[BigBird]

	Quote: Originally Posted by sweetpea
	I was a little dissappointed that several flyers flew basically the same routine and exact same music as last year. Not that the flights were not impressive.......just that they would have changed it up for this year.

Yeah I can't believe that the pilots didn't take the time to come up with new freestyle routines from scratch. (sarcasm) You are only expected to learn three known patterns, practice old patterns to brush up on your unknown practice every time you go out to practice. If you want a chance at doing well you have to practice at least 5 times a week for the entire month before the event. In doing that the airplane will need work after almost every practice session.
Freestyle routines take two seasons to truly polish to the perfection needed for a world level event. There is just not enough time before and deep down the pilots want to win the precision more than the freestyle. Of course this is opinion but if you ask the top pilots they want to win the precision. So that is what takes up 90% of there practice time.
Jason