2008 INTERPRETIVE FREESTYLE COMPETITION

An exhibition of FreeStyle paddling technique set to music

at the

MIDWEST FREESTYLE SYMPOSIUM

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 2008

 

If you have any questions regarding any of these forms or procedures, please feel free to call Molly Gurien 740-707-6655; e-mail: molly@freestylecanoeing.com

 

ENTRY PROCEDURES:

  1. Fill out one copy of the Registration Form.  Return to Molly Gurien, 315 Estates Drive, Athens, Ohio, 45701, by August 1, 2008 with the entry fee ($20 per person).  This is the only form required prior to the actual competition. 

 

  1. Fill out the Judging Form.  List your turns or other maneuvers in order on the entry form. Make 12 copies of the judging form. 

 

  1. Fill out the Announcer’s Information Form. 

 

  1. Music:  If you are using a CD, clearly mark your name and the appropriate track number on the front cover.  If you are using a tape, it should have nothing on it but your music, once, at the beginning of the tape. The correct side of the tape should be marked with your name and the tape should be cued up.   

 

If you are using other than an original artist’s CD, please use only CD-R format.

 

PLEASE NOTE:  MP3, DVD, or CD/RW will not operate on the sound system.

 

Please place your music in a “zip lock” plastic bag.

 

  1. Turn in your music with the Judging and Announcer’s forms to the judge coordinator by 10am on the day of the competition.

 

RULES:

  1. Paddle an open canoe with a single-bladed paddle
  2. Paddle to music of your choice for no more than 5 minutes
  3. Stay within a 50 by 25 meter area (subject to wind)
  4. Include the four required moves in your program
  5. Show a variety of technical skills
  6. Present an artistically and visually pleasing performance
  7. Provide entry forms and music as required

 

CLASSES:  Solo Women / Solo Men / Tandem

Note: A competition class shall be composed of a minimum of 3 competitors in each class.  If the minimum number of competitors is not met for the Men’s or Women’s class, classes will be combined into a single Solo class.

 

 

COMPULSORY MANEUVERS:

Axle

Post

Christie

Cross Post  OR Cross Axle

 

A paddler or team that falls in may get out and dry off and then begin again.  You may start over once.