Here is a blast from the past: the legendary Pasticciotto Beach Ultimate tournament in Italy:
Author: patrick
Gazos Gambit V – Keep hoppin’
Somewhere along California’s famous Highway 1, between Santa Cruz and San Francisco, is Gazos Gambit. A Beach Ultimate tournament run by the always hoppin’ Edmundo, this is one of those tournaments that is just different (in a very positive way). High level and earthy might be good descriptor.
Check it out at http://discspace.com/tournament/gazosgambit/
Kiev Beach Ultimate
The joy of Beach Ultimate can be found everywhere! Check out the cool video from the Kiev Hat tournament with some funky overhead filming 🙂
1st Dominican Beach Ultimate Championships
I love firsts…
Here is a first: the 1st Dominican Beach Ultimate National Championships.
THIS IS A MUST SEE VIDEO FOR ALL BEACH ULTIMATE LOVERS 🙂
Thanks Pepito!
Los Angeles Beach League 2011
On Sunday Oct 16 the 7th season of the LA Beach Ultimate league starts with 12 teams participating. There will be 6 weeks of league games (no games the Sunday after Thanksgiving) and a one day tournament the first Sunday of December, the 4th. All Games are on Sunday mornings at 10am.
For more information, check out laout.org/beach-league-2011/
Tournament Director Tuesdays
Tournament Directors are the driving force behind the sport of (Beach) Ultimate. It is incredible that so many people are willing to give up their nights and weekends to put on amazing events without earning a dime.
The LeagueVine blog is doing a great job starting up a series of articles geared towards Tournament Directors. The articles will start next week with the hope that these articles will lessen the burden and help TDs feel like they are not alone out there.
For more information and to sign up to have the articles delivered to your email box, visit their website:
leaguevine.com/blog/35/introducing-tournament-director-tuesdays
Beach Ultimat Hat tournament in Phuket
On Oct 29th, the 3rd Phuket Hat will take place in Thailand.. But this time on Nai Thon beach, Phuket’s finest stretch of sand.
There is everything you need…beach bar, snorkling, massage. It’s basically the last undeveloped beach on the island, and so the experience is that much better.
Registration is simply by sending an email to [email protected] and let James know that you are interested. More info can be found on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=249008471804829
Doesn’t this look like Beach Ultimate paradise?
4-on-4 Beach Ultimate alive and kicking!
Although 5-on-5 Beach Ultimate is still the preferred sport for most players, 4-on-4 Beach Ultimate is still alive and kicking.
It was invented by Florida player Tim Finan in an effort to speed up the game and make it even more spectator friendly. The field is somewhat shorter and a slightly wider than 5-on-5 Beach Ultimate. The stall count is only 6 seconds and an endzone-to-endzone score is worth 2 points (beachultimate.org/4on4rules_short.html).
Wildwood in New Jersey is by far the largest Beach Ultimate tournament in the world, irrespective of the format, and they have 400+ team playing 4-on-4. In Boracay (Philippines), the 4-on-4 game has resulted in them playing the finals at the recent 5-on-5 World Championships of Beach Ultimate (WCBU2011).
In France the 4-on-4 league will go to its 4th season next year and this league keep on growing. Check out the 2011 French cup:
WCBU Spirit of the Game – Final standings
Below are the final classifications with regards to the Spirit of the Game at the World Championships.
We would like to remind everyone that a normal game is considered to have good spirit and that would result in 10 points (2 points per category).
We recognize that there is still a need for more education on how to use the system, but we looked at individual scores per game we can say that there were only a few games that had low scores and that the overall Spirit at the WCBU was exemplary.
Most remote game of Beach Ultimate on British mainland
Last weekend saw a group of 12 adventurous Ultimate players travel to Sandwood Bay for what we believe is the most remote/north-western game of Beach Ultimate ever played on the British mainland. Sandwood Bay is 6 miles south of Cape Wrath (The most NW point on mainland GB) and requires a 4 mile hike from the nearest road to access it.
They camped out for 2 nights and played 3 full games over the weekend. The Saturday night ‘party’ featured dinner at the beach watching the sun setting, a few fireworks and then a large amount of whisky and stargazing. Luck was definitely on their side with the weather for the weekend, however this also seemed to suit the local population of ravenous midges!
Look at this amazing picture:
