So this past weekend was the annual Ocean Beach Ultimate Hat Tournament. 60 people from around NZ meet at Ocean Beach (which is about 30 minutes from Whangarei) to play two days of Ultimate. All the teams are picked randomly based on ability, sex, and date of registration. On Saturday morning when the teams were named out I stood with my team and looked at all the other ones and was pretty sure I got a bad draw and got put on the worst team in the tournament… (more on Jordan’s space)

Brendon Love (the organizer) in action

Wow! This great play took place at the Battle on the Beach (BOTB) tournament in West Palm Beach March 8, 2003.

Video courtesy of Rick Opton.

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.

Yeah! Party on dudes!

The pictures of the Burla Beach Cup in Italy are up:
http://www.bb-sea.com/burla_beach_06.html

It looks like the French players know how to play and party!

Does anyone know if this ad was actually shown on TV?

On May 5-7th, Anikan (NGO) and Jalisco’s Ultimate Frisbee Asociation organized an Ultimate Frisbee tournament to be played on the beach of San Pancho, Nayarit, Mexico. The purpose of the tournament, asides from throwing the disc around and hanging out, was to raise some funds for some of Anikan’s environmental projects.
Many participants with their friends and families showed up. A total of 36 participants signed up to play: two local frisbee enthusiasts, 14 players from the Guadalajara “Anfibios”, 10 teachers from the American School of Guadalajara, and another 10 players that came all the way from San Luis Potosí (mexican city). The youngest player was only six years old and he actually got to play the final match.

Here are some pictures of the event

(by Stacy Hubbard)
The fourth annual Against the Grain beach tourney in Seaside, Oregon went off without a hitch! We had fantastic weather- with no wind to speak of! We had a very competitive field this year, and I think the teams are getting stronger every year. The beach was packed, and people sure enjoyed swimming between games. The backdrop of the mountains is one of me fave parts of the Seaside beach.

The party was a blast. Thanks to Denial for showing up first to start draining the bar! (I know Matt Bell did his part as well) I think people really enjoyed the open bar AND, Tim Stackpole’s DJ abilities. The Elks Lodge was hopping for sure. They love us there! Check this pic out.
We crowned a new champ this year- Congrats go to Sandblasters from Seattle! This team has been all 4 years and has always been a fun addition to the tourney. In the finals they played Portland’s Bikini Killers- a perennial contender. It was an exciting final that went the distance. Thanks so much to all my Whor$hack team mates who helped me pull this off. And, thanks to all of you who continue to support beach ultimate in Oregon. Let me know if you have suggestions for how to make the tourney better next year…See you on the sand, Stacy ‘Daisy’ Hubbard.