Frisbee Disc World,V.3#3, Sept/Oct 1978
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Fri.,Aug. 25, Cal Tech Field
-a disc’s perspective-
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We sat out the freestyle prelim. but I did luckily get a pretty good view of the action. There was a time when there was a future for 40 molds in freestyle. Now even a 50 is lucky if it can get work. The big 80’s seemed to have all the action cornered. We could only see two of the eight pools but 80’s prevailed in them. I can really seee why some discs are so crazy for freestyle these days. Loads of z’s and hardly ever touching the ground. I talked to an 80 who had just finished a gig with Kennedy and Soto and he was still spinning. Four exchanges without a rest. Plus you can imagine what a rush it is to be turned over. The guy was speechless. Word was later that the 80 from the Basso/David routine was catatonic.

Sat.,Aug. 26, Cal Tech Field
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The freestyle semi was excellent. An 80 came off from the Dwork/Felberbaum routine and said that he didn’t even have to fly again and he would be satisfied. There is certainly something to be said for a five-minute spin. Maybe 40’s will come back for freestyle. I’d sure love to try it. Joe played some loose golf with me on the way back to the dorm–very relaxing.

Sun.,Aug. 27, Rose Bowl
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The freestyle was the best I’d ever seen with Corey Basso and Evan David’s 80 taking the win. They had to use a new disc in the final though because the 80 from the semi was still a bit shakey.

Sun., Aug 27, Rose Bowl
-human perspective-

-The Open-
Most observers agreed that it would be a battle between Krae VanSickle and John Kirkland. Since they were teammates in both cooperative events it came down to golf, M.T.A. and Distance. Krae made his big move in M.T.A. as he took 9th and John fell to 45th. Krae also tied for second in golf and 10th in distance. 586 points of a possible 610-not bad for a kid.

-International-
Sweden soared on the strength of Anders Svensson.
First European to make a world final, Anders got third in a tough distance field. Canada finished second on the efforts of Gail McColl, Bill Kin, and Ken Westerfield. Japan finished a strong fourth showing great freestyle advancement.

-The Women’s Division-
Pre-tournament favorites were Jo Cahow, Cyndi Birch and Cynthia Allen. Laura Engel must not have seen the predictions however as she came off the big winner taking Distance, DDC, Freestyle and the Open. Michele Marini stayed close right to the final day. Although she didn’t win any events, she stayed near the top in every event. By Rose Bowl day she still could have pulled into a tie with Laura by winning distance. It was not to be, however, and Laura took both distance and the title.

-The Senior’s Division-
Two new faces made the senior’s race exciting. Roy Pledger of Texas and Johnny Roberts of Colorado were relatively unknown. By the end of the week both had established substantial reputations. Johnny won the senior’s world title leaving the others in an unusual four way tie for second.

-The Fun-
W.F.C. ’78 was certainly the most elaborately planned even in disc history. Every evening featured auctions, clinics, seminars and informal competitions. The preliminary site at Cal Tech featured a pleasant swimming pool and gymnasium.
The Sunday party included the hilarious Bill King show which got rave reviews. Monday was a relaxing trip to Laguna Beach. Quite a meet.