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Second Quarter 2006

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If it’s spring, it must be time for the WSSAWorld Sport Stacking Championships (April 8th at the Denver Coliseum). In this issue of e-STACK!, our Speed Stacks online newsletter, you’ll find all you need to know about this year’s World Championships, organized and sanctioned by the World Sport Stacking Association (WSSA). Speed Stacks, Inc. is the leader in sport stacking around the world and designated as the official supplier of cups (Speed Stacks) and timing device (StackMat) of the WSSA. We’re excited to share with you the inside scoop on this year’s premier sport stacking event.

A stacking good time by wife of British Prime Minister...

Sport stacking caught the attention of Mrs. Cherie Blair recently at a London exhibition. Kate Parker, Great Britain’s fastest stacker, had the opportunity to share her stacking skills with the Prime Minister's wife, who was very impressed with Kate’s speed and dexterity. Kate will be traveling to Denver with her family to compete in this year’s World Championships.

As we count down to this year’s World Sport Stacking Championships, who better to give last-minute training advice than Emily Fox?

The world-record holder in the 3-6-3 and the Cycle stacks shares her TOP THREE STACKING TIPS:

PRACTICE, PRACTICE PRACTICE! "One secret to becoming a good sport stacker is muscle memory and getting to a point where you don't have to think while you are stacking; you just do it. Isolating certain stacks, such as the 3, or the 6, or the 10, can help you improve your overall cycle time by getting comfortable with each individual stack."

RACE, RACE, RACE! "My early stacking years were full of competition, especially with my brothers. I really improved from just racing my brothers Brennan and Kit over and over again. The intensity, competition and pressure of a tournament are emulated while racing someone else. Racing not only improves your stacking skills, but it's also a whole lot of fun. (Especially when you win!)"

RELAX, RELAX, RELAX! "Although competing can be very stressful and intense, I've found it’s helpful to stay calm and have a light, soft touch when stacking. It’s important to stack in control rather than fumbling the cups everywhere. Staying relaxed will calm your hands and help you stack your best."

How to be at the TOP of your sport stacking game -

If you’re looking for sport stacking equipment to prepare for this year’s World Championships or if you just want to see what’s hot in the world of sport stacking, click here and you’ll be taken to the Speed Stacks store. A set of Speed Stacks and a StackMat are the essentials to sport stacking training. Super Stacks can also help add a competitive edge. All you need to know about sport stacking is right here at www.speedstacks.com.

Thanks for taking time to read the latest edition of e-STACK!

Stay tuned for the April/May special
edition of e-STACK! featuring a wrap-up of this year’s World Championships and a preview of summer sport stacking happenings.

Stack Early. Stack Often. Stack Fast!

IN THIS ISSUE

2006 WSSA World Sport Stacking Championships made for TV

New features enhance this year’s tournament

Your guide to this year’s championship event

Coming to Denver? Here’s a list of host hotels and things to do

German and Japanese tournaments prepare stackers for Denver

STACK FLASHES
(Great Britain’s First Lady has a stacking good time. . .Tournament training
tips from World Record Holder Emily Fox. . .What equipment you’ll need to
be at your sport stacking best. )

If the measure of a sport’s success is coverage on a major sports network, then sport stacking has arrived. Pre-production is currently underway for a one-hour television special on the World Championships slated to be aired this summer on a major cable TV sports channel. The Denver Coliseum has been scoped out and measured high and low to accommodate the multiple TV cameras that will be on hand to cover every angle of the day’s events. Set design for the Finals competition is taking shape, background stories are being researched, and the day’s schedule is being fine-tuned to maximize the stacking action and capture the emotions and visual appeal of sport stacking. Whether you are a stacker or spectator, come be a part of this year’s World Championships! Who knows? You might even end up on TV!

There will be several changes to this year’s World Championships designed to streamline the events and provide more excitement to participants and spectators alike. The Head–To–Head Cycle Relays will operate with a new format. Teams will be seeded for the Cycle Relay based on their Timed 3-6-3 Relay Prelim time. Brackets will then be established based on the seeding (think NCAA Basketball Tournament) in a single elimination format. This will create more efficiency than in the past while also providing for some exciting match-ups in the Cycle Relay event. (Note: The Head-To-Head 3-6-3 Relays will remain a double elimination format.) The Timed 3-6-3 Relay is now an official event with finals involving the top four teams in each division. To help speed up the Individual Finals, each division with its 10 finalists, will run two stackers simultaneously at separate tables and independent of one another. This year, in addition to Overall Individual Champion awards in the 3-3-3, 3-6-3 and Cycle stacks, we will also be crowning the Individual All-around Champion based on the combined results of the three individual events. Finally, several competitors will qualify to run a certain portion of their final events on stage in the “made for TV” Finals. Here we will feature several of the world’s fastest sport stackers in a variety of final events.

The date: April 8th The place: Denver Coliseum
The time: All day (8:30 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.)

The 2006 WSSA World Sport Stacking Championships are just a few short stacks away, and WSSA organizers are moving at a rapid clip to assure this year’s expected 1,000 competitors will experience a tournament like no other. Here’s what you need to know:

EVENTS: Competitive events include Individual, Doubles and 4-Person Team Relays in a variety of divisions, which include all ages. Stackers compete in the 3-3-3, 3-6-3 and Cycle stacks. In addition to age divisions for kids, there are stacking opportunities for all other ages including Collegiate (19-24), Masters (25-59) and Seniors (60 and above). There also is a Special Stackers division for competitors with special needs. If you are a stacker or the parent of a stacker and want the full rundown of events and tournament info, click here.

REGISTRATION: The competitor registration fee is $30 ($15 for Special Stackers). A $10 late fee will be charged for all registrations received after March 24th. Only Individual and Doubles Competition Stackers may register the day of the event—no team registrations. (Partial refunds are available if a family member volunteers at the tournament.)

Registration forms are available online!
Go to www.worldsportstackingassociation.org and get this information and lots more about the Championships.

Looking for a place to stay during the 2006 WSSA World Sport Stacking Championships? Special rates are being offered by eight Denver hotels. Click here for names, addresses and contact information. If you’re staying awhile, click here for ideas on things to do and see in the Denver area.

After proving they are their country’s best, four teams from Germany are expected to arrive in Colorado in April and vie for bragging rights at the World Championship level. The 2006 WSSA German National Sport Stacking Championships were held on Saturday, March 4th in Butzbach drawing 270 competitors. At the end of the day, several world division titles were broken (pending video review) and the top German stackers came one step closer to a strong showing on April 8 th at the World Championships.

Japan set to hold first WSSA-sanctioned tournament
The WSSA is working with organizers in Japan to host the first sport stacking tournament in that country. According to Tournament Director Tomoko Taira, more than 100 stackers are expected to participate on March 19th. The event will take place at Utase Junior High School in Chiba, which is located just outside of Tokyo. Look for Japan’s top stackers to travel to Denver to compete on April 8th. "We’re so excited to be hosting the first WSSA-sanctioned tournament in Japan," said Taira. "Sport stacking is really taking off here, and we hope to send some of our fastest stackers to the World Championships in April!"

Japanese sport stacking FUN FACT
Not only will this be the first WSSA championship in Japan, but it will be the first sport stacking tournament on record where every competitor will be removing their shoes at the door. Really!

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