The lesson is when there is a cbj class the day before you'd better get ready for some weird scoring..I've seen it happen numerous times..this one was no different.
There were actually very few 1st time judges at Havasu...at the class, when they were asked who was judging the competition, I think there were about 5 that held up their hands...compare that to the number of judges that were there, and the number of judging tables, and any 1st time judges are inconsequential comparatively...especially since the low scores are thrown out.