The Preliminary Heats were held January 18th. through the 20th. The top ten Fastest Hands and top ten Fastest Feet then competed in a ‘Finals Battle’ of both categories commonly referred to as WFD world finals on Sunday, January 21, 2007.

Spectators were treated to one of the most exciting WFD events to date as contestants set six new world records! The winner of ‘The Battle of the Hands’ was Jeff ‘Sneak Attack’ Guthery with 1,054 strokes per minute. The Fastest Feet title went to Mike ‘Machine’ Mallais with 978 beats.

Three bass drum records
Mike Mallais’s amazing foot speed enabled him to break three bass drum records. Mallais even slammed out a fiery 1,034 bass drums strokes in 60 seconds completely annihilating Tim Waterson’s six year old 1,030 singles record. Mallais now holds the following WFD World Records:

• 1,034 single stroke in 60 seconds
  
• 4,595 single strokes in 5 minutes
  
• 13,309 single strokes in 15 minutes

Female division
The girls also threw down hard to set three new WFD World Records. At barely 14 years old, Caitlin ‘Lead Foot’ Kalafus set two new WFD World records. Kalafus became the youngest person to ever hold a WFD World Record when she beat out a blistering 799 singles on the bass drum and taking the WFD World Record ‘Battle of the Feet’ (female division).

Not to be out done, Miss WFD and Mystery Hangup drummer, Lux, showed some serious speed when she took the WFD World Record for the ‘Battle of the Hands’ (female division) with a exhilarating 901 singles in 60 seconds.

Commented Boo McAfee, co-founder of Extreme Sport Drumming:

\"The way these drummers go at it full throttle, yet smooth as silk, with their hands and feet moving over 19-20 times per second for an entire minute, is simply an amazing work of technical proficiency.\"

Demonstrations and tips
WFD Champions Mike Mangini, Tim Yeung, and Matt Smith gave three days of demonstrations plus tips on building your technique and preparing for WFD while doing interviews and signing autographs for the ever appreciative WFD grassroots fan base.

Prizes
The NAMM International Fastest Drummer Contest is sponsored by TheMusicEdge.com, NAMM\'s new teen promotional initiative. Over $ 12,000 in grand prizes awarded to the winners included two Pearl drum sets, two sets of Meinl cymbals, fifty Remo heads, a year’s supply of Pro-Mark sticks (with the winner’s name), Axis double pedal, and much more.