FREESTYLE ROYALE ⚔︎
July is just a day away… and so is our next round of the Freestyle Royale! Our summer long Freestyle adventures continue with another virtual round leading up to our yearly October Freestyle Crown!
JULY IS ALL ABOUT SUMMER & CELEBRATION! 
Get your brain fired up: this is a PERFORMANCE round! Start thinking.. theme, music, unique tricks, big moves, crowd appeal, energy, creativity, costumes… the list is endless! But I’ve made a fun one below to help you get brainstorming:
Human costume
Unique & innovative moves
Dog costume (safety first!)
Human athleticism
Props
Crowd appeal
Themed Music
Humorous interludes
Special tricks
Entertainment Value
Big Tricks
(insert your cool ideas here!)
The Freestyle Royale will run just like the Freestyle Crown. There are some common FAQ things below, and YES, all participating teams will earn legit UpDog points, receive judge feedback for criterion rounds, and have the shot to win some super cool prizes 
FAQ 
Here are some common answers to questions you might have about Virtual Freestyle and the Freestyle Royale. This post will be PINNED in the group so you can access it easily at any time!
Filming for July will be July 1st-July 20th. 
All entries must be submitted to the link you get after registering by midnight eastern time on Monday July 20th!
This is a VIRTUAL Freestyle competition. You’ll film yourself rocking some Freestyle and submit it to UpDog!
Teams will submit ONE round of Freestyle each month (that was filmed/played that month, no old videos!).
Videos can be uploaded to any sort of video service, such as Youtube or Vimeo. They MUST be either public or accessible with the shared link. If it’s private.. the judges cannot watch or score it!
All participating teams will earn Updog points for submitted rounds!
Unfortunately you cannot submit Freestyle rounds recorded at UpDog competitions during that time frame. You’ll already be judged and receive points for those from UpDog!
Videos MUST be one continuous shot, no flow edits or cuts can be done on your submission. Edits such as adding music is 100% allowed!
Submissions will be judged at the same level as an “in person” round at an event. Judges cannot judge what they cannot see, so discs caught (or not caught) off screen won’t be judged. Same for sequences that are off screen, etc. You may have a helper with recording that pans your camera to catch all the action! Just remember… no cuts or flow edits!
RULES ARE THE SAME as live events.. especially for costumes and safety!. Check ’em here: https://updogchallenge.com/freestyle-showcase/
NO experience necessary, brand new teams are welcome (and encouraged!) to play!
You don’t have to play each month, you can a la carte your submissions if you want. If you didn’t play in June, you can join for July!
There will be THREE Divisions: Novice, Intermediate, and Pro. Youth teams can play in the division they feel most comfortable competing in.
We are all playing by Level 2 scoring! Yes, even Novice! All rounds will be Level 2, and then teams will be divided into their division within that Level.
Cost is $25 for each of the Freestyle Royale Months (June, July, August, September). $100 total if you play all four months!
The scoring system for the Freestyle Royale discussed in the podcast did get a makeover, details coming soon when I post June’s results.
If you played in the JUNE Freestyle Royale, we will have scores and details about scores posted soon. Judges are finishing up today. I will post details for you all as soon as I can! Please please please don’t message me and ask if scores are done, I will post as soon as they are ready for players. I promise!
SIGN UP LINK WILL BE RELEASED SOON!
Start filming as early as July 1st!