Nationals Day 2, Tuesday (10/13)
5:30 am: NOTICE UPDATE--Open teams have a 15-minute call at 7 am, intermediate at 7:15, advanced at 7:30. No weather delay at this time. Woohoo!
8 am: We're rocking and rolling here at Skydive Spaceland today! Competition load 11 is on a 10-minute call and the judges are starting to score today's jumps. We've still got a chance of rain in today's forecast, but right now we're working to get a bunch of competition jumps in. Keep watching the results page for the latest scores!
Van Halen's "Jump" was the first thing on my music shuffle when I was getting ready to leave for the DZ this morning; I think it was an omen. :-)
8:15 am: It is SO good to see scores going up on the board! About half of the open class round 1 has been scored, and Airspeed has jumped to the top with a solid 20, 2 points up on Spaceland Force and 3 on both the Golden Knights and Perris Fury. Intermediate scoring is into round 2. Stay tuned for more scores and photos!
9:10 am: Here's a little judging funny... Chief Judge Judy Celaya just shared a bit of lore with us. Apparently when Omniskore came on the scene several years ago, some judges complained that the buttons on the Omniskore judge controllers were too loud, and that other judges could hear each others' button presses (potentially affecting their own assessments of the point or lack thereof). Judy tells us that Tim Wagner (Omniskore co-founder) just commented (jokingly) that the CamScore buttons are too quiet... oh, the irony...
Load 23 is on a 10-minute call, we're still going strong! We've got a few more team photos rolling in; teams, if you haven't had your photo made, please do so before your next jump! If no one's hanging around the backdrop with a camera, see Erin at the registration table and she'll hook you up.
Photos from yesterday incoming shortly!
9:45 am: We went on a brief weather hold, but we're back flying... Intermediate has two completely judged rounds in the can. VTSD is still on top with a solid 25 points, Carolina Ice is 3 points back and it's only 5 points to (G) CSC Pareto Optimal and Cross Keys NRG. Advanced's round 2 is about half judged, Spaceland Havoc is currently on top with 22 points, but the round 1-leading SDC Furies XP have yet to be scored... Open's round 2 has a few scores; Spaceland Force has put up a solid 23 for a current total of 41 and Perris Fury put up a 21 to trail Force by 3. The Knights also took a 21 to tie with Fury. We'll see what Airspeed has to say about that in a few.
9:48 am: Rats, weathered again!
Photos from yesterday...
10:05 am: Uh oh, we're pulling planes in--that's never a good sign. We've got more judging results though... in Open, Airspeed scored the third 21 we've seen in round 2, tying them with Force for the top slot.
Time to go process more team photos. Competitors, we're still missing a bunch of your team photos--see Erin at registration to get your photo made!
Current favorite team photo:
11:25 am: The judges are judging again after an early lunch break; they've finished advanced and open round 2 and are into intermediate round 3 at the moment. In Advanced, we've got a tie for first between Spaceland Havoc and the SDC Furies XP at 22 points, with Cross Keys Aerodyne and Ranch Fallout only one point back.
While they work, let's enjoy a few lovely guest photos by Brandi Shallenberger and Craig O'Brien:
12:15 pm: We're nearing our competitors' check-in time of 12:30 pm, and it's still raining... looks like we'll be doing a bit more photo work and we're working up some nice rainy-day reading for you to enjoy soon.
In the meantime, here are the teams whose photos are still AWOL. Please get your photo made ASAP! Rigs are not required.
2:25 pm: Now back to our regularly scheduled jump operations... competition load 36 is loading now! We've gathered a few more team photos, let me go through them and see if we're still missing any. We'll bring an update on that in a few.
And for now, we have a special treat for you--a guest Timbit blog post! Even better is the topic:
3:00 pm: We're still in full swing, and the judges are working their way through round 3 of intermediate. VTSD is still on top with a comfy 6-point lead over Carolina Ice; CSC Pareto Optimal is 2 points back from Ice.
Team photo update: We're still missing a few, but we're getting there! I understand that two teams have had their photos taken, but those images apparently ran off faster than good weather in Texas... We apologize, but please get your photos retaken sometime today. Thanks for your patience.
Here's the list of photos I don't have:
3:25 pm: The judges are working on advanced round 3, which looks like a faster round for most teams so far, 4Schzl is leading the round with an 11. And we just located a misplaced card with a few more team photos. Updated list of the missing:
3:55 pm: And after finding yet a few more AWOL team photos on flash cards, we're missing only two teams: 230 and 412. Sorry for the mixup!
Advanced round 3 is completed, and it looks like the Furies had a little rougher jump than some of the other teams... they've dropped to third after losing 2 points to Havoc and Fallout in round 3. The first five teams in advanced are all one point apart.
Open round 3 is being judged; right now A4C and Crystal each have 16s in this round--the highest score on the board so far.
6:10 pm: We're still rolling here, Otter 52 is on a 15-minute call and the judges are turning out those scores in a pretty speedy time frame. All of intermediate round 4 is judged with the exception of one team, and VTSD is pulling away from the pack. They made up 3 more points on Carolina Ice that round for a total lead of 9 points at this time. Ice is four up on Pareto Optimal, but that's a guest team so it's Cross Keys NRG currently in the bronze slot, five points behind Ice and one behind Optimal.
Things are changing up a bit in Advanced; Spaceland Havoc is still on top with a 46 total, but now they're tied with Ranch Fallout and the Furies are 4 points back. Cross Keys Aerodyne is no doubt hungry to make up those two points to get back into the top three.
Open round 4 is being judged; there aren't a lot of scores on the board yet, but the Amphibious Attack Tigers have posted a nice 18... stay tuned...
7:35 pm: Today was a smashing success compared to yesterday! All but a few intermediate teams have jumped through round 5, and advanced/open teams have all completed round 4. The forecast is looking very promising for the next several days, so cross your fingers, toes, and whatever else you want that we can complete those last rounds tomorrow.
As for scores: In open, Airspeed had a rockin' round 4 at 28 points, picking up 3 points on Force to pull 4 points ahead by total (Force is currently in second place with an 89). Fury had a great round as well, posting a 27 to pull in 2 points behind Force. Tomorrow we've got a potential world record all-random round in the mix, and with the scores fairly close anything could happen!
Golden Knights Gold posted a 23, they're 6 points behind Fury (total of 81). Last year's Advanced champions, SDC Rhythm XP, are next with a total of 66--not too shabby for their first trip in this class!
Advanced, you already know; in intermediate, VTSD and currently fourth place team Spaceland Mamba both picked up 9s, everyone else who has been scored so far was below that. VTSD is 10 points ahead of Carolina Ice, with (G) CSC Pareto Optimal and Cross Keys NRG tied 5 points back, and their nearest neighbors (Spaceland Mamba and Perris Jimani) 6 points away.
Tomorrow looks good weather-wise, so here's the schedule: Teams that have done round 5 have a 7:30 a.m. call tomorrow. All others have a 7 a.m. call.
Photos coming soon!
11:55 pm: Getting by with a little help from our talented photographer friends...
OK, that's about all this blogger has for tonight... see ya tomorrow!
8 am: We're rocking and rolling here at Skydive Spaceland today! Competition load 11 is on a 10-minute call and the judges are starting to score today's jumps. We've still got a chance of rain in today's forecast, but right now we're working to get a bunch of competition jumps in. Keep watching the results page for the latest scores!
Van Halen's "Jump" was the first thing on my music shuffle when I was getting ready to leave for the DZ this morning; I think it was an omen. :-)
Today's sunrise!
8:15 am: It is SO good to see scores going up on the board! About half of the open class round 1 has been scored, and Airspeed has jumped to the top with a solid 20, 2 points up on Spaceland Force and 3 on both the Golden Knights and Perris Fury. Intermediate scoring is into round 2. Stay tuned for more scores and photos!
9:10 am: Here's a little judging funny... Chief Judge Judy Celaya just shared a bit of lore with us. Apparently when Omniskore came on the scene several years ago, some judges complained that the buttons on the Omniskore judge controllers were too loud, and that other judges could hear each others' button presses (potentially affecting their own assessments of the point or lack thereof). Judy tells us that Tim Wagner (Omniskore co-founder) just commented (jokingly) that the CamScore buttons are too quiet... oh, the irony...
Load 23 is on a 10-minute call, we're still going strong! We've got a few more team photos rolling in; teams, if you haven't had your photo made, please do so before your next jump! If no one's hanging around the backdrop with a camera, see Erin at the registration table and she'll hook you up.
Photos from yesterday incoming shortly!
9:45 am: We went on a brief weather hold, but we're back flying... Intermediate has two completely judged rounds in the can. VTSD is still on top with a solid 25 points, Carolina Ice is 3 points back and it's only 5 points to (G) CSC Pareto Optimal and Cross Keys NRG. Advanced's round 2 is about half judged, Spaceland Havoc is currently on top with 22 points, but the round 1-leading SDC Furies XP have yet to be scored... Open's round 2 has a few scores; Spaceland Force has put up a solid 23 for a current total of 41 and Perris Fury put up a 21 to trail Force by 3. The Knights also took a 21 to tie with Fury. We'll see what Airspeed has to say about that in a few.
9:48 am: Rats, weathered again!
Photos from yesterday...
 | |
 | |
 | |
 |  |
10:05 am: Uh oh, we're pulling planes in--that's never a good sign. We've got more judging results though... in Open, Airspeed scored the third 21 we've seen in round 2, tying them with Force for the top slot.
Time to go process more team photos. Competitors, we're still missing a bunch of your team photos--see Erin at registration to get your photo made!
Current favorite team photo:
Dallas Flash Point
11:25 am: The judges are judging again after an early lunch break; they've finished advanced and open round 2 and are into intermediate round 3 at the moment. In Advanced, we've got a tie for first between Spaceland Havoc and the SDC Furies XP at 22 points, with Cross Keys Aerodyne and Ranch Fallout only one point back.
While they work, let's enjoy a few lovely guest photos by Brandi Shallenberger and Craig O'Brien:
 | |
 | |
 | |
 | |
 | |
 | |
 | |
 |
12:15 pm: We're nearing our competitors' check-in time of 12:30 pm, and it's still raining... looks like we'll be doing a bit more photo work and we're working up some nice rainy-day reading for you to enjoy soon.
In the meantime, here are the teams whose photos are still AWOL. Please get your photo made ASAP! Rigs are not required.
- 201
- 203
- 205
- 211
- 212
- 217
- 220
- 230
- 303
- 401
- 403
- 406-410
- 412
- 416
2:25 pm: Now back to our regularly scheduled jump operations... competition load 36 is loading now! We've gathered a few more team photos, let me go through them and see if we're still missing any. We'll bring an update on that in a few.
And for now, we have a special treat for you--a guest Timbit blog post! Even better is the topic:
3:00 pm: We're still in full swing, and the judges are working their way through round 3 of intermediate. VTSD is still on top with a comfy 6-point lead over Carolina Ice; CSC Pareto Optimal is 2 points back from Ice.
Team photo update: We're still missing a few, but we're getting there! I understand that two teams have had their photos taken, but those images apparently ran off faster than good weather in Texas... We apologize, but please get your photos retaken sometime today. Thanks for your patience.
Here's the list of photos I don't have:
- 201
- 203
- 205
- 211
- 212
- 230
- 303
- 406
- 407
- 409
- 412
3:25 pm: The judges are working on advanced round 3, which looks like a faster round for most teams so far, 4Schzl is leading the round with an 11. And we just located a misplaced card with a few more team photos. Updated list of the missing:
- 205
- 212
- 230
- 406
- 412
3:55 pm: And after finding yet a few more AWOL team photos on flash cards, we're missing only two teams: 230 and 412. Sorry for the mixup!
Advanced round 3 is completed, and it looks like the Furies had a little rougher jump than some of the other teams... they've dropped to third after losing 2 points to Havoc and Fallout in round 3. The first five teams in advanced are all one point apart.
Open round 3 is being judged; right now A4C and Crystal each have 16s in this round--the highest score on the board so far.
6:10 pm: We're still rolling here, Otter 52 is on a 15-minute call and the judges are turning out those scores in a pretty speedy time frame. All of intermediate round 4 is judged with the exception of one team, and VTSD is pulling away from the pack. They made up 3 more points on Carolina Ice that round for a total lead of 9 points at this time. Ice is four up on Pareto Optimal, but that's a guest team so it's Cross Keys NRG currently in the bronze slot, five points behind Ice and one behind Optimal.
Things are changing up a bit in Advanced; Spaceland Havoc is still on top with a 46 total, but now they're tied with Ranch Fallout and the Furies are 4 points back. Cross Keys Aerodyne is no doubt hungry to make up those two points to get back into the top three.
Open round 4 is being judged; there aren't a lot of scores on the board yet, but the Amphibious Attack Tigers have posted a nice 18... stay tuned...
7:35 pm: Today was a smashing success compared to yesterday! All but a few intermediate teams have jumped through round 5, and advanced/open teams have all completed round 4. The forecast is looking very promising for the next several days, so cross your fingers, toes, and whatever else you want that we can complete those last rounds tomorrow.
As for scores: In open, Airspeed had a rockin' round 4 at 28 points, picking up 3 points on Force to pull 4 points ahead by total (Force is currently in second place with an 89). Fury had a great round as well, posting a 27 to pull in 2 points behind Force. Tomorrow we've got a potential world record all-random round in the mix, and with the scores fairly close anything could happen!
Golden Knights Gold posted a 23, they're 6 points behind Fury (total of 81). Last year's Advanced champions, SDC Rhythm XP, are next with a total of 66--not too shabby for their first trip in this class!
Advanced, you already know; in intermediate, VTSD and currently fourth place team Spaceland Mamba both picked up 9s, everyone else who has been scored so far was below that. VTSD is 10 points ahead of Carolina Ice, with (G) CSC Pareto Optimal and Cross Keys NRG tied 5 points back, and their nearest neighbors (Spaceland Mamba and Perris Jimani) 6 points away.
Tomorrow looks good weather-wise, so here's the schedule: Teams that have done round 5 have a 7:30 a.m. call tomorrow. All others have a 7 a.m. call.
Photos coming soon!
11:55 pm: Getting by with a little help from our talented photographer friends...
 |  |
 | |
 |  |
 | |
 | |
 | |
 | |
 |  |
A little practice vertical formation skydiving went on today too... | |
 | |
 | |
 And some swoop practice too... | |
OK, that's about all this blogger has for tonight... see ya tomorrow!
Labels: 4-way, USPA Nationals
posted by Skydive Spaceland at
5:36 AM
0 Comments:
Post a Comment
<< Home