Thursday, May 03, 2007

This past weekend was the Jeju International Ultimate Frisbee Tournament. It was my first tournament and obviously not my last. I loved it. It's my kind of people. And you know, for 40 bucks, you get a lot of stuff: Frisbee, T-shirt, all meals paid, all beer paid, two nights at a hotel, and enough water to fill a pool.

The first day we were seeded 13th and had to play 4 games all in our own division. Never having lost on Saturday and being the top of the 2nd division bracket, we got a chance to move up to the higher bracket on Sunday by playing the 12th seed. After winning that game, we had to play the 8th seed. They were pretty good, so lost and then played the 9th seed. But you see, in Frisbee, at the end of the day, when all places are more or less settled, and nobody really cares about the difference between 9th and 10th place... people like to have some fun. So, our game against Daejon got a little rambunctious. We started making up rules, playing points on our hands and knees, linking arms with our defenders, and playing barefoot to give our feet some sunshine for the first time in a while. Good Times were had.

Anyway, Ultimate Frisbee is the ultimate all-weekend party and sun-soaking mission.

Oh, and by the way, I'm not lying when I tell you that there is a Frisbee kid from Seoul who legally changed his name to Luscious N. Delicious. Seriously.

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