0630
It is raining here in the Valley of the Sun, as it has
been for the last 36 hours. I intend to be at the DZ later
today and will post some notes on teams, vibes, etc.
Meanwhile, I'm going back to bed. ;-)
 0900
Round one is in the air, but it may just be a plane
ride. We shall see shortly. There are seven teams
registered - 4 Open (AAA), 3 AA, and 3 A. UPDATE - 4 A teams
now. ...fifteen
minutes later, we have teams landing, so first scores coming
soon...
 ....we have Ted's laptop on the wireless network
here, so I'm blogging this straight from the judging room...
1100
With half of round 2 done, we're back on a weather hold.
GK Black looks really sharp so far, crisp and clean. For
those curious about the Airspeed lineup this year, it is as
follows: Airspeed Odyssey:
Craig Girard, Eliana Rodriguez, Andy Delk, Brian Johnson,
Will Pesek (V)
Airspeed Velocity:
Neal Houston, Kirk Verner, Dennis Rook, Andy Honigbaum,
Steve Nowak (V) I apologize in advance for any misspelled
names... ...here is the AAA draw: Rd1: 19 13 1; Rd2: M O
G 12; Rd3: H 20 4; Rd4: 10 21 Q; Rd 5: A 16 11; Rd 6: P 15 B
3
 I
will have the dive pool updated here on omniskore.com when I
get a circular tuit (hopefully next weekend, I have one
back-ordered). BTW, I don't have email here, so if any of
the three of you watching this have any feedback or
questions send it to
wazt2@yahoo.com. 1230
We're jumping again...I think...I was just handed a
cheeseburger...munch munch... 1430
On weather hold...cloudy and breezy...supposed to be
improving... 1630
Jumping again...on hold again... ...GK Black had two
busts on round 4, and now we have a tie game in AAA...they
were on a roll on that jump too... ...we are using the new
IPC rules where a bust is a one-point loss, not two, which
seems to be a popular decision with the competitors...
...Ted will not be here tomorrow, which means that this
laptop won't be here, which means I probably won't be
blogging the show...sorry, you might have to wait until
Monday for the final results, but I'll try to find something
out here to use...
SUNDAY 2130
It was a wonderful Valentine's Money Meet. But in my
haste to get home to the family, I forgot to bring home a
hardcopy of the final scores, so you'll have to wait a few
days for those.
4-Way Recap
The Golden Knights won the gold in convincing fashion,
posting a 23 on the 6th round to beat Airspeed Odyssey by
four points. That score of 23 was made all the more
impressive by the draw: it had cat > 360 > cat and side
flake opal > turf in it. Not shabby at all for a team so
early in the training year.
Equally impressive in my book was the performance turned in
by the other Golden Knights team in AA class. These guys, or
rather three guys and a gal, were not from the comp team,
but cobbled together from headquarters, style & acc, etc.
The GK Commanding Officer shot video! With no training jumps
together, they put together 6 solid rounds. Hats off to them
too.
The two Airspeed teams both looked very good, and it will be
very interesting indeed to watch these teams meet again at
the nationals.
8-Way
4 teams competed, but it was not much of a contest. Arizona
Airspeed put up close to a 16 point average on a slow draw
to run away from the Knights early. The Knights weren't
shabby at all for no training jumps together and put up a
10+ average. 8-way completed 5 rounds after teams finished
4-way late in the morning. Airspeed 8 looked very, very
good, as impressive as the GK 4-way squad so early in the
year.
Skydive Arizona was again a great comp host, it was amazing
they got as much done yesterday as they did between the long
weather holds.
Sorry so short on the other teams, I couldn't blog on site
today so this will have to do. But based on this weekend, it
looks to be a very interesting competition year. We shall
see!
T2
|
Team |
Rd1 |
Rd2 |
Rd3 |
Rd4 |
Rd5 |
Rd6 |
Total |
|
AAA |
|
401 Airspeed Velocity |
17 |
22 |
18 |
18 |
18 |
19 |
112 |
|
402 GK Black |
19 |
24 |
19 |
15 |
21 |
23 |
121 |
|
403 Perris Storm |
11 |
14 |
11 |
8 |
9 |
9 |
62 |
|
404 Airspeed Odyssey |
19 |
22 |
19 |
17 |
19 |
21 |
117 |
|
AA |
|
301 Equinox |
8 |
9 |
9 |
5 |
8 |
10 |
49 |
|
302 GK Gold |
9 |
13 |
9 |
10 |
10 |
13 |
64 |
|
303 DiveWerkz |
9 |
11 |
10 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
57 |
|
A |
|
201 Norfolk N' Chance |
3 |
7 |
5 |
3 |
5 |
2 |
25 |
|
202 Prodigy |
7 |
14 |
7 |
8 |
8 |
9 |
53 |
|
203 Quad |
6 |
14 |
9 |
10 |
8 |
16 |
63 |
|
204 No Use PA |
3 |
4 |
4 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
15 |
|
8-Way |
|
801 Golden Knights |
10 |
10 |
10 |
9 |
13 |
- |
52 |
|
802 SEALS |
5 |
5 |
4 |
4 |
5 |
- |
23 |
|
803 Arizona Airspeed |
14 |
20 |
16 |
12 |
21 |
- |
83 |
|
804 Simply Smokin' |
0 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
- |
6 |
|
