Urban Trials Ride/Comp At UofW Juggling Fest

well im in hamilton so waterloo is quite close so u just might see me
there. ill check back soon.

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monkeyman said:

Those animals aren't innocent, they're keeping my meat from me

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edit: i can't come like i thought i might be able to

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Just a little bump in case anyone in the area missed it.

Also, Darren will be at the fest. If you want him to bring anything
let him know.

J

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Our informal urban trials comp went well. There was 7 participants
overall and I think that everyone had a good time.

The format worked out quite well. We went around the University of
Waterloo campus and chose lines and gave everyone 3 attempts to clear
it. If you cleared a line you got 1 point. A few long lines were slit
into two segments so in order to get 2 points you had to do the whole
thing in one shot or you could get 1 point by just completing a section
of the line.

Here is how everyone did:

Jason Allemann 21 points
Devon Eidick 18 points
Bud White 15 points
Karl Roth 13 points
Thomas Roth 12 points
Jon Neill 10 points
Charlie 4 points

I had my camera on continuous shooting mode (1 frame/sec) and took 125
photos during the comp. I posted the best ones in my gallery.

http://tinyurl.com/zdwst

Roman

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Yeah, for a quick and easy competition I think this format worked really
well, especially since it required zero cost and zero pre-planning. As
long as you can find enough interesting lines in the area, you don't
get kicked out and the weather is good you're set.

It also helped a lot having Roman as the dedicated score keeper and
line maker, although everyone had input in what the lines were. I
think we ended up with a good mix of gapping, high hopping, skinny
riding, technical and long traversal lines.

With many more people, it would probably be better to split into more
than 1 group. I could see it taking too long otherwise. Having more
than one group, split based on skill level, would also mean each group
could attempt different lines that were more appropriate for them.

All in all I thought it was a lot of fun. Just like going on a regular
urban trials ride but with some added incentive. Thanks to everyone
who participated and to Roman for running it!

J

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