Charley started this discussion ·
Congrats to Alethea Austin - winner of the 2010 USPDF Championship! Congrats Karol Helms aka Redke71 for taking home Miss Sexy (2nd place) and making us sooo proud!!!! Congrats to all our Pros - well done!!!! Cannot wait to see the highlites - I just know it was an amaazing show!
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YAYAYAYAYAY KAROL!!!!! 😀 that really ROCKS!!!!!!
Serzi ·
AHHHHHHH!!!! That is so FREAKIN' AWESOME!!!! I am very happy for everyone who had the opportunity to compete, but my two favorites Karol and Alethea?! (as if there was any question, right?) OMG CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU BOTH!!! You totally deserve your titles as best in the US! 🥂 🫡 Btw thank you very much for posting, Charley. I've been wondering about this all day. =) ? ~*Serzi
Congrats to all, amateur or pro, winner or no! Can't wait to see the vids I know will come soon 🥂 🥂 Karol definitely deserves Miss Sexy!! Way to shake it, girl! 🥂 🥂 🥂
I only just read the full line-up earlier today and wow what a line up! The Veeners who went to spectate must've screamed themselves hoarse from all the awesome:) And congrats to Karol! Great work 🫡 I so can't wait for the youtube clips to start:) 👍
Hoddska ·
Ha Ha I stayed up til' midnight hoping for some results last night, and saw Alethea's post on Facebook about winning but didn't know about Karol...that is so great , I can't wait to see some vids!!! I wonder how Sarah C. did? I also always loved her...(pole crush...)actually hoping for some Veeners to blog about the whole thing (hint hint)
Solya ·
Hoddska I was wondering too about how Sarah C. did, she's a massive pole crush of mine atm 🙂 Are the results and scores going to be posted somewhere on the net? Oh, and who won Miss Trixter? Congrats to Alethea and Karol, I totally can't wait for the videos! 🙂
Gsylass ·
Yay, big 'grats ladies!! 🥂 I too can't wait to see pics/vids! 🤸
Hi everyone! Congrats to all girls but especially to Alethea! She is for me an inspiration!!!!! I live in the Czech Republic and todays morning I have been nervously calculating jet lag! 😂 Thank you for posting results Charley! 😀 I look forward the highlights! Sorry for my bad english 🙁 but thank you! 🙂
Estee won miss trixter!!
So I spoke with Sarah C. after the comp and she informed me that she is now engaged to her bf and has been living with him out in CA for a while now. She told me that she was happy that she didnt win, and said that she is retiring from pole dancing and wants to be a motocross/dirtbike rider. She told me she did not choreograph anything, and I was actually kind of disappointed with her performance. She did not seem into it at all, just walked back and forth between poles, and I kept waiting for a new, big trick that we have not seen her do....but it never happened. She did her usual, yet AMAZING tricks as before, but I could tell she just was not connected with the dance or had any passion in her movements or enjoyment in her facial expressions. I am sad to hear that she will be retiring from pole, but I hope that one day she will come back... 😢 it was still awesome to see her perform on stage again, but she looked SO different with bleach blonde, curly hair.....
Kobajo84 ·
Congrats the Alethea, Karol, and Estee! Wish I could've been there to watch everyone perform! I'm sure everyone did an amazing job! I too was wondering about Sarah Cretul- thanks gatorgirl for the update! I'm happy to hear she is moving on with her life and going in the direction of something she likes. Hopefully she will come back some day to pole, you never know. Sad to hear she's leaving but sometimes we just have to do what we feel in our hearts is right for us. Hope everyone enjoys their time in NY and has a safe trip home! Can't wait to hear the details from everyone when they get back! ☀️
Ok most importantly, who got vid of mancandy at the afterparty??!! I was front and center and---WOW! Come on ladies, post so we can all re-live it! 😉
WOW 😲 interesting about sarah! anyone have anything else they can share about the performances? how did Zoraya do? Did Estee do some new moves to get miss trixter title? I herd something about Alethea had handcuffs what did she do with them in the performance? I WISH there was some videos!
LittleC ·
I would love to hear some scoop, too! So, apparently, the camera police were a little lax this year at the competition but it sounds like footage may not end up on youtube - I am dying to see these performances. Where are they? If you share I won't tell....it can be our little secret. ☀️
Hoddska ·
Hey Gatorgirl, thnx for the word on Sarah....I just wish I could have seen her perform before she retired 🙁 Hope all the Veneers and all the pole artists get home safe and sound and oh I hope they are generous in what they post for us fans! i'd happily buy a DVD! chheers Hoddska
Alethea had one of her hands handcuffed to the pole during the beginning of her routine, and it was so surprising and hot, might I add. I had a feeling that she would win. I heard today that she also dislocated her knee at some point before her routine, but she went out and performed anyway! I too thought that Sara would give some new moves/tricks, but I kind of got the feeling that she didn't seem really into what she was doing.
jvks1mom ·
Where are the videos waaaaahhhh 🙁
I went into stealth mode a taped a lot of the show. Unfortunately there are heads in the way and the view I got (held the cam to my chest to cover the glow from the screen) caught only the tops of the pole. I gotta go through them today and I'll post later if I have anything good. My gosh, there is so much to comment on I don't even know where to start. I have to second gator girl and say that I could that Sarah was so not into it. However, when she was on the pole, her talent was freekin' undenyable!!! She has so much potential, but her heart was just not into it. She did walk back and forth and when she approached the pole she just looked up at it and then hopped on. There wasn't any passion. Alethea's performance had a wierd effect on me. It SCARED me!! Because she was handcuffed, I was so afraid she was gonna get hurt or tangled! I couldn't focus on what she was doing because I kept worrying about her being cuffed. It was a dark piece and my mind visualized tears and angst and black spider webs coming from her and flying into the audience. Very emotionally evocotive and powerful. It reminded me of the movie Legend when the heroine dances for the devil. Anyone seen that?? Anyway, my fav dances that didn't win a title were hands down from Jessalyn and Fleur! Fleur's routine was brilliant as I think it symbolized her evolution from ballerina to pole dancer. It gave me chill bumps and got me misty eyed! I hope she does a re-make and posts it here b/c all you guys will LOVE it! In case she does, I won't describe it so you all will live the surprise as I did. Love you Amber!!! Jessalyn's piece brought me to tears. It was technical perfection and just a beautiful artistic piece that varied from her usual rocker style. She danced to a broadway showt-tune, I'm thinking its from Les Miserable???? Can anyone verify that?? I am biased though, because I've studied under her and she's my home-town hero. Both Fleur and Jessalyn's performances did not necessarily fit under the titles 'trixter' and 'sexy', but they both deserved some sort of recognition for their creativity and passion they so clearly portrayed. Karol's performance for me was, as usual, AMAZING! Her bendy lower back and silhouette make for such stunning moves. She brought the house down when she was on her belly in between the poles, brought her shoe to her mouth and LICKED it!!! SEXY! She told me it was completely spontaneous. Her tricks were of course astounding and her mastery of spinner just got better if that's possible!
that sounds awesome! i really really REALLY hope you post some of what you have recorded, even if you dont want to post it on a site can u send it to us through email? it would b great to see any of it! 🙂
I've been scanning through YouTube to see if anyone has posted videos and I haven't been able to find anything yet! Why don't they allow video taping? Is USPDF creating a DVD of highlights or something? Congrats to the winners and to everyone who performed!
I understand there are issues with music rights licensing. It would probably be horribly expensive to get the music rights for a DVD but I dont' know much about it.
amy ·
jessalyn danced to phantom of the opera-- "all i ask of you"-- it's sung as a duet. i really wish i knew more about how the judges selected the winner-- NOT an easy task! the quality of performances were head and shoulders above last year. it's amazing to realize how much pole has evolved. a year ago, sarah's twisted grip handspring was THE new trick. women this year were doing iron Xs, flag presses to brass monkeys, TG lifts from a climb, shoulder mount CLIMBS... there was a lot of artistry and dance even though the physicality was so insane, everyone in amateurs did their optional routine without shoes, which i think was a reflection of the changed paradigm after amber won USPDF west. the show was really great to watch. i wonder how pole will evolve over the next year!
Hoddska ·
interesting to read that performance has evolved so much in a year...and very exciting too! I am still blown away by the highlights of last year's show! bare feet for the amateur optionals...very interesting...It sounds as if pole is reaching a whole new level of artistry AND athleticism. I find these word of mouth commentaries really interesting and now I feel ok about not necessarily seeing complete footage of the show. all who are "reporting back" thank you so much!!! I think this is a real new level and am I ever happy to be a part of it even just in a small way... eagerly awaiting MORE news:) Alex
Thank you so much for the updates 🫡 !! I have been looking all over youtube for anything USPDF 2010 but stil nothing has showed up yet!! Great details ladies on the weekend I've been going through USPDF wthdrawals all weekend 🧿 wondering about the performances, workshops, and fun
There weren't any videos from last year's competition on youtube were there? I would be surprised if we see any this year either. I seem to recall only "practice" vids that the individual dancers posted AFTER the event.
