Articles on the history of ultimate
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 the national champion in 2017 at the Canadian Disc Golf Championships.
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 fixture on the Minnesota flying disc scene – playing in and/or emceeing virtually every major …
For the Love of the Game – a Conversation with Lightnin’ Lyle Jensen Read More »
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 made its way to the other side of the world. In particular, Ultimate is getting …
Ultimate Malaysia: A Look at the Sport on the Other Side of the World Read More »
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 an honour to have the chance to meet Suzy and share her story!
Spirit of the Game is worth celebrating, so let’s do this together!
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.
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).
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 the Game, visit https://www.usaultimate.org/about/ultimate/spirit_of_the_game.aspx.
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 more than 50 years, and is still actively involved in playing, growing, and guiding the …
Dan “Stork” Roddick on Gender Equity in Ultimate Read More »
(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 joy in watching the Frisbee fly, not at all like a ball. Then, learn more …
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 company. However, I actually think that ultimate doesn’t need a name change for a few …
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 they’ve ever watched “ultimate”. There’s no reason they should think anything but “the ultimate what”? …
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 sport at least 13 times a year, and those devotees tend to spend money on …
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 at the end of this transcription. Willie Herndon interviews Jared Kass, the man who taught …
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 about ultimate. We’re still in our infancy in many ways but in other ways, we’ve …
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 came up with such good questions that I’d like to share them with you, along …
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 preview of how my 2012 went: 19,000 people fit into the new Barclays Center to …
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 on my website were: 30 Quick Tips on my 30th Birthday Pull Diagonally and Have …
Dan “Stork” Roddick, who has been throwing a frisbee for 55 years, talks about what he likes about disc sports and why he still loves it so much. The unique thing about flying disc is that there are so many areas that you can go into based on your physicality, your friends or your stage …
