goes on “The Specialist” Lewis has worked on becoming her laundry,buy her a margarita or buff her car to thenext. Watch thisguy sometimewhen you're in his combos. credit more instinctual and smoother just to show some appreciation. Special at a tourney. He is in constant motion. I thinkthe Arthur served a sort of side kick to Lewis until goes to Judy Robbinswho won WFDF with Ann State of California should import him and tap last year when he won POTY. His strong play again Graves. Judy is the only one who rivals Mary for him in to the energy grid to solve our energy thisyear has if nothingelse earned him an pure jam time over a career. Also receiving strong problems. Honestly,Pipo is awesome. I love that I dub thee of nickname (which are not freely given). consideration is the comebackteam Stacey guy! Most Turbo 2oo1: Pipo Lopez “ACE”. Short for AC but a nicknamethatfits due McCarthy and Amy Bekken-Schiller,winners of to his superior abilityas an overall jammer.Tommy the FPA Women's division.

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World Disc Federation Move of the Year Flying The routine is grooving. It's the Pairs finals of the (WFDF) Overall Championships FPA's. Now Larry feels a little more relaxed. Time San Diego, California to bust a move. Scarecrow brush. Here it comes. July 27-28, 2001 Another Scarecrow brush. Perfect set. Vacation! by Paul Kenny BOOM! Tripleconsecutive Scarecrow LaerbsStyle. The Krugers, showing there is no jam I'm going to start calling him “Kansas”. He has discrimination.Cameranesi/Zimmermanwho more scarecrows thanthe entire state! owned the gymnastic portion of the show, Hanes/Yarnellwho began the semis with some Tournament of theYear sort of “pizza making” lookingcoop and the Euro- The World FlyingDisc Federation's Overall jammers Storz/Wentzelwith Karl's multi disc Championships back in San Diego earlier this work and Sune's big air. Look at the results to summer. Players from all over the world joined see just how deep thisfield was. Many together to celebrate their passion for plastic outstandingteams made it a joy. and the applicationsthey lend themselvesto. With thattype of backdrop I'd like to paraphrase The finals saw most teams struggle to hit their guru shredmaster “Z” Weyend. “Freestyleis the routine to the point it would be a factorfor those only real disc sport. All others are just ball sports to follow. Cameranesi/Zimmermanand with a disc thrown in instead”. That is likely an Kenny/Imperialeplayed well but struggled some exaggeration of sorts but you get his point. and were relegated to battle for third which Second to last team Kenny/Imperialesnagged. Crustmaster Leitner/Schillerfinallybroke throughand spanked (contributionsto the sport) WFDF saw a deep field with their routine hard thatLewis/Coddingtonwere Bill has done more for the sport of made to follow. had to diff it Wright an Knowing they up. Freestylethan anyone. Consider his tremendous outstanding junior they came out strong. However theydid have love of the game through theyears. He stands contingent... some breakdown that relegated them to 2nd. out for actuallyseeing a need and doing somethingabout it. Action speaks louder than Check the results to see the numberof teams. words. He has never drawn attention to himself, What an outstandingjam time. A briefsynopsis only the sport or to his approach to the game. about the fight for first follows. He was the second FPA Director and held that post for more than 10 years. Afterthathe stepped In thesemis pool B therewas a close call between aside and moved up to becomethe Director of Schiller/Leitnerand Kenny/Imperiale. the WFDF. His efforts have been rewarded with Schiller/Leitnerhit theirjam hard, playing more some strong headway at theWorld Games in spontaneous, but hitting strong and jamming Japan. His reputation is immaculate.He is a first appropriately. A particular highlight was Tommy's ballot inductee into the Freestyle Hall of Fame if long tipping series matchingthe music perfectly. thatever gets off the ground. Bill Wright is in a Kenny/Imperialehad a more structured routine word “deadicated". and essentially hit it. The pool could have gone eitherway with Schiller Leitner eaking it out. In Best Party theotherpool, Lewis/Coddingtonjust shredded OK. Pretty much wherever Tom Leitner went. But and hit everything. A clear victor, theyshowed more to the point. Once again there is really no theywould be the team to beat. othertournamentthat has a chance against the festive frenzy of Paganello.Viva |talia!

New category: Spirit of the Jam Award (to most Inspirational Player) Larry Imperiale has spent more money. traveled more places.busted more jams and tutored more new players than anyone in history. He is more than deserving of thisaward. International Player of the Year Reto Zimmerman. OK. Do thisjust once. Study of move of Reto. Any move. Memorize it. Now go down to your local park and try it. According to some state of theart mathematicianshere at UC Santa Cruz, the average player could do only one of his moves once in their entire lifetime “Otherteams with strong showings were Laubert/Harperwith only by applying CHAOS theorems. He can do it every time. high choreography and a 29 out of 30 in execution.”

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The women's pool saw the team of The Jammers' Graves/Robbinstake gold after a formidable Championship challenge from B-Schiller/Sanchez. The more Jacksonville,Florida refined teamworkof Graves]Robbinswas enough September 9, 2001 to overcome thecomebackof Amy B-Schillerfrom by Paul Kenny 9 month bout of motherhood and Bethany P- Sanchez. They were able to put up a challenge Well, Jim came through for us. Great weather. despite little time to put somethingtogether. A great crowds, kind winds for the most part and the awesome particular highlight displayed a great jam and crowd response at thejaguars The attendance of theTiawanese contingent. game. BTW. thelammers helped the lags to a teams of R. Titcomb / Lin I-chi and Tsai Hsin-jung big win! This tournament would not have been 'Ftcomb and / Wolfe displayed theclass of Rohre nearly as smoothlyrun withoutthe enormous Tam Wolfe introducing two very spirited ladies help provided by Lawrence Frederick and Tommy the ropes of freestylecompetition. The freestyle Leitner. Lawrence provided much of the community in attendance enjoyed the show and infrastructurefor theevent includingtents,tables, appreciated effort these ladies displayed. Let's clipboards etc and helped coordinate with the hope this is thebeginningof a fruitful relationship city to ensure a quality event. Takingthe bull amongst our cultures. by the horns, Tommy covered some bases overlooked by theTD and truly made things The Titcomb division...er...Juniordivision saw a happen. ThanksTommy, you are one of a kind. dominant familyperformance once again. Xtehn Special thanksto Bob “Friz”Coleman who came Titcomb had the most competition...fromVehro late to enjoy the show and provided awesome Titcomb! Rohre Titcomb, after finishing 3rd in announcingwhich really worked well with the women's, won her junior division handilyand busy pep rally crowd. Thanks Friz! Major kudos Qxhna Titcomb won her age group as well. A go to Carl Emerson who quietly and with joy, major highlight was the age group gold medal provided a rental truck, manual labor and a winning performance of Lee Hao / Chan Yu-min. tournament banner withthetourney logo which I thinkit is a first...congratulations!0 was all first class. Carl is Top Shelf and without him I would have been helpless.

There was so much hein jamming, especially in thesemis. With an extremelydeep field providing a very competitive and fired up backdrop,the show was awesome. lammers from Puerto Rico, CA, CO, MA, KY, CT, PA, FL and TX traveled in to rock thelax world. Tommy and Murf just peeled. Hos convoluted and Pipo Pipo’d. Jeff O'Brien had probably threeor four moves of thetournament. Steve Scannell's arrival signaled the return of the traditional mystery jammer.

A very tasty mixed field impressed an audience not aware ofjust how awesome these ladies can peel. Anne played with sawy from jamming so much. Nicki N. continues to improve greatly, impressing even thoseof us who have recently seen her. Renee just knows how to play, continuing her growth. But clearlythe highlight of the mixed field was Nikki R. She just plays with a very comfortable spirit and is open to new ideas and able to execute them immediately. Rikki, she is a freestyler!All thoseotherawards and victories are just stuff!

The open finals saw thewinds pick up a bit.With some tents in the wind line, extra care was needed. All four teams came out shredding with everyone hitting their best stuff. The cleanliness of the routines was the difference and it might have been impossible choose otherwise. On the injury front, it seemed with everyone going for it, a few bumps and bruises occurred. Tommy bonked his head and got a neck stinger on the last catch of theirfinals routine. Buddy “Hammerhead” Adams separated his shoulder, went to the hospital, then got up first thingthe

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" next morning and jammed! It seemed only Murf Estoy Boracha ~ thankyou Pipo for jamming escaped any tweaks, even going for his famous with me! You are awesome! And for once we flip! didn't have any tropical storms at thelammers!” -Renee Those qualifying for theJags demo included Nikki. Anne. Tommy, Murf, Larry, Paul,Gregg, Pipo, and “Big Wind. Big Players. Big Quad Gitis. Big Fun. Toddy and Buddy. Because of Tommy's injury, he Big Uggo” laid out of the demo and Murf and I mutually -Hos concluded Carl most deserved the opportunity to replacehim as the“winner”ofthemost lammer “First it's the Friendships,then spirit. The demo went awesomely. A great wind. huge crowd and playing to U2’s “Desire” (Irish it’s theTournament. The band, more tributes to Jim), everyone peeled. weatherseems to not matter Murf and Laerbs especially seemed to get the fans rocking. The cameras were fixated on the as much as the Fun.” ladies with Anne and Nikki getting a lot of -Carl & Michele iumbotron time. As we left the field, there was an awesome roar from the fans, cementingthe “Once again. I could not (shoulder) the burden sense thatwe all were having the times of our alone!” lives. Thanks again to everyone who came in for -Buddy “HammerHead" Adams thejam. It is becauseofthekindness, heart. skills and friendshipsof you all thatthisevent happens. lax is the max, Fun is the bun. Jam as to slam, I We love you Iim! love to show the goods when I'm livin’ in the hood. -Paul Kenny 0 -Toddy

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:2“i.‘:". Oregon States -4 Tennessee Corvallis, Oregon State August 26, 2001 by Jake Gauthier Overalls Seven Oaks, Tennessee September 22 & 23, 2001 The weekend started with the Beast a drawing “Jake and Matt got hot to take by Rik Downs line in the sand between golf and freestyle.At the 9 am players meeting Matt and Steve thought thetournament.Their it was theperfect timeto start a jam. In themiddle Tennessee State Overalls - what can you say? It

of the announcementsSteve deflected (kicked) has been going on forever - 26 years! Even though the disc into a golfers ear. This guy had no idea multiple reverse combos and it caters more to disc golfers it stillattractsquality what happened and he was ready to brawl. freestylecompetition. Over the years it has Fortunately Steve's practice apologizing paid off flowing passing sequences attracted the likes of Buddy Adams, Rick Sader. and the golfer let him off easy...or so Steve Chuck Richards. Andy Shrank(?),Glen Whitlock, Later in the day during the distance Dan Yarnell, Steve Hanes and others. Let's not thought. were second to none.” competition the golfer's buddy took his revenge forget theregulars which include Ron ‘The Master‘ with a killerdrive right into Steve's leg. Luckily King,Willi ‘Turbo’ Williams,Gary ‘Buff Bod‘ Edge. the rest of the weekend was a blast! The wind Dave ‘Gonzo' Kessler, Crustmaster H B Clark, coming off the river Saturday was near perfect Barry 'B' Gill, Ken Folger and Rik 'Gumby' Downs. and Jake, Matt. Steve. Bob and Sarah had no H B Clark and Barry Gill have the unique qualms taking advantage of it. They hit combo distinction of beingtheonly players to attend all moves. Rohre almost offa after combo includingone with a flamingitosis multiple gitus pulled 26 tournaments and to compete in all of the set to a take. Xtehn and Zahlen brush by Matt. As the day went on thejam grew phlaud phlaud events. Terry ‘T J‘ Johnson and Joel Rogers both tore thefield thestandard for the next and shrank as a few of theoverall players stepped up setting lived in thisarea before they moved on. They hit some nice reverse then in to test theirskills.Anothernotable aspect was two teams. They sets, have an amateur freestyleevent which usually the beer and barbecue provided for the players. Zahlen took off on a brushing combo thatended draws 1o-15 teams. For most of these players, Bob and Special thanksto Full Sail for beingthe biggest in a text book china syndrome. Getty thisis theonly time oftheyear theywill ‘freestyle’ hit some stuff. What can I I didn't see it but sponsor of the event. say, but every now and then someone will surprise and Matt it must have rocked becauseJake only you with a delay, multiple tips or difficult catch. beat them Rumor has it the Sunday was the day of the freestylecompetition. by .3. Getty caught Their devil-may-careattitudes make for some first aerial to which Bob answered With theotherevents running late it was decided team's gitus good entertainment as theydive, roll and fumble with a and Matt hot at the last minute to do a single pool using peer planted flamingitis.Jake got around for catches. It also becomesamusing to take thetournament.Their reverse judging based on difliculty (Skippy style).There multiple when you see them. in their routines, trying to combos and were was a great turnout of non-freestylerswho flowing passing sequences mimic moves they saw a more advanced, open second to none. Plus Matt sacrificedhis wanted to give it a run and we were impressed body player do just moments before in the pre-event by all of them.Adam, Blair and Seth decided to landing on his head to catch a barrel roll. Poor Jam. car broke down and he went take the comedy route. Almost every catch was Steve's supposedly home beforethe I thinkhe was a layout. Man was it fun(ny) to watch. Sadlytheir competition. This year's open freestyleevent was held on a scared of the diff score was below 1. Pat and Dan hit us with a golfers. hot weekend (Sept 22-23) in a park near the good varietyof throwsand some nice tips. Spider Nashvilleairport. Being held such a short time Overall thistournament was an all around and Ent pulled out some very unique moves. With good after the 9-11 terrorist attack it was not unusual time. thanksto all thosewho a slowlyspinning disc Ent pushed down hard and Special helped put to see players stop to watch planes take off and it on and all the who traveled from turned his hand over to gain control. He did this freestylers land. It was reassuringto see them in the air but out of town to make the a over and over under the leg, behindtheback and help freestyle powerful it was soberingto realize it was much biggerjets We turned some heads. I thinkwe even ended witha perfect set (to a drop) to his partner. event. full of passengers thathit theworld trade center. to 0 Qxhna carried the team of Bart, Randle and picked up some new jammers. Way go! Ten teams competed in the open prelims on Qxhna. They managed to feed her spin and she'd Saturday. Tournament Director Ken Folger and work her magic with utl passes to beautifulchairs Bob Herbert gatheredsixth placewith Ken unable and flamingos. If only someone could have given to repeat some of his best jammin' ever during Bart a good counter toss he would have broken thewarm-ups. Fifthplace was taken by Barry Gill loose as well (but not like Qxhna ;-). James and and John Buttrey. John is a young player from Sten-erik are Portland-ites and have dabbled in New York City and he definitely has the ‘right freestylein the past. At one point they had a stuff‘! If he keeps on his current track we will be wonderful rhythm of speed flow which could hearing a lot from him. Fourth placewent to Dave easilybe called the best speed flow on the field Kessler and H B Clark. H B threw his patented of the day. The change from throwto catch was toe throwand Dave was decked out in red. white expertly consecutive. John and Cliff appeared to and blue as they performed to ‘Born In the USA‘ have the most choreographed routine of the day while a jet was landingat the airport behind even thoughtheyonly spent 3 minutes preparing. them!Glen Whitlock, Juliana Korver and Shawn They had beautifulpasses and a great sequence Sinclair came in a hot third. Glen was full of of turnovers. Some actuallycommented on how positive enthusiasmwhile pulling off some well they ‘spoke the freestylelanguage‘ on the beautifulmoves. Juliana showed she is not just field. Rohre, Vehro and Sarah shredded with a golfer while beingtotally graceful and steady.

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Don't you know she can throwsome z's! Shawn The first team up was Mark Regalbuti and Sandy scale. But in theend Matt and lake took thetitle has really improved since last year's tourney. Kelp. They played great with Buti nailinga big - congratulation boys! Second place ended up going to perennial flyingphlaudto secure extra bonus points on winners Willi Williamsand Gary Edge. Their thefinal move. Next up was Matt and lake - these The Co-op finals were held on Sunday and like routine had lots of cliff and it was obvious they homeboyzfired up bigtime - hitting sick combos Saturday the play was inspired even thoughthe have thrown a lot togetherbut a few too many all theway through...waituntil you see thison wind was lighter than usual. First up was Matt & drops gave Buddy Adams and Rik Downs who, video! Jake Gauthierteaming with Skippy lammer. What despite trying to do a simple routine, had enough a thrillfor the G-Bro's to hook up with Skippy for difficulty and catches to grab first place. Mike Esterbrook and Paul Klimek came up next an eight minute routine. It almost goes without Sunday's finals were almost anticlimacticin that and Paulwasted no time hitting a crushing c&b saying - these guys shredded...the Boys really every team finished in the same order as in the (crash&burn) gitis on his first move - I didn't got Skippy fired up - he hit some ripping against prelims. The eventual first place team of Adams seem him do it but I heard the crash and looked combos and a '2 week long‘ vacation.They tried and Downs had trouble catching the disc in the over to see him grovelling in the sand with disc increasingtheir gitis ratios but a few too many first two minutes oftheirjam. Then Buddy caught in hand. FarmerMike hit a sweet double spinning found sand not skin. a bad attitude that Rik duplicated which kicked flamingoat the end of their routine. Skippy theirroutine into high gear with sick, crowd- Jammer and Bob Boulware were next and they John Titcomb hooked up withjohnny 0'Mallyand pleasing catches and co-ops with only one drop hit some huge co-ops and some techno~turvey Mark Regalbuti for anotherfun round - they hit in the last three minutes! 0 indy‘s Bob was quoted as saying jamming on some really nice co-ops and benefitted from a the beachwas like a "full serve air bush buffet". music change to the Doors during a time out. Carolyn Yabeteamed up with Melissa trail and Tom Sahlit and Mike Cloud teamed with Melissa -'--E:-1 Manpico theyflowed throughtheir routine nicely with Trailand they played really well togetherwith Melissa hitting some cool air brushes and Carolyn Melissa hitting a bigwater move. '0tter',Mike Open going off on some consecutive indys. Doug Koms and Tam played like they'vebeen playingtogether Santa Cruz, California and John Titcomb played next and both showed for years...oh yeah, they have. Otter returned to September29 & 30, 2001 how much they'veimproved over the summer. the water time and again as if he was lookingfor by Tom Leitner Doug did not shy away from thewater and earned nice kelp bed to hang out in. his new nickname, "Otter". john continues to work on all aspects of his game includingboth The final team was Steve Hubbard, The first ever 'Manpico' Open was anothergreat Larry lmperiale spins whether or the disc. and Paul Klimek. After and the G- success in the spirit of all the Santa Cruz Beach delaying brushing seeing Skippy Tom Sahlit and Mike Cloud came out next and bros shred, knew would have to raise Classic and Tampico Open events of years past. they they these guys showed what they'reall about... their to the next level to have a chance to Since 1991 Santa Cruz has hosted 5 Beach games shredding! Tommy is playing betterthan ever started a bit slow. When went Classics, 5 Tampico Opens, 2 FPA World win...They Larry combiningtechnical moves withathleticismand off on a run but couldn't save the disc Championships ('94, '99), one WFDF ('91) and brushing Mikey was solid as usual, he got really fired up becausehe was shoes, he decided to now one Manpico Open...that's14 events in 10 wearing by the String Cheese Incident song theywere call time-out. He took off the shoes and from years - woohoo! playing to. then on they raised theirlevel of play and began

hittingon all cylinders - to watch. Bob Boulware and the Hubbards came early and just phenomenal Johnny O'Mally and Tam Wolfe hooked up and So the clocksters couldn't muster camped out with me thursday night. It's so great power enough put on quite a show. Tam has a really good to Larry, Steve and Paul out of the to have an extra day to setup camp and be able mojo keep of how to set for her winners circle. to chill out beforetheevent. The weatherwas understanding good angles partner and she gave J0 some sweet sets. lohnny thewarmest we've ever had at Manresa - it hit once again hit the water move of the tourney - Zach Hubbard then finished the tournament off 88 at thebeachand a record 100 degrees just 10 he extended his to reach a minutes inland at Watsonville. completely body gitis by demonstratingall the moves he's been he had no business getting to in thefirst place learning - nice job 'ZachariaZachypoe'! and of course he got it - right beforethe wave to Matt and lake on their 2nd Friday morning more jammers started showing Congrats straight hit him (or was it vise versa). win. And kudos to Paul Klimekon his first up and therewere several hot beachjams Friday. freestyle win and to Steve Hubbard for his first win in...well, During one of thejams a Dolphin jumped out of The final Open Pairs team was counter wind too Mark won the Most Valuable thewater and into an oncoming wave right in long. Regalbuti Gods, Larry lmperiale and Steve Hubbard. These lammer prize and was awarded a Derek Jeter front ofwhere we were jamming- it was awesome! guys flat out ripped! Once again you'll have to bobble head doll. Thanks for who By Friday night both camp sites were packed with everybody consult thevideo for thisone...it was just off the helped out all weekend. Peace. 0 jammers - and we got to enjoy one of Boulder Creek Brewery's finest beers, Redwood Ale. Later we headed down to the beachfor a full moon beachhike and jam.

Saturday everybody beachjammed and jammed and jammed from 11-4pm then we had a quick judging meetingand Skippy explained the bonus and super bonus moves. The pairs routines were 7 minutes long and each team was given 1 time- out theycould use wheneverthey needed...Almost every team used theirtime-out

but for different reasons - to change the music, get an attitude adjustmentor to find a disc that had been lost in thesurf.

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Nov 1 1 , 2001 by John Titcomb by Dave Schiller

The (26thannual) AZ States is a firm fixture on only a drop, bobble. or the Captain's log, Stardate 12/6/2oo1... the freestyletour. It's the last bigtournament somewhere separated them, Hooray. the 2001 FPA world's were a success! Now thatall dust has settled the vibe here in S.D. is an overwhelming beforeyear-end, great weatheris a great attractor judging-wise). but the shows , resulting sense of for who attended, staffed and helped (compare Seattle in mid-November!),and the for theaudience'sappreciation gratitude everyone full overall schedule lets the 'stylersflex run the event in ant way. The show went off without a hitch and nearly were quite different. Jamie some different muscles (thinkgolf and lots of everyone seemed to have a blast jamming here in the“jamtopia” Chantilesand Jeff Kruger DDC). The 26th annual AZ event fit thisproforma, of S.D. The performances were outstanding,with highlights being jammed to 4th: the spins, and Paul's routine, Nikki's and a good time was had by all. Many thanksto , among many, Randy, Dan. Co-op coming the never-thanked-enoughorganizers,TD Harvey jumps, skids of Jeff's typical of age. Amy and Stacey showing us how its done, and every time Brandt with freestylehoncho'd by Judy Robbins. crowd pleasing play contrasted the “got-the-air...under-their-disc”brothers,Matt and Jake, were with the windless condition shredding. Hugest thanxto the core staffloel, Kim and Anne for and all the As could be expected, the semi's showcased the and hence more difficult fully theircontinued support positive encouragement way with the music ‘stylepromise and progress of thetournament's vertical front and invert rolls through the course of the event. JT and Magman. world-class overall and announcing,were clutch. along withthejudging prowess of players. Examples: and changes by Jamco. 3rd was the Pookers, Bethanyand Rodney. Paul and Larry with the FPA, the last 2oo1 Space Odyssey Dan 0 Mandy Carreiro added her fiatworkand high Chipper Bro for Patagonia and FreestyleWatches, Mangone " I'm Dave, I can't do z's to Beth Verish's and Tita Ugalde's practiced sorry, at DiscoveringtheWorld, Ski at lnnova Discs, Nancy (my boss) and teamwork. that" show we'lllikelysee. This her hubbie Derek from OB Peoples Food Store. and Bilbz at The Peter Laubertand Lee Harper Wright Life...I cannot thankyou all enough. The local support for Norma 0 Juliana Korver's jam progress thisyear fit nicely routine was a great success for theancillariesfrom Jen at Boulder Bar, Jeff at Juice Evolution, of the OB with Shawn Sinclair's rememberedsmooth these guys in 2oo1, no from Newbreak Coffee and Steve and Mike, Regulars, of a of this moves. exception in AZ. Peter and was indispensablefor the running tourney magnitude. I can't how off theworld's is for Lee's self-satisfactionis express enough rewarding pulling 0 and Titcomb never a jam community. At thistime, there is not any more complete a Chris Horn (24) John (51!), undoubtedlytheir highest having played together before their routine, format for showcasingthetotality of our sport thanthe FPA worlds. reward, but both judges and showed us both sides and both spins, plus John Thanx again to all for attendingand/or helping and for buying all crowd this caughtthe highest gitis of thetournament, for appreciated tight of our schwag to help us break even. good crowd effect. fully choreographed routine. ls Much Love, Schillz - 2oo1 FPA World's TD ClockworkOrange next? In - Toni Pellicane's gem quality indies: double contrast to Peter and Lee's fit samehand leg-overs, spins, and big-stretch and finish was a new routine catches were hein. Toni's partner Conrad Damon's thatCindy Kruger and FPA 2 ud throw double leg-overs, ‘crow catch, high Director Paul Kenny showed. were signature. They exhibited multi-disc skills full of diff. Cindy's athleticism - And isn't Harvey Brandt amazing! from keystrokesto body rolls and b2b and spin dazzle. was on display,theytried some nary a drop; he had good support from infrequent quick catching to add variety, Blair Paulsen. and Paul include a bunch of 'styler turnovers and multi-disc 0 By the way, theteam of Dave Lewis and Dave throwsand catches. The Dave FPA Worlds (From Murphy won their pool with a dropless routine, Murphy Dave Lewis show took O.xhna's Journal) thedisc fell out of Lewis’ Oliver-position Writing although top honors however, with hand as time was called. audienceand undoubtedlythe by Qxhna W. B. Titcomb, 8 this 2D In the finals, placing6th were overall'ers Dave judges rewarding Hesselberth,Fred Salaz, and John Schiller.They team's more z's, more diff, and I went to a frisbeetournament for 3 days the 21, 20, and 19th. I School showed a triangleof contrasting indie styles: fewer drops. Most notable to got to skip school becausemy plane was leavingat 3:10 and need 2 Dave's tight contortions with crows, around the thisobserver was some sort of gets out at 2:45. I left at 12:05 to get there becauseyou hours to check to the and to in line to get ankles, and famous walk-overgitis. Fred with Lewis spin-pull-shoot to a in, go past security, get some spins and good control bothflatand angles, Murph spin under the leg gitis your seats. and some Schillerrolls and athleticism. Placing pull take and continuethatwas were Dan Magallanes and Judy Robbins. As I got to the hotel, the opening ceremony had already started, 5th beautiful.But DL didn't try the These two were a study in counter and clock, but but it didn't matter becausethere were frisbee players up ‘til1:00 oliver catch that he Before hardly a still-lifegiven theirJames Brown ending in the morning. But I was tired so I went to bed at 10 or 9:30. in the semi's. Oh accompaniment.They had fun, and Judy was "dropped" I go to bed I get to read some, but not too much. clearly happy with her look-awaylocator. The well. This D team won by a 1 and 1 mixed. 4th-3rd-2ndspread was just a point, (so maybe comfortable margin. 0 In thetournament I did 4 routines: 2 juniors, women's.

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I got in thefinals in juniors. My throwerwas lake, Hall of Fame? and we had a lot of fun together. Freestyle by Rik Downs My women's partner was Sarah; we had fun. too. Hello fellow members!This article is intended to need to be or have been an FPA memberor if My mixed partner was Jamie. We did a routine start the process of decision making. I'll be happy membershipneeds to be part of the criteria at together. This is how it goes: I take my little tent to receive comments or suggestions at all. For thefirst year we should induct up to five out on the field, I go into the tent with 2 discs, I [email protected] would like to put membersand just one every year thereafter.Only throw 1 disc out and he does a couple body rolls forth the idea of forming a Freestyle Players current FPA memberscould nominate a candidate and when he is done I throwthe other one. Assoc. Hall Of Fame. Most othersports have one, and must submit, in writing, the reasons for the includingthe PDGA. To borrow the wording from nomination.This informationwould also be useful If YOU go to FPA Worlds, you'll see lots of amazing the PDGA: "Hall Of Fame inductees shall be in trackingthe history of our sport. A committee things.All you have to do is to ask somebody judged to fit the following standards: favorable of five FPA memberswould comprise the HOF and you can learn the sport. While you play you standing and an honorable reputation withinthe board and sort throughthenominations.Another can hear the water, and it feels so good. freestylecommunity.They must have contributed decision to make would be whetherthe board significantlyto the sport of freestylethrough would vote in the nominees or current FPA All the amazingtricks are fun, and Dad Bekken performance, development, promotion, members.The 'Hall' could be placed on a linkto makes it fun. -Qxhna W. B. Titcomb leadership or sportsmanship which merits our the FPA website. The inductee(s) would be recognition, remembranceand respect." We announced at the FPA world championships. (With spelling etc. help from dad John Titcomb) 0 should then decide on whetherthe candidates -Rik Downs -

‘I7 =2“=l-I:". A Brief Letter From Rankings 11.9.01 the FPA Director by Arthur Coddington by Paul Kenny

As we move into the new year in a changed world, I would like everyone to reflect on just how good we have it. We are able to share our joy with each otherat events, through the intemet and the Forum. As we are embarkingon a new year we have looked at thejudging and rankingsystems and will be possibly tweaking them shortly. Much excellent input has been obtained and will be digested shortly with any proposed changes going to membershipfor vote. It is clear to me that many folks have interest in judging as to what is important and what might be less important. There has also been a plethoraof discussion regarding performance aspects thatare deemed important. Flow,energy and a myriad otherelements have been discussed. This is probably the most fruitful discussion ofjudging we have ever had. Judging is more about thatwhich we deem important and I firmly believe anythingdeemed important can find a place in any system with appropriate weight. One thing I have gleaned from the discussion is IT IS ALL GOOD. Sometimes flow is the appropriate element and sometimes catching at a key moment and holding a pose for a moment is appropriate. All thosethingsdiscussed have merit and it is all contextual. These discussions educate fellow jammers more than anything to events and first hand and and except going participating discussing applying these elements in a live setting. Dave Lewis began 2oo1 at numberone and it looks like he'll end it in the same place. Lewis‘ sweep of Open Pairs and Open Co-op There has been great discussion regarding growing our sport. As Larry lmperiale, at the zoo: FPA World Championships has lifted him past Tom Cindy Kruger and others has so eloquently put it in the past, the best thingwe can Leitner to numberone. do for our sport is to hold a tournament. and try to put it where people are already at. We can push for sponsorship and otherfundingsources that becomeeasier the The battle for numberone is close. Leitner was relegated to number more visibilitywe have. Many folks have come up with wonderful ideas as to how four despite top five finishes in both world championship finals. to grow the sport. The issue becomesone of bodies. The FPA Board remains The two other players who overtook him - Paul Kenny and Arthur incrediblybusy trying to just maintain status quo. As I have stated in the past, we Coddington - placed higher in both divisions at the worlds. are facilitatorsand would love to have more volunteer energy. If you have an idea for increased exposure or fundingsources. we will help you help us. We are in this Kenny has won or placed in every major competition thisyear. together as a team and I am open to all ideas and the issue becomesone of ideas includingtaking second to Lewis in both events at the world versus action. We need your help! championships. He trails Lewis by less than fifty points. Arthur Coddington swept Pairs and Co-op withteammate Lewis but didn't Looking over the past year shows how well we are exposing ourselves to large groups play as many tournamentsthisyear. Nevertheless, his world of folks. Thousands have seen events in Milwaukeeand Italy. Jacksonvillehad a championships point gain brings him up to numberthree. demo as part ofThe Jammers seen by over 50,000 folksat an NFL game. WFDF and theWorld Championships brought togethervirtually thewhole communityof jammers Both GauthierBrothers (Matt and lake) enter thetop twenty this at one time. Regardless of what some folksthinkregarding judging systems, bias month.The Brothers made both Open finals at the world etc, rememberwe are all one familywanting what is best for our sport. Life is short, championships and missed out on third place in Pairs by only one jam hard. The most fun wins. 0 tenth of a point.

Lee Harper and teammate Peter Laubertmade both finals at the world championships. Laubertjumps from 25 to 19, and Harper skyrockets fifty spots from 87 to 37.

Steve Hanes‘ return from back surgery took anotherstep at the world championships. Though hampered by food poisoning on Saturday, Hanes rises from 47 to 29.

On theWomen's rankings list, Lisa Silvey regained the number one spot from Anne Graves after taking second place in Women's Pairs and fifthplace in Mixed Pairs at the worlds. Mary lorgenson's win in Mixed Pairs moves her up to #3. Amy Schiller'scomeback win in Women's Pairs brings her backto the top ten at #7, and Schiller'steammate. the legendary Stacy McCarthy,re-enters the women's rankings at #14 with only one tournament result.

FreestylePlayers Association (FPA) Open Rankings, end of theyear (includes AZ states update) Covers competitions from January 1, 1999 to December31, 2oo1. -

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Rank/Player/Points(Best Five Results) 26 Williams. Rick 440.25 27 Boulware. Bob 430-75 Women's Rankings 28 Hosfeld. Gregg 424-5 29 Hanes. Steve 417-53 1 Hunrichs Silvey. Lisa 1400 3oT Arveskar. Joakim 414 2 Robbins.Judy 1275 30T Karlsson. Stefan 414 3 Jorgenson. Mary 1168.75 32 Ekman,Jan 410 4 Graves. Anne 1150 Robbins.Judy 385-75 5 Kruger. Cindy 1112.5 Jorgenson. Mary 333-75 6 Ross, Nikki 1075 Jammer, Skippy 380.89 “...Lisa Silvey regained 7 Schiller.Amy 1012.5 Scannell. Steve 371.91 8 Daniels. Lori 786.5 Harper. Lee 366 9 Savage. Brenda 612.5 Kruger, Cindy 353-25 the numberone 10 Wolfe. Tam 581.88 Regalbuti. Mark 343-75 spot 11 Ross. Deanna 580 Brandt. Harvey 343 12 Pardo. Renee 530 Silvey. Lisa 337 13 Nicholson. Nicki 375 Fried. Rob 335-75 from Anne Graves after 14 McCarthy. Stacy 350 Simon. Doug 335-75 15 Sanchez. Bethany 325 Magallanes. Dan 311 V 16 Titcomb. Rohre 324.5 Ross. Nikki 304-75 17 Bergman. Sarah 225 Collera. Claudio "Clay" 304 taking second place in 18T Verish. Beth 215 Gamboa. Diego 300.83 18T Ugalde. ‘Fta 215 Downs. Rik 300.25 20 Titcomb. Qxhna 199 Caplin. Alan 299.63 21 Trail.Melissa 165 Auerbach, Gary 289.75 Women's Pairs and fifth 22T Hagenbiork,Carolina 150 Sahlit. Tom 277-5 22T Tomgren. Linda 150 Titcomb. Xtehn 277.08 22T Lin. I-chi 150 Klimek, Paul 274.01 in 25 Griffin. Jenn 135.5 Blakemore, Mark 266.25 place Mixed Pairs at 26T Waldron. Erin 125 Turan. Andrej 260 26T Tsai. Hsin-jung 125 Turan. Juro 260 z6T Black.Jeanne 125 Oberhaus,Ted 259-33 the worlds.” 29 Korver. Juliana 114.75 Dobson, Carl 256.5 30 Navratova. Lucia 105 Riley. Greg 253-25 31T Sacket. Polly 100 Karlsson. Roland 252.5 311’ Matteuzzi. Joan 100 Lasher. Tom 249 33 Sample. Gina 80 Titcomb. Zahlen 243.58 34 Montes. Molly 77 Beckmann. Mike 2345 35 Wendt. Karen 75 Storz. Karl-Christian 229 36 Bower. Juliana 52.5 Ross. Deanna 222.75 37 Carreiro. Mandy 34 Sanchez. Rodney 219.5 38 Holeciova. Ivana 21.5 Ouzoonian, Victor 213 39 Yabe,Carolyn 11.25 Sullivan, Danny 211.125 40 Hoffman. Amber 8 Hughes, Mike 211 41 Horn. Susie 5 Wendt. Brad 211 42 Gracie.Tonia 1 Coleman. Bob 205.25 Edge. Gary 204 Williams.Willi 204 Open Rankings Titcomb. John 197.125 Titcomb. Vehro 187.5 1 Lewis. Dave 1497.25 Korns. Doug 184.255 Congratulationsto Brenda 2 Kenny. Paul 1450.5 Chantiles,Jamie 183.5 Savage and Chris Mills who 3 Coddington. Arthur 1436.25 Esterbrook. Mike 182.75 4 Leitner. Tom 1387 Hudoklin, Joey 180.75 produced Kathryn Hastings Mills, 5 Yamell. Dan 1354.75 Wright. Bill 180 born August 7, 2001 weighing in 6 Silvey,Randy 1299.25 Mackey,Tim 173.25 at 7lbs, 10 oz. 7 Schiller. Dave 1290 Gellerman. Tim 172.75 * 8 lmperiale. Larry 1270 Ross. Richhi 168.75 9 Kruger.Jefi‘ 955.75 Schiller.Amy 165 10 Lopez. Pipo 815.25 Sandstrom, Christian 156 11 Brodeur, Todd 806.5 Sieben.Chris 153-5 12 Murphy. Dave 773.5 O'Mallev. John 153.005 13 Zimmerman, Reto 713 Karlstrom. Stefan 151 14 Marron, Pat 688 O'Brien. Jefi‘ 138.75 15 Rogers, Joel 675.5 Wolfe. Tam 137-63 16 Cameranesi. Danny 663.5 Bursa. Mira 137-5 17 Gauthier.Matt 655.63 Krotky. Jiri 137-5 18 Wentzel, Sune 652.5 Reid. Mikey 135 19 Laubert.Peter 625 Titcomb. Rohre 134 20 Gauthier,Jake 618.13 Graus. Latso 130 21 Sailor. Scott 594.83 Drummond, Jon 127 22 Graves. Anne 501 Nilsson. Mattias 126 23 Schneider. Rico 497.75 Castiglia. Rick 125-75 24 Adams. Buddy 485.5 99 lasko, Branki 125 25 Hays. Steve 464.75 100 Emerson. Carl 125

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May

The 2oo2 New England Indoor Freestyle Championships Saturday. February 16th, 2oo2 OCTAD The 2oo2 FPA World Championships West Jr. High School. West Street. Brockton. TBA will be held 12-14 July in the Boston Massachusetts Cedar Beach Park Solo. Open 8. Mixed Pairs. Random Co-op Allentown. PA area. Further,The Masters Overall Deluxe Players Package.Last year over $500.00 in Freestylewill take place on Sunday. 1-5pm at Cedar FlyingDisc Championships willbe held prize money was awarded. Beach Park at anothersite in Massachusettsthe Steve Scannell, 508 [email protected] Map: Cedar Beach Park Roy Rogers. (215) 794-7868. [email protected] A followingweek, 15-20 July. major June component of The Masters will be the August Official Junior World Championships. Minnesota States Overall Championship with lead—time all the June 22-23. 2oo2 Narragansett Beach Freestyle It is hoped good St Cloud. MN TBA hein Juniors will be able to attend. 4 minute routines open pairs or co-op Narragansett RI ContactToddy Brodeur at Chris Sieben [email protected],firn Chris DePaola 401-789-2942 Mackey [email protected] for more [email protected] 26thAnnual Wisconsin State Overall Championships information on thisexciting week of Santa Cruz Beach Classic V TBA flyingdinner plate fun. June 21-23, zooz Madison. WI Santa Cruz. CA Open. Masters. Women and Junior divisions for Tom Leitner. tom|@frisbee.com freestyle Brad and Karen Wendt [email protected]. February Midwest FreestyleChampionships June 29-30. 2oo2 Oregon States

Milwaukee.WI at Summerfest - TBA Mardi Gras FreestyleJam 2oo2 theworld's biggest music festival. Corvallis. Feb 9-10, 2oo2 Oregon Over zooo witnessed last year's Freestylefinals. 8. Mixed Pairs New Orleans. LA spectators Open and Sanchez (414) 964-2044. Gauthier Deaton Mitchell. deatonmitche|[email protected] Bethany Rodney lake [email protected] [email protected] Steve Jennings (414) 271-2914. [email protected] New England Indoor Freestyle September Championships Connecticut States THE Feb 16.17 2oo2 JAMMERS Championship TBA Steve Scannell. [email protected] TBA Cranbury Park. Norwalk CT Tournament Flyer (132K) Adam Fasciolo. 203-852-9473 The 22nd Annual wintertime Open JacksonvilleBeach. FL Paul Sunday. Feb 17. 2oo2 Kenny (904) 285-6969. [email protected] Hahamongna Watershed Park (formerlyOak Grove). My open and mixed pairs Pasadena. CA Mark Horn, [email protected] FPA World Championships Tennessee States July 12-14. zooz (tentative) TBA MA Ocean Beach Wintershred Boston. Seven Oaks. TN Steve Scannell, [email protected] Format: Pairs or Sunday. Feb 24, 2oo2 Open Co-op Ocean Beach. San Francisco, CA Ken Folger [email protected] Disctivity #6 Open Pairs, Random Co-op Carl Dopson, [email protected] July 15-20 2oo2 Manpico Open Nedereindse Plas. Utrecht. Netherlands TBA

"camping" . overall 'intro' for new players, March Santa Cruz, CA accuracy.freestyle.DDC, Guts, DiscGoIf. Ultimate. Distance. Tom Leitner. [email protected] Self Caught Flight. Discathonand the large group game we FreestyleTraining Camp " call patchoque" (fomierlyWorld War Free. ask Stork) October March 1-3. 2oo2 Mike O. [email protected] Stockholm. Sweden 2oo2 World Beach Invitational Sponsored by the Swedish Sports Federation Masters World Overall FlyingDisc Championships October 5-6. 2002 Stefan Karlsson. [email protected] July 16-20 Ventura. CA Charlton. MA Chip Bell [email protected] 888 344 4567 x April Dave Johnson. 413-596-6966 4335 Paganello 2oo2: Nel Blu dipinto di Blu! Swedisc Open http: / /www.paganello.com Halmstad. Sweden November March 29th - April 1st (Fridaythrough Monday) TBA Rimini. Italy Halmstads FrisbeeClub'sfirst frisbeedisc giant party. Mimmo, [email protected] Huge crowds. a world class event! Freestylewilltake place 27th Annual AZ State Overall Championships Tuesday and Wednesday. Open Pairs. Womens Pairs Nov 9-10. 2002 Virginia States [email protected]@frisbeesport.nu, Vista Del Camino. Scottsdale, AZ

April 12 - 14th. 2oo2 Stefan Karlsson. [email protected] Co-op division Only Pratt Park. Fredericksburg.VA Fax: 46 35 355 55 (TD Stefan Eklund) Harvey Brandt. [email protected]

20 Oregon States Resuhs August 26, 2001 Corvallis. OR

WFDF WORLD OVERALL 1st: Matt 8 Jake Gauthier 2nd: Bob Boulware 8 Getty CHAMPIONSHIPS 3rd: Xten 8 Zahlen Ticomb July 27-28, 2001 4th: Rhore 8 Vehro Titcomb 8 Sarah Bergman San Diego. CA 5th: John Titcomb 8 C|iFfTown 6th: James Dudder 8 Sten-erik Snider FINAL STANDINGS 7th: Qxhna Titcomb, Bart Snell 8 Randle 8th: Spider 8 Ent D - lndicatesthe (A. B. C, original pool seeding.) 9th: Pat Farrell 8 Dan 10th: Adam, Blair 8 Seth OPEN FREESTYLE PRELIM SEMI FINAL TennesseeStates TOTAL TOTAL TOTAL September22-23, 2001 Seven Oaks, TN 1 Leitner/ Schiller- B 66.70 64.15 72.50

2 Coddington / Lewis - A 55-70 70.10 68.10 3 lmperiale/ Kenny - C 54-09 63.46 64.80 The Jammers Championship 4 Cameranesi / Zimmerman - D 54.21 59-50 64.30 September8-9. 2001

5 Harper / Laubert - B 62.50 62.70 59-50 Jacksonville.FL The Jam for Jim 6 Hanes / Yarnell - D 58.30 60.50 59-30

C. / J. - C 7 Kruger Kruger 51-99 53-43 56.40 Open Pool A 8 Storz Wentzel - B / 58.30 55-30 52.40 1. 62.2 Larry Imperiale / Paul Kenny 9T Blakemore / Riley - D 52.19 51.80 2. 58.0 Gregg Hosfeld / Carlos Pipo Lopez

9T Chantiles I Sader — C 50.85 51.56 3. 55.2 Anne Graves / Nikki Ross Carl Emerson Jeff O’Brien 11T Brandt / Wright - A 44-34 48.50 4. 52.7 / 5. 39.0 Vic Ouzoonian / Craig Simon 11T Beckman / Sandstrom — B 51.07 5°-43 13T Gamboa/ Pellicane - D 47-05 46~93 Open Pool B 13T Gleason / Williams - A 44-17 4736 1. 69.8 Tom Leitner/ Dave Murphy

15T D. Roddick / T. Roddick - C 43-32 41-97 2. 60.6 Toddy Brodeur / Buddy Adams Gamboa Dan Yarnell 15T X. Titcomb / Yaniv - A 41-91¢ 46.06 3. 52.7 Diego / 4. 46.6 Steve Scannell / Rik Downs 17T LeBeau / Regalbuti - A 35.66 5. 33.6 Renee Pardo / Nicki Nicholson 17T V. Titcomb / Z. Titcomb - C 41.50

17T Bergehamn / Henricksson - B 44.80 Mixed finals

17T Damon / Voigt - D 40-77 1. 62.5 Nikki Ross / Paul Kenny 2. Anne Graves Tom Leitner 21TJ. ‘fitcomb / Chen Kuan - A 3173 60.5 / 3. 54.1 Renee Pardo / Carlos Pipo Lopez 21T Hesselberth / Karlsson - C 35-70 4. 46.5 Nicki Nicholson / Dan Yarnell 21T Horn / Pierson — D 29-44

21T Bolyard / Wallace - B 39-50 Open Finals 1. 67.5 Larry Imperiale / Paul Kenny WOM EN '5 FR EESTYLE PRELIM FINAL 2. 63.4 Dave Murphy / Tom Leitner TOTAL TOTAL 3. 60.4 Toddy Brodeur / Buddy Adams 4. Unk Gregg Hosfeld / Carlos Pipo Lopez 1 Graves / Robbins 48-55 5 2.60 2 Sanchez / A. Schiller 33-93 50.80 Tennessee States 3 R. Titcomb / Lin I-chi 29.27 30.27 September22-23. 2001 4 Tsai Hsin-iung / Wolfe 10.90 15.86 Seven Oaks. TN 1st Buddy Adams and Rik Downs JUNIORS‘ FREESTYLE FINAL 2nd Willi Williamsand Gary Edge TOTAL 3rd Glen Whitlock. Juliana Korver and Shawn Sinclair 1 Xtehn ‘Ftcomb 18.90 4th Dave Kessler and H B Clark 2 Vehro Titcomb 18.63 5th Barry Gill and John Buttrey 6th Ken and Bob Herbert 3 Tim Cohn 17.67 Folger 4 Lu Szu-wei / Yu Wei-ju 15.51 Manpico Open Results Kirk ,,o 5 Shipos 15.26 September29 8 30. 2001 6 David Withiam 14.91 Santa Cruz. CA

Pairs Results: Boys / Under 12 TOTAL Open 1. lake 8 Matt Gauthier 1 Lee Hao / Chan Yu-min 11.10 2. Steve Hubbard 8 Larry Imperiale 3. Skippylammer& Bob Boulware Girls / Under 18 TOTAL 4. Mike Esterbrook 8 Paul Klimek 1 R. Titcomb 18.68 5. Mark Regalbuti 8 Sandy Kelp 6. Mike Cloud 8 Tom Sahlit 2 Chen Pei—feng 14.03 Yabe 8 Melissa Trail Lin l—chi 7. Carolyn 3 13.27 8. John Titcomb 8 Doug Korns Pan Yuchen 4 13.00 9. Tam Wolfe 8 Johnny O'mally 5 K30 Li-yen 12.31 Open Co-op Results: Girls / Under 12 TOTAL 1. Steve Hubbard/PaulKlimek/Larry Imperiale 2. Matt 8 Jake Gauthier/SkippyJammer 1 Q. Titcomb 15.28 3. Mark Regalbuti/John Titcomb/Johnny O'Mally 2Tsai Hsin-Jung 11.30 T4. Tam Wolfe/Mike Esterbrook/Doug "Otter" Koms 3 Chen chen / Hsieh Hsiao-fan 11.07 T4.Torn Sahlit/Melissa Trail/MikeCloud

21 Open Pairs Semifinals (top 4 in each pool Open Pairs Prelims (top 4 in each pool Results (cont.) advance to thefinal) advance to thesemifinals)

Pool A Pool A 1. ArthurCoddington/DaveLewis 69.1 1. ArthurCoddingtonlDave Lewis 70.7 2. Larry lmperiale/PaulKenny 64.5 2. Jake Gauthier/MattGauthier59.6 2001 FPA World Championships 3. Lee Harper] Peter Laubert57.9 3. lamie Chantiles/SteveHanes 52.3 October 19-21, 2001 4. Mark Blakemore/GregRiley 57.6 4. Pat MarronlRico Schneider 48.03 Mission Beach. CA 5. Toddy Brodeur/leffKruger 57.2 5. Bob Boulware/Barak Lifshitz 44.7 6. Buddy Adams/PipoLopez 54.3 ]unior's 7. Diego Gamboa/Judy Robbins 47.4 Pool B 1st - Nikki Ross - 40.28 place girl's 8. Steve Hays/Mark Regalbuti 44.5 1. Dave Murphy/loel Rogers 64.5 2nd — Dianna Ross - placegirls 32.69 2. Larry lmperiale/PaulKenny 64.1 - Qxhna Titcomb - 3rd place girl's 23.73 Pool B 3. Diego Gamboa/ludy Robbins 52.5 1st place boy's - Zach Montes - 30.06 1. Tom Leitner/Dave Schiller63.8 4. Steve Hays/Mark Regalbuti 51.9 2. lake Gauthier/MattGauthier60.26“ 5. Mike Cronin/TomGleason 44.6 Women's 3. Dave Murphy/Joel Rogers 60.26‘ 1- Amy Schillerand Stacy McCarthy - 66.0 - (17.5df, 26.4ex, 22.1ai) Pool C 4. Randy Silvey/Dan Yarnell 56.86 - - 22.oai) 1. Tom Leitner/Dave Schiller61.4 2- Cindy Kruger and Lisa Hundrichs-Silvey 64.4 (16.8df. 25.6ex. Williams 5. Steve Scannell/Rick 53.33 Laubert Nikki Ross and Dianna Ross - - (12.3df. 27.oex. 13.3ai) 2. Lee Harper/Peter 59.3 3- 52.6 6. Pat Marron/Rico Schneider 53.06

- 58.3 Graves - 16.oai) 3. Buddy Adams/PipoLopez 4- Judy Robbinsand Anne 51.7 (14.7df. 21.oex. Hanes 7. Jamie Chantiles/Steve 49.26 4. Chip Bell/DannySullivan 52.6 8. Chip Bell/Danny Sullivan SCR Open "tiebreaker used Pool D 1- Arthur and Dave Lewis - 72.1 - (22.5df. 27.oex. 22.6ai) Coddinngton 1. Toddy Brodeur/Jeff Kruger 59.08 2- Larry Imperiale and Paul Kenny - 70.6 - (21.2df. 29.1ex. 2o.3ai) 2. Randy Silvey/DanYarnell 58.25 3- Dave Murphy and Joel Rogers - 66.7 - (21.9df,24.2ex, 21.4ai) 3. Steve Scannell/RickWilliams 57.14 4- Matt Gauthierand lake Gauthier- 66.6 - (19.5df, 24.9ex. 22.2ai) 4. Mark Blakemore/GregRiley 51.3

5- Dave schillerand Tommy Leitner - 66.1 - (21.1df. 25.3ex, 19.7ai) 5. Carl Dobson/DonnieWallace42.78

[-6- Peter Laubertand Lee Harper - 58.9 - (15.7df. 24.2ex. 19.0ai)

t-6- Randy Silveyand Dan Yamell - 58.9 - (17.9df, 23.5ex. 17.5ai)

8- Greg Riley and Mark Blakemore - 55.8 - (12.0df,26.oex. 17.8ai)

Mixed Scottsdale. AZ 1- Mary Jorgenson and Dan Yarnell - 66.0 - (18.1df. 26.7ex, 21.2ai)

2- Nikki Ross and Dave Murphy - 60.7 - (16.2df. 26.54ex. 18.oai)

3- ludy Robbinsand Larry Imperiale - 59.6 - (17.9df. 25.5ex. 16.2ai)

4- Lori Daniels and Paul Kenny - 58.4 - (14.9df,24.1ex, 19.4ai) Pool A

5- Lisa Hundrichs-Silveyand ArthurCoddington - 53.4 - (15.8df. 20.1ex, 17.5ai) final Results 2- Laubertand - - 6th place - Anne Graves and Tommy Leitner 53.03 (15.9df. 21.3ex. 15.8ai) Harper 59.70 1- Murphy and Lewis 64.00 3- Magallanes and Robbins 48.90 2- Kenny and C. Kruger 56.40 Damon and Pellicane 47.60 Co-op 4- 3- Harper and Laubert55.50 5- C. Horn and fitcomb 42.30 4- Chantilesand l. Kruger 55.40 1- Dave Schiller.ArthurCoddington,and Dave Lewis - 71.8 -(23.9df. 26.1ex. 21.8ai) 5- Magallanes and Robbins 48.90 2- Paul and Dan Yarnell - - 23.4ex. 26.3ai) Randy Silvey. Kenny. 69.3 (19.6df. 6- Hesselberthand Schillerand Salaz Leitner. Dave - 68.6 -(22.8df. 26.4ex. 19.4ai) 3- Larry lmperiale. Tommy Murphy 1- Kenny and C. Kruger 60.60 39.00 4- Pat Marron. Pipe. and Jefi‘ Kruger - 63.6 - (20.4df, 24.8ex,18.4ai) 2- Chantilesand J. Kruger 53.30 7T- Damon and Pellicane 5- Peter Laubert, Lee Harper. and Danny Sullivan - 58.8 -(19.3df. 23.4ex. 16.1ai) 3- Hesselberthand Schillerand Salaz 44.7 7T- Brandt and Paulsen 6- Steve Hanes, Greg Riley. and Mark Blakemore - 50.9 -(19.5df. 19.9ex. 11.5ai) 4- Brandt and Paulsen 40.6 9T- C. Horn and Tutcomb Carreiro and and Verish 7- Matt Gauthier.Jake Gauthier.and Bob Boulware - 43.8 -(18df, 14.6ex. 11.22ai) 5- Ugalde 40.0 9T- Carreiro and Ugalde and Verish 6- Korver and Sinclair 36.4 (special appearance by Buddy Adams and Toddy Brodeur) 11- Korver and Sinclair

Women's Pairs Open Pairs

finals finals Email Spotlight 1. Stacey McCarthy/AmySchiller 1. ArthurCoddingtonlDave Lewis "Fluffers" and "Shredders" Unitel 2. Cindy Kruger/Lisa Silvey 2. Larry lmperiale/PaulKenny One Family,Two Different Points of View 3. Deanna Ross/Nikki Ross 3. Dave Murphy/loel Rogers by Rodney Sanchez 4. Anne Graves/ludy Robbins 4. Jake Gauthier/Matt Gauthier 5. Tom Leitner/Dave Schiller Semifinal I want to address the current situation in the jam scene regarding "shred" and “shred 1. Cindy Kruger/Lisa Silvey with theme,” and the divisions thathave risen between us. 2. Stacey McCarthy/AmySchiller 3. Anne Graves/Judy Robbins THE SCENE There have always been divergent points of view concerning how to approach Deanna Ross] Nikki Ross 4. the art of freestylefrisbee competition. From the time thatthe Velasquez Brothers did 5. Lori Daniels/Marylorgenson their "Beat It'' routine. there has been a split regarding the course oftheroutine. As I 6. Sarah Bergman/Qxhnafitcomb have come and gone and returned and gone and now returned again to the jam scene, this division between a presentation-orientedroutine and a looser, "pure' shred routine has widened drastically. Today. it seems thatthereare at least two cogent, and unfortunately, hardening points ofview. Those who wish to see the go-for-it shred style, and those who wish to see routines thatattempt to be more creative different opinions as how to present, in competition, followed by a good throw,and the judge marksthe in a choreographed, stylizedmanner. this art form we love so much. (And ifit is an art move as a 4.7. At the end ofthe routine, all the form, how does one judge what comes from such a difficulty markswould be added together. then To me, each ofthese points of view are just that. deep placewithintheheart and mind? Anothertopic divided by the numberof marksto arrive at the final of both valid from theirown for another points view, equally time.) score for theroutine. This would take a bitof getting in the each has side. That is, the mind of perceiver. used to. for instance, factoringin the minor bobbles a valid place in theworld. However. if we can,t WHAT TO 00? Part of my mind compels me to say and intermediate bobbles as well as the drop into come to some sort ofa solution as a familyof thatmaybewe should consider two different types the deduction of any given move. However, I do jammers, then,given thissituation. I am tempted of competitions, which. really,is already happening. believewe could do it. to conclude thatwe need to have two different but clearlystate thatone is for the no-holds-barred types of tournaments,with two well-defined types type of loose shredding (which has already the execution could lead us to of judging systems. One thatrewards the pure occurred) and the other is for a more presentation Eliminating category more as well as shred. and one thatleans heavilyon presentation type ofroutine (which the current FPA system does risk-takingduring competition, and thematicelements. Some would argue thatwe not fully state). lessen the need to seal the catch at all costs. thus already have that, but I am not convinced thatthe averting the cheesy catch. All of which, hopefully, current FPA system solely rewards the more The current FPA Judging System appears to offend would lead to more exciting play. Both in "shred" musically choreographed routine. The system is some folks so much it prevents them from and “shred with theme" routines. almost completely subjective. And it is my participating in so-called FPA events, even at the contention thatit is the minds ofthejudges that World Championships. The latter should be, at the One of the results ofjudging from the take-in to the determine the winners ofany given tournament, very least. the one time a year we can all gather throw,and one reason why the time-blocks rose up not the itself. to share in the of the Whatever system together joy jam. as a possible solution. is thatfolks thatdo shorter the reasons folks have for not to wanting participate, moves, and quick catches, receive more marks, THE RUB There are some people thatcannot accept which I wholly honor and respect. it is for me a sad therebytaking more risk at dropping the frisbee thatany Jammer would tone down her or his play in state of affairs. We all dearly love the jam so much! (which isn,t rewarded anywhere in the system), than order to hit cues in the music or present some sort I want to see all the gnarlyjammers when I to go those who do high spin, long delay, rim. bash. roll. of a thematicroutine. In otherwords, to NOT try and Worlds. Bring it on!!! And right now thatisn,t catch types of moves. I bring thatup as simply a play at the level we are capable of, like we do on happening, and it saddens me. of debate, but stillthinkthat rid of the the fields or beachesof our choice, where we jam point getting time blocks would us out in the up a storm. playing to the utmost of our abilities. I do not. however, advocate thatthe FPA adopt a help long-run. (|,ve I fully understand how people could view this judging system for Worlds, or the "tour," thatis never liked those pesky little boxes.) dumbingdown of our play, ifyou will, as a travesty Presentation oriented. I thinkthat,even though to the sport of freestylefrisbee. Having been within there are some of us, me included, that see the Presentation would be based along the lines of one both sides of theview, so to speak, from "shred" modern dance aspects and possibilitiesinherent in of the Global Jamming Network systems. The to “shred withtheme.‘whilealways seeking a place freestylefrisbee play,the fact is thatwe are not category would consist of flow, choreography and of balance, I can appreciate the concern of folks modern dancers. I thinkthatfirst and foremost we energy. At the end of the routine, each sub—category are shredders of who feel thatwe are discounting what we all love earthlydelight (rock on) and I would would receive a score from 1 to 10, then each would so much. love to see the skill of continue to play rise, along be added togetherand divided by 3 to arrive at the with the of themeand music depth choreography. final score for thatroutine. (This particular point is There is, however, the otherside as well. There is still a gray area in my mind. Want to keep it simple, nothinginherentlywrong withwanting to present a JUDGING SOLUTION Here now is an offering ofa while at the same time choosing the right words, certain idea in life, in this art form of ours, thatfills judgingsystem as a point of discussion for a possible i.e. "flow." "energy," "choreography,"to point the -'1\'l the iammers with joy, during both the creation solution to our familyquarrel. This idea is not way for thejudges.) Choreography could take into process and presentation of the routine. It is simply somethingearth shattering or wholly mine. It accountthe routine as well as folks just a different point of view. I thinkthatthe FPA becamevery clear to me while watching the U.S. planned hitting musical cues in a etc. judging system has always had Presentation as one Figure Skating Championships a few weeks ago, spontaneous way, of its categories, what we now call Artistic while at the same time ruminating on getting rid of Impression. And this category invites the mind to the Execution category as suggested by Jake My hope would be thatthistype of system would be creative in any way that pleases it. So why not Gauthier.The thoughtthatbecameclear in my mind 1) eliminate the need to have a system thatis rigidly get intricate with music, choreography and theme? was this: in figure skating, if you boosh, "doh! I defined, which results in a styleof play to fit the lt’s just anotherlife path.And, of course, the same landed on my butt after thatjump," then the system, 2) allow for more stylesof routines and play can be said for the looser, jam style of routine, or difficulty factorsimply lessens. to be honored and given theirdue course withinthe whatever path one allows the heart and mind to same competition, and 3) using three judges per Have two roam on the jam field. categories: Difficulty and Presentation. category would make competition formats easier to humorous side wants to call them and (My Difficulty manage. Having come back to the sport now for a third time, Flufficulty,although I thinkthatterm "fluff' isn't I can see more clearlythe difference in these points correct most of the time, and gets in the way of who Jamming is so much fun. Competition can be as ofview,why theygenerate such bitter discussions we really are.) well. For me, it is a shame thatwe all can,t find a concerningthe judging systems, and the resultant place of common ground in order to and schisms thathave followed. Having said that,in my Difficulty would be judged from the take-in to the gather shred both in looser format arenas as well mind I can't believethatany one of us, as jammers, throw. Whilejudging difficulty,the judge takes into together: as at FPA events. are NOT committed, on some level, to higher levels account all execution errors, and using the .1 ofdisc play. Just can't accept that, for when I jam through .5 execution deduction system we already with you all, we shredded, we shred and we will have, deducts any execution errors from the final Can we find a solution? I look forward to your continue to shred to the best ofour abilities. Sol difficulty score. responses, say thatthe commitment to thejoy ofthejam is The judge watches the move, thinkingfor instance, therewithineach one of our hearts. We simply have "this is a five", then the move ends in a drop, -Rodney Sanchez -

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