I am a true newbie to IMAC, and here is my personal perspective. Sheer intimidation. Some of the guys are SO good that it is almost embarassing to try to follow them. Its not their fault, its just the way it is. I made my 1st IMAC contest this year and I was amazed at how good Daniel, Jason Danhakl and Brett(well I knew Bret was good) really were. I fly pretty solid 3D and would be competitive against most guys, but there was no way I could hang with those 3 or guys at their level. Part of what would scare me out of it at this level would be that Sunday afternoon crowd expecting to see something unblieveable from me and then me disappointing.

Just a thought, but what if they had a "pro" level freestyle and then had an "amateur" freestyle? No big deal just pick your class, they could all fly together just judge them separately. Or the amateurs could fly 1st, so that the pro's could end the show. It would give the newer guys a chance to compete against one another without feeling shamed by the big boys. [8D]