Well, that's it - the last US Air Guitar Qualifier of 2013 is in the books. Santa Cruz wrapped up that portion of the season for us last night at The Blue Lagoon. Hosted by veteran Dirty Airy, this qualifier was closer to a classic regional than some of this year's qualifiers (no hat-o-doom, no battle royales) but did shake things up a bit by adding an automatic simultaneous air-off round to pick the second-place winner. The judging panel was also a bit of a new thing in that opposite to the DC US Air Guitar Semi-Final that just took place, with its all-competitor judging panel, Santa Cruz had a non-competitor judging panel! From the sound of things, though, that was not a handicap for them, and the contestants had a solid, consistent set of scores to contend with.