Another flying disc (frisbee) freestyle tournament this past weekend, and another nice result! This time, my son Ryan and I teamed up with veteran jammer Steve "Boston Pops" Scannell -- nicknamed "Pops" because he's, umm, a bit older than most jammers ;-) -- for the New England Overall Flying Disc Championships. This event involved a number of disc sports, including disc golf which I try to play about once a month, but we entered only the freestyle competition.
Steve and Ryan played really well, and I did OK, and our overall effort was good enough for a 2nd place finish. Pops was especially outstanding, hitting a number of difficult moves in both the preliminaries and in the finals. I haven't seen him jam that well in competition in awhile. It was definitely an honor for Ryan and me to team up with a player of his caliber. He may be a bit older, but it sure doesn't show! And I don't have to be his father to say that Ryan is without question one of the hottest young freestylers around, hitting very advanced moves after only 3 years of playing, and yet he's still getting better each and every week -- kinda scary!
That might be it for freestyle competitions for this year, unless Ryan and I go south for the Tennessee State Championships in September.