Well that's just dandy.
I completely stink it up in the first official TP-USA event and now, over a year later, someone links to it and it's being discussed across two continents. Great!
Alain is correct. You have to know what tricks the pilot is going for before you can judge a TP ballet. Definitely mine was pathetic and in no way compares to Egan's, or any of the folks in front of me for that matter.
I have to admit I was so disgusted that I left the field that day with the intent to never fly a kite again. I failed at that, too!
I should also point out that the judges fouled up the scoring on my Insane in IT. Alex gave me a 0 but Rob and Ron a 6. It should have been discussed amongst them as apparently Alex missed something or he wrote a 6 that looked like a 0. (They were new to this, too.) TP USA wouldn't change the score after the fact saying it wouldn't affect the final placings so I wound up tied for 3rd in IT.
Not a good weekend for me all the way around and had hoped to forget it forever. Thanks, Neil.
TP is great fun, particularly a 3 round event but when things go bad it can be pretty frustrating.
That's usually when there is some goofball behind you with a video camera.
Now I'm off to lick my previously closed wounds.