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TunnelCamp.com BodyFlight Challenge - April 05, 2004 Update

 

QUALIFYING

Yesterday we had 23 bodyflight competitors qualify at SkyVenture Orlando to compete in Tuesday’s upcoming event.

 

These 23 included Antonio Macedo, Ari Perelman, Brett Adams, Carlos Euribe, Chris Ash, Daniela Monteiro, Danielle Ford, Emmanuelle Celicout, Fabian Raidel, Jay Kaplan, Joao Tambor, Joe Winters, Juliana Se Raidel, Martin Skrzypczak, Michael Biederman, Michael Kirkland, Nancy Tremblay, Nick Meier, Philip Wheeler II, Rosaly Trach, Sean Hicks, Sean Maccormac, Sergey Kuznetsov, Steven Blincoe & Tara Adams.

 

Today was a practice day composed of four hours of discounted practice time at increased tunnel speed.

 

COMPETITION

Tomorrow’s event will begin around 5:00 pm and all competitors should be at SkyVenture Orlando at or before 4:30 pm.  The event will be broken down into four divisions being Intermediate, Advanced, Open & 2-way.  The cost of each of these events will be $35 registration plus $75 for Intermediate, $105 for Advanced, $90 for Open & $85 for 2-way.  All flights will run approximately $9-11 per minute.

 

The competitors are as follows:

Intermediate

 

Open

Antonio Macedo

 

Brett Adams

Michael Kirkland

 

Carlos Euribe

Nick Meier

 

Fabian Raidel

Philip Wheeler II

 

Jay Kaplan

Rosalyn Trach

 

Joe Winters

Sean Hicks

 

Joao Tambor

Tara Adams

 

Juliana Se Raidel

 

 

Michael Biederman

Advanced

 

Sean Maccormac

Ari Perelman

 

Sergey Kuznetsov

Martin Skrzypczak

 

Steven Blincoe

Nancy Tremblay

 

 

 

 

2-way

 

 

Raidel/Raidel

 

 

Blincoe/Maccormac

 

 

Tremblay/Perelman

 

 

Winters/Euribe

 

 

Biederman/Kuznetsov

 

 

 

If you have not yet told one of the competition organizers what event(s) you plan to compete in please email info@tunnelcamp.com or call 407-474-1387 ASAP.

 

Again, the event will run from 5:00 pm until 12:00pm on the evening of Tuesday April 6th, 2004.  All competitors will be expected to be at SkyVenture Orlando before the event by 4:30 pm, but can plan on the following schedule:

 

5:00 pm6:00 pm:  Prep and competitor’s meeting

6:00 pm7:00 pm: Intermediate Finals and 2-way Semi-Finals

7:30 pm8:30 pm: Open Semi Finals

9:00 pm10:00 pm: Advanced Finals, Open finals & 2-way Finals

11:00 pm – Late:  Fun fly time at fast speed and cheap rates

 

JUDGING

This even will be judged by a panel of three judges (Max Cohn, Alfonso Cartagena & Brannan Johnson) by the following categories:


1) Technical:  Axis control, level control, heading control, proximity control

2) Artistic:     Style, beauty, flow

3) Difficulty:    Complexity and diversity of maneuvers

4) 'Go Big':     Innovation and intensity. 


Method of scoring:

Scale of 1 to 10 (10 being a the highest score)

Each judge scores each competitor in each category once, regardless of how many rounds a competitor's performance is broken into.

Each judge will add up all four categories for each competitor and establish their own 'results' (1st, 2nd, 3rd, etc...).

The three judges will then add up each competitor's 'results score' and the competitors with the lowest 'total results' scores, are then designated as 1st, 2nd, 3rd, etc.. 

For the Open and Two-way divisions, the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd placed competitors advance to the 'finals round'.

For the open and two-way divisions, the 'semi-final' scores are not linked to the 'finals' round.

If there is a tie, the judges will break the tie by using the highest averaged 'go big score'.

If there is still a tie, the judges will break the tie by using the highest averaged 'difficulty score'.


If there is still a tie, the judges will break the tie by using the highest averaged 'technical score'.


If there is still a tie, the judges will break the tie by using the highest averaged 'artistic score'.


If there is still a tie, the judges will break the tie by using their best judgment.

 

There is a fourth part of the judging system based on pier judging.  75% of the competitors score and ranking will be based upon the judge’s decisions.  The other 25% will be dictated by fellow competitors by a pier voting system at the end of every round.

 

PRIZES

Open
1)  $500.00 cash
2)  10 mintues free tunnel time at Skyventure Orlando
3)  25% off an Ouragan Suit;  30% off a Performance Designs Canopy;  Katana Bag, Tunnelcamp.com hat,  PD T-shirt

Two-way
1) $600.00 cash
2) 20 minutes free tunnel time at Skyventure Orlando
3) $100 cash;  2 Tunnelcamp.com hats,  2 PD T-shirts

Advanced
1) $100.00 cash
2) 10 minutes free tunnel time at Skyventure Orlando
3) Tunnelcamp.com hat;  Tunnelcamp.com T-shirt;  Katana Bag

Intermediate
1) $200.00 cash
2) 15 mintues Tunnelcamp.com night tunnel time (un-coached)
3) Tunnelcamp.com hat, Tunnelcamp.com T-shirt, Tunnelcamp.com
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