Open Co-op Notes

– The bonus moves were Gitis, Roll To Partner and Cuff To Partner. These were scored from 1 to 5.

– The super bonus moves were a Scarecrow Brush, a Spinning Catch and a Turnover To Partner. These were scored either 0 or 5. All or nothing.

– I didn’t see the winning routine (I was warming up to play after them), but I heard they almost went dropless. From the cheers, they must have hit a ton of big moves.

– Johnny O’Malley could have gone ballistic with a few more clock throws. His partners were counter, and he graciously played almost the entire routine counter. We saw a few glimpses of his big air brushing game. It was beautiful to see him put ego second to the performances of his team. An example to us all.

Open Pairs Notes

– The bonus moves were Gitis, Roll To Partner and Cuff To Partner. These were scored from 1 to 5.

– The super bonus moves were a Scarecrow Brush, a Spinning Catch and a water catch. These were scored either 0 or 5. All or nothing.

– Points were close between the top two teams. Neither team hit big. Skippy Jammer and Tommy Leitner had a great start with smooth and flowing skid passes and multiple spinning catches from Tommy. Once the disc got wet and sandy, they lost their momentum. Arthur Coddington and Clay Collera had some momentum until they both caught water catches a third of the way into their six minutes. After that, they carried around what felt like 20 extra pounds of water in their clothes and didn’t quite have the pep they wanted.

– How powerful is a triple spinning gitis? Powerful enough to move Joel Rogers and Z Weyand into the top 3. In the last minute of their time, Joel fired off a very casual triple spinning gitis. Until then, they had scored pretty standard gitis bonus points. Joel’s move may have raised their score over Lorenzo Apriani/Jan Soerensen.

– The random draw didn’t like Lorenzo Apriani and Jan Soerensen. They drew the first playing position both days.

– Alessandro “Sleepy Jammer” Collera made his United States competitive debut. He was on fire for the first minute of his jam with Dan Burke. Ale hit a huge, definitive Scarecrow and nailed combo after combo until the sand took over their disc.

– Fabio Sanna did two standing gitis pulls; almost every catch had at least two spins.

– Jamie Chantiles and Carl Dobson were on the hunt for a solid gitis for their whole six minutes but didn’t hit the triples they wanted.

– Despite cackles from certain male freestylers, Eleonora retained her dignity and did not go for a water catch. She left that duty to Doug Korns.