April 2007 - TeamShadowSPL.com
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April 2007 - TeamShadowSPL.com
Email: canadianextremesounds@hotmail.com - No 04v07, April 2007 Letter from “The Big Chief” The Beginnings It was almost 6 years ago that Robert, Willy and I sat at a local Starbucks to stamp out the details of West Coast Extreme SPL (WCES). Robert wanted to have a very precise organization with invited members only. Willy wanted to make us well known, I wanted for our name to be heard thru audio world and to be feared. Raymond Lal (Ray Ray) and Victor Krishna (Vic) were brought in as they were 2 BC competitors that were well known and well respected. It wasn’t long before all 5 of us were having a beer in Vic’s backyard and we were coming up with ideas. What were our intentions? Who is our target? Why were we doing this? How much would it all cost? Little by little, meeting after meeting, everything came into place. WCES was born. It took a full year to make the famous logo and to make the first newsletter happen. Change is Good…Change means growth. The first year we only had about 7 competitors join. The second year another 10. and then 10 more and 10 more. WCES has now grown to over 50 members in the past 4 years. This is when it happened. Although WCES was always meant to be a western Based competition team, it had now sparked the following from the east coast. Easterners were now wanting in on the little club from BC. James MacGivallry, who heads up local competition scene in Nova Scotia, wanted to be highlighted. Same as Vince Kelty from Washington state. Yuli Shumsky from East Coast was next to fill out our questionnaire. It was very apparent that WCES needed to expand to accommodate all these new competitors and shows. East Coast Extreme SPL was created but was then quickly dismissed. We knew that making a chapter for each area would get too confusing. The New CES is made It was now apparent what needed to be done. Canadian Extreme Sounds (CES) is the new face of competitor info in Canada. CES will cater to the car audio enthusiast and will have more profiles, cover a broader area of competitors and most importantly, it will highlight everything from Clubs, Reader Rides, Events, Competitors, Tips, ETC. No, it isn’t easy and the task at hand is tremendously hard. Help is what CES is about and help is what we got from enthusiasts like Ryan Liden, Ben Stouze, Jordy Olmsted, Jeff Boudreau, Martine Chaison, Don Doyle, James MacGivallry, Etc. Help is what came from forums like RevScene, After Market Productions, Zerohurtz and Canadian Auto Sound Forum. The new CES magazine look will be the bench mark for show posting and competitor info. Welcome This is the first newsletter for CES. Each month during the competition season we will bring you a multi page newsletter. Currently included is: Competitor of the Month Dealer of the Month Product of the Month Tip of the Month Shows list Enjoy We welcome you and we hope that you enjoy our new Canadian Extreme Sounds (CES). It is our pleasure to inform you and to bring you the news from around the car audio world. Patrick Riquelme (Team Shadow) Proud Founding Member of Canadian Extreme Sounds West Coast Extreme SPL West Coast Extreme SPL was one of the larger Car Audio Competition Clubs in Western Canada. WCES had been around for only 4 years, but had grown substantially in the past 2 years and continue to expand our already great bunch of competitors. Members range from SPL (sound pressure level) competitors to SQ (sound quality) competitors, to car audio dealers, to enthusiasts, to show and shine competitors, to Demo Vehicle owners. We salute all the efforts of our members and we extend an invitation to our newly formed Canadian Extreme Sounds. 1 – Patrick Riquelme Pat is a Founding Member of WCES and Team Shadow. Patrick wears many hats in the car audio world. Pat thanks you all for coming out and supporting local shows. With Team Shadow, Pat competed with a 1986 Ultimate civic and reached a record 170.4 on the sensor mic, making Team Shadow the second to pass 170 on the new sensor, making them the Loudest Iasca Vehicle in Canada. 2 – Robert Riquelme Rob is a Founding Member of WCES and Team Shadow. Robert also wears many hats such as promoter, shop owner, competitor, Iasca sanctioned judge, and many, many more. Robert has one of the louder demo vehicles in BC which can be seen at almost all lower mainland shows. Robert owns 2 of 3 of the Team Shadow cars. 3 – William Riquelme Willy is a Founding Member of WCES and Team Shadow. He is a silent partner that urges you to support and attend local shows. Willy’s vast automotive knowledge is key in Team Shadow’s success. Willy drives his lemon yellow Ford Focus and can be seen patrolling shows in lower mainland, BC. 4 – Raymond Lal Ray Ray is a Founding Member of WCES and is a Member of Wicked Illusions Low-rider Club. Ray Ray is a veteran competitor with experience in stock, super street and extreme and now show and shines. Watch out for Ray Ray’s new vehicle making it debut very soon. 5 – Vic Krishna Vic is a Founding Member of WCES and is a Proud Member of Wicked Illusion Low-rider Club. Vic attends many local shows and has one of the loudest superstreet vehicles in Vancouver. Watch out for his green machine to make some great SPL number. New to CES will be: Show Highlights and scores Letter from the editor Editorial from the 12 Volt Industry Reader Rides More shows covering a larger area More SQ 6 – Jennifer Christensen Jennie (SPL Builder’s Wife) is a great supporter of WCES and Team Shadow. You can regularly see her pushing on windows along with Sean (Mini Shadow). Jennie installs her own equipment and will be competing in SQ one day. Watch out for her SQ Taurus wagon. 7 – Milton Douvas Milt is the first person to join WCES out of our founding member pack. Milton works in sales and can be seen at show and shines in lower mainland BC. Milton started off in SPL but has since moved into SQ. Milton owns a Focal demo vehicle and is always making improvements to it. Come check him out at the shows. 8 – Bill Cheff Bill is a Show and Shine master. He is always out at shows and loves to show off his supercharged 1992 Ford T Bird. Bill is part of the Super Coupe Club of Vancouver. There is nothing that Bill likes more than to hold onto ladies at car shows and get his pic taken. 9- Ryan Liden Ryan is the newest member of Team Shadow Extreme SQ. Ryan has attended shows since joining 3 years ago and has put more show hours than anyone else as a judge, competitor and promoter. Although he has shied away from SPL, his SQ instinct has taken over. Ryan is rebuilding his 2004 Honda now that he has sponsorship from the Focal/Steg/AudioControl group. Ryan was featured as Competitor of the Month 10 – Marcelo Jorquera Marcelo supports WCES whenever his busy work schedule allows. You can see Marcelo speeding through Richmond, BC in his SPL Corvette or his pimped out bike. 11 – Aaron Sharma Aaron is an Alpine fanatic. You can hear him blasting music at 150 db’s thru Surrey. Being a seasoned competitor, he has accumulated more trophies than he can fit in his house. Listen for Aaron’s Talon when your driving down the streets. 12 – Justin Larouche Justin is a Founding Member of Team Deaf Trap. Justin is famous for taking first place at Iasca finals in Adv 2 and has recently switched to SQ. Watch out for him to take first in SQ as well. Justin’s Toyota Echo is one sweet sounding machine. Email: canadianextremesounds@hotmail.com - No 04v07, April 2007 13 – Milun Tesovic Milun loves to install all of his own equipment. He has taken a hiatus this year, but is coming back strong with a completely new and impressive setup in SQ. There is no doubt that since joining WCES, he has great improved his game. Come out and check out his new Acura with JL install. 14 – Norman Wong Mr. Db Drag. Norm came out and beat everyone last year with his 150’s in stock. This year he is opening up his own shop and is hosting Db Drag shows. We can’t wait to see what your secret build is. 15 – Tyler Bydnik Tyler had deep roots in many companies as a marketing and promotions specialists. Tyler is coming out with a massive system thanks to his new sponsorship. Watch out for Tyler to make some waves in Streetmax and Adv. Tyler’s Asuna is going to hit some big numbers next year. Tyler was featured as Competitor of the Month. 16 – Sean Ojaroodi Sean is Founder of Team Ghost. Sean loves his Sound Stream. He was the first person to own a XXX15 woofer and a XXX6500 amp in Canada. He is rebuilding and will be making some impressive number for next year. Watch out Norm. 17 – Robert Della Malva Rob is Founder of Team Audio Vault. Although Rob is on hiatus, watch for him to bring out another demo vehicle in the near future. Can you say…..monstrous….lol 18 – Juan Rojas Juan is owner and operator of Abalon Construction in Calgary. Juan has one of the loudest work trucks and you can hear him blasting Spanish music thru the streets. He sponsors Team Shadow and is always excited about supporting the industry. 22 – Team Riprock “The Twins” are the first Canadians to pass 170 on a sensor mic, they have the Loudest vehicle in Db Drags in Canada and are true, dedicated, hardcore, fanatical SPL competitors. These guys do Db Drag Finals every year with their Isuzu Trooper. Riprock was featured as Competitor of the Month 23 – Aaron Pottinger Aaron joined us 2 years ago and competed in SPL and attended many show and shines. He supports WCES at all shows and always can be seen smiling. 32 – Derek Suderman Derek joined us 2 years ago and has come out to support WCES at show and shines. Although Derek hasn’t made it out to too many shows, WCES thanks him for the support that he does offer. Watch for his Mazda protégé at shows. Sorry no pic of Derek available 33 – Ryan McNeil Ryan joined 2 years ago and has supported WCES at many shows. We are happy to see him coming out to shows again and we can’t wait to see his new install in his 2003 Honda. 24 – Trevor Ens Trevor joined 2 years ago but started competing last year. His Treo and Exile install hit 147.9 with 2- 10s in his Subaru. Trevor is part of Team Deaftrap. Watch for him to break the 150 mark by end of summer. 25 – Karl Ruppert Karl has moved from stock to sponsorship and competes with a simple 600 watt system. Karl has climbed to more than 145 and keeps impressing the folks in BC with his Neon. 34 – Tom Barnes Tom is a great supporter of WCES. Tom is always with the Team Shadow crew and comes to out many shows. One day we hope that Tom will compete on his own with his classic Mustang. Sorry, no pic of Tom. 26 – George Dodd Jorge is amassing his SPL equipment and will be coming out with his wall. Watch for his score to climb next year in his Pontiac Lemans. 27 – Joe Discuso Joe joined us last year as a Show and Shine specialist. He comes out and supports WCES whenever he can. Now that he is married we expect great things from Joe and his T-Bird. 19 – Ross Graham Ross’s MX3 is one of very few competitors that does well in SQ and SPL. Ross’s car includes a separate system for each and also has more multimedia than a radio shack. Ross’s car can be seen at show and shine and SPL/SQ competitions in BC. 28 - Joe Johnson Joe is Founder of Team Lethal Customs. He and his crew of competitor attend many shows in BC as well as host events. Joe is one of few competitors that competes in SPL and SQ and do them both well. Joe was featured as Competitor of the Month. Watch for his monster Toyota at shows near you. 20 – Rob Van Overdyke Rob is a seasoned competitor. No one puts more miles on his car to attend shows than rob. Rob will regularly drive 10-15 hrs each way to make shows. WCES was honored to have Rob VO as the very first Competitor of the Month for our newsletter. Keep up the great work Rob. 29 – Vince Kelty Vince was the first USA competitor to join WCES. Vince has attended finals and has made the trek into Canada many times to compete. Watch for his new Extreme Memphis vehicle in the new year as he has joined a powerful team of competitors (Team soon to be announced). Vince was featured as Competitor of the Month 21 – Markus Richter Markus joined us last year and hit some pretty impressive numbers in Stock 1. Markus hails from Williams Lake BC and can be seen at local shows. 31 - Marty Wells Marty has rebuilt his box and has his focus set on stock 2. As a member of Team Deaftrap, Marty has hit some impressive numbers with his gold Saturn. Check out his new rims at a show near you. 30 – Claude St Amand Claude joined WCES and has his eye set on Advance 2. Watch for “Mickey Guzzler” to debut his new wall next year and rip it up at local shows with his XXX10000d. Keep climbing buddy. 35 – Adam Christiano Adam comes out to all local shows to support. As a Member of Team Ghost, Adam is always around to help push on windows and hold trunks down. Soon Adam will unveil his latest creation in his Camaro. 36 – James MacGivallry James is an enthusiast, competitor, installer, promoter, and car show hosting, SPLing, SQing, loud son of a gun. James does it all and is the eastern version of me, Pato. When he’s not out hosting show or making guys louder, James works on his Toyota Matrix and is the Loudest Man in Nova Scotia. James was featured as Competitor of the Month. 37 – Yuli Shumski Yuli is a competitor that has represented Canada by attending both Db Drag and Iasca finals. Yuli has held many certified Canadian records in Street and Stock classes. Yuli’s scores are always high and WCES was honored to feature him as Competitor of the Month. 38 – Dustin Page Dustin has set his mind to become the loudest Stock 3 in Canada and currently hitting a 151.4db. Dustin is always tweak and tuning his car to become louder and is always at shows near and far. Watch out for Dustin this year as a member of Team Deaftrap. Email: canadianextremesounds@hotmail.com - No 04v07, April 2007 39 – Branden Gertsch Branden tragically lost his life in a car accident while driving out to one of Team Shadow’s shows. Branden was prepping his vehicle for Stock and was extremely excited to come out and compete. Thank you brother, for your support. RIP Branden. 40 – Ben Stouze Benster joined us last year and has already made waves by climbing Stock 1. Ben has been supporting WCES at all local shows and we know that he will make some impressive numbers once he gets that 5000 watts amp in again. Come check out his Honda for yourself. 41 – Will Lievers Will is brand new to WCES and has already gone up in score. Will is always out supporting WCES and we encourage him to keep climbing. Watch out for his SPL Honda. 42 – Rene Cardenas Rene is a great supporter of Team Shadow. Rene is a master electronics genius and is responsible for many of the electrical devices on the Team Shadow cars. Team Shadow dreams it up and Rene builds it. 43 – Derek Sahlstrom Derek is well known for having his spl box with shag fur. Not only does it hit loud it is cute and furry. Derek is a great supporter of WCES and Team Shadow. Derek’s Honda can be seen at local shows. 44 – Jeff Wong Jeff is Owner/Operator of Audio Motion. Jeff is a new to WCES but is well known in lower mainland, BC as a competitive SQ’er. Perfection is his only downfall….or is it?. Jeff is constantly upgrading his SQ Honda. 45 – Mike Malthais Mike is one of those multi wearing hat kinda guys. He’s head of Team Overdose, works at Sounds Good , moderates at RevScene, competes, and installs all in one. Mike was featured as Competitor of the Month. 46 – Cam MacNiel Cam joined WCES last year. He has already started to increase his score and has added some great things to his car including a heat sink for his amps that keeps his amp as close to cold as possible. Check out his Honda at local shows. Sorry no pic of Cam. 47 - Curtis Dodd Curtis is a stock competitor that wants to join the 150 club. As a member of Team Deaftrap, he is getting close and will surely do it by years end. Come check out his new car at your local BC shows. 48 – Anthony Schandt Anthony owns Wheels West in Port Kells. As a new Sponsor of Team Shadow, we expect to see great things from Anthony. Anthony has been out to local shows and is always supporting anyway he can. 49 - Corey Lebrun Corey has come out to shows this year and has already committed to getting louder by buying his own mic system. Corey will come stomping out numbers next year with his Explorer. 50 – Scott Husband Scott is a new member that is excited to get louder. He will surely make his name be known next year. Scott and his Sonoma can be seen at lower mainland shows. Sorry no pic of Scott 51 – Chris Turner Chris is the latest member to join WCES. Chris Honda will surely go up in numbers. We are happy to have Chris join us and we welcome him to our family of competitors. Sorry no pic of Chris Competitor of the Month This month we honor Mr. Promoter himself, James Chevrette. James has been in the business for many, years. James not only works in the industry, he is also a Usaci Sanction promoter and Canadian Director. He is also a SQ competitor that installs all his own gear. James has now dabbled in spl and has his CRX hitting a steady 153.1. Most importantly he is a World Class competitor and judge and has taken top spot in his SQ category repeatedly. Congrats James, on being April’s Competitor of the Month. WCES: What is your name(s)? James Chevrette – Westec on forums. WCES: When did you start competing? JAMES: IASCA in '93 (wow, I am really dating myself). I had a Kenwood KAC-830 cassette deck, C-600 changer, PPI 2050 amp, Polk Audio 4x6s, 2 Kenwood 10 inch subs I used to hit a 127 db but now in SQ I’m hitting 138.8 db. WCES: Any shout outs? JAMES: To all the competitors that have supported any competition format...thank you! WCES: Are you affiliated with anyone? JAMES: I am the current Canadian director for Usaci. In '05 Kankar Marketing helped me with some DLS gear. WCES: What do you compete with now? JAMES: Under construction at the moment...but SPL in coming soon. WCES: What car do you compete with now? JAMES: 2000 Dodge Neon WCES: Who is your spl idol? JAMES: Mark Fukuda, the only competitor ever in win SQ and SPL world titles with the same car in the same year. WCES: What is next for you? JAMES: Top 3 in Advanced Pro in SQ and top 6 at Db Drag finals. WCES: What your highest score ever? JAMES: 146.7 hoping to break the fabled 150 this year... WCES: What would you create if you had unlimited resources? JAMES: A car so loud that I can crush beer cans with a single note! WCES: What is your favorite product? JAMES: TREO. WCES: Who is your favorite competitor? JAMES: ROB V.O. - of course! WCES: Are you going to finals this year? JAMES: Usaci and Db Drag. WCES: How many awards have you won? JAMES: 89, but winning Best of Show at the Usaci World Championships in '04 is my favorite. WCES: Can you remember your first win? JAMES: '93 at the A&B Sound "Road to the Finals" Tour in Nanaimo, BC WCES: What is your biggest barrier as far as competing? JAMES: Funding... WCES: Who do you want to thank? JAMES: Ralph at Usaci, Moe Sabourin of Iasca, Ray Choy formerly of Db Drag, Jody Culbertson from Visions, Dave Oakley from Andre's, Pat at Team Shadow...lol. Email: canadianextremesounds@hotmail.com - No 04v07, April 2007 Club of the Month Tip of the Month Product of the Month RE XXX Woofer This month we are honored to have Team Deaf Traps as the very first Club of the Month. TDT hail from Kamloops but have made their mark all over the place. TDT consists of 6 members, 2 of which are world class competitors: Co Founder, Justin Larouche, has taken 1st at Iasca finals in Adv 1 with his Firefly and is now working on an SQ title with his Echo. Co Founder, Curtis, took 1st place in stock 2 at Team Shadows Finals with fellow member Marty Wells .1 behind him. CES’s first Tip of the month comes from Alma Gates. Alma Gates retired this year after being a Legend and Ambassador of car audio. Alma has had to overcome great negativity not only with being the first female to dethrone the loudest car but also now is overcoming major political obstacles of having an SQ vehicle. Alma is the most recognized person in car audio as an SPL’er and SQ’er. Alma says: Never give up, let people talk and be strong... I know all this from being a female in car audio... it’s hard enough to be in the scene but when you are female, its harder...and now I have had to overcome some preconceived notions about competing in SQ. Keep doing what you are doing no matter what the negativity is, you’ll always come out on top. Dealer of the Month Marty Wells was also recognized as Team Shadow Points Champion for Stock 2. st Richard Youds won 1 in Stock 1 while Trevor Ens went thru a vehicular accident that left him car less for the final. TDT competed at Iasca events, Usaci events, Db Drag events and non sanctioned events. These guys put tons of hours into shows and tons of mileage into their cars to make sure that Team Deaf Traps is a contender in SQ and SPL. Thank you guys for your support and continue the good work. The unique look of the subwoofer is not purely cosmetic. It was to improve the linear motion of the cone and to offer the listener very low notes with very little distortion. Weighing in at a 78 lbs, this is not for the faint of heart. This sub was designed to be the top of the sound quality food chain and offer what is known as near perfect bass. It features 54mm of linear 1 way excursion for massive sound output potential, “Tork Tite” Terminals to reduce terminal breakage, flat wound 3” 4 layer, split aluminum spider for superb power handling, 2 large progressive spiders to keep the moving parts in check and 4 pie shaped magnets to control the whole structure. For more information please call 1.877.277.MODZ (6639) James Chevrette hit a whopping 153.1 in Prostock 1 and set the bar high for future competitors. James is our Competitor of the Month. Dustin Page is the latest member to join Team deaftraps. Watch out for Dustin to break some Canadian Records. RE Audio has released their XXX Sub, Designed to deliver the Most accurate and heart wrenching bass notes that will compliment even the most expensive mobile audio system. Show Highlights SBN; Spring Break Nationals Stef’s Auto and Electronics is your one stop automotive service and mobile electronic products. They specialize in custom audio & DVD fabrication, as well as GPS, satellite radio, alarms, remote starters, lighting and performance. Stef’s Auto & Electronics also provides general repairs to foreign and domestic cars, a full line of specialty window films and car detailing. You can come in a speak to Stef or Trevor about getting lines such as Kenwood, RE, US Amps, Atomic, Clarion Visonik and MA Audio for your car audio needs. SAE also offers many brands of lighting, video, wiring and accessories. SAE is hosted their Grand Opening on Sat Aug 26th,2006. and is hosting an event on June 10 2007. Come check out their install bays and their 1992 Honda Civic with all the tricked out goodies. Stef’s Auto & Electronics is committed to bring you honesty with integrity about your every concern. They will always let you know what is best, YOU ARE our number one concern. STEF’S AUTO & ELECTRONICS 919 MONTREAL ST. KINGSTON, ON K7K 3K1 (T) 613-546-6121 (F) 613-544-5189 Once again, the biggest show in North America took place in sunny Daytona Beach, Florida. Cars from all across the eastern coast came out to pit themselves against each other in Db Drag, Iasca, Meca and much, much more. SPL Inc, from Ontario came out and took top spot in in Iasca’s Prostock 2 with a 152.2. Keyur Patel, Chris Wrobel, Jeff Boudreau, Martine Chiasson, along with Stuart LaFirst and Jeff Martins are part of the crew. They blew a woofer during testing and then compete in Db Drags, hitting a 151.7 with one woofer only. Big shout out to Dale Rouke, owner and operator of Custom Car Audio, who came out all the way from Cranbrook, British Columbia to compete. He was actually on vacation, bought himself some product and used his rental vehicle. He built his boxes right at the show with a jigsaw. Dale hit a 149 even in Db Drags and a 150 even in Iasca. Now that is dedication and determination. Thank you both for coming out to represent Canada. Go to www.springbreaknationals.com for more info. Email: canadianextremesounds@hotmail.com - No 04v07, April 2007 What I need to know about Competing in SPL? My life as a competitor. So there I am, sleeping on a rug in someone’s basement apartment. It’s 3 in the morning, I just went to sleep and there are 6 of the smelliest competitors sleeping on the floor near me. Chunk …phew…..rickster…phew….ryan….double phew. Rounding out the bodies is 8 track boy and boy can I tell you, that guys snores louder than my car burps. There is a plethora of out of towners here. Why would I be sleeping on the floor? Cause I am “Competitus Splus Fanaticus”…or in laymans terms….I am an SPL’er. I live and breathe car audio, I work in car audio, I collect car audio mags, and many of the clothes I wear are car audio related. This is typical lifestyle for the Canadian competitor; sleeping in places that aren’t home, driving long distances and most importantly, doing it with buddies and friends that are as fanatical as we are. I preach car audio wherever I go. Is this best for everyone, or am I the only crazy SPL dude. You decide. How I started…at Mobile Dynamics. Matt had installation experience but more importantly he was an electrical genius as well as a physics and acoustical expert. Matt’s experiences and knowledge combined with his talent and dedication were what made Matt’s creation a Canadian Record holder. Years of trial and error were what it took to get to this point. A Burp explained What happens in this burp? It is an unleashing of power at full boar maximum output. Amplifiers heat up instantly, head units skip, woofers melt and catch on fire, windshields rattle and break, doors tremble like spaghetti, air compresses and a score is registered. 161.7 db’s….a new certified record for Canada!!! Back then, 6 years ago, that was a lot for Super Street. These days, 170s are in order. SPL has become quite the competition. In all of an instant, your amplifier sees maximum current and voltage allowed. Your woofers excurt their fullest, back and forth, up to 80 times a second. Your battery heats up as the voltage is drained from its plates. The electrolyte boils, while current runs thru large gauge wires and terminals. Any corrosion or improper connections quickly heat up and cause dangerous fires if not dealt with. This burp takes your car to the limit. If anything breaks. It gets quickly replaced and retried again and again until a record is broken and the system can’t go no more. This is extreme at its best. The myths of SPLing Let’s look at a few myths that have made it to the mix and well see how we can decipher them: I know what you’re thinking. Here we go…heading into a MD discussion that everyone has heard before. Well here it is, my MD experience. It was 2001 when I went to Mobile Dynamics. Mobile Dynamics is the only school in Canada that teaches the Fundamental Theories of Mobile Audio Installations. The main reason that I got into competition was because of Matt Gordash (Shop Instructor at MD far right front). He had built this Super Street vehicle and, man was it loud. Matt fiber glassed in some components into the floor and then fiber glassed a front end amp into the center console. Matt built a massive triple layer box in the truck box and made a cut thru. 8 batteries were in the back and 8 MMats amps were mounted in the rear near the tail gate. 2 massive MMats 18’s were all the speakers that could fit. Matt had put many years into Trevor Barbers truck and it showed. This vehicle had played louder than I ever heard and heck he wasn’t even burping. What’s burping you might ask? Burping is how SPL vehicles make noise. Competitors have 30 seconds to register a score on a meter. Because the intent is to be the loudest in your category, all heat and electrical power is harnessed into one 3 second spurt of sound. This sound is usually at a preset frequency where it will become loudest in the vehicle. Since only 80Hz or less is allowed in competition, it comes out as a low abrupt tone, hence the burp. Adding more woofers will make it loud. It was always thought that if you have 4 woofers, your vehicle would be louder than a vehicle with 2 woofers. Not necessarily. These days guys like Alan Dante from Brazil are using minimal woofers to achieve extremely loud SPL number. Alan Dante played his system in the death match and beat out Team Pioneer (15 woofers). Alan’s box building expertise and testing has made it possible for his design to be louder and create more pressure than anyone else, for a longer period of time. This makes his system more efficient and of course Alan proved this by playing his system full boar for 5 minutes straight without killing anything. Will I break the bank competing No, competing is not free. But it doesn’t take $30K to compete unless you want to. With the growing number of vehicles and competitors joining in, sanctions like Iasca are introducing rookie classes for that 1-2 woofer in a prefab box with one amp. Not every person that wants to compete will be able to “break a record” . Iasca’s introduction of this rookie class are what will allow the “newbie” to compete against similar systems without having to modify their vehicles or their systems. Db Drag had a similar category called Mini Street. If you want to compete with what you have, then there is a place for you in the competition arena. Shows are too far away No one knows about traveling far to a show more than me. I hit almost 30 shows in my first year. Only 10 shows were close. Other shows were over 3 hrs away. This is less and less the case. Db Drags in Alberta hosts more local shows each year. James Chevrette from Usaci has kept all its shows localized to within a decent driving distance from Kamloops. Richard Wade of CSPL has announced over 22 shows based out of Ontario. Team Shadow promotes Iasca shows out of Vancouver while After Market Productions does Iasca out of Kingston. There is always shows being promoted and more and more events are popping up. I won’t make it to finals. Why compete at finals? Canadians have advanced their game more than any other country. There is always a hand full of competitors that do attend finals. There is always a bunch of competitors from Ontario that go to Db Drag finals. Team Rip Rocks leads the pack from Alberta and head out each season to Db Drag finals. Dave Oakley and his band of merry drinkers head out to Usaci finals in Kansas. Team Shadow has lead out a pack to Iasca finals. Big shout out to Justin Larouche that went all the way from Kamloops to Vancouver to Kansas City for Iasca finals. Why would he do this 42 hr one way drive? To compete against the best. Justin took first place and brought home top spot in Advance 1. This is absolute competitor bliss. He crammed his 6 ft trophy into his firefly and headed back with the largest smile an SPL’er ever had. Great job Justin on the win. Where to I compete? What sanction? There are so many sanctions to pick from nowadays, especially for Canadians. Which one is better? Which is better for me? CES wants to inform you so that you can make that decision. Iasca (International Auto Sound Competition Association) Iasca has been one of the two staples of competition in Canada. Iasca offers SPL, SQ, Tuner Jam, Bass Boxing, Nightglow, Etc. Team Shadow is the promoter for the west coast and After Market Productions is the promoter in the east coast. Db Drag Racing Db Drags is the other staple of Canadian Competition. Db Drags offer SPL Bass Race. Rau Choy is the promoter for the west while CSPL is the promoting it for east. Usaci (United States Autosound Competition International) Usaci has only recently come into Canada. James Chevrette promotes Usaci in Canada. Usaci offers SPL, SQ and Mini SPL. Audio Drag Audio Drag is a Quebec based sanction. Because Quebec is primarily a French speaking province, Vatche Ohanessian started it to facilitate our French speaking brothern. Competitons are usually SPL only. Audio Drag is based on the Db Drag format. CSPL Canadian Sound Pressure League) Richard Wade is the founder and coordinator of this sanction. Based in Ontario, CSPL boasts 22 shows for this new season and has been in talks to include Db Drag competitions at 11 of their events. CSPL has had its shows featured in Performance Auto Sound Magazine and is growing in popularity. NESPL (North East Sound Pressure League) Created by Steve Smith and Chris Mcvay, this North Eastern USA based sanction is making waves in Ontario. Watch for their shows to be making a debut this year. Competing Although I have not even touched on all aspects of competing, I will say this. Competing is a personal thing. The effort that you put into competing is the effort that you get out of it. Many friends are made while competing. You have the choice of where and when to compete. Compete in one or all of them. Compete often. So let’s go out there and support the sport. Most importantly, have fun. See you in the lanes Email: canadianextremesounds@hotmail.com - No 04v07, April 2007 Shows List , April 15 1x Db Drag SPL Facility, 11 Creditstone Road Concord, Ontario www.chris-mel.com May 5, 1x CSPL, 1x Db Drag Fast Forward Owen Sound, Ontario 519-371-2122 May 5-6, Show and Shine National Sport Compact Montreal, Quebec www.nationalsportcompact.com May 6, 1x Usaci Cowichan Exhibition Grounds Cowichan, British Columbia 250-746-5556 May 6, 1x CSPL, 1x Db Drag Stereo Connection Cambridge, Ontario 519-622-7703 May 20, 1x Tnespl Uncle Steve's Halloween Party Adams, New York www.teamnortheastspl.com May 24, 1x CSPL Auto Sound Design Thornhill, Ontario 905-881-1311 May 27, 1x CSPL, 1x Db Drag Odyssey Barrie, Ontario 705-737-2334 June 2, 1x CSPL, 1x Db Drag Sidd's Radio Toronto, Ontario 905-738-5717 June 3, 1x Db Drag Pete’s TV Castlegar, British Columbia www.andres1.com June 3, 1x CSPL, 1x Db Drag Audio Video Unlimited Orangeville Fairgrounds, Ontario 519-940-3996 June 2, Show and Shine Driven to Perform Calgary, Alberta www.driventoperform.ca June 3, 1x Tnespl Team Defj Ogdensburg, New York www.teamnortheastspl.com June 7, 1x CSPL Stereo Connection Cambridge, Ontario 519-622-7703 June 9, 1x CSPL, 1x Db Drag Fast Forward Midland, , Ontario 705-527-7888 June 10, 2x CSPL, 1x Db Drag Shark Mobile North Bay, Ontario 705-476-6566 June 10, 1x Db Drag SPL Inc. 1533 McAdoos Lane Kingston, Ontario Tel: 613-531-0001 June 14, 1x CSPL Hatt's Owen Sound, Ontario 519-371-9505 August 12, 1x Event Team Defj Ogdensburg, New York www.teamnortheastspl.com June 16, 1x Usaci, Show and Shine Vision Electronics Prince George, British Columbia www.visions.ca August 11, Show and Shine Hot Night in the City Cruise in Kamloops, British Columbia www.hotniteinthecity.com June 16, Show and Shine Driven to Perform Edmonton, Alberta www.driventoperform.ca August 12, 1x Db Drag Andre’s Audiotronic Kamloops, British Columbia www.andres1.com June 17, 1x Db Drag, Show and Shine Selective Sounds Mississauga, Ontario www.canadiancaraudio.com Aug 16, 1x CSPL Hatt's Owen Sound, Ontario 519-371-9505 June 21, 1x CSPL Stereo 1 Toronto, Ontario 905-738-7995 Aug 17, 1xCSPL Stereo 1 Toronto, Ontario 905-738-7995 June 23, Show and Shine Driven to Perform Vancouver, British Columbia www.driventoperform.ca Aug 18, 1x CSPL, 1x Db Drag Fast Forward Midland, Ontario 705-527-7888 June 24, 1x Db Drag Andre’s Audiotronic Vernon, British Columbia www.andres1.com Aug 19, 1x Db Drag, Show and Shine Selective Sounds Mississauga, Ontario www.canadiancaraudio.com June 28, 1x CSPL Stereo Plus Orillia, Ontario 705-325-4040 Aug 23, 1x CSPL Audio Plus Orillia, Ontario 705-325-4040 July 1, 1x Tnespl 2loud4you Soundoff Arnprior, Ontario www.teamnortheastspl.com August 25, 1x Tnespl Sport Compact and Truck Blast Oswego Speedway Oswego, New York www.teamnortheastspl.com July 12, 1x CSPL Auto Sound Design Thornhill, Ontario 905-881-1311 July 15, Show and Shine Royal City Cruise in New Westminster, British Columbia www.newwestcarshow.com July 15, 1x Db Drag Andre’s Audiotronic Penticton, British Columbia www.andres1.com July 19, 1x CSPL Stereo Connection Cambridge, Ontario 519-622-7703 July 21, 1x CSPL, 1x Db Drag Fast Forward Owen Sound, Ontario 519-371-2122 July 22, 1x Tnespl Uncle Steve's Christmas Party Adams, New York www.teamnortheastspl.com July 22, 1x CSPL, 1x Db Drag Odyssey Barrie, Ontario 705-737-2334 Aug 12, 1x CSPL, 1x Db Drag Stereo Connection Cambridge, Ontario 519-622-7703 August 25, 3X Tnespl TNESPL Finals *Invite only* Oswego Speedway Oswego, New York www.teamnortheastspl.com Aug 26, 1x CSPL, 1x Db Drag Shark Mobile North Bay, Ontario 705-476-6566 August 26, 2x Db Drag Western Finals Andre’s Audiotronic Kelowna, British Columbia www.andres1.com Sept 8, Show and Shine Langley Good Times Cruise In Langley, British Columbia www.langleycruise-in.com Sep 9 CSPL Canadian Finals Odyssey Barrie, Ontario 705-737-2334 Sept 15-16, 3x Iasca Western Finals Team Shadow Finals www.teamshadowspl.com October 12-14, Show and Shine Sport Compact Performance 8 Montreal, Quebec www.sportcompactperformance.com Comments and Suggestions We appreciate your feed back. 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