Cannon Posted October 12 Posted October 12 Mash Monster Certification Welcome to the new Mash Monster certification! The GripBoard is offering 13 levels as a challenge to top grip athletes. This certification is meant to be elite. Cannon PowerWorks has carefully crafted each level to offer evenly spaced jumps. The grippers will be routinely serviced to ensure they stay within a tolerance of the original specifications. If a gripper slips out of tolerance it will be retired and replaced with a fresh model built to the same original specifications. In this way, we hope to preserve the spirit of the original Mash Monster certification that each athlete "did the same thing." The following levels are available to female athletes: 110, Platinum spring 120, Platinum spring 130, Iron spring 140, Iron spring Any athlete can certify at these levels: 160, Cobalt spring 170, Titanium spring 180, Titanium spring 190, Tungsten spring 200, Tungsten spring 210, Chromium spring 220, Chromium spring 230, Chromium spring 240, Chromium spring Eligibility requirements All prospective athletes must be a GripBoard Contributor. Level 1 offers one attempt per year, Level 2 offers two attempts per year, and Level 3 offers unlimited attempts. A failed certification still counts as an attempt. Prospective athletes must also complete a door-opener to prove their readiness for certification, connection to the community, and/or ability to shoot an acceptable video. Female athletes signing up for Levels 100 through 140 must have one of these door openers: Certified IronMind Captains of Crush #2 or higher Completion of any Mash Monster Level 110 or higher Record of a 100+ rated gripper close at a GSI-sanctioned contest in the past year Link to a rated gripper close of 100+ taken in the last 60 days‡ Athletes signing up for Levels 160 and 170 must have one of these door openers: Previous MM0 under the Legacy Mash Monster program Certified Legacy Mash Monster at any level Certified IronMind Captains of Crush #3 or higher GHP Level 7 certification or higher Record of a 150+ rated gripper close at a GSI-sanctioned contest in the past year Link to a rated gripper close of 150+ taken in the last 60 days‡ Athletes signing up for Levels 180+ must have one of these door openers: Completion of Mash Monster 160 or 170 Certified Legacy Mash Monster Level 3 or higher Certified IronMind Captains of Crush #3.5 or higher GHP Level 8 certification or higher Record of a 170+ rated gripper close at a GSI-sanctioned contest in the past year Link to a rated gripper close of 170+ taken in the last 60 days‡ ‡ Do not submit a video if you meet any other door-opener. Video will be reviewed by the Mash Monster judges after sign up. The video does not need to be specifically recorded for judging. It can be any training video as long as it shows the rating and exhibits a proper Mash Monster parallel set and close. Certification sign up There is no longer a sign-up queue. Sign ups are on demand using the Mash Monster Certification product at Cannon PowerWorks. You may claim any available level allowed by your door opener. If you have successfully certified at any level, you cannot move downward to a lower level. Only claim one gripper at a time. Do not add any other products to your order. Claiming a gripper means you are ready to receive the gripper and perform the certification. We anticipate the most popular levels might be hard to catch. We strongly recommend setting up a web alert so you get notified when any level is restocked. There is no fee for the certification, all costs cover delivery and return shipping. When you claim a gripper and check out, you must document these two eligibility requirements in the order notes: GripBoard member name with appropriate contributor subscription Validation of your door-opener by providing a link or reference (i.e. Link to contest results, IronMind's certification page, GSI records page, YouTube video of a training close or contest lift, etc) Failure to document your eligibility in the order notes could delay your certification or cause the gripper to be restocked. Gripper security and tampering safeguards We have taken care to make the certification process as simple and secure as possible. In keeping with the tradition of the Legacy Mash Monster certification, a chief safeguard is the fact that the gripper is returned and can be inspected for tampering. This is powerful protection against tampering methods which only work by reducing the rating, spread, or both. Certification grippers will also feature easily identifiable custom handles that will never be commercially available. There are other security and anti-tampering safeguards which will not be made public, effectively making them almost impossible to find and circumvent. Finally, the gripper will be placed in a secure bag on camera at the end of the certification video. This bag guarantees the gripper will be returned in the exact condition used to certify. The secure bag ensures that any tampering cannot be undone and will be detected for certain. Also, the secure bag protects against any off camera "messing around" with the gripper. Certification video requirements The primary method for certification will be a video submitted to the Mash Monster judges. It will be possible to fail the certification based on the video even if you have successfully closed the gripper. Video must meet the following requirements: Video must be continuous, uncut, and unedited. Unedited means no titles, banners, graphics, stills, etc. You are welcome to upload trimmed and edited versions after the fact. The gripper and athlete must remain in frame at all times. Judges have discretion regarding the gripper incidentally leaving the frame during the chaos of an attempt. The athlete remaining in frame means at least some part (arm, leg, shoulder, etc). You cannot fully leave view at any time. We strongly recommend that the camera is sitting stationary. The box must be opened on camera. When your attempts are complete, the gripper must be placed in the secure bag while still on video. Package the gripper as received in the bubble wrap sleeve and CPW pouch. Then place it drawstrings down in the secure bag and pull the yellow tab to expose adhesive. Run your fingers along the red seal like a Ziploc. The bag is now sealed and you can end the video. Please review this example certification video recorded by Jaland "dubyagrip" Worley. Rules for certification attempts The gripper must be closed upright. No inversion allowed. Magnesium carbonate chalk is the only substance allowed on the hands or gripper. The Mash Monster parallel set is used. Parallel is about 20 mm or wider. Never use any setting blocks or other equipment. No bracing is allowed to set or close the gripper. Do not touch your gripping hand or arm after the set. Up to three attempts are allowed. We strongly recommend taking all three attempts, especially if you are closing the gripper. The more footage the judges can review, the better likelihood of a pass result. It is allowed to stop your set and readjust. An attempt is official when there is an effort to close. Either hand may be used, however, there is no off-hand certification so all attempts count. Attempting right, then left, then right would use up all three attempts. Both the set and close must be clearly visible to the judges. The time limit for certification is 5 minutes. The 5 minute timer starts after the first attempt. Please try and keep total video length under 10 minutes. Returning the gripper The gripper must be shipped in a box. If possible, reuse the box and packing materials provided. You will need tape to close the box. You must use the return label provided. Judging certification attempts You will be provided with a Dropbox file request via email. This will allow you to transfer the video file so we can upload to the GripBoard YouTube channel. You do not need a Dropbox account to use the file request. We will not judge a video uploaded to your channel. The video will be presented privately to the Mash Monster judges for review. Three judges will score each attempt pass or fail. Fail results will be accompanied with a reason. Any single attempt must receive at least 2 out of 3 pass scores to succeed. Spoiler tags are used to keep judges' scoring hidden during review as to not bias subsequent scores. The judges' decision is final without appeal. Notifications and announcements Sign ups will not be announced. All successful certification videos will be made public on the GripBoard YouTube channel after judging. They will remain public as a matter of preserving the history of the certification. A fail result will be communicated to the athlete only. Athletes are welcome to share their video and story but no official announcement will be made. Successful certifications will be announced in the Mash Monster forum and can be celebrated by members. Contact a GripBoard Moderator or Judge with questions! 13 3
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