[Seth]

[b]Quote from 61pwcc on July 1, 2013, 20:33[/b]
Seth, is there something missing in that email address?? It didn’t work.

Looks right to me … seth -at- aholeinthefloor.com (with @ substituted for -at-, obviously). But I have your email address, so I’ll try emailing you right now, and you can just reply to me.

[Seth]

I agree with and second all of James’ comments above, and let me also extend my personal thanks to everyone — I had a great time, and really appreciate how welcome everyone made me feel for my first time at a USAWA event, even if I wasn’t actually lifting. I feel like I made many new friends, and can’t wait for an opportunity to see everyone again.

Also, thanks to Denny for letting me record the event, and to all the lifters who sat down with me for video interviews. I’m just starting the lengthy process of uploading, converting, cataloging, scripting, and finally editing all of the great footage I shot, but I look forward to sharing my work in the coming weeks.

Finally, while I haven’t had the opportunity to review all of the many hours of footage yet, I’m pretty sure I successfully recorded every lift by every lifter. I likely won’t be including every single lift in the overall event video I prepare, but if anyone wants a very basic video simply of all of their personal lifts, both successes and failures, or just of their highest successful attempt at each lift, send me an email (seth at aholeinthefloor.com) and I’ll put something together for you — it’s the least I can do after such a great weekend.

– Seth

[Seth]

Well done!

[Seth]

As I will be a first time attendee, does anyone have any advice as to how late should I expect the event / festivities to go on Sunday? I’m trying to decide whether to drive back home that night (about 4-5 hours), or to try to wait until Monday morning.

I’ve been following the USAWA for years, and I’m very excited to be attending my first competition, although I won’t actually be competing; Denny has given me permission to record and make a video about the entire event. Although somewhat different from what I plan to do here, if anyone is interested, you can see some videos I made of the NYC Weightlifting Championships promoted by Artie Drechsler this past March at the below links:

https://vimeo.com/62877909 (single competitor narrative video)
https://vimeo.com/63596199 (women and lighter weight men survey video)
https://vimeo.com/66610912 (heavier weight men narrative / survey video)

(Other videos, mainly bodybuilding, are on my homepage and Vimeo page.)

My plan is to make my video of the USAWA Nationals longer and more in depth than any of the above were, and hopefully include a lot more interviews. (I’ve done a number of other event videos, wholly outside the strength / physique field, that generally include lots of interviews.) During the WL competition, most of the athletes understandably were really focused on competing, but I’m hoping some of you will be interested in sharing your thoughts and insights with me (and my camera). But in any event, I’ll be recording the whole event (and releasing the finished video(s) for free on Vimeo and other streaming sites), and definitely plan and hope to do Denny, the event, and all of you proud.

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