Shred-wise I played well, which was kind of surprising, as I didn't put as much effort into preparations as in previous years. I got 1st in BigOne with Symp. Whirling Matador, which was a moment I won't forget. After trying this trick on and off for about two years I've hit it first try, after Symp. Whirling Barfly and Symp. Whirling Pdx Drifter. I also played well in Circle Contest, earning 2nd place. The other two medals was silver in 4 Square and bronze in Sick3 (Blurry Drifter > Blurriest > PS Eggbeater). I'm very happy with these results
There was a lot of shred, even though I didn't participate in all of it as I was busy with other stuff, but after the finals we had a late night shred session in the streets, and it was fun! In the beggining I shredded with Kuba Grabarczyk, Rożo and Yeti and we did some casual tricks, drills and combos, nothing hardcore and I liked it. Then the cops came and told us to change the spot so we went to a parking lot and played some games there, like a horse with adding tricks to make a combo.
The level of Freestyle was very high this year, there was only one dropless routine (in the semifinals by Arek Dudziński), but Damian Gielnicki, and Marcin Bujko both had one drop routines in the finals. Damian won, becoming the new champion - congratulations Damian! Another thing is, that the Shred30 record was broken - in the semifinals Marcin Bujko hit a run that scored 235,7. What was even cooler in the finals his brother beat him, scoring about 234! It was close
I would like to thank Roger from Kraków, and his team for organizing everything, and making kickass t-shirts (I should make a photo), Kierpca for being super prepared and running the judging workshop with me, Michał Biarda "Cod" for judging me like on Wilanów Cup, and telling me, that my Flaring Barfly "could have been better"
, Kuba Grabarczyk for doing a great job with judging and hanging out, Red for helping us with the computer stuff, Gromit, Franek and Setman for counting Shred30 and everyone else I didn't mention! Pozdrawiam
Szymon Kałwak (Ners)
Thanks for spotting it Kuba. Asmus - Arek Dudziński won 4 Square by 3 points. There was some controversy concerning another player in the finals (from the same city as Norek) getting him points, but whatever. Second place is also good! I will try to hit Flaring Blender on video, and also Critical Mass, as I managed to land it again today. Other stuff that happened:
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Another session today, and since the weather is very nice, we're going to shred outside I think.
