The mid-90s gave way to Boston's Death or Glory, whose calm and collected play represented a sharp divergence from the messy, aggressive game ultimate knew a decade earlier.
Skyd looks back to the early 90s, when a bold Jose Cuervo sponsored series brought serious prize money, two point lines, and a vision that sought to change ultimate's future.
From cocaine laced parties to unmatched intensity on the field, the infamous NYNY was one team you didn't want to cross.
The Ultrastar wasn't always king. In the late 80s players were deciding whether the Discraft Ultrastar or Wham-o's Frisbee would become the "official disc" of ultimate.
In the late 80's, Robert “Nob” Rauch transformed USA Ultimate (then UPA) from a grassroots organization to a working business.
by
Liam Rosen
March 12, 2014, 5:00am
After two years in production, a new documentary from director Dennis "Cribber" Warsen is poised to rock the ultimate world.
Chicago's Windy City Ultimate was one of the most skilled, physical and controversial teams of the 1980s. The next article in Skyd's First Four Decades history series.
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Adam Zagoria
February 26, 2014, 8:00am
When ultimate began in the late 1960s and early 1970s, no one used the forehand or hammer -- until Victor Malafronte came along.
by
Adam Zagoria
February 19, 2014, 6:00am
Skyd traces ultimate's origins in our first collaboration with Ultimate: The First Four Decades.