All-Star Worlds Stories

When I met Twinklilstarsmom , she was walking in front of me and I said "Oh hey, Fierce bow..." She turned around, and that was that! I have no shame! I wouldn't have met half the fierceboarders I've had the pleasure of meeting if we were shy!

Being first in line all three days (including sessions) was the highlight of my trip. Even though we were there by 3:30 each day, spent a total of 56 hours there and were there before all the WWOS workers, it was all worth it.

Well @mstealtoyoujust text me during LAG finals with "I see you Andrew"

chyeeaaa69 said:

I saw so many people I knew this weekend that I didn't wanna say hi to 'cause I hate the idea of going up and asking someone if they are someone.

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If I went to Worlds I'd walk about with a name tag that says "Hi, my name is BuegeSmalls." Not that anybody would be super interested in meeting me, but just in case...

One of my favorite things from Worlds was seeing Fame Super Seniors medal. I got to see Coach Mikes reaction after awards and he had tears in his eyes, kissing the trophy and said "I just can't believe it." It made me teary too and I gained even more respect for him and the team from their sportsmanship and gracefulness shown when getting 3rd. I understand being upset having your dreams crushed but its disappointing when some of will never get the opportunity to make it to finals let alone even compete at worlds so this was very enlightening to witness! Congratulations to mike and the coaches and fame super seniors!!


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I finally met the famous Mamarazzi

BuegeSmalls said:

If I went to Worlds I'd walk about with a name tag that says "Hi, my name is BuegeSmalls." Not that anybody would be super interested in meeting me, but just in case...

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what we need to do is print shirts with our usernames & avatars

carlykayyy said:

I finally met the famous Mamarazzi

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You should've told me that was YOU! I wondered!

Cheer03KC said:

One of my favorite things from Worlds was seeing Fame Super Seniors medal. I got to see Coach Mikes reaction after awards and he had tears in his eyes, kissing the trophy and said "I just can't believe it." It made me teary too and I gained even more respect for him and the team from their sportsmanship and gracefulness shown when getting 3rd. I understand being upset having your dreams crushed but its disappointing when some of will never get the opportunity to make it to finals let alone even compete at worlds so this was very enlightening to witness! Congratulations to mike and the coaches and fame super seniors!!


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So happy for coach Mike!!! He was by far by favorite coach I ever had.


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Super seniors have always been one of my favorite teams and I was happy for them, but my CP cheers for FCA so I really, really wanted Diamonds to be 3rd.


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ASCheerMan said:

I was just so excited to watch so many teams HIT and have the performances of their season. It was nice going into Awards knowing that it was 'anyone's game or least 'more than one' team's game. Large Senior could have had 4 different National Champions. I would have given it to any of the 4 of them and not been surprised. Large Coed--2 or 3, Small Senior--3 choices, International Open Coed-2 choices. Usually the best separate themselves by deductions and this didn't seem to be the case this year.

It's unfortunate the amount of hate I saw online following each award ceremony. NOBODY was screwed in the rankings--it's just a tough competition. You can have the entire HP Fieldhouse on its feet, nail your routine perfect and still end up in a very respectable 3rd or 4th place. That's just how it is at this level.

What's awesome is the number of kids that got that 'we couldn't have done any better' feeling coming off the mat. The fact that so many athletes are boarding the plane home from Disney knowing there was nothing more they could have given is an awesome thing.

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Well said.... couldn't agree w/ you more.

Besides the fact that this was hands down the most emotional weekend of my life, I really enjoyed it. I legit got no sleep though and left with the worlds sickness again this year.
I was actually impressed with USASF this year with handling the crowd control until they locked the door during Lrg coed. I didnt mind the jumbotron TV because there was sound. The awards tent had more AC then the warm up tent. I thought the way they announced the Lrg senior awards was on the sketchy side. Also the judging was sketch too. Overall this year will go down in history for the most incredible routines. There was SO MUCH fight and passion in each routine performed. I absolutely loved the sm sr division and how Cali won FINALLY. well earned! Seeing everyone cry after wildcats routine was incredible, ill never forget that. This is the first yr I've ever attended worlds with CA, I honestly felt like each team was literally my family. The support and love throughout the weekend from all 8 of our teams and coaches was amazing. I can't put to words how much this gym means to me.

Oh and I saw a 2 foot snake at the allstar. It was gross.

Shout out to PCM. I'm in love with this gym. Your athletes and parents were SO nice.


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This was my first, and last (unless OO5 wants me or something), time attending Worlds as an athlete and Worlds was all it was talked up to be and more. The sportsmanship shown between teams reminded me of the bigger picture of why we all cheer. I got to bond with my team on a new level and meet lots of great people I will never forget. I also got the chance to finally meet my international pen pal of four years and watch her perform! Even though my team had unexpected mistakes in our routine and unfortunately didn't make it anywhere near finals, we moved past that and got to experience watching Worlds and do things we wouldn't have been able to do because we would've been competing.

You might have read my thread I posted a month or so back about my sudden mental block on fulls. To let you all know, I worked very hard, going in extra any time I could, and pushed through it. I had to basically start learning tumbling from the beginning, but at a rushed pace because I needed the skills in crunch time. But somehow, I did it. I never got the chance to work up to my whip through to full (what I got hurt doing), but I had a FWO through to full and other tumbling in my Worlds routine and I couldn't wait to perform.

This is where things went unexpected and this is my Worlds story. We had practice the day before prelims at OA. (Shoutout to Cheer World All Stars who we were sharing the floor with and cheered us on the whole time.) We were doing a tumble through, or maybe a stunt through, and in the dance my foot gave out and kind of snapped is the only way I can think to put it. Yup, in the dance. I couldn't walk on it and wasn't able to finish out practice so just had to have faith that all the previous practices would pay off and I would hit my routine. The next day, the trainer wrapped my foot really tight, I tried a cartwheel, just nope. Long story short, I worked hard for weeks under pressure to get all of this Worlds tumbling and didn't even get to do it! I did hit my routine, though. At first I was upset because I've always wanted to do the best tumbling I could do at Worlds and didn't even go upside down on the mat, but then I realized I do a forward roll in the dance lol.

We didn't hit our routine, I didn't get to tumble, we had over 10 points in deductions, we didn't make it to finals, heck, we didn't even make it to semifinals! But it's whatever. Stuff happens, people have bad performances, and sometimes that happens to be at the biggest competition of the year! But in the end, it's just cheerleading and it's the experiences, not the placements, that you will remember and I had a great one.

This weekend, both prelims and finals, I was sitting in front of a mom of a girl on Panthers. I don't know her daughter's situation, whether it was her last year (which is what I assumed) or what, but this mom was in tears through the entirety of the morning and when her daughter went on she was absolutely hysterical and all I could think was how happy I was for this woman that her daughter had put out two amazing performances on that floor and it was easily my favorite but most emotional moment of the weekend.

One of my favorite things actually happened after Worlds was over. I took a bunch of pictures, one was of a young man named Josh on Coed Elite. It was a picture of him pointing up to the ceiling, and I just assumed he was giving praise to God. I posted it on Instagram, tagged coed elite. One of his teammates tagged him. He reposted it and his caption said "Left it all out on the floor for you, RIP Dad I Love You" .....brought tears to my eyes.


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