Category: Shootin The FrizBreeze

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The Original Spread the Jam Project Crew

The Spread the Jam Project helped shape the face of Freestyle Frisbee on YouTube. James Wiseman explains why he started the project, what he learned, and how the focus of his video efforts have shifted.

• James first encounters Freestyle Frisbee in Austin Texas, site of the American Freestyle Open in 2017
• The state of Freestyle Frisbee on YouTube at that time
• Tom Leitner takes James under his wing
• With the help of the FPA’s Spread the Jam Grant, James and friends embark on the project
• Success and Failure in the same breath
• Parallels between Freestyle Frisbee and skateboarding’s early days: skateboarding documentary DogTown and Z Boys
• Some videos of Rodney Mullen below:

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Donnie Rhodes, Allen Elliott

We got a chance to talk with Allen Elliott and Donnie Rhodes. In this episode they talk about how the started playing, how they teamed up, and how they prepared for the ’81 Rose Bowl.

• Hear how all-time greats Allen Elliott, Donnie Rhodes, and Jeff Felberbaum joined forces to win the Rose Bowl in 1981.
• Donnie shares how he grew up “Dolly Parton poor” in Appalachia and how Frisbee became such a huge escape from his daily life.
• Ultimately, it was the many dance classes, generous mentoring, and a pure love of the sport, that drove Donnie’s Frisbee trajectory.
• Watch their semi Finals performance
• Watch the Semis and Finals edited together to Pinball Wizard, from a different camera angle.

Semifinals Performance

Semi and Finals edited together

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Doug Brannigan, Bill Wright, and Rick Castiglia

We interview Bill Wright and learn about the birth of the Coloradicals, the iconic Freestyle team of Bill Wright, Rick Castiglia, and Doug Brannigan.

• Find out the origin of the Coloradicals & the inception of the delay.
• The birth of the Blur, and spinning catches.
• For you youngsters, find out how in heck you set up your music in the 1970’s.
• Hear how choreographed routines evolved for this team and listen to Bill share his memories about qualifying (and winning!) the 1980 Rose Bowl as a college senior.
• “Wow, I am a world Frisbee champion from Colorado. That’s amazing!”

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Ryan in His Lab

In this episode we wrap up our conversation with Ryan.

• What was special about the electronic judging and the live stream at Frizbeer 2016. You can watch Frisbee 2017 Live here.
• Discover what it takes to make Ryan’s smile bigger than usual.
• See Ryan crush his favorite catch, a switch leap gitis at the FPAW 2016 Semi Finals.

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In this episode, Ryan Young talks about his tablet based electronic judging system.

• What inspired him to create the system?
• How many “problems are hidden in the paper”?
• Find out about Potlatch’s experimental judging system, and what Ryan has learned along the way.
• What is Ryan’s perfect judging system.
• How could real time scores change freestyle competitions?
• Should the judging system be adjusted to make freestyle more audience friendly?