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Monday Dumps: Montana State, Passing to Women, Ultimate Congo

Posted June 17, 2013 at 11:40 am by | Comments (0)

  • That moment when you catch the game-winner in the final (Fieldston at the 2013 New York High School Championships).
  • The Texas vs. Colorado final at South Central Regionals. Come for the ultimate, stay for the running count of fantasy points and heckling.
  • For all of you patriotic Americans out there itching to represent your country at your foreign bucket list tournament of choice, Five Ultimate has released the Wings of Glory Hydro Shorts.

Inspirational story of the decade: Haru Ohkawa introduces ultimate to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, travels to over 20 cities to spread the sport, and gets ultimate recognized as an official national sport in only six months:

Thursday Dumps: Rise Up, Club Rosters, Rules Forum

Posted June 13, 2013 at 7:57 am by | Comments (0)

  • Keep updated with the latest behind-the-scenes action from Rise Up Amsterdam with this detailed recap of day one from Get Horizontal.
  • Pro and Elite Club team rosters are filling up, and are going up online. See where all the big names are playing this club season thanks to Ultiworld.
  • Have you seen the WFDF rules discussion forum, yet?. Ask a question, or post a video of an alleged infraction and get timely responses from the governing body of ultimate!

Sunday, June 23rd the Seattle Rainmakers will be combining my two favorite things: ultimate and the 80′s!

Monday Dumps: ECBU Live, The Classical, Rumble-Current Barnburner

Posted June 10, 2013 at 10:47 am by | Comments (0)

  • The European Championships of Beach Ultimate 2013 launched their live.ecbu2013.org site, allowing players to follow every detail of the action in Calafell all on one page.
  • With Windmill Windup just three days away, the tournament booklet and schedule has been released. New this year: GroupMe texting, karaoke, and a Chasing Sarasota screening.

This past weekend, the Rumble took on the Current in one of the most exciting games of the season. Check out the full game footage here:

Friday Dumps: Neuqua Valley, POTW, MOHI

Posted June 7, 2013 at 12:56 pm by | Comments (0)

  • Kudos go out to Neuqua Valley for winning their third straight Illinois State Championship. Be sure to peep all the highlights and analysis on how NV has been so successful this season.
  • It’s that time again! Time for the MLU plays of the week for week 7! To start, Daniel Kantor (#1) lays out for an unbelievable point block. Next, whenever you see this happen in the MLU, you can bet your bottom dollar it will be the offensive play of the week. Every. Time. Finally, the catch of the week from Portland’s Steve Gussin (#44) proves being ambidextrous when going up for a disc is an effective weapon, even (or maybe especially) between two defenders.
  • Let’s keep the kudos flowin’! This time shout-out to MOHI (Monarch High School) girl’s ultimate team for winning the 2013 High School Westerns Championship with a point differential of +75! Since the girl’s teams’ beginning 3 years ago, the program has gone 64-1, and has taken home the High School Westerns hardware all three years. Check out all the dominating highlights from 2013. Stats (and video) courtesy of Nhi Nguyen.

Much criticism has been directed at the UNC-Wilmington Seamen, lately. Many are saying their style of play was not quite in conjunction with the spirit of the game. Here at Skyd, we like to let you decide for yourself. Below is the UNC-W 2013 season highlight video. Let the discussion begin!