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Re: Best/Strangest Defense Techniques

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Originally Posted by efoote868 View Post
Be wary, though. 829 does this, and at BMR, they got stuck. Spent pretty much the rest of the match trying to unstick themselves.
We run up and smack a spider foot, back up and do it again. Makes the entire rack really start swinging. We call it "Smack the Rack" defense and it was pretty effective until we got stuck in the Quarter finals

The foot went in the gap in our ramp and actually got stuck on the bar that runs between the lift cams. Our driver worked for over a minute to get unstuck and finally with a push from our Puerto Rican friends managed to get us free.

BTW That gap will no longer be there at The Championship.
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