Category: Shootin The FrizBreeze

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Doug Brannigan, Bill Wright, and Rick Castiglia

We interview Bill Wright and learn about the birth of the Coloradicals, the iconic Freestyle team of Bill Wright, Rick Castiglia, and Doug Brannigan.

• Find out the origin of the Coloradicals & the inception of the delay.
• The birth of the Blur, and spinning catches.
• For you youngsters, find out how in heck you set up your music in the 1970’s.
• Hear how choreographed routines evolved for this team and listen to Bill share his memories about qualifying (and winning!) the 1980 Rose Bowl as a college senior.
• “Wow, I am a world Frisbee champion from Colorado. That’s amazing!”

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Ryan in His Lab

In this episode we wrap up our conversation with Ryan.

• What was special about the electronic judging and the live stream at Frizbeer 2016. You can watch Frisbee 2017 Live here.
• Discover what it takes to make Ryan’s smile bigger than usual.
• See Ryan crush his favorite catch, a switch leap gitis at the FPAW 2016 Semi Finals.

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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?