FREESTYLE CROWN

Registration is OPEN for the 2026 Freestyle Crown and your first videos are DUE THIS WEEK!

https://www.cognitoforms.com/…/_2026FreestyleCrownRegis…

WHAT IS THIS?!

What the heck is the Freestyle crown you ask? It’s two rounds of VIRTUAL Freestyle submitted to be scored by an awesome panel of judges. All participating teams will earn legit UpDog points, receive judge feedback, and have the shot to win some super cool prizes from our event sponsors (deets soon!)

The Freestyle Crown is ALSO the finale of the 2026 Freestyle Royale. All six rounds (4 Royale, 2 Crown) will be complied and each team’s top 5 rounds will count towards the Overall Winners for each division. If you played less than 5 rounds, all of your rounds will count towards your total overall.

Learn more and catch up here:

https://updogchallenge.com/category/freestyle-royale

DATES

Here are the important dates you need to know for this year’s Freestyle Crown!

October 1st-14th: Film and Submit your CRITERION Round Video – that means you need to submit your video link by October 14th, midnight Eastern Time!! Also, it is OKAY to submit early, you do not need to wait until Wednesday night to send us your link.

October 15th-31st: Film and Submit your PERFORMANCE Round Video

More detailed dates coming soon, including Virtual Watch Party dates, LIVE SCORING for Round 2, and player feedback deadlines.

SPONSORS

We’ll be making a separate sponsor post with allllll the fun things that will fill your Candy Bucket this year! We’ve got SO MUCH fun stuff in store.. just you wait!