Today a new (Beach) Ultimate magazine was launched in Brazil. Sent only via email (smart!) the publication keeps everyone informed about new teams, local tournaments, the story behind the national Beach Ultimate team and other disc news in Brazil. More information can be requested from ultimate_journal@yahoo.com.br
Author: patrick
Our Grandfather…
Frisbee inventor Walter F. Morrison test flies a re-issue of the Pluto Platter Frisbee disc Thursday, Dec. 28, on the beach in Carpinteria, California. The original Pluto Platter Frisbee disc, designed by Morrison, made its debut in 1957.
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Panama 51st country interested in WCBU
Panama, the fledgling Ultimate nation that is organizing its first international tournament this year, has shown interest in attending the World Championships Beach Ultimate in Brazil in December. This means we now have 51 countries interested in playing!
Reglas Oficiales para Beach Ultimate (Español)
Today we are publishing the first in a series of translations of the BULA rules.
Many thanks to Gemma Perez and Arcadio Diaz Diaz for their work in translating the BULA rules into Spanish.
Download the Spanish Rules here
In a few weeks we are expecting to publish the BULA rules in Italian and Portuguese. French is scheduled for later this year.
Lei-out pictures
Stephen Chiang, photographer extraordinaire, has published his pictures of Lei-out in Los Angeles online: http://www.stephenchiang.com/LEIOUT07/index.htm
Pictures from Chris McT
Happy Birthday Frisbee!
Today is the 50th birthday of the Frisbee!
Congratulations Wham-O!
Link to “The Frisbee Celebrates its 50th Anniversary” story on WFDF website
Beach Ultimate in the Ukraine
Since 2002 Dimitry Strelchin and his friends have been organizing the Kiev Hat tournament in the Ukraine. The location is great and look how popular this tournament has become:
More pictures at http://ultimate.com.ua/ru/?g=photo&album=49
I especially like the picture of the baby with a beer bottle on page 2 🙂
This year they are thinking about an international tournament at the Black sea beach in Crimea (South of Ukraine). We will keep you posted.
Updated: National Team and Player Manual
Version 1.3 of the National Team and Player Manual (0.1 MB .pdf) for the World Championships in Brazil can be downloaded by clicking on the link above. The updated manual has some spelling corrections and the long-awaited entry for Currier Island.
A quote from the manual:
“Currier Island— The Beach Ultimate Paradise— is different things to different people. To native islanders, it is home, the sweetest spot on the globe, the hidden treasure on the high seas. To laymen, it is the unnamed tropical haven they dream about when they have their “Hawaii, but better” dreams…”
Google (Beach Ultimate) Map
Today we changed our website. We added a few more links on the navigation to make it even easier for you to find what you are looking for. In addition we added a Google Map where anyone can add information about locale Beach Ultimate. It doesn’t matter if you only have 5 players that want to play, or are organizing a league or tournament. With the Google (Beach Ultimate) Map people can find you!
Free Flyers and Posters
BULA has always tried to help players organize Beach Ultimate pickup games, tournaments and leagues. It started off with a whole section with tips for organizers. Two years ago we started offering free pictures in high resolution to be used for posters, articles in newspapers, etc… Last week we published an extensive Sponsorship Guide to help organizers understand how sponsorship works and how to ask for it.
Today the BULA PR group released free flyers and posters that people can download and use to promote Beach Ultimate in the area where they live. Everything was released in English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, and Italian.
The posters were designed to allow people to easily add their own information on the right, while having a catchy design and some information on the left.
The flyers were made so people can print them on one piece of paper and fold it into a great handout for people watching the game. Again we left enough space so that you can add you own contact information and anything else you find useful. We hope you will make good use of them 🙂
Download the .pdf files below. The flyers are about 0.5 Mb and the posters are 0.25 Mb:
* Flyer in English | Poster in English
* Flyer in Portuguese | Poster in Portuguese
* Flyer in Spanish | Poster in Spanish
* Flyer in Italian | Poster in Italian
* Flyer in French | Poster in French
Many thanks to: Nadia Sillano, Marco Boldrini, Gemma Perez, Jose Pires, and Joana Rodrigues