2002 Valentine's Money Meet

Tidbits (Timbits + Tedbits)

Sunday 0800
The plan: Finish 4-way, then start 8-way. Team 401 withdrew after six rounds yesterday, so they don't show in the standings anymore...

...a reader (hey! we got one out there!) writes: "What's up with Zulu??? Where's Gary & Stevie???? And who's the new camara guy they have????? Nowak would never have went head down. He would have made it back to the formation. Is this guy Zulu's new Camara man????? Don't tell me Nowak is gonna keep that real job he got?????" ..... Okay, I don't know about "Gary," but Eliana Rodriguez is now in the slot previously flown by Christopher Irwin, and Stevie's camera slot is now being flown by Jeremy Peters (who is doing a fine job, albeit with one round of freefly). For a team with a new person in slot, they are doing very well. I guess Stevie's gonna keep that real job...

1000
4-way is wrapping up, and Airspeed Vertical has demonstrated why they are world champions and still the team to beat. Very smooth, fast, and few mistakes, and Stein's video makes them a real treat to watch. The 8-way briefing is starting, that event will be underway shortly...

...okay, I  brain farted on the Gary & Stevie update regarding Airspeed Zulu, Gary is supposed to be with Zulu but he banged his shoulder up snowboarding so Alan is flying his slot for this weekend...

Judges feast on mom's chicken (above) and Maubeuge poses with medals for the camera (below). Look out for this team at Gap/Tallard next year!

...8-way is starting up, and the last three 4-way teams won't be doing their round 10 until they finish with 8-way...

1300
After a couple rounds of 8-way I can only say WOW, those are some really amazing numbers on the board. Dan BC's group of weekend warriors is only four points behind the Knights, who have looked very impressive so far. This is enough to make me drool for the nationals in a few months!

Will the Knights surprise in 2002? I sure like what I see at this meet.

Yes, I know the 8-way draw is posted wrong, I'm working on the fix...okay it's fixed...got the labels wrong in each column...