Jay and his crew of good guys and gals did one hell of a great job in the given past four months and this event will be one of the major contests along with the likes of Jon Linsey. Steve Karr and a couple of others who do great promotional work on behalf of the NPC out here in the western region of the USA.
Due to weekend family visitors I was only able to attend the Prejudging (Saturday morning, 23 April) but I did manage to shoot some non-pro photos which may be of interest to you bodybuilding critics.
I have a good idea who might have won it but as of this morning, I have not heard the official results. Maybe one of you might be able to supply those details before I find the time to do so myself.
Before I run the photos I offer the following.....
Jay has some damn good associates helping him and I can guarantee you that with their continued help, this show is going to be one of the top NPC events in the USA.
The contest was held at the Las Vegas Red Rock Hotel Casino which is a damn impressive location to say the least. In my humble opinion it's even better than the Mandalay Bay where the Olympia used to be held. (My only adverse comment about that location is that the hotel does not offer stadium type seating which will most likely be required when this show becomes a major attraction.
I heard that there were over 130 contestants entered.
I gotta admit that the ladies were exceptionally good but the men were somewhat average. That may be due to fact that this initial event was not an NPC Qualifier but should be next year.
Only one lady (traied b y Diana Dennis) entered the bodybuilding contest and only two teens enterd the teen division. Both teens have great potential to make a name for themselves within the next few years if they stay with it.
This was the first time I saw the new Men's Physique Division event and I still believe that the top guys who win these contests should have a decent chance of getting supplement contracts due to the fact that the top contenders in this division are actually what most dudes are training to look like.
I say "top contenders" because a good number of these contenders simply looked like the average GetBigger.
And it was noticeable that the judges "overlooked" one of the contenders who was exceptionally shreaded. In a case such as this, I think that the judges are going to have difficulty differentiating between bodybuilders and physique guys ... and the guy who should win but looks too much like a natural bodybuilder will suffer as a result.
GetBig's very own Kevin Perod just won the Physique Division title in Branch's contest in Texas and should be the perfect "model" of what the PHYSIQUE DIVISION judging table should be looking for.
I took a shit-load of photos of the lady contenders but now I gotta run them all through Photoshop to reduce the file size so that I can post them here.
In the meantime here are some of the shots I shot with my cheapest Kodak throwaway.
Congrats to Jay and his crew for a job well done. I hope that the evening event went just as well.
Attached photos are simply random shots taken during the prejudging...