Wednesday, March 31, 2010

Revolution! of the frisbee disc

Besides my job, the biggest part of my life these days is frisbee. Almost every weekend since I've arrived I've made it out of town for a weekend of practice and partying with team Korea. Finally the first big event is approaching. Jeju Island Gnarly 9's tournament is one month away. I'm looking forward to it so much.

My team this year kicks ass. We have four members of last years championship team: Dray, a prototypical ultimate player with lanky limbs and throws from every release point; Tori, a semi-pro tri-athlete who will not slow down as the day grows long; Candacee, another veteran with sure hands and all the throws; and DB, a squirrley jitterbug who can put it deep or run to the house himself. In addition we have Junseok, the most athletic of the native Korean players he came in 3rd place in a national martial arts competition; Changmin, he's fast as lightning and he has added a lot of variety to his throws over the last year; Beth, the first play I saw her make was when she made a lay-out block of a throw of mine; Chase, another experienced handler who knows how to get open; and myself.

We'll get together next weekend in Ulsan for a warmup tournament and some drinking practice. woohoo

2 comments:

Schissel said...

I'm sorry, all I retained of this post was that you got blocked by a girl.

Colin said...

not hand-blocked.. I meant she laid out past the girl she was gaurding.