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Sport Kite

Novice Individual Ballet
1Zachary Gordon67.533
2Matthew Epstein65.2
3Wayne Fu63.267
4John Chilese60.8
5Don King59.333
6Donna McCown56
7Aaron Husz55.733
8Jim Landers53.867
9Michael J Mosman51.6
10David Cimburek51.467
11Bucky Stella50.867
12Michael R Boyle50.333
13Charles Stewart49.867 (Tiebreaker 48.240)
14Paul Koepke49.867 (Tiebreaker 47.280)
15Chris Belmarez0
Novice Individual Precision
1Zachary Gordon61.5
2Wayne Fu58.633
3Aaron Husz57.567
4Donna McCown55.267
5John Chilese53.6
6Matthew Epstein52.367
7Andrew Cimburek48.433
8David Cimburek47.167
9Michael J Mosman46.633
10Don King46.2
11Paul Koepke44.933
12Michael R Boyle42.067
13Jessica Graziano38.3 (Tiebreaker 38.444)
14Bucky Stella38.3 (Tiebreaker 35.778)
15Chris Belmarez35.267
16Charles Stewart32.933
Experienced Individual Ballet
1Joshua Gordon74.467
2Aaron Champie74.4
3Danielle Ferman71.733
4Patty Tinkham68.467
5Milika Jones66.533
6Vicki Casal62.733
7Monica Orso62.267
8Daniel Haigh60.333
9Dan Wellbaum60.133
10Michael VanCleve58.467
11Jeff McCown49.067
12Marjorie Taylor48.2
Experienced Individual Quad Ballet
1Ulysses Villanueva79.4
2Richard D Courmettes73.667
3Zachary Gordon71.933
4Wayne Fu63.733
5Paul R LaMasters55.933
6William C Schumacher53.4
7Bob Hogan49.2
8Bucky Stella48.4
9Laura Stonestreet47.133
10Andrew Cimburek46.333
11Moon Kushner43.8
12Charles Stewart40.533
Experienced Pairs Ballet
1Wind Junkies70.6
2Skywalkers67.6
3Wing ‘N It (Pairs)60.667
4Attitude Adjustment53.6
5Windchasers50.267
6EOS48.6
7Akamai Flyers47.6
8RAFLS36.667
9Sky Jesters34.133
Experienced Team Ballet
1Team S.P.I.60.867
2Jones Beach 449.4
3Smitty & the Girls45.867
Experienced Individual Precision
1Aaron Champie71.467
2Joshua Gordon69.833
3Patty Tinkham66.667
4Jeff McCown64.233
5Daniel Haigh63.633
6Michael VanCleve62.7
7Monica Orso59.367
8Danielle Ferman56.7
9Marjorie Taylor56.367
10Richard K Koons56.167
11Bud Root54.633
12Lisa Root54.367
13Dan Wellbaum46.333
14Harlan Groover31.667
Experienced Individual Quad Precision
1Ulysses Villanueva70.967
2Zachary Gordon60.933
3Wayne Fu50.8
4Richard D Courmettes46.467
5William C Schumacher43.433
6Bob Hogan25.733
Experienced Pairs Precision
1EOS57.233
2Windchasers55.233
3Wind Junkies54.933
4Attitude Adjustment51.833
5RAFLS42.7
6Wing ‘N It (Pairs)39.667
7Sky JestersDQ
Experienced Team Precision
1Team S.P.I.61.8
Masters Individual Quad Ballet
1Ron Despojado87.267
2John Barresi84.467
3Lam Hoac83.867
4Shawn Tinkham81.333
5Penny Lingenfelter77.467
6Dennis R Smith77.2
7Susan Shampo73.2
8Monica Orso69.733
9Bill Beneker66.867
10Lisa Willoughby65.8
11Charles Stonestreet60
12Vincent Maranta54.2
Masters Individual Ballet
1Ron Graziano89.333
2Russ Faulk85.867
3John Barresi83.267
4Brian Champie82.2
5Miguel Rodriguez82
6Jon Trennepohl81.333
7Ari Contzius79.267
8Philip Napier77.933
9Ulysses Villanueva77.733
10Lam Hoac77.133
11Shawn Tinkham76.4
12Scott J Davis73
13Richard Hawthorne71.4 (Tiebreaker 71.000)
14Richard Javens71.4 (Tiebreaker 67.000)
Masters Pairs Ballet
1R.A.W. Power85.2
2Against the Wind83.067
3Papalotes76.133
4Avispados71.4
5Wright Brothers70.4
6Co Pilots67.467
7Pyro67.333
8Ms. Matched60.133
9SeaHorses55.533
10Air Therapy51.467
Masters Team Ballet
1Legend78.4
2Chicago Fire78.267
Masters Individual Precision
1Brian Champie79.5
2Philip Napier78.233
3Ron Graziano76.367
4Shawn Tinkham74.767 (Tiebreaker 75.778)
5Richard Javens74.767 (Tiebreaker 74.556)
6Miguel Rodriguez74.167
7Scott J Davis73.333
8Jon Trennepohl73.033
9Dan Brinnehl70.833
10Russ Faulk69.767
11John Barresi68.4
12Ulysses Villanueva68.133
13Michael Moore68
14Mike Huff65.2
Masters Individual Quad Precision
1Ron Despojado72.467
2John Barresi70.367
3Lam Hoac67.567
4Susan Shampo64.767
5Shawn Tinkham61.233
6Vincent Maranta59.367
7Monica Orso58.367
Masters Pairs Precision
1Papalotes74.9
2Wright Brothers74.333
3Avispados73.867
4R.A.W. Power72.6
5Co Pilots66.833
6Against the Wind66.733
7Air Therapy63.533
8MooHam63.4
9Pyro61
10Ms. Matched52
11Syzygy43.067
Masters Team Precision
1Chicago Fire72.567
2Legend71.733
3Too Much Fun67.6
Open Team Train Ballet
1That’s My Line74.8
2KFAN74.067
3Against the Wind (team)67.867
4Valli Boyz67.667
5The Islanders47.4
Open Individual Free Style
1Ron Despojado81.94
2Joseph Perron71.853
3Brian Vanderslice59.133
4Charles Stonestreet55.147

Indoor Competition

1Marc Ricketts83.767
2Lam Hoac81.783
3Debbie Park74.917
4Curtiss Mitchell73.633
5Brian Vanderslice73.117
6Penny Lingenfelter72.517
7Scott Weider71.150
8Lee Park67.400
9Steve Santos61.883
10Jon Trennepohl59.783
11Michael Moore57.883
12Steve Letourneau38.950
13Ari ContziusDQ

Kite Making

Grand Champion – Jose Sainz – New Zealand Star People’s Choice – Jose Sainz – New Zealand Star

ArchNoviceCoopVislFltCraftStructSumRank
arch4nnWalt Mitchell7.207.507.837.1529.681
arch5nnCheryl Kear7.437.777.327.1029.622
arch13nnPaul Lawrence7.277.106.936.9328.233
arch14yyAlice Hayden7.877.187.837.2530.13
OpenNoviceCoopVislFltCraftStructSumRank
open6nnLam Hoac8.208.538.608.0333.371
open7ynHarold Ames6.737.877.287.7029.592
open8ynDave Watson6.337.086.436.9826.833
open1nnDan Klos
open2nyAdrianne Balmer7.207.427.937.0829.63
FighterNoviceCoopVislFltCraftStructSumRank
fight11nnMike Coons7.738.307.638.0931.761
fight8nnEd Shenk7.677.438.687.2030.982
fight9nnScott Spencer6.908.177.338.0330.433
fight3nnTerry McPherson6.937.507.027.4328.88
fight10nnWilliam Schumaker6.777.277.107.4328.57
fight6ynSharon Champie5.937.727.477.2528.37
fight5ynJim Ribar6.506.956.736.9027.08
RokkakuNoviceCoopVislFltCraftStructSumRank
rok8nnEd Shenk7.388.529.257.8833.041
rok14nnSam Ritter7.408.537.307.9231.152
rok4nnCheryl Kear8.077.338.407.2331.033
rok2nnAdrianne Balmer7.337.428.178.0330.95
rok12ynElizabeth Agar8.308.286.777.0230.37
rok10nnMonica Orso8.137.627.476.9830.19
rok13nnWalt Mitchell7.308.316.877.3229.79
rok11ynAlice Hayden7.636.787.587.0029.00
rok9nnScott Spencer6.807.237.307.3228.65
rok5ynJim Ribar6.757.636.506.8227.70
rok6nnSteve Cseplo6.377.576.536.9827.45
rok7ynDave Watson6.437.076.577.0327.10
DeltaNoviceCoopVislFltCraftStructSumRank
delta2nnAdrianne Balmer8.078.258.758.0333.101
delta8nnEd Shenk7.478.358.978.0432.832
delta3nnBarbara Meyer8.107.738.507.6331.973
delta6nnSteve Cseplo7.108.257.437.7730.55
delta4nnCheryl Kear7.007.957.837.4030.18
delta5ynJim Ribar6.527.736.607.6728.52
delta1ynCharles Bojarski6.008.186.607.2027.98
CellularNoviceCoopVislFltCraftStructSumRank
cell16nnTom McAlister8.538.389.328.4534.681
cell8nnEd Shenk8.588.149.338.2334.292
cell11nnDrake Smith8.238.507.907.9232.553
cell15nnPaul Dugard7.678.437.777.3531.22
cell12ynDavid Ashworth7.688.127.457.6030.85
cell14nnScott Spener7.408.177.337.9230.82
cell6nnSteve Cseplo7.838.107.477.3730.77
cell17ynMike Mosman7.077.126.908.2029.29
cell10ynYuan Hsu6.907.606.557.2028.25
cell13nnDave Holmes6.136.1012.23
cell9nnWalt Mitchell
Line ArtNoviceCoopVislFltCraftStructSumRank
line5nnBarbara Meyer8.037.688.677.7732.151
line4nnCheryl Kear7.176.657.707.4328.952
line6ynJoel Brown6.807.537.326.9828.633
line3ynAlice Hayden6.437.277.277.3328.30
line1ynJim Ribar6.936.937.307.0028.17
line7ynDave Watson6.807.636.1720.60
line2nnPeter Dolphin
line8nyEd Shenk7.437.837.287.7030.25
StuntNoviceCoopVislFltCraftStructSumRank
stunt6nnLam Hoac7.408.809.309.2334.731
stunt2nnEd Shenk7.738.279.008.3333.332
stunt3ynMike Predovic7.277.938.137.7331.073
stunt1ynPaul Koepke6.507.437.437.2328.60
TRAINNoviceCoopVislFltCraftStructSumRank
train12nnJiehua Sun8.508.307.277.4831.551
train4nnDeb Lenzen7.908.138.007.5031.532
train14nnEd Shenk7.107.828.777.5831.273
train10nnPeter Dolphin8.077.957.077.3330.42
train3nnCheryl Kear7.237.738.137.0330.13
train8ynJim Ribar6.477.256.476.7326.92
train5nnRon Mazzotta7.135.406.036.9325.50
FlatNoviceCoopVislFltCraftStructSumRank
flat9nnJohn Pollock8.487.179.078.1032.821
flat11nnJose Sainz7.837.208.607.8031.432
flat1ynMike Shaw7.738.027.907.5331.183
flat4nnDeb Lenzen8.507.807.307.1730.77
flat14nnEd Shenk6.637.038.937.6530.25
flat2nnJoann Weber6.777.677.737.1329.30
flat7ynYuan Hsu6.677.836.077.1827.75
flat8nnJim Ribar7.035.206.906.9226.05
BowedNoviceCoopVislFltCraftStructSumRank
bow11nnJose Sainz9.408.139.588.7035.821
bow20ynHarold Ames7.638.539.008.4033.572
bow16nnDrake Smith8.207.798.238.0132.243
bow12nnLam Hoac7.538.178.607.9232.22
bow6nnTony Ferrel8.037.408.208.0731.70
bow14nnEd Shenk7.107.828.837.9031.65
bow2nnJoann Weber7.187.638.477.2530.53
bow15nnNormand Girard7.457.877.807.1730.28
bow18nnSam Huston6.957.478.127.6730.20
bow19nnRichard Miller6.957.818.226.9729.94
bow1ynMike Shaw7.178.187.337.2229.89
bow4nnWalt Mitchell7.277.777.507.3329.87
bow9nnJohn Pollock7.106.738.257.7729.85
bow13nnAndre Bernard7.907.896.777.2729.83
bow10nnBill Kenney7.507.876.437.5029.30
bow17nnKenji Ueda7.277.377.576.9729.17
bow8ynJim Ribar6.437.576.407.2727.67
bow7ynYuan Hsu5.857.885.976.8326.53
bow5ynCarmela Pallotta5.975.905.1717.03
bow3nyDavid Butler7.408.277.407.7030.77
FigureNoviceCoopVislFltCraftStructSumRank
fig12nnDan Klos7.377.079.278.7232.421
fig11nnRichard Michna7.307.428.037.8030.552
fig9nnJohn Pollock6.607.258.008.2030.053
fig4nnArt Hass7.437.507.377.1729.47
fig2ynDave Watson6.708.436.707.5829.42
fig14nnJiehua Sun6.738.076.807.7329.33
fig10nnPeter Dolphin7.337.506.607.6329.07
fig13nnAndre Bernard7.007.606.577.3528.52
fig15nnCharlie Sotich
SoftNoviceCoopVislFltCraftStructSumRank
soft8nnEd Shenk7.508.038.808.2532.581
soft5nnWalt Mitchell7.888.177.207.9231.172
soft2ynDave Watson6.938.276.827.7529.773
soft4nnArt Hass6.537.937.377.3329.17
soft1ynMike Shaw6.777.937.077.1228.88
soft7ynMark Virgilio7.057.886.437.3028.67
soft6nnAdam Grow5.937.326.536.9326.72
soft3nyDavid Butler7.137.537.487.2029.35

Miniature Kite Challenge

Originality
1stJim Martin, “Mini Me”
2ndMasami Takakuwa, “Original Design”
3rdGlenn Davison, “Modified Crossbreed Cody”
Flight
1stJim Martin, “Stained Glass Fairy”
2ndTodd Little, “US Flag”
3rdCharm Lindner, “Cody”
Beauty
1stTodd Little, “Tomoai”
2ndCharm Lindner, “Rokakku”
3rdGlenn Davison, “Modified Crossbreed Cody”
Size
1stGlenn Davison, .75”
2ndCharm Lindner, 1.93”
3rdTodd Little, 2.30”