Posted by Patrick on September 25, 2006 9:53 PM
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Today the location of the World Championships Beach Ultimate was made public: the tournament will be held 11-16 December 2007 in Maceió, in the north of Brazil. The beach will be the Pajuçara Beach. With 44 countries potentially participating, it should be a great championship!

UPDATE: The news has already reached the Brazilian national press: http://gazetaweb.globo.com/Canais/Noticias/Noticias.php?n=118257 (Portuguese). More info to follow soon...

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

It ain't easy, picking out evil-doers in the urban canyons of the Middle East; there are so many places to hide. Taking 'em out can be even harder, what with all those noncombatants hanging nearby. But the Air Force thinks it might have an answer to this most vexing problem in counter insurgency: FRISBEES. (More...)

Zeka, one of the Beach Ultimate players in Palmela (Portugal) recently got himself a new tattoo:

I think it is cool!

If you know of others that have (beach) Ultimate Frisbee tattoos, send them to patrick@beachultimate.org and we'll start a collection here on the site.

Not at funky as the South African commercial, or as well known as Nike commercial, or highly promoted as the Lipton Frisbee Golf promotion in Holland, but this commercial from the Czech Republic again shows that Frisbee is becoming something that can help sell products.

(and at least it does not misrepresent Ultimate like the Michelob commercial)