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Tags: Battle at the Border, Ben Herald, Chad Covington, charles rager, grain theory, Grande Squad, Jake Fischer, Kadama, kendama, kendama competition, Kendama Event, Kendama USA, kendamausa, KROM, Liam Rauter, nashville, RWB, Ryan Plourd, Sol Kendamas, Sweets Kendamas, Tennessee
January 25, 2017
Battle at the Border 2017 was an awesome event hosted by Chad Covington of Sol Kendamas. This year’s turnout exceeded expectations, with almost 100 Kendama players in attendance. BATB17 was held in the historic Foundry building near downtown Nashville, Tennessee. The weather was pretty crazy in the southeastern U.S with snow and freezing rain but that didn’t stop groups like DKT, Grande Squad, Pineapple Kendama and others from making the drive. There were twenty two sponsors for the event including Kendama USA, Sol Kendamas, Sweets Kendamas, KROM, Terra Kendama, Grain Theory, RWB and more. As a result, there were tons of mini games and prizes given out throughout the event.
The freestyle competition had some of the most creative tricks around and some of the craziest bangers thrown on stage. The finals came down to a match between Jake Fisher & Max Norcross. Max Norcross nearly won however Jake Fisher came away with the win. Pictured below are the winners of the freestyle event:
From left to right: 4th – Christian Fraser, 3rd – Cam Herrero, 2nd – Max Norcross, 1st – Jake Fischer
The Open division was intense from the first match up to the final round with Liam Router and Ben Herald going head to head for the title of Battle at the Border and Liam taking the victory.
4th – Johnny Kress, 3rd – Blair Sylvester Wesley, 2nd – Ben Herald, 1st – Liam Rauter
There were also beginner, intermediate, and advanced ladders that were done during the event as well. Here are the winners for those divisions:
Beginner: 3rd – Lilly Kosicki, 2nd – Alex Jorgenson, 1st – Fame Cristobal
Intermediate: 4th – Tristen Wareham, 3rd – Dalton Hodge, 2nd – Carlos Castro, 1st – Walker Lifsey
Advanced: 4th – John Coffman, 3rd – Antonio Cecchetti, 2nd – Nick Dodenhoff, 1st – Caleb Rush
Again congratulations to all who placed in any of the divisions this year and thanks to Chad Covington and Sol Kendamas for throwing a fantastic event!
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Tags: active toy, Alex Mitchell, AOD, Austin Ring, best toy, Chad Covington, Christian Fraser, Clarksville, DKT, Georgia, Grande, GVK, Jacob Womack, Kadama, kendama, kendama store, kendama toy, Kendama USA, kendamausa, Kentucky, Liam Rauter, Michigan, North Carolina, Sol Kendamas, south carolina, Tennessee, TKO, TKO 2016, toys, TRIBE, Tribe Team, Washington, Zach Porter
August 25, 2016
Throwback Kendama Open (TKO) was a great event. Over 60 players from all over the country came together in Clarksville, Tennessee to jam & compete. Kendama USA Tribe member Zach Porter attended and local crews DKT, GVK, & the Grande Squad also showed up. Needless to say, there was a lot of talent there. The event had fifteen sponsors and many prizes were given out during the mini games, freestyle event, and the speed ladders. The vendors there were Sol Kendamas, Kendama USA, All Out Damanation, and Pineapple Kendama. The weather was brutal but most of the people that attended stuck it out through the heat and the rain for the entire event.
The advanced ladder was beyond intense; here are the top four after it was all said and done:
1st: Liam Rauter
2nd: Alex Mitchell
3rd: Jacob Womack
4th: Austin Ring
A HUGE shout out to Chad Covington and Sol Kendamas for throwing a banger of an event, here is the edit for Throwback Kendama Open 2016.
Take a look at some of the pictures from the event below.
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Tags: Battle at the Border, BHC Customs, Bryan Hansen, Chad Covington, Christian Fraser, Georgia, Georgia Kendama Players, Jake Fischer, January, January 2016, Kaizen Kendama, kendama, Kendama USA, kusa, Ryan Plourd, Shelton Covington, Tennessee, Tennessee Kendama Players, tribute kendama, Winter, Winter Kendama, Zach Porter
January 28, 2016
This year’s Winter Edition of Battle at the Border; BATB, was the best yet. The turn out was great and players from all over came together not only to test & hone their skills, but to make new friends, get to know old friends a bit better and grow as a community. Congratulations to all the competitors and winners, and thank you to Chad and Shelton Covington for putting on a great event. We can’t wait for this year’s Summer BATB.
If you didn’t catch the winners of BATB:
Open Division:
1. Kevin DeSoto
2. Lyndon Whalen
3. Christian Fraser
4. Jackson Stanek
Freestyle:
1. Jake Fischer
2. Kevin DeSoto
3. Christian Fraser
4. Wesley Carkonen
*Austin Ring took first in the opposite hand ladders.
*Zach Porter took first in Race to Lace, landing all his tricks 1st try.
Zach Porter ending a combo in Race to Lace.
Post BATB Jam – The Parthenon, Nashville, TN:
Austin Ring casually Stilting
Host Chad Convington, Jake Fischer, & Wesley Carkonen
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