The problem with freestyle is that whoever comes the closest to crashing their plane by pushing the limits wins, not the person that is the best, or the person that flies iaw the criteria in the F$J manual. The freestyle judging criteria is very well written, but It needs to be tought at F&J seminars along with precision Judjing. It is in the rulebook and officially a part of IMAC and should be judged with the same scrutiny as the sequence flying. Then the pilot that devlopes the best pre-rehersed chorographed routine will win, not necessalary the pilot with the best thumbs.