Articles on the history of ultimate
‘Strength of the Pack’ is the telling of the story of 24 ultimate frisbee players of different genders, speaking seven different languages, and hailing from different backgrounds uniting to do something amazing. This debut documentary by filmmaker Varsha Yeshwant Kumar… Read More »Strength of the Pack
Danielle Duplisea started playing ultimate at the age of 11. After competing at the Canadian Ultimate Championships, she also started competing in disc golf, including finishing as the top Canadian at the 2015 World Amateur Disc Golf Championships, and was… Read More »Interview with 2017 Canadian Disc Golf Champion Danielle Duplisea
Lightnin’ Lyle Jensen’s love affair with flying discs began in the summer of 1957 and by the spring of ’75 he and a handful of friends founded the Minnesota Frisbee Association. Over the next 35 years, Lightnin’ became a prominent… Read More »For the Love of the Game – a Conversation with Lightnin’ Lyle Jensen
Ultimate Frisbee is going global, and deservedly so. It is a fun, free-flowing sport, one that can be played with just a Frisbee, a few friends, and some open space. Proof of Ultimate’s growing worldwide popularity is that it has… Read More »Ultimate Malaysia: A Look at the Sport on the Other Side of the World
Check out my interview with Suzy Stever, who was inducted into the Hall of Famer with Ultimate Newfoundland and Labrador. She’s a player, coach, and builder and has been instrumental in creating opportunities for women to play ultimate. It was… Read More »Interview with Suzy Stever – Ultimate Player, Coach, and Builder
Spirit of the Game is worth celebrating, so let’s do this together!Read More »2018 International Spirit of the Game Day – Dec 3, 2018
I was lucky enough to meet John Kofi – The Ultimate Life during the summer when I was in France coaching the U17 Israeli National Team. Not only is John a quality human, but he also puts in an incredible about of time and effort to grow and promote the sport.Read More »The Colours of Ultimate by John Kofi
Marques Brownlee, also known as MKBHD, is a YouTuber, best known for his technology-focused videos. He is a professional ultimate player with New York Empire of the AUDL (American Ultimate Disc League).Read More »Ultimate Player and Youtuber Marques Brownlee (MKBHD) on the Joe Rogan Experience
Introduction by Tom Kennedy and Keynote Speech by Dan “Stork” Roddick at the Ultimate (Frisbee) 50th Anniversary Dinner in San Diego, CA, October 19, 2018. What a game. What a life. For more information about Ultimate and The Spirit of… Read More »50th Anniversary Keynote Speech by Dan “Stork” Roddick
Dan “Stork” Roddick is a friend and mentor and is widely considered the Godfather of Frisbee. Stork is in all of the frisbee hall of fames (Ultimate, Disc Golf, Freestyle, and Frisbee), has been playing and growing the sport for… Read More »Dan “Stork” Roddick on Gender Equity in Ultimate
(A fast-freestyle playing exercise/guide for learning and practicing disc handling skills used in ultimate) In the early days of Frisbee before disc sports, the original attraction was just to watch the Frisbee fly. At first, this was enough; the sheer… Read More »Freestyle the “Ultimate” Edge
A few weeks ago, I wrote an article arguing for why ultimate needed a name change. It generated a lot of discussion on twitter, reddit, facebook and on my website, which has been improved thanks to the best web design… Read More »Ultimate Doesn’t Need a Name Change
Ultimate frisbee. Ultimate. Frisbee. For those of us who play the sport, we know what it’s all about. But for someone who has never heard of it, what will they think when we ask if they play “ultimate” or if… Read More »Ultimate Needs a Name Change
In the 2000 Canadian Ultimate Championship finals, Furious George defeated Calgary Invictus in perhaps the most lopsided championship game ever, with Furious winning 19-1.
In a decisive victory, Furious George defeats Ring of Fire in the 2002 UPA Club Open Ultimate Championship Finals.
Get to know Leif Force and Phil Laak In an article published on Slate, it states there that 4.7 million Americans played Ultimate Frisbee at least once in 2010. It also revealed that more than 1.5 million people play this… Read More »Poker Players Get Into Ultimate Frisbee
This is a word-for-word transcription done by Willie Herndon in July 2013, of an article entitled “This Is How It All Began” which appeared in “Ultimate News” Volume 23 No. 4, Winter 2003. An author’s note from July 2013, appears… Read More »This Is How It All Began
It’s always interesting whenever some of the most well known players in our sport are brought together to talk about the future of ultimate. It is difficult to make predictions, especially about the future So too is this statement true… Read More »UCPC 2013: Future of Ultimate Panel Discussion
A few weeks ago, I received an email from Ponder, a grade 8 student in Denver, Colorado, asking if I would answer some questions for his school project. I was more than happy to help out and I thought he… Read More »10 Questions with Ultimate Rob
WordPress has a neat tool called Annual Report which allows you to show your stats from the past year in a very visual, appealing format. To check out my 2012 Annual Report, click on the link below. Here is a… Read More »2012 Annual Report
I’d like to thank you for your support in 2012. I was busy between ultimaterob.com, competing in frisbee competitions and running throwing clinics. Ultimaterob.com 2012 Highlights 2012 was the best year so far for ultimaterob.com. The top 10 visited posts… Read More »2012 Year in Review