[Brent Deines]

I wish the Windshield Repair Olympics would focus a little more on the quality and speed of the repair, but as every break is different I understand why that would be difficult to judge.

What it judged is how the professionalism of the technician, inspecting and protecting the vehicle, assessing the damage and any special challenges, etc.

There are a number of our competitors that spend months preparing their representatives for the event, and those that have competed in the past obviously have a leg up on the competition, but from what I know of you Brian, I would think you would be quite competitive in all areas of the competition if you spend a bit of time gathering information about the judging and properly prepare in advance.

It would be very cool if a number of windshield repair forum members entered the competition. There are always a variety of different systems being used in the competition, but the judges do a reasonably good job of not promoting any one system as being better than another. In fact, I highly commend the judges from previous years competitions for their fairness, but I would still prefer that companies sponsoring technicians, and the suppliers of tools for the competition were not allowed to judge the competition. It just opens up the door to debates over the fairness of the judging, and no one wants that to be a factor in the competition. Personally I think the criteria should be developed by industry experts, but the judging should be done by completely impartial parties, if there is such a thing.