måndag 6 oktober 2008

The Asics World Parcouring Championship.









As I mentioned we travelled to Hamburg last Thursday. Our navigator was out of function once we reached Germany and Marcus failed to notice the ENOURMOUS signs that said “Rödby putt garden”. Well there’s a good start we thought, we won’t even find the place!

However we managed to arrive at 18.00 and met all the guys who were to participate in the championship. We truly had a blast and catched up with both new people and some old friends.

The Event was well organized but the weather became an issue though. The rain resulted in a lot of waiting for the ground and course to dry.

You could compete in two categories; speed and style.
Filip found the speed cool and funny and managed to maintain the same pace throughout the whole course which was over 250 meters containing obstacles. Marcus also did great the first 5 but became tired at the end and lost some speed because of that.

After competing in the speed contest, the style contest followed. Here’s our results:
Filip: Backspring WippWipp (yeaaah, go air-WIPP), jump from small area, directly front spring, back spring 360 and gainer.
POINTS: 8,8,8

Marcus: gainer 360, devil side drop, inverted flip, back flip 360.
POINTS: 9,9,9

We both scored extremely high considering the judges had strict demands.

The next day the rain fell over us once again and we started to discuss whether we should compete further or not. The slippery ground could result in injuries we simply can’t afford to have.

Filip decided to skip the style competition because of the high risk factor. He was however placed third in the speed competition! Marcus on the other hand decided differently and simply went for it….big! As a result to that he shared first place with another kid from Bulgaria!

Air-wipp is enormously satisfied with the results and we want to thank everybody involved in the event, both for letting us participate and for letting us have a really great time!

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