The first part of the 2010 USARPS chAMPionships sponsored by AMP Energy can be seen at http://www.usarps.com and at MTVU.com

Watch the 2010 chAMPionships part 1

Check out MTVU on campus this week for the first part of the USARPS 2010 chAMPionships sponsored by AMP Energy.

The segment will be posted online at MTVU.com and USARPS.com shortly after the first airing.

Yo Quiero 25K!

It’s a bright sunny morning in Acapulco.  14 Student-Athletes from around the country have gathered in Mexico to face off for $25,000 in tuition money courtesy of AMP Energy.  But these campus champions will have to beat the hundreds of Spring Breakers vying for the very same prize.  In just a few hours wildcard registration will begin and based on the pickup games I witnessed by the pool and on the beach, the competition is going to be fierce!  The AMP is chilling on ice, the MTV cameras are being prepped and if you listen carefully, you can hear the knuckles cracking in anticipation of the very first throw.  It’s on in Acapulco!  The 2010 USARPS AMP chAMPionship begins soon.

Everyone is getting into the spirit – check out AMP Energy Snowboarders Hannah Teter and Keir Dillon facing off in a little RPS action down at Spring Break.  These two awesome athletes can rock the mountain and  the beach!

Acapulco, here we come!

The 2010 USARPS AMP chAMPionships is just a few days away… our campus champions are booked and ready to go. What skilled players will win wildcard spots at MTV’s Spring Break??? We’ll know soon. Check out this blog, http://www.usarps.com and @usarps on twitter for updates.

USARPS chAMPionships – DAY 3

Day 3 of the USARPS League college chAMPionships at MTVU’s Spring Break started off fairly relaxed.  Our 16 semifinalists had qualified- with our seven MTVU winners nursing their hangovers and our nine campus winners flying in to compete.  Everyone enjoyed the concerts with Asher Roth and Jim Jones. Both artists rocked- which of course we like. (Though a pretty obvious throw from a couple of guys…)

By the later afternoon things we heating up.  There was a stage blocking rehearsal for the on-stage competition and everyone got a taste of what it will be like on Thursday.  Then it was time for some action as we hit the hotel lobby for part one of the semis.  We took the bracket down from 16 to 8 with more than half of the matches coming down to a final possible throw.

On Thursday the 8 remaining players will face off on stage before the Lil Wayne show and a crowd of thousands. The on fist standing will be flown back to face next week’s winner for one match worth $20,000!

And… we’re live…

Ready or not for your close-up, here we come.

I must break you.

“Scissors Me Timber” throws an uncraddled rock.

USARPS chAMPionships – DAY 2

Day 2 – Another fabulous day at the USARPS chAMPionships. After watching yesterday’s exciting matched tons of students were AMP’d Up to get into the action and people were waiting in line to sign up even before the booth opened. What started off as an overcast day turned into another scorcher when the fog burned off.

Match after match spring breakers showed off their RPS skills. There was some serious trash talking when a guys from Penn St. faced off against a dude from Pitt. Pitt emerged victorious, though he was knocked out in the next round. One notable match a girl from UNC threw a vertical paper against her opponent’s rock. The score was tied and she would have taken the match has she simply take care to straighten out her page. But alas, the throw did not count and she lost to a sharp scissors in the very next throw.

5 additional semi-finalists made the ranks by the end of the day. They are: Shane S. from UGA, Matt Fox from East Carolina, Cassy Tuttle from Independence College of Cosmetology, Guy Goldman from American University and Mitch Kusche from Pitt Community College in North Carolina. These five scholar athletes will join the two qualifiers from yesterday and 9 campus finalists in the first part of the semi-finals to be held tomorrow.

As a cutie from Alabama put it: Hot Sun + Cold AMP + RPS = Awesome.

Match point

Apparently his bag is full of rocks

The Ref warns a student on throwing early

OMG we like tied three times in a row!

We love RPS!

It was love at first AMP

AMP Green Tea is AWESOME.

Charlie’s RPS Angels?

The party is ON.

The Day 2 Quarterfinalists

Snippy Snippy

Mid-pump

The crowd at the quarterfinals is AMP’d Up!

Semifinalist Shane Sneed (U of Georgia)

Semifinalist Cassy Tuttle (Indepence College of Cosmetology)

Semifinalist Mitch Kusche (Pitt Community College)

Semifinalist Guy Goldman (American University)

Thanks for the AMP dude.

She’s AMPing Up for more partying.

The 2009 USARPS chAMPionships – Day 1

Day 1 of the MTV qualifying matches is over.  128 college students at MTV’s spring break played over the course of four hours, culminating in two quarterfinal matches where Ryan Beery from Wabaunsee College in Illinois and Justin Foiles from the University of Georgia clinched spots in Thursdays semifinals.  Students from all over the country Amp’d Up and threw their fists into the ring today.  

There was some masterful play with bikini-clad coeds using everything they had to distract their male competitors and what seemed to be an endless supply of shirtless dudes flexing their biceps with every throw.  

In one match a guy from Illinois State University and a girl from Western Kentucky threw 6 ties in a row.  They were clearly in each other’s heads— so much so that after the match they could be seen making out on the beach.  Neither of them made it to the finals, but it’s a safe bet that both of them are going to score.

We’re just getting started and judging by the crowd at the finals matches this afternoon, those students sober enough to drag themselves out of bed will be lined up at the start of tomorrows open qualifiers.  The winners from the next two days will join 9 campus winners flying in to play in the semi’s.

More from the beach tomorrow.

 

Enough Said

The games have begun.

Hot USARPS girl on girl action

taking a break from the sun

Everyone likes to show their throw

Even the crabs want to play- Hint: he likes to throw scissors

Ryan B. and Justin F. won spots in the semifinals

Rock-Rock tie

We have a winner