Smasher:Spin-Dash
| Spin-Dash | |
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| Team info | |
| Crew(s) | The n00b School Bus |
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| Real name | Brandon Olson |
| Location | Edmonton, AB 
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| Skill |  Pro-Am  |
Spin-Dash (born September 5, 1989) is a Canadian smasher from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. He mains with Link, leaving Ganondorf and Marth to fall back to as his secondaries in Super Smash Bros. Melee. As it currently stands, Spin-Dash currently mains Sonic the Hedgehog and Link in Super Smash Bros. Brawl, although due to the very recent release of the game, this stands to be potentially corrected in the future.
While not as active in the competitive Albertan community as others, he has shown a great amount of potential and only continues to grow in skill and establishing a name for himself.
Spin-Dash is a member of The n00b School Bus.
Tournament Activity
While having practiced advanced techniques and competitive gameplay since mid-2006, Spin-Dash has not had the convenience of being close enough to other competitive Smashers due to residing in Spruce Grove, Alberta (a mere 10 minutes outside of Edmonton to which he associates himself with regardless), coupled with a lack of transportation, currently. This in turn has caused him to resort to computers as opponents and the occasional player in his town.
Spin-Dash's first tournament experience was in the year of 2007 at Animethon XIV, his Singles record lost in the midst of gameplay. His Doubles performance showed to be more potent, forming the temporary team of Star Fox with Fox as a former main. Advancing to the finals, his run would end when playing Stevo, a professional in the Canadian Smash Bros. community; here was where Spin-Dash obtained his first glimpse into what higher competition truly held for him.
Hitting the large tournament scene officially during At Melee's End, Spin-Dash proved himself to be a moderately impressive newcomer, easily adapting to the amplified atmosphere that the tournament provided while surprising the competition, which in turn allowed for a significant degree of improvement in his skill by the end of the tournament.
While generally lacking in the diversity that At Melee's End's roster of players provided, Spin-Dash nonetheless attended the Western Canadian Championships' first day to compete in the Doubles competition; forming the Blind Walruses once more with his partner of the previous tournament, Frio, they would prove to be an overall improved duo, clenching 4th place in the competitive crowd to establish a substantial amount of development in their overall skill.
Tournament Placings
2007
- 2nd - Animethon XIV (Doubles) - Spin-Dash & RB
- 33rd - At Melee's End (Singles)
- 10th - At Melee's End (Doubles) - Spin-Dash & Frio
- 7th - At Melee's End (Crews) - The n00b School Bus
- 9th - At Melee's End (64)
- 4th - Western Canadian Championships (Doubles) - Spin-Dash & Frio
Trivia
- Spin-Dash began playing video games at the age of 2, beginning with Sonic the Hedgehog for the SEGA Genesis in 1991.
- Top Professional Smash Bros. player, Aniki, is known to be the drive behind Spin-Dash's will to continue playing as Link in Melee.
- A quirk that is likely to be routine for Spin-Dash is that he carries a Chaos Emerald about with him, not only as a die-hard Sonic the Hedgehog fan, but also as a form of good luck when he is playing.
- Spin-Dash is intending to attend the Grant MacEwan College located in Edmonton, Alberta, in the near future; in hopes of pursuing his dream of Theatrical Arts and expanding that into a career of voice acting.
