Lesson 10 – The Final Showdown
Welcome to Lesson 10, and congratulations on reaching the final lesson of Freestyle Boot Camp 101! Now that you’ve learned a wide range of beginner and novice tricks, it’s time to bring it all together in the full version of Pro Whooper: Freestyle Showdown. Influenced by the gameplay of Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater, this competition focuses purely on your skills, where your performance alone determines your victory. In this final test, you’ll be taking on a one-rip freestyle run, where you’ll push your limits to achieve the highest score possible within the time limit. Now’s your chance to show the world what you’ve got!
Lesson 10 Deadline
Saturday, October 20th at 8am PST
Quick Guide:
Here’s a quick reference guide for this week’s lesson. This guide serves as a quick reminder of the tricks for this week’s lesson. However, it doesn’t cover all the details, so make sure to go over the full information below.
Tricks of the Week:
Split S
Powerloop
Stall Flip Rewind
KWAD:
– Yaw Spin
– Maverick Loop
– Matty Flip
– Stall 360 Rewind
Indoor Obstacle of the Week: Under/Over – Choose any object, any size, that you can perform a trick around.
Objectives:
Objective 1: Rip as hard as you can
Objective 2: Perform 10 tricks
Objective 3: Correctly upload the calculator
Optional Bonus Objective: Perform any Trick of the Week
Optional Prize Objective: Submit your video before October 17th
Optional Pilot of the Week Criteria: Most entertaining video
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Submission Form
Click here to submit your video. You will receive a confirmation email after you submit your video, if not, please contact me to verify your submission.
NewBeeDrone’s Lucky Draw
NewBeeDrone is sponsoring a $200 gift card to one lucky Freestyle Boot Camp 101 participant! The winner will be selected live during our final boot camp stream via Spin The Wheel. To enter, sign up here and make sure to participate in at least one lesson to qualify. Don’t miss your chance—register now and join the fun!
New to Boot Camp 101?
It’s not too late to join in on the fun! Learn how to participate in Freestyle Boot Camp 101! This is your last chance to participate in boot camp!
Sponsor of the Lesson
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Thank you Jumper for sponsoring Boot Camp
Lesson Explanation
To complete this lesson, you’ll need to successfully accomplish all the main objectives by participating in the full version of our Freestyle Showdown competition. This version offers two formats: a 60-second indoor run or a 90-second outdoor run. Unlike previous lessons, there are no prefilled tricks—it’s entirely up to you to decide your approach.
You have full freedom to choose your path to victory. Whether you focus on raw freestyle to showcase your speed and execution, complete the KWAD objectives to earn a big score bonus, or tackle as many Tricks of the Week as possible to take advantage of the double points multiplier, the choice is entirely yours. There’s no pressure or requirements to do it all—what matters most is your final score at the end of the run. So don’t worry if you miss a trick or skip an objective. The goal is to find your own path to success and enjoy the challenge. It’s all about putting your newfound skills to the ultimate test.
Additionally, new multipliers like the Streak Bonus will boost your score for successfully competing tricks consecutively, while penalties like Repeat Reduction and Back-to-Back Penalties will keep things competitive by discouraging repetitiveness. Crashes or bumps between tricks will also reset your multipliers, so smooth, precise flying is key.
After your run, you’ll use our user-friendly calculator to score your performance based on the difficulty, precision, and execution of the tricks you chose. Once completed, simply upload your video and calculator to our submission form to finish the lesson.
Quick Reference Guide
For a quick breakdown of how each multiplier and penalty works, please visit our Quick Reference Guide for detailed explanations. This guide will help you understand the scoring system, including how new multipliers like Streak Bonuses and Tricks of the Week can boost your score, as well as how additional penalties like Repeat Reductions and Back-to-Back Penalties are applied to keep the competition fair and challenging. Make sure to check it out so you can maximize your performance during your run!
Calculator
Click here to download the Google Sheets Calculator and then click “File” and then “Make a copy” to begin using it. Please do not “save” a copy – this will create a .xlsx file, which is not compatible with our web app leaderboard systems. Please click here for step by step instructions on how to “Make a copy.”
Here’s a couple of important tid bits about the calculator:
- If you bump, tap, or crash between tricks, then select the drop down option called “between tricks” and then select the correct execution.
- If you performed a unique, intentional, and repeatable trick that’s not in the tricktionary, use the “Custom Trick Builder” below the calculator to create your trick. Then, select “Custom Trick #X” from the dropdown menu above to earn points.
Lesson Requirements
- Deadline: Saturday, October 20th at 8am… or before the end of the live stream
- Time Limit:
- Outdoors Time Limit: The time limit is 90 seconds when flying outdoors.
- Indoor Time Limit: The time limit is 60 seconds when flying indoors. The time is reduced compared to outdoor flights to help balance the scoring, since indoor tricks are more difficult and valued higher to reflect their added complexity. The shorter time also means you won’t have to fly as long, which reduces the chances of crashing during your run.
- Time Extension: You can extend your video by 5 seconds to include the Freestyle Boot Camp logo at the beginning. This extra time is only for the logo and doesn’t add 5 seconds to your actual 60/90 second time limit for this run.
- One Clip Rip: Your video MUST be a single clip. If you add multiple clips, only the first clip will be scored.
- No speeding up your footage to reduce time between tricks. Speeding up your video will disqualify you from performance-based prizes and will have your total score removed from the leaderboards.
- No cheating or exploiting loopholes: Just don’t. Taking advantage of loopholes may result in score penalties, and cheating could lead to a permanent ban from all future Freestyle Showdown events.
- Passing the Challenge: To pass the lesson, you must complete all 3 main tasks. You do not need to participate in the bonus or prize challenges.
- Have fun
Update – 12/08/24
PSA: Important Updates for Lesson 10.
- You may include up to 30 extra seconds in your video for skits. However, this extra time will NOT extend the 60/90 second limit for your Freestyle Showdown performance.
- You may only use the indoor calculator if your ceiling height is 12ft or lower. If you’re flying indoors with a ceiling taller than 12ft (e.g., a warehouse), you will need to use the outdoor calculator, which has a 90-second time limit.
- If your run includes flying both indoors and outdoors, you must use the outdoor calculator with the 90-second time limit.
Lesson Objectives
Objective 1: Rip as hard as you can
Objective 2: Complete at least 10 tricks during your freestyle run. Feel free to explore additional tricks from our Visual Tricktionary if you want to go beyond what we’ve covered. If needed, you can also repeat tricks to reach the total.
Objective 3: Correctly make a copy of the calculator and upload it in your submission
Optional Bonus Objective: Perform any Trick of the Week
Optional Prize Objective: Submit your video before October 17th. This will give us time to review videos prior to the final live stream.
Optional Pilot of the Week: This week, our judges will be voting on most entertaining video to determine who will become our NewBeeDrone Pilot of the Week for Lesson 10. Tune in to the Pro Whooper Show on October 23rd to see who will win the title, receive a $40 NBD Gift Card, bonus leaderboard points, and be featured on ProWhooper.com!
Freestyle Showdown Tricks
Indoor Obstacle of the Week: Under/Over – Choose any object, any size, that you can perform a trick around.
Tricks of the Week:
Split S
Powerloop
Stall Flip Rewind
KWAD:
– Yaw Spin
– Maverick Loop
– Matty Flip
– Stall 360 Rewind
Live Stream Schedule
Review live stream: Saturday, October 19th at 9am PST.
Join us for the Pro Whooper Show live stream on October 23rd at 5:30pm PST, where we’ll review the top videos and reveal the winners of our leaderboard prizes!
Prizes
And finally, we will be giving away over $434 worth of prizes this week, including a Jumper T20v2 Radio, PayPal Cash, Gift Cards, Flight Controllers, Prop Poppers, Props, and more. Make sure to submit your video on time for a chance to get your hands on these fantastic prizes!
To qualify for prizes:
- Your video must be under the time limit
- You must use new footage.
- All objectives must be performed with a real drone. Sim footage is not allowed to complete the objectives.
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Conclusion
Thank you everyone for participating in Freestyle Boot Camp 101. I’m excited to see your video submissions and watch your progress throughout the boot camp.
