I don't post much, well ever. I hope I don't get told to get back in my hole and zip it. I'm on a team that got out last 8 of 10 rounds. We landed on the main landing area 10 of 10 rounds. I'm not agreeing with four teams per pass, but did it affect the outcome of the meet, anyone's personal safety, or was it just an issue of comfort? As competitors we need to be forward looking and ensure that our needs are met in the future. Nationals is about the competitors, this year it didn't seem to go down like that. Everyone who entered the meet needed to take responsibility for knowing what they had entered. Obviously, there were a number of competitors who arrived uneducated, myself and my team included. Is anyone willing to talk about the fact that almost all of the artistic competitors hauled ass and left the FS people alone in the hangar for awards? Our team sat in the back and watched all but a small group of the freeflyers leave once their interests were satisfied. It would've been nice for them to stay and support the rest of the medal winners. Is the experience of medaling diminshed by not having every single 4way competitor at the awards ceremony? Is that why we train and push ourselves? So others can marvel at our presence on the medal stand. I doubt a single team that medaled is less proud because they had to wait and a number of teams were gone. On the other hand, a sincere thanks needs to be extended to the CRW competitors. They were a well represented and boisterous group during the FS awards! Guess what? We're all going back to Chicago next year for sweatshirts and cool videos. Let's not ruin anyone's Nationals 2006 experience with whining and in-fighting among FS competitors.
