WFD 10th Anniversary Documentary "WFD The First 10 Years" DVD Available Spring 2010
October 1st, 2009 WFD is opening its 10 Year Anniversary Celebration with
the
announcement of new WFD Events in USA and Canada.
WFD is proud to announce it has combined efforts with Five Star Drum Shops through the USA and Canada to make WFD Competition a part of Five Star Drums ‘The Big Beat’ Events held nationwide on Sunday, Nov. 1st 2009
“Going into 2010 is an exciting time for WFD.
It is our 10th Year Anniversary and to be a part of
something so awesome as ‘The Big Beat” and what
they are doing to raise money to benefit the Mr. Holland's Opus Foundation is truly awesome!”
– said WFD creator Boo McAfee
Below are the locations doing WFD on Nov. 1st.
Please contact the locations for more
event info via the links provided.
Stay tuned for more WFD 10th Year Celebration announcements!
April 18, 2008 WFD: The GAME - Now Ranking Very High on AddictingGames.com
Over 1,500,000 Plays!
Already Ranked In The TOP 5 Most Popular!
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Singapore Drumfest Main Event
September 13 & 14
12pm – 6pm
Fort Canning Centre http://www.singaporedrumfest.com/ for more information,
June 2008 "WORLD’S FASTEST DRUMMER SETS NEW WORLD RECORD” Matt Smith Set a New Record of 1132 Strokes at WFD Event!See the video at WFDTV!
Event Host Drummer Johnny Rabb and
WFD Creator Boo McAfee
Kevin Bernardy
- Battle of the Feet Winner
Nashville, TN is definitely no stranger to WFD Speed Drumming World Records. In 2000 Johnny Rabb set the first ever WFD World Record by playing 1027 single strokes in 60 seconds. WFD (short for World’s Fastest Drummer) is a highly charged, interactive phenomenon and has spread feverishly around the world. The contest consists of two categories, Battle of the Hands ™ and Battle of the Feet ™. As WFD has grown there has become a need for more regional grass roots events. The first WFD Regional event was held in conjunction with Drum League at The Rutledge in downtown Nashville on June 26, 2008
The evening was hosted by WFD Champ Johnny Rabb and WFD founder Boo McAfee. Although the event was intended to be regional, competitors traveled from as far away as Oklahoma and Canada. Music City heated up quickly as WFD Champion Matt ‘the kid’ Smith took center stage and broke the long standing ‘traditional grip’ World Record held by WFD Champ Mike ‘da man’ Mangini. Matt played an astounding 1132 single strokes in 60 seconds, breaking Mike Mangini’s previous record by 6 strokes.
The Battle of the Hands winner was Gary ‘the skip’ Skipper of Nashville, TN, with a score of 896 Singles. Tyler Boydstan placed second (845) while Big Frank placed third (816). The Battle of the Feet winner was Kevin Bernardy from Edmond, Okalahoma with an awesome score of 901 singles, followed by Ronnie McDowell Jr. (786) and Canada’s Dan Laskowski (680). Keeping with the tradition of the much larger WFD World Finals and other extreme sporting events, of course there had to be that huge, gaudy WFD Championship Belt..
“There were several wonderful stories that came out this first WFD Regional event. The Battle of the Hands winner, Gary Skipper has been competing at WFD since our very first WFD event, well over eight years ago. The Battle of the Feet winner Kevin Bernardy, who has competed for several years, drove all the way from Oklahoma. Special congrats go out to Kevin from our WFD family for he won on the third anniversary of his sobriety,” said WFD founder Boo McAfee.
World’s Fastest Drummer Competition is sponsored by PEARL, AXIS, PRO·MARK and REMO.
“We are extremely excited about all of the new ventures at WFD,
especially the announcement of the game version of WFD
called WFD, The Game and Extreme Music Game Challenges,” added McAfee.
For more info on WFD, The Game and
Extreme Music Games visit www.WFDGame.com
Gary Skipper
- Battle of the Hands Winner
WFD Champion Matt Smith
July 16, 2008 Singapore: DRUMFEST 2008 / DRUM CHALLENGE ASIA
Alvin Tan, one of the judges for the Drum Challenge Asia
takes the DRUMOMETER challenge!
Official site for Singapore Drumfest 08
Photos from http://sheylara.com
April 4, 2008 PHOTOS FROM THE WORLD’S FASTEST HANDS COMPETITION AT
FRANKFURT MUSIK MESSE March 12-14 2008
EVENT DETAILS:
Pro-Mark Corporation, the world’s largest manufacturer dedicated exclusively to the design, production, and distribution of drumsticks, mallets, and percussion accessories will once again team with the WFD in the World’s Fastest Hands contest at the Frankfurt Musik Messe.
The Frankfurt Musik Messe, held each spring in Frankfurt, Germany, is the largest international music products show. It draws well over 100,000 manufacturers, retailers, and musicians from around the world.
This year marks the fourth year Pro-Mark has hosted the event with the blessing of the WFD sanctioning body.
According to Pat Brown, Pro-Mark’s director of sales and marketing, “We always look forward to this. Having the Drumometer in our booth never fails to draw a huge crowd and everyone has a great time!”
Feb 10, 2008 CNN's "That's News To Me"
Features a lead story on WFD!
The segment includes an interview with DRUMOMETER inventor Boo McAfee and a live demonstration by the youngest WFD Champ Matt Smith. Click the pic at right to view video.
SEE WFD CHAMP
MIKE MANGINI'S
NEW HARRIS TEETER
COMMERCIAL! Click
Here!
January 22, 2007
CONTESTANTS
SET
NEW WORLD RECORDS DURING WFD WORLD FINALS
@ NAMM's 2007 WINTER SESSION!
Spectators
were treated to one of the most exciting WFD events to date as contestants
set 6 NEW WORLD RECORDS! Mike ‘Machine’
Mallais’s amazing foot speed enabled him to break 3 bass drum
records! ‘Machine’ even slammed out a fiery 1,034 bass drums
strokes in 60 completely annihilating Tim ‘Silver Feet’ Waterson’s
6 year old 1,030 singles record! ‘Machine’ now holds the following
WFD World Records:
1,034
single stroke in 60 seconds
4,595 single strokes in 5 minutes
13,309 single strokes in 15 minutes
The
girls also threw down hard to set 3 new WFD World Records! At barely 14
years old, Caitlin
‘Lead Foot’ Kalafus set two new WFD World records. Caitlin
became the youngest person to ever hold a WFD World Record when she beat
out a blistering 799 singles on the bass drum and taking the WFD World
Record ‘Battle of the Feet’ (female division). Not to be out
done, Miss WFD and Mystery
Hangup drummer, Lux,
showed some serious speed when she took the WFD World Record for the ‘Battle
of the Hands’ (female division) with a exhilarating 901 singles
in 60!
WFD ANNOUNCES
THE WINNERS OF THE
MISS WFD ANAHEIM 2007 SEARCH!
Congrats to Lux
and Cat on winning the Miss WFD Anaheim 2007 title. Lux and Cat will be
appearing with WFD at the 2007 Winter NAMM Session in Anaheim, CA. Their
exotic stage presence hypnotizes you and thrusts your heart-beat into
overdrive!
Their
band, Mystery
Hangup, is taking over the world by performing
at many Music Festivals and Events such as: The 2006 VANS WARPED TOUR,
THE 2006 SUMMER STRUMMER FESTIVAL with: The Donnas, Kinky, and Rooney,
Opening for “Third Eyed Blind“ at the San Francisco Pride
Festival, and many more. They have performed all throughout California,
from Seattle, Washington all the way down to San Diego. They have been
Nominated for best Punk Band at this years Orange County Music Awards
and have been featured on San Diego’s Music television Program “Fox
Rox” for winning 1st place at the San Diego County Fair Battle of
the Bands.
September
19, 2006
WFD INVADES
AUSTRALIAN TV
Click
here to see
WFD coverage
on the
Australian Broadcasting Network!
September 1, 2006
DRUM CORPS UNITED
KINGDOM
IN ASSOCIATION WITH DRUMMERBUZZ.CO.UK
TO HOLD WORLD'S FASTEST DRUMMER® CONTEST
On Saturday September 30th , Drum Corps United
Kingdom (DCUK) in association with Drummerbuzz & WFD-UK (the official
WFD licensee for the UK and Parts of Europe), will be giving contestants
the chance to become a World Champion by taking part in the Battle
of the Hands™ contest The proceedings will be overseen
and adjudicated by the World's Faster Drummer official invigilator Ed
Freitas, the founder of Drummerbuzz. Read
More
JOHNNY RABB &
TIM 'THE MISSILE' YEUNG
TO HOST WFD WORLD FINALS
IN AUSTIN, TEXAS
WFD Champs Johnny
Rabb (Deana Carter, Tanya Tucker, SheDaisy, Maynard Ferguson) and Tim ‘The Missile’ Yeung (Nile,
Hate Eternal, Vital Remains)
will host the WFD World Finals at the NAMM Summer Session in Austin, Texas
and will be on hand for technical demonstrations and insight sessions.
WFD ANNOUNCES
THE WINNERS OF THE
MISS WFD AUSTIN 2006 SEARCH!
Congrats
to Ivy Lynn and Kristin Maverick on winning the Miss WFD Austin 2006 title.
They will be appearing with WFD at the 2006 Summer NAMM Session in Austin,
Texas.
Special thanks to Jeff Curley at
Austin Models & Talent Agency.
May 17, 2006
Click
here to see Matt Smith unofficially
break his age 16 and younger world record by running 1,083 on the Drumometer.
Again, this is NOT an official WFD record.
Click
here to see Matt with his jazz combo (featuring Toronto trumpeter
Mike Malonein) performing at a concert. Matt states, "I mainly
wanted to show this because a lot of us associated with WFD get slammed
for not having decent taste with a group, and I think I was OK here. This
video should also serve as an example to bass players to be straight for
a gig. The changes got a little strange."
Click
here to see Matt solo. Concerning the solo Matt says, "Although
I'm not a big fan of my own drum solos, I felt like I needed to have one,
and since everybody thinks I'm some kind of fast guy or something, I thought
I would make this a drum solo that was kind of parody of alot of those
kind of guys all smashed together, although the solo is not that fast.
Maybe it worked, maybe not. Anyway, hope you like this stuff. Yeah, I
know I'm not perfect for sure. But we all got to keep workin' at it I
guuess."
Test
your skills on the world-class DRUMOMETER™
during the
All American Music Festival every weekend from March through
June, 2006 at Hard Rock Live in Orlando, Florida. The
contest is open to the public!
See Glen Caruba Set A New
Bare Hand Percussion Record! Click
Here
February 16, 2006
SEE
COMCAST'S NEW COMMERCIAL
FEATURING WFD CHAMP
ART VERDI
Click on Art's Face to see the commercial!
January 14, 2006
WFD ANNOUNCES
THE WINNERS OF THE
MISS WFD ANAHEIM 2006 SEARCH!
Congrats to Lora Starkman
and Stephanie Ratcliff on winning the Miss WFD Anaheim 2006 title. Lora
and Stephanie will be appearing with WFD at the 2006 Winter NAMM Session
in Anaheim, CA.
CNN's "That's News To Me" 
WFD is proud to announce it has combined efforts with Five Star Drum Shops through the USA and Canada to make WFD Competition a part of Five Star Drums 
Spectators
were treated to one of the most exciting WFD events to date as contestants
set 6 NEW WORLD RECORDS!
Their
band, 
WFD INVADES
Congrats
to Ivy Lynn and Kristin Maverick on winning the Miss WFD Austin 2006 title.
They will be appearing with WFD at the 2006 Summer NAMM Session in Austin,
Texas. 
Click
here
Fastest Feet 
