Air Guitar World Championship to Miri "Sonyk-Rok" Park

[TankGirl]

28.08.2004 MIRI PARK SHOWS THAT WOMEN CAN REALLY ROCK!

Air Guitars roared for the ninth time in Kuusisaari, Oulu [Finland] - for the next
year the pacifism of the Air Guitar will be spread by Miri "Sonyk-Rok" Park.
Sonyk-Rok won the title of Air Guitar World Champion in the Oulu Music Video
Festival evening celebration, which became a true spectacle on August 27th.

The five competitors who made it through to the final from the qualifying
round on Thursday night fought the final battle with the reigning champ
David "C-Diddy" Jung and the national champions from Australia, Austria,
Belgium, New Zealand, Netherlands, Norway, United States, Finland, Ireland,
and Germany.

Sonyk-Rok's Air Guitar skills captivated the jury as well as the audience.
Besides worldwide fame and glory, her performance to Hot for Teacher by Van
Halen earned her a handmade Finnish Flying Finn guitar worth 2,500 euros and
a VOX BM Special amplifier designed, donated and signed by Queen guitarist
Brian May.

The competition was tighter than ever: Sonyk-Rok and Tarquin "The Tarkness"
Keys had equal points, and choosing the winner demanded altogether two
re-rounds.

The results of the Air Guitar World Championships:

1. Miri "Sonyk-Rok" Park, Unites States
2. Tarquin "The Tarkness" Keys, New Zealand
3. David C-Diddy "Jung, Unites States
4. Takeshi Kongouchi, Japan
5. Michael "The Destroyer" Heffels, The Netherlands
6. Mike "The Judge" Kaden, Austria
7. Svein "PuzzyFuzzbourne - The Prostitute of Rock" Kleivane, Norway
8. Troy "Rock 'n' Roll Troy" Carter, Australia
9. Victor Miranda "Viktower Málaga" Garcia, Spain
10. Garth "Chuck Mung" Donald, United States
11. Thomas "Smell Gibson" Murray, Ireland
12. Ingo "Ingroove" Schultz, Germany
13. Ron "Bucketbutt" Van den Branden, Belgium
14. Elina "Tarot Woman" Niiranen, Finland
15. Markku "Albert" Halme, Finland
16. Eero "Oulun oma poika" Ojala, Finland

This time the compulsory song selected by the organisers was Walk Idiot Walk
by The Hives.

The US champion and now also the holder of the World Champion Title
Sonyk-Rok was exhausted but happy: "The whole competition has been an
amazing experience and I did not expect to win. It will be thrilling to see
what the victory brings along. The main thing is that now I have shown that
women can really rock!"

According to tradition, the Air Guitarists in Kuusisaari invited the entire
world to join together after the competition in an Air Guitar rendition of
Neil Young's Rockin' in the Free World. According to the ideology of the Air
Guitar, all the bad things in the world will disappear, if everybody plays
the Air Guitar.

Here you can see Miri performing in Late Night with Conan O'Brien... and video coverage from the competition itself here...

- tg