Jeffro
Provenzano has won the PST's 2006 Mile Hi Canopy
Cup and $6,000 in cash!
27 Pro/Am
qualified pilots competed in the eight round
competition which featured two rounds of Speed,
Distance, Accuracy and Freestyle. The event
also included a two round Team Speed competition
which Nick Boyd and Matt Lewis won. The pair
took home gold medals and $375 each.
Jeffro executed
and landed the first ever "Miracle Man"
Freestyle maneuver at the Mile Hi Canopy Cup! The
Miracle Man is a one and a half "Blindman" move
where Jeffro went 360 degrees around in the
harness while swooping on the pond and then made
it out for a successful landing!
The 2006 Mile Hi
Canopy Cup was one of the best competitions the
Pro Swooping Tour has ever organized. This is
the first season in 14 years Jim Slaton has not
jumped or competed allowing him to focus 100% of
his time on organizing and promoting the swoop
tour. The competition took place at the new Mile
Hi Swoop Park outside Denver, Colorado. There
were hundreds of spectators at the event with
local and national media coverage! The
competition at the Swoop Park featured
inflatable course markers which added more
visual impact for both the competitors and
spectators. The swoop competition had NASCAR
style pit stops and course changes which allowed
for a quicker turn around between events. The
Mile Hi Swoop Park also has over 600 tons of
sand around the pond creating a large beach
landing area that is over 500 feet long, 200
feet wide and 6-8 inches deep!
The Pro Swooping
Tour also used their improved electronic timing
system and gate horn which allowed for instant
scoring of most events. When a competitor
successfully scores the entry gate a loud horn
sounds and the timer starts. When the competitor
reaches the exit gate the timer stops and the
system displays the score for the athletes,
judges and spectators to see. In addition, the
PST used a large official scoreboard in the main
viewing area to update all the scores round by
round!
The competition
also included a merchandising booth, Deli Zone,
Smoothie tent and catered food by Wahoo! Fish
Tacos. The kick off party was Friday night at a
local brewery with the banquet dinner Saturday
evening catered by the Texas Roadhouse Bar &
Grill. The award ceremony and after party took
place at "The Barn" on main street in Downtown.
DJ Eric Derren flew in from Atlanta to create
the party atmosphere until 2:00am.
The next Pro
Swooping Tour competition is the Swoop
Festival scheduled to take place July 21-23,
2006 at the Mile Hi Swoop Park.
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