BULA has always tried to help players organize Beach Ultimate pickup games, tournaments and leagues. It started off with a whole section with tips for organizers. Two years ago we started offering free pictures in high resolution to be used for posters, articles in newspapers, etc... Last week we published an extensive Sponsorship Guide to help organizers understand how sponsorship works and how to ask for it.

Today the BULA PR group released free flyers and posters that people can download and use to promote Beach Ultimate in the area where they live. Everything was released in English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, and Italian.

The posters were designed to allow people to easily add their own information on the right, while having a catchy design and some information on the left.

The flyers were made so people can print them on one piece of paper and fold it into a great handout for people watching the game. Again we left enough space so that you can add you own contact information and anything else you find useful. We hope you will make good use of them :-)

Download the .pdf files below. The flyers are about 0.5 Mb and the posters are 0.25 Mb:

* Flyer in English | Poster in English
* Flyer in Portuguese | Poster in Portuguese
* Flyer in Spanish | Poster in Spanish
* Flyer in Italian | Poster in Italian
* Flyer in French | Poster in French

Many thanks to: Nadia Sillano, Marco Boldrini, Gemma Perez, Jose Pires, and Joana Rodrigues

Sponsorship is sometimes controversial in the world of Beach Ultimate. However sponsorship can enhance any tournament or league. Don’t immediately think TV, shirt advertising, etc... It can simply be the local council that promotes the event in the area in return for flyers near the fields. However, if you want, sponsorship can be a whole bunch of companies that can get you money, TV coverage, and free beers :-)

If you are like many organizers... you have a passion about Beach Ultimate, you want to organize a tournament or a league but you don’t know much about sponsorship, then we have something for you: The BULA Sponsorship committee worked over a year to create a 22 page sponsorship guide that will answer the following questions:

• What can you expect?


• What does a sponsor want?


• What types of sponsorship are there?


• How can you best approach sponsors?


• Who should you contact?

Furthermore, we added real examples of other tournaments, a sponsorship invitation example letter, contract, and resources to help you get sponsorship and run a great tournament or city league!

Download the Sponsorship Guide

Many thanks to: Mike Palmer, Matt Kass, Brian Calle, Rahim Resad, Bruce Heslop, and Adam Levy

UPDATE 11 FEB: Dima translated the guide into Russian!

Yeah! Party on dudes!

Beach Ultimate Lovers are known to have respect for the planet and participate in good causes. But even if you are normally not so socially aware, here is one project you might want to participate in to help save the planet: Global Orgasm Day!

Scientifically monitored by Princeton's Global Consciousness Project this is a good cause for all Men and Women, you and everyone you know.

WHEN? Winter Solstice Day - Friday, December 22nd, at the time of your choosing, in the place of your choosing and with as much privacy as you choose.

WHY? To effect positive change in the energy field of the Earth through input of the largest possible surge of human energy a Synchronized Global Orgasm.

http://globalorgasm.org/

Thank you and please come again! ;-)

In a live broadcast Christer Fuglesang set the new MTA record by keeping a disc in the air for 20 seconds, claiming the new MTA world record.

Fuglesang's first attempt, was a dud. As fellow astronaut Thomas Reiter, a German pilot, counted down - "Three, two, one, go!" - Fuglesang released his white Frisbee. The two floated together for a bit, but then the Frisbee went askew and Fuglesang caught it, laughing, after a few seconds.

Then Fuglesang tried again. "Ten seconds," Reiter reported, checking his watch. "15." As he announced, "20 seconds," Fuglesang grinned broadly, let out a triumphant "Aaaah!" and grabbed the disc.

Perhaps a political move as he could have waited longer, but nevertheless very cool!

(artist's impression of a disc in space, but watch this space: when the video on YouTube comes out we will add it here)

UPDATE:If you have a decent connection, you can watch the footage at http://www.tv4.se/nyheter/fuglesang/512491.html. Scroll down about 25% of the page until you see a big headline that says "Hoppas vi får ett besök på slottet", right underneath you can click on the link "Se Fuglesang sla varldsrekord med frisbee"

UPDATE 2: Link to WFDF press release

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!

Discovery's seven astronauts are among the most culturally diverse of any space shuttle crew. There are two African-Americans, an astronaut of Indian descent, the soon-to-be first Swede in space, a British-born mission specialist, an Alaskan and a Jersey Boy.

The Swede, Christer Fuglesang, is a former national Frisbee champion and plans to bring a Frisbee up to space. During a live satellite link-up with children on Earth, he'll try to set the record for maximum time aloft! (more...)

Link to ABC's story: How long will a Frisbee fly in space?

UPDATE:

Discovery took off early Sunday morning, and now the time schedule is official: Friday December 15 GMT 19:07. That’s when the first ever officially sanctioned sports event will happen in space ! ESA (European Space Agency) have been granted official sanctioning from WFDF and the Swedish Frisbeesport Federation for an MTA (Maximum Time Aloft) competition.

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