V 4 & Rotary Jamboree Sounds Alive & Extreme Bass Battle Sound Off March 2015 Update

It’s that time again, time for the V 4 & Rotary Jamboree Sounds Alive & Extreme Bass Battle Sound Off March 2015 Update! Its hard to believe its been a whole year since I have last competed at a Sound Off or even worked at one too, however this time round I would not be competing but running the show and squeezing in the odd demo here and there… To my surprise everything was already setup (Many thanks to Ashley ‘Madd Bass’ Burrell and Darryl Burrell) when I arrived and most of the competitors had already arrived and were already prepped.

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First runs of the morning were the “Kiwi Classes” and I was amazed on how smooth all of this ran, with a lot of the competitors getting personal best’s or very close to it. Once we had all the runs completed for the “Kiwi Classes” everybody had a quick break and I got my demo on, also while we were having the break I had a demo in a couple of cars and one stood out but we will get to that soon! One thing I did notice this year were the amount of crowds drawn in due to the cars being more music focused and I must admit it is more exciting (And easier to relate to) watching/listening to cars playing music than a 1-2 second frequency burp!

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Highlights of the day – Well this is quite a hard one since there were so many highlights including myself demoing for over half the day… The first thing that stands out was Tom Mangu doing a 155.9dB on Music while his alternator belt was slipping to the point of smoking, I literally thought the smoke was coming from the burnout competition!

The next highlight was sitting in Alex Samuel’s Mazda while the 2 DD-9515’s were shaking it so violently that a bolt holding a drivers side window popped out in the middle of the demo! If you have a chance to sit in Alex’s car I suggest you do so, as it is an awesome experience in itself!

I think the one highlight that got the most applause was when Sam Ashton & Jason Gamble were lined up in the lanes and for a while there the results between these two competitors were so close for some time till Sam managed to squeeze a touch more out of his setup!

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Person of the day AKA Topdog- I was given the honor of picking the person of the day and I must admit it was actually a really hard decision since everybody did so well and the energy of the event was really good this year with everybody supporting each other on their runs! My pick in the end was Alex Samuel, not only for the epic demo I got or the 150dB+ result he got but for the effort of driving all the way down from South Auckland, competing and then driving all the way back! As someone that has done this numerous times I know how tiring it can be and to me that was the deciding factor!

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Event Results
Place
Competitor
SPL
Extreme Bass Battle NZ Class
1st
Tom Mangu
155.90
2nd
Darryl Burrell
149.30
3rd
Alex Samuel
149.20
4th
Johnny Asiata
147.50
5th
Bernie Guthrie
146.70
6th
Peta Williams
146.00
7th
Kane Haddon
145.80
8th
Austin Roberts
141.80
9th
Rowan Baldwin
140.50
10th
Sam Ashton
140.20
11th
Jason Cole
139.60
12th
Jason Gamble
138.30
13th
Mathew Bartlett
137.90
14th
Marvin Mason
136.90
15th
Leon Reynolds
134.10
16th
Stephen Anderson
133.90
Sounds Alive Class
1st
Darryl Burrell
149.40
2nd
Alex Samuel
149.20
3rd
Johnny Asiata
146.50
4th
Peta Williams
146.20
5th
Kane Haddon
143.90
6th
Bernie Guthrie
141.90
7th
Austin Roberts
140.90
8th
Rowan Baldwin
140.60
9th
Jason Gamble
138.00
10th
Stephen Anderson
137.60
11th
Sam Ashton
136.60
12th =
Leon Reynolds
134.10
12th =
Jason Cole
134.10
Kiwi Class
1st
Jason Gamble
138.70
2nd
Marvin Mason
138.50
3rd =
Steven Gordon
136.80
3rd =
Stephen Anderson
136.80
4th
Sam Ashton
136.40
5th
Leon Reynolds
135.70
Kiwi Pro Class
1st
Austin Roberts
144.60
2nd
Mathew Bartlett
142.10
3rd
Rowan Baldwin
141.30
Kiwi Expert Class
1st
Bernie Guthrie
147.60
2nd
Jason Cole
146.40
Kiwi Extreme Class
1st
Alex Samuel
150.70
2nd
Peta Williams
150.60
3rd
Johnny Asiata
150.30
Kiwi Show Class
1st
Jody Green
157.60
2nd
Lance Wilson
148.20
Kiwi Extreme Wall
1st
Jody Green
158.00
2nd
Darryl Burrell
148.70
3rd
Kane Haddon
143.10

I’d like to end this Update by thanking everybody involved in either running, competing or even spectating! If it wasn’t for all of you we wouldn’t be enjoying these competitions like we do, so until next time have fun, be safe and turn it up!

For the Official Event Results CLICK HERE
For Photos of the Winners CLICK HERE
For the Gallery of the Event CLICK HERE (Facebook) or HERE (Website)
For the Official Top Ten Top Guns CLICK HERE

 

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