UpDog 12 Days of Christmas

This is super cool. We’ll be doing the UpDog Freestyle over New Years at the 3rd Annual PVybe Florida Camp at Kat & Jack Fahle’s place outside of Tampa. We are excited to get the opportunity to test drive a new contest format. I’ve been lucky enough to get a look at the rules and judging criteria and I must say I’m pretty impressed.

Apryl and I will be running UpDog events over the next year across the country. Hopefully we’ll see you there.

Have a Merry Christmas and a Jamming New Year!

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