Monday 25 June
0600
Good morning! Or, if you are on the left coast of the USA,
good evening! Let's get started with today's email Q&A's.
Q: Where are the classics results?
A: Coming soon, when I can find the time to enter several hundred
competitors into the computer. I'm also trying to get one of the
competitors to write some bits about the S&A side of the
competition. Please be patient.
Q: Do the FS4 Women do the same draw as FS4?
A: Yes, but they look a lot better creeping it.
Q: How is the food there?
A: For the most part it is quite good, if a bit repetitious. Note
to A1: Please ship emergency cheeseburger kit ASAP. Remember to
double wrap the mayo.
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Are you a real results junkie? Can't get the
scores fast enough? Help is already here.
The results links on that page go to pages that are posted
LIVE by the OmniSkore systems as the judges confirm each
score. If you look at one of them right after it's posted,
you know the standings faster than the event judge, who is
still waiting for the hardcopy printout.
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At the bottom of each team
page for FS and CF you will find a scoring
results link that is also posted live by the scoring
systems. Find out which judge is being mean to your team!
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If you don't visit
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THIS PUPPY. Not.
 After
delivering this morning's batch of email, I have to say come on
folks, let's get original out there! More than 95% of all messages
are exactly this: "GOOD LUCK <enter country code here>!
BEAT <enter country's bitter rival here>!" What a waste
of trees. Much more entertaining and motivating is a nugget like
this: "GO <team>! Flash your <body parts> at the
judges and kick some <donkey like creature>! Take no
prisoners YOO HOOOO!" Yes, I got one almost just like that. I
bet that team wins a medal. Wait - I hear a manifest call. CF is
on tap next. Back to work now...
...so while I was waiting for CF scores to show, I
plugged Patrick Passe's latest film "CrossWind" into
DZTV and sat back. Wow. This is an amazing production. It has a
little bit of everything. While it doesn't strike me as a
groundbreaking film -- let's face it, we're running out of new
things to do in freefall -- it does have superb visuals set to a
good soundtrack. Most excellent.
Back to CF Sequential, just finished round 3, and
France posted the only 10 -- just squeaking it in -- to take the
lead over USA. It was a nice jump. Sequential is a lot of fun to
watch.
1000
[T1 drives a moment] WOO-HOO!!! (Jumping up and down and high-fiving
T2 and Gloria) I love watching good CF sequential, and the USA
team just spanked round 4. France did not have a good
round, posting a 7, but the boys and girl from CA did a 12!!!
The judges took a nerve-wracking amount of time to post the score
but there it is, tying the world record set by France last year!
AyechiHUAhua!
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Internet access on site...
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...where they look up scores on
omniskore.com!
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Steve & Tim chill while...
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...Omar says "Hi Ma!"
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"I have no idea. Where's the
instructions?"
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A reader writes:
"Seems to be some confusion as to
whether teams from my home country are from Great Britain or the
United Kingdom? In the results they are always listed as UK but
there is some confusion in the Team Selection drop-down
list."
Ha! I've been waiting for this one. When I got here and started
going through all the registration paperwork and building the team
pages, I noticed the GBR/UK teams were referenced with both terms.
In their OWN registration paperwork, the GBR/UK teams show this
confusion. I took the time to ask one of the teams "which do
you want?" and they hemmed and hawed and said Great Britain.
However, the majority of the official registration paperwork calls
them United Kingdom. So I'm still completely lost on which one to
use. Ignorance is bliss, as they say (although yes, I DO know the
difference between the UK and Great Britain).
And then the the reader wrote:
"p.s. Why are 80% of the FS judges female?!"
Why, that's easy. Because 80% of FS competitors are male. Come
on, give me something tough.
FS 4-way is starting soon...stay tuned...
our flealess er fearless webmaster grabs the
camera and heads for the hangar...
1400
And 4-way FS is back under way, and as you can see from the
photos, we start with the ladies. The United Kingdom - er, Great
Britain women just put a 15 up, and they sure did look sharp. Nice
video work, too. USA also has a good jump too but they busted a
Tee and take a 13. Norway and Sweden match UKGBR with 15s, quite
impressive scores for a slow draw. BTW, the CF Speed scores are
posted now, France had two jumps come in under 30 seconds.
Okay, coming up to the end of round two, is anybody going to
take the lead? USA, fast, crisp and clean, 25 points. UK had a
nice jump, but a J on the exit cost them a point. France does not
look as quick as yesterday, a 22 busted to a 20, and just like
that USA has a five point lead. Norway...a very good jump, their
24th point is just out, and they are in second by two. No wait -
they got a J on the exit, and it's a 22 instead. OH boy
*WHEW* it's getting hot in here. Based on a glimpse of the tree
outside it looks like we may be on a wind hold shortly. Time to
take a break and a walkabout...
1700
We're on a wind hold; the freefly scores will be updated
shortly...
...okay they're up...and we just got a 15 minute call for 8-way
RUS and USA. ...and they're up! Russia suffered a busted Wagga
and got a 15...not a pretty skydive...USA8 now...they are not very
fast either, but it's a clean 17, and good for a two point lead.
Let's see, what's up next here...I think we have men's Freestyle
coming up... 1900
...well, it's beer/dinner thirty and I'm not going to sit around
watching a blank screen. I'll check the scores when I get back in
a bit...wait...hold the phone! Patrice is on the horn giving a
15-minute call for round 3 of 8-way FS. Well, this is going to be
a fast beer. In all my years of competition, I've never
heard a team get a 15 minute call at 9:45 p.m. but I just did.
France 8 did 16 but I didn't see it, it must have been a good
jump. It looks like Brazil took a zero for missing a manifest
call, but I am not sure about that... ...you know, that Netherlands
8-way is no slouch, that was a nice 14 for them. Good skydiving!
UK was looking good until they busted. Germany looks terrific, in
no small part because they got Rickster shooting video, and that
man shoots one pretty video picture...
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USA8 creeps round 3
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Your wino webmaster is
whipped.
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...and now, the USA 8 for round 3...such good discipline these
guys, waiting for the key, it's a 17. Where's Russia? Holy...I
don't believe it...I am not joking here: they just posted a 0
(zero) for Russia 8-way because they missed their manifest call on
round 3! Omigosh, there is going to be some politicking going here
here for a while. That drops them all the way to fifth place and
leaves France alone in 2nd. Bus is leaving now, see you
tomorrow! Next Tidbits Page
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