Episode 412: Major Champions
There were 5 Major pinball championships in 2024. Here are the 4 people that won them. Zach McCarthy, Jason Zahler, Raymond Davidson, and Escher Lefkoff. We sat down at the UK Open to discuss their wins and their responses to similar questions asked to each of them.
Kineticist’s take
Interviews with 2024's major pinball champions on winning, learning, and competitive strategy.
Synopsis
Pinball Profile Episode 412 features in-depth interviews with four major championship winners from 2024: Zach McCarthy (IFPA Open), Jason Zoller (Pinberg and IFBA World Championship), Raymond Davidson (Papa), and Escher Lefkoff. The episode explores their paths to victory, mentorship influences, game dissection strategies, tournament preferences, and views on competitive pinball rules and format.
Entities
- EPC (European Pinball Championship)· event
- IFBA World Championship (IFBA 19)· event
- IFPA Open at Indisc· event
- Northwest Pinball Champs· event
- Papa (Lyman Memorial)· event
- Pinberg· event
- UK Open· event
- Pinball Profile podcast· media
- Colorado pinball community· organization
- Delaware Pinball Collective· organization
- Interium· organization
- Adam (Colorado player)· person
- Arvid Flygare· person
- Escher Lefkoff· person
- Jason Zoller· person
- Jason Zoller's father· person
- Jeff Teolis· person
- Jim Belcido· person
- Josh Sharp· person
- Kaylee George· person
- Luke Nahorniak· person
- Raymond Davidson· person
- Viggo Lopren· person
- Zach McCarthy (ZMAC)· person