Matt “The Airistotle” Burns takes the title of Air Guitar World Champion again
The 22nd Air Guitar World Championships were held in Oulu, Finland in freezingly cold weather. Despite the poor weather conditions, the performances from the 15 finalists were steaming. The reigning champion, Matt “Airistotle” Burns (USA) defended his title successfully with the score of 35,4, only the fourth time in the contest´s 22 years of history. The runner ups, Patrick "Ehrwolf" Culek from Germany and Alexander "The Jinja Assassin" Roberts from Australia were tied for the second place with the score of 34,6. Third place went to Japanese 15-year-old Show-Show, who competed for the first time outside Japanese soil.
15 air guitarists from around the world competed in this year’s world finals. Here are the results:
1.Matt "Airistotle" Burns, USA, 35,4
2.Patrick "Ehrwolf" Culek, Germany, 34,6
2.Alexander "The Jinja Assassin" Roberts, Australia, 34,6
3.SHOW-SHOW, Japan, 34,5
4.Luke "Van Dammage" Sevcik, USA, 34,3
5.Genevieve "The Phoenix" LeBlanc, Canada, 34,1
6.Nicole "Mom Jeans Jeanie" Sevcik, USA, 33,9
7.Toshio "Shariten Kd" Kado, Japan, 33,5
8. HAN SU "Devil's Adam" YONG, South-Korea, 16,7
8. Thom "w!ldth!ng" Wilding, United Kingdom, 16,7
9. Marc "Airbreaker" Dumont, Germany, 16,5
10. Steve "Fran Chopin" Ruggiero, USA, 16,4
11. Del-Kun "G. Tso Money" Dave Chen, Taiwan, 16,2
12. Mikael "Goilarn" Nyrén, Sweden, 16,1
12. Rizwan "Papa Air" Ahsan, USA/Pakistan, 16,1
High quality photos are available here: http://bit.do/AGWCFinals
Air Guitar World Championships have been organized in Oulu, Northern Finland since 1996. It is part of Oulu August Festival.
www.airguitarworldchampionships.com
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