2022 Las Vegas Challenge - Preview
The 2022 Las Vegas Challenge - Preview provides an exciting look at the highly anticipated event, where nearly 600 players will compete in three pools of around 200 people each. This massive undertaking is a culmination of six months of planning and preparation by the organizers, who are eager to test their system and showcase the sport's growth. With the help of volunteers, who are instrumental in making events like this possible, the event promises to be a thrilling experience for all involved. The speaker shares their own journey, having shifted their focus from US-based tournaments to European and Finnish events, where they have found a more suitable playing environment. They reflect on the challenges and benefits of competing in a smaller, more competitive league, drawing parallels with professional sports like the NHL. The event's organizers are confident that the Las Vegas Challenge will be a success, with a strong field of players from Finland and Europe expected to participate.
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this is a huge undertaking in our eyes it's almost like three majors being combined because we have three pools of close to 200 people per pool we really started planting this die hard i mean knee deep back in june because we start taking in all the registrations in october so we have to have all of our ducks in a row six months prior to february being our 23rd year now we think we have a pretty good system in place it's the volunteers our sport is still 100 dependent on growing and having successful events like the lvc because of the volunteers i can't express enough how much i appreciate those guys because i couldn't do this without them we played only finnish pro tour finnish tournaments and european championships so almost every tournament only with finnish people yeah it's fun to see what level we are now yeah we didn't know we don't know that yet because we haven't seen them in two years but i'm excited just play my own game and see what's enough and hope hope so winning some tournaments i think our best part is driving so this long holes are good for us well compared to like 2016 to 2019 when i played mostly in the us um i'm playing now just mostly in the europe or finland actually the disc golf and the tour has grown so much there that i have got to do the same thing but just within a smaller area which has been great for me actually i think it has been a better thing for me to be there it's kind of like comparing it to like if you play an nhl you could go to the farm league actually like to practice you know and then come back to the league or the nhl so i feel like that that was the case for me i just went to uh to the league that had more players in my skill level where i actually got the battle a little bit more than here for 20th place or stuff like that but i think it was a good thing for me and i feel comfortable being back i think they can uh kind of uh shoot the american disc golf scene because uh they i i think it is going to happen this year they're...
