FREESTYLE ROYALE ⚔︎
It’s June 1st, which marks the first day of the 2026 FREESTYLE ROYALE! Who is ready to Freestyle all summer long, with virtual rounds leading up to our yearly Freestyle Crown??
Wait.. what? You don’t know what the Freestyle Royale is?! You haven’t heard of it?!?! That’s okay, Andrea Morrissette and Jack Fahle have you covered with tomorrow’s episode of The SweetSpot: An Updog Podcast, where they dive deep into this new event series that is open to all Updoggers that want to Freestyle a little more this year! (Don’t worry, we’ll make sure all of the information from the podcast ends up here in the Discussion page too!)
Get all your listening links here:
While you wait for the podcast to be released tomorrow morning, spend the day thinking about your Freestyle THEME for June! That’s right, this limited 4 month long series will have monthly themes.
JUNE IS ALL ABOUT INNOVATION AND INGENUITY!
Get your brain fired up: how are you incorporating unique throws, sequences, team movement, tricks, etc in your routine? Do you perform standard tricks in unique ways? This is where your creativity sets your team apart from others! June’s round will be CRITERION scoring.
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, and have the shot to win some super cool prizes 
FAQ 
More details will be released soon (tune into the Podcast!!). But, for now.. here are some common answers to questions you might have about Virtual Freestyle:
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.
MORE DETAILS WITH SIGN UP LINKS WILL BE RELEASED SOON!
