Welcome one and all to our live blogging of the Tour de Bloc Regionals at Delire
Cindy with the Beta display, rocking the contour pants trying to master the iPhone, Blackberry be gone!
Cindy ici...c'est moi qui apporte le "francais" aujourd'hui! J'espere qu'ils pouront comprendre mom accent du N-B!
We are already having a blast despite almost missing our flight yesterday and my Blackberry deceiving me this morning...let the games begin!
The women have already begun tearing it up, some serious talent here
Luigi has arrived, sans iPhone unfortuntly
Stacy Weldon and Kerri Brigs getting ready to throw down, bring the ruckas gals
Who knew that an isolation comp could get so quiet, feels like bouldering in a cemetery
Bonnie deBruijn rockin the womens qualifiers
Dustin is about to rock out on problem #1
Dustin doing his own unique warm up
The men are fired up and throwing down
Womens results comming soon....
Womens standing after qualifiers:
1. Melissa Lacasse 2. Kerri Briggs 3. Stacey Weldon 4. Elizabeth Maltais 5. Bonnie deBruijin 6. Aryane Bouchard 7. Veronique Gosselin 8. Holly Reid
Going to be a good finals
Tash waiting for problem #2 without a grapefruit sized ankle
Cindy here...just had an epic experience chez Tim Horton avec Lisa. Apparently asking for "Beurre d'arachide" gets you a hashbrown (patate grille)...seriously?? Oh well, at least it was good!
For a small guy Seb can fly a long way...and speeking of wings Yves is climbing next.
sounds like everyone's having a blast and the climbers are definitely puttin' on quite the show!
@cindy thank goodness i wasn't at that Tim's! who knows what i'd've gotten with my lousy french!
The mens qualifiers are winding down, results comming soon. Some usual suspects, and some suprises....stay tuned
Mens standings after qualifiers:
1. Dustin Curtis 2. Yves Gravelle 3. Tash Zielinski 4. Sebastien Lazure 5. Florent Balsez 6. Marc-Antoine Turgeon 7. Stephen Tambling 8. Peter Adamson
...let the show begin
who made the finals!?! tellmetellmetellme!!!!
woohoo! good luck to everyone! once again bonnie and dustin do beta proud!
Cindy is about to be interviewed by French television, way to represent Beta en francais
Cue the light show finals is about to begin
can't wait to see it!
The first women are doing battle with problems 1& 2 lots of sending action to be had
Bonnie paitently waiting for her turn to destroy problem #2
Problem destroyed ;)
The boys are throwing down, we are down to the final 4
Dustin on his way to flashing problem #2
Ives flashin problem #3...the send train continues
Dustin on the last problem of the day... Make some noise
Bonnie finishes an impressive 4th and Dustin pulls out the first place victory. Awesome work team!!!
Holly, Mellissa, and Stacy atop the podium
Yves, Tash, and Dustin arms raised in victory on the podium
Well folks that concludes our live bloging for the TDB regionals for today. Hope everyone enjoyed the action and the witty banter, we will be doing it again really soon.
Cheers and g'night
good work Cindy & Jamie! now get out there and enjoy the rest of your time in an awesome city!
