The tower of eight it's the hardest castle ever to download. It is the most fragile castle of all and requires a great technique that is achieved with many hours of specific rehearsal. Unlike the lined figure-eight tower, the absence of this extra base of support is what gives the construction its extreme fragility.
Castellers de Vilafranca's first attempt at a tower of eight took place on All Saints' Day in 1999. In that same performance, they managed to charge it for the first time.
It took even more than ten years to see the eight tower completed. It was in the second round of All Saints' Day in 2010 when, for the first time in the history of the castells, Castellers de Vilafranca unloaded the tower of eight. The dream that had been brewing for more than ten years was finally completed.
First attempt at td8 – All Saints – 1/11/1999
First td8 loaded – All Saints – 1/11/1999
First td8 downloaded – All Saints Day – 1/11/2010
date | Day | performance | Punctuation |
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01/11/1999 | All Saints | and 4d9fa, and 3d10fm, and td8, td8c, pd8fm | 4975 |
30/08/2000 | Saint Felix | pd5, 4d9fa, id 5d9f, 5d9f, and td8, td9fmc, pd8fm | 8920 |
08/10/2000 | Castles competition | 4d9fa, and 3d10fm, and 3d10fm, td8c, and 4d9, pd5 | 5450 |
30/09/2001 | Saint Michael | pd4, and 3d10fm, and td8, 4d9f, and td8, pd5 | 1670 |
12/10/2001 | Cal Rubio | 4d8, i td8, id 3d9f, 3d8, 5d7, 2 pd5 | 1965 |
30/08/2004 | Saint Felix | pd5, 4d9fac, td8c, 5d9fc, pd7f | 8065 |
03/10/2004 | Castles competition | 4d9fa, pd8fm, td8c, and 3d10fm | 7450 |
01/10/2006 | Castles competition | 4d9fa, 5d9f, and 3d10fm, td8c, pd5 | 7850 |
05/10/2008 | Castles competition | 4d9fa, pd8fm, td8c, 4d9c, pd5 | 10130 |
03/10/2010 | Castles competition | 4d9fa, pd8fmc, 5d9f, and td8, pd5 | 6800 |
01/11/2010 | All Saints | pd4, 4d9fa, td8, 3d9fa, pd8fm, pd4 | 10540 |
31/08/2011 | San Ramon | 3d9f, td8, id 4d9fa, 4d9fa, pd8fm | 9515 |
18/09/2011 | Santa Tecla | pd4, 3d9f, 4d9f, td8, pd7f | 7250 |
30/08/2012 | Saint Felix | 4d9fa, 3d9fa, td8, pd8fm | 10540 |
07/10/2012 | Castles competition | 4d9fac, 3d9fac, td8, 4d9, pd4, pd5 | 9020 |
05/10/2014 | Castles competition | 4d9fa, 3d9fa, td8c, 3d10fmc, pd4 | 8096 |
30/08/2015 | Saint Felix | pd4, 3d9fa, id 3d10fm, 3d10fmc, td8c, pd8fm | 10305 |
20/09/2015 | Santa Tecla | 3d10fmc, 3d9fa, id td8, td8c, pd8fm | 10305 |
01/11/2015 | All Saints | pd4, 3d9fa, td8, 3d10fm, pd8fm, pd4 | 11470 |
02/10/2016 | Castles competition | 3d10fm, td8c, 4d10fm, td8c, pd5 | 9890 |
30/08/2017 | Saint Felix | pd4, 3d10fm, td8, and 4d10fm, 3d9fa, pd8fm | 11470 |
17/09/2017 | Santa Tecla | 3d10fmc, td8c, id 4d9, 4d9c, pd6 | 8885 |
07/10/2017 | market | 3d9fa, td9fm, td8, pd8fm | 10175 |
01/11/2017 | All Saints | pd4, 3d10fm, td8, 3d9fa, and pd8fm, pd8fm, pd4, pd5 | 11470 |
30/08/2018 | Saint Felix | 3d10fm, td8c, and 4d10fm, id 4d9f, pd5 | 6380 |
07/10/2018 | Castles competition | 3d10fm, td8c, and 4d10fm, td9fm, 2 pd4 | 8280 |
01/11/2018 | All Saints | pd4, pd5, 3d10fm, and td8, td9fm, 4d9f, and 5d9f, pd6, pd4 | 7640 |
castle | downloaded | loaded | attempts | Dismounted attempts |
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total | 9 | 14 | 7 | 1 |
td8 | 9 | 14 | 7 | 1 |
Gamma | downloaded | loaded | attempts | Dismounted attempts |
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total | 9 | 14 | 7 | 1 |
Castles of 10 | 9 | 14 | 7 | 1 |