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Jam Canaria Hat Round Competitor List

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Jam Canaria 2017Open Pairs is determined by Hat draw. The pools and teams are a surprise so won’t be available until after they play. These are the players who will be randomly paired up:

Alexander Enhuber
Amir Hoshen
Andre Zaharias
Andrea Festi
Andrea Piemontese
Andrea Sarti
Anna Merlo
Ayal Benin
Benjamin Edelmann
Bianca Strunz
Daniel O’Neill
Daniel Weinbuch
Dario Marioni
David Tomiak
Dennis Vollmer
Edoardo Gargano
Edoardo Turri
Edoardo Turri
Francesco Santolin
Freddy Finner
Giulia Aretano
Ilka Simon
Jakub Hosek
Jakub Kostel
Jakub Matula
Jakub Sedlak
James Wiseman
Jose Rodriguez
Juliana Korver
Marc Pestotnik
Mattia Colombari
Mattia Lambertini
Mehrdad Hosseinian
Morris Starling
Ofir Almog
Oliver Peters
Pablo Rada
Ryan Young
Sascha Höhne
Silvina Porsch
Stefan Dünkel
Thomas Nötzel
Tim Pattberg
Tobias Gebert
Toby Künzel
Tomer Adar
Waldemar Wagner
Woo Wunder
Yarden Borkow
Yuval Reikoren
Ziv Lavy

Watch Jam Canaria 2017 Live

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Jam Canaria 2017

Are you feeling sad because Frisbeer is over? Console yourself by watching Jam Canaria live! Mystiq will be onsite at Jam Canaria bringing you the action. Mystiq, we owe you a big thanks!

Jam Canaria is taking place on the beach on the island of Gran Canaria. This is the first Freestyle event to take place in Spain. Being hosted the weekend after Frisbeer, Jam Canaria has attracted many of the same top players. With Jam Canaria being on the beach, it will demand a different skill set from the indoor venue of Frisbeer. The wind will be a factor. Click here to tune in and find out how the competitors adjust and to see some heinous beach freestyle.

Watch

May 11 @ 16:15 UTC + 0 – Open Pairs Semi
May 12 @ 17:00 UTC + 0 – Open Pairs Finals
times tentative

Poll: Challenger Division

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Frisbeer Cup 2017 featured a Challenger pairs division. Think of it like an amature division. It allows players / teams who would have been seeded near the bottom in open pairs, to play against their peers for a chance a first place. Divisions like this are often talked about as a way to inspire players with developing skills to attend and compete in a tournament.

This weeks poll, should more freestyle frisbee competitions have a challenger / amature division?

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Let us know in the comments what you think about challenge / amature divisions.
Congratulations to the winners, Rick Lebeau and Juliana Korver. See the event results here. Listen to the interviews here.

Drag Set

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Ryan Young demonstrates the downwind drag set. The drag set it used to set a partner who is downwind for a catch. It is very commonly used in Freestyle Frisbee choreography as well as in a mob-op.

Start by giving yourself alot of spin. Set the disc up flat. Do an under-the-leg pull and the let the disc slide to the rim. Look at your target. Swoop your arm down and then outwards to the target as the disc pivots to the perfect catch angle. Typically this will be 45 degrees with the nose of the disc towards you.

 

Frisbeer Finals (Day 3) – Results

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Frisbeer Cup 2017

Listen the interviews with the winners and watch their performances.

Challenger Pairs

  1. Rick LeBau – Juliana Korver – 904,48, 3299,02, 4145,97 Total: 8349,468
  2. Sebastian Gorczynski Mateusz Gajewski – 498,71, 1634,56, 2683,58 Total: 4816,842
  3. Daniel Weinbuch – Julian Stork – 755,76, 1711,14, 2244,74 Total: 4711,637
  4. Andy Absolom – Konrad Patris – 736,91, 765,17, 1083,42 Total: 2585,496
  5. Paula Willin – Kuba Radwanski – 672,74, 788,31, 1077,10 Total: 2538,157

CoOp

  1. Florian Hess – Alex Leist – Christian Lamred – 13338,95, 12348,09, 13686,29 Total: 39373,32
  2. Mehrdad Hosseinian – Paul Kenny – Marco Prati – 10442,10, 10042,66, 10107,32 Total: 30592,08
  3. Antonio Piccione Cusm· – Pavel Baranyk – Valerio Occorsio – 9574,98, 8681,97, 9113,70 Total: 27370,64
  4. Jakub Kostel – Tom Leitner – Sascha Hˆhne – 7306,73, 5900,40, 5382,59 Total: 18589,71
  5. Philipp Kruger – Freddy Finner – Ryan Young – 5328,27, 4963,98, 4909,56 Total: 15201,81
  6. Lukas Lacina – Jiri Weiss – Jens Friebe – 4896,40, 4619,26, 4754,10 Total: 14269,77
  7. Daniel O’Neill – Bianca Strunz – Robert Dittrich – 4828,08, 3551,77, 3324,96 Total: 11704,8
  8. Sebastian Gorczynski – Silvina Porsch – Petri Isola – 2694,02, 2143,89, 4395,28 Total: 9233,189

Women’s Pairs

  1. Ilka Simon – Anna Merlo – 2100,37, 3161,07, 3892,62 Total: 9154,05
  2. Bianca Strunz – Juliana Korver – 2411,26, 3040,24, 3612,55 Total: 9064,058
  3. Anna Duran-Korzycka – Sophie Rickers – 1739,58, 2322,96, 3348,94 Total: 7411,478

Open Pairs

  1. Mehrdad Hosseinian – Paul Kenny – 57.0
  2. Pavel Baranyk – Valerio Occorsio – 52.3
  3. Daniel O’neill – Tom Leitner – 52.3
  4. Jakub Kostel – Freddy Finner – 53.0
  5. Antonio piccione Cusmá – Marco Prati – 49.9
  6. Jens Friebe – Sascha Höhne – 46.7
  7. Dylan Rocha pires – Christian Lamred – 45.9
  8. Philipp Krüger – Robert Dittrich – 41.6
    Score Sheet

Mixed Pairs

  1. Ilka Simon – Paul Kenny – 55.9
  2. Jakub Kostel – Bianca Strunz – 52.6
  3. Paula Willin – Christian Lamred – 49.9
  4. Juliana Korver – Freddy Finner – 45.4
  5. Anna Merlo – Sascha Höhne – 45.3
  6. Silvina Porsch – Toby Künzel – 39.3
    Score Sheet

Episode 4 – More Shootin’ the FrizBreeze with Ryan

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Ryan in His Lab

Ryan in His Lab

In this episode we wrap up our conversation with Ryan.

Frisbeer 2017 day 1 results

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Frisbeer Cup 2017

 

Mixed Pairs Semi Pool A

  1. Ilka Simon / Paul Kenny  : 51.4
  2. Juliana Korver / Freddie Finner : 48.9
  3. Paula Willin / Christian Lamred : 48.5
  4. Benedicte Audet / Ryan Young : 39.1
  5. Sophie Rickers / Konrad Patris : 35.7
  6. Dominik Raclavsky / Oli Fisnerova : 30.6
    Score Sheet

Mixed Pairs Semi Pool B

  1. Jakub Kostel / Bianca Strunz : 52.2
  2. Anna Merlo / Sascha Höhne : 43.8
  3. Silvina Porsch / Toby Künzel : 43.5
  4. Filip Korzycki / Anna Duran-korzycka : 34.6
  5. Lukas Zimovcak / No Name :  33.1
    Score Sheet

Open Pairs Semi Pool A

  1. Jakub Kostel / Freddy Finner : 57.9
  2. Pavel Baranyk / Valerio Occorsio : 55.5
  3. Antonio piccione Cusmá / Marco Prati : 53.8
  4. Dylan Rocha pires / Christian Lamred : 53.2
  5. Benjamin Edelmann / Florian Hess : 50.3
  6. Edoardo Turri / Filippo Bortot : 47.7
  7. Lukas Lacina / Lukas Zimovcak : 41.7
  8. Jason Salkey / Toby Künzel : 40.3
  9. Bianca Strunz / Anna Merlo : 37.2
  10. Cedrik Stevens / Chris Bellaj : 30.8
    Score Sheet

Open Pairs Semi Pool B

  1. Mehrdad Hosseinian / Paul Kenny : 60.3
  2. Daniel O’neill / Tom Leitner : 58.3
  3. Philipp Krüger / Robert Dittrich : 54.3
  4. Jens Friebe / Sascha Höhne : 53.4
  5. Ryan Young / Alex Leist : 52.4
  6. Andrea Festi / Mattia Colombari : 49.4
  7. Thomas Nötzel / Fabian Dinklage : 48.0
  8. Jakub Hosek / Oren Meron : 45.3
  9. Steffen Verstichelen / Naim Megassabi : 42.0
  10. Petri Isola / Jakub Matula : 41.1
    Score Sheet

 

 

Poll: Ideal Jam Size

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One Disc

There’s nothing like a good jam; playing with friends searching for the next big moment. It demands focus on the here and now so that all the worries of life fade away.

Of course not all jams reach the same heights. Something as simple as the number of people can make or break the experience. Too many and the jam can feel slow. Too few and it’s easy to get tired.  How many people is ideal for a single disc in a jam? This poll allows up to 3 answers so you can give a range.

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After you answer, share on of your favorite jams in the comments.

Word of the Day – Window

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Ilka WindowWindow (noun)

  1. A term that describes the level of restriction for a given Frisbee trick. The disc must travel “through the window” for the trick to be completed. For example, an under the leg catch requires the disc to pass completely under the leg before it is caught. This is a relatively large window since; the leg does not restrict hand movement, hand movement does not restrict leg movement, there is ample space between the leg and the ground, and body timing is fairly simple. A flamingitosis, on the other hand, has a very small window since; body position restricts hand movement and timing must be precise for the disc to fall into the hand.
  2. Alternate term for a Hoop.
  3. A specific type of hooped pass where the hoop is created by assuming a bad attitude position.

Example: How did she get the disc through that tiny window?

Episode 3 – Tablet Based Electronic Judging

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Ryan Young

In this episode, Ryan Young talks about his tablet based electronic judging system.

  • What inspired him to create the system?
  • How many “problems are hidden in the paper”?
  • Find out about Potlatch’s experimental judging system, and what Ryan has learned along the way.
  • What is Ryan’s perfect judging system.
  • How could real time scores change freestyle competitions?
  • Should the judging system be adjusted to make freestyle more audience friendly?