I have access to competition now.
There's a thread at Smashboards for Smashers in my region to get together, organize Smash sessions/get-togethers and even big tournaments. It's been up for about two months and they've already hosted one big tournament, with another schedualed some time after the new year. I'm actually going to try to attend it.
I'll probably get raped like Pamela Anderson in a Chicago prison cell.
I'll say more when I learn more about the details, and familiarize myself with the crowd in that thread.