Behind the Scenes: 2012 CrossFit Games - Camp Pendleton

From Camp Pendleton, Sevan Matossian takes us behind the scenes with footage from the first day of competition at the 2012 Reebok CrossFit Games.
The Games kicks off with a swim, run and bike in Pendleton 1 & 2 and the athletes finish the day with an obstacle course run. Dave Castro offers Deborah Cordner Carson words of encouragement before the swim to help calm her down, Ben Smith details what happened with his bike, and athlete Numi Katrinarson explains why he wasn’t cleared to participate in Event 2 after receiving medical assistance after finishing Event 1.
At Camp Pendleton, Matossian catches up with several athletes including Chad Mackay who states, “I’m just out here to do my best” when asked if he wants to win the Games and Kristan Clever who says the first day of competition “could be the Games.”
Several athletes including Kyle Kasperbauer, Annie Sakamoto, and Graham Holmberg share their thoughts on the competition and Spencer Hendel credits his growth as an athlete to his training partner, Austin Malleolo. #CrossFitGames #Sports #CFGBehindtheScenes

[@bs431980]

i know everyone loves to hate on castro, but damn he showed a lot of character taking care of deb c. c. not to mention he does a great job pulling the games off. he has a lot of help so props to those people also.

[@benital165]

Love watching these

[@benital165]

Event isn't hard enough...let's kick up dust for everyone 🤣

[@benital165]

Except I feel like Sevan spends more time on the guys than the women? Ignores Julie Foucher who won to chat up the guys.

[@marcushamner5994]

11:30 Rich is hilarious! “Do you have any ice cream; something??😂😂 1:41 Nicole Carroll is awesome!🤩😍😘🌹

[@96shepherd]

Rich froning is hilarious do you have any candy ice cream something lol

[@mahubbs]

I love the behind the scenes videos! Keep them coming!

[@Kirbylover489]

I love you behind the scenes guy

[@bs431980]

behind the scenes is the best thanks for the upload

[@Biggie_4]

this is great thx for the upload... more vids like this please

[@JoeyNE]

"You have any candy?....Candy!?...Ice cream?...Somethin!?" haha I love it

[@kawasakininja13]

Rich asking for candy at the 11:30 mark hahahaha

[@massivemmafan]

yes!! thanks sevan!

[@bs431980]

part 2 please!!!

[@neinauchnein5358]

8:02 offical hugging unit hahahaha

[@ANAROSEBARROGA]

"The Dave Whisperer" haha!

[@jammersanimovieblog]

Dude, that camera guy was awesome. He don't take no shit from Dave Castro.

[@dnlespy]

11:28 hahahah castro gettin pissed at sevan "no we cant give him a ride"

[@XanderPetrov]

Thank you! I thought it might be her. But wasn't sure.

[@DHJakon]

CF Journal has this vid (and I assume future ones in the series) in downloadable formats. For $25 is a ton of info.

[@JEC090909]

i want to meet that camera guy he fuckin rocks hhahahahha

[@zikrett]

Castro got his hair back. Bet he is happy about that!

[@takeachance182]

camera man "dont you know his name?" Worker "I think i know it".... DAMN RIGHT RICH FREAKING FRONING!!

[@senorgato70]

What's with the sunglasses? So many guys seem to have the same ones (with the blue/green lenses). And it seems like they were relegated to them (based on Holmberg's comments).

[@jebsmith9842]

He's the director of training for CrossFit. He's an ex Navy Seal, who still spends a lot of time training current Seals, so yes he's an athlete

[@RadicalHabitz]

That camera guy is Sevan Matossian. He would be considered elite when it comes to camera guys lol.

[@J9oh1n]

makes me wanna work out so badly

[@klop575]

How far was the race ? :-)

[@46sotos]

who is dave castro?what does he do?is he an athlete?

[@willdegraw]

What years?

[@skylarka9779]

2:08 - Ruth Anderson-Horrell - The machine!!!

[@MrERICGONZO]

could be sponsorship/pro mo gear

[@XanderPetrov]

Who's that @ 10:00 ???

[@AprilNicole25]

oh rich candy... ice cream... somethin...

[@seanmaz79]

why? what did he do?

[@barrels14]

matt chan is the fucking man

[@ecapsezinoloc]

This has always confused me, do the guys just have no chest hair or do they all shave it off?

[@SpokaneThunder117]

I didn't know he was an Ex SEAL? Thats awesome :D

[@MrDavySex]

Camille Leblanc-Bazinet

[@MyBittersweetTravels]

Official CF Hugging Unit... LOL

[@JakeHolman78]

So, Ben lost 2 minutes due to a stolen bike, did they subtract that waiting time from his overall time?

[@synchroGENized]

700m swim with fins, 8k bike, 11.3k run on hilly hot terrain... not really sure why they put the swim in, maybe to emulate a tri-k or get some camera shots of everyone in speedos?

[@jeffersonhenley6787]

Man I hate the format youtube is using now for a lot of its videos. Makes it to difficult for me to watch because the video is always buffering.

[@PLxFTW]

I want to see the man behind the camera.

[@alehax27]

official hugging unit? lol... Or does it mean something else that literary a unit where people hug.

[@willdegraw]

Castro, do not reference any "trauma from war" until you have been there.

[@KatelynBlock]

"Do you have any candy?"

[@MARKELPIKES]

At 31:00 look at the Marines trying to be all nonshalaunt checking the girls asses out. lol Fucking awesome. Gotta love the Marines unless your a POG then no one loves you. Motivate!!!!! lol

[@alehax27]

Aw poor camera guy.

[@Vaporswift]

Still don't understand the Castro hate. Seemed like he cared to get that girl in the water and have special group watch her. Not a fan of his either just don't get it.

[@ewilson92]

What about baby food? lol 9:24

[@trouts_out]

Everybody makes the 'can i get a lift' joke and they all think they're being original. That's cute.

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[@yourfuturewarhero]

Say what you will about Dave Castro, but when it's time for business he gets shit done. He took care of that one girl who wanted to quit in the beginning very well by talking her into staying and making sure somebody was going to be on her the entire swim. He may not be professional 100% of the time, but then again he doesn't have to be. So everybody cut him a break, will ya?

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[@gravyboat9108]

camra man fail 39:44

[@Husani759]

LOL. I guess he couldn't have done it from the other direction because the words would've been upside down. Maybe he was going for a Lee Friedlander shadow portrait effect.

[@46sotos]

but i watched him a lot.sometimes he hasnt good manners to the athletes and he thinks sometimes he is some special dude.its only me or and others tell the same like me?

[@therawlifefamily]

way to dust everyone out during the run by driving by them

[@ShocKWav2]

Dave Castro...you are the man. But you seriously annoy the shit out of me sometimes.

[@inhumanestrength8532]

Dave he bothers you because he asks you questions that require using your brain....Which obviously catches you out

[@Thejbrough1]

Dave seems like he has a really poor personality...then again the camera guy probably edited but still :/

[@mdrassler]

He was a Navy SEAL idiot.