No, we do understand Bangkok's not actually in China. But such is our commitment to all things Ultimate...
Listed alphabetically:
Eddie Adisak: 9TH Bangkok Hat Tournament, 2009
We swear, after browsing these Facebook albums, that Bangkok must have put on the greatest Ultimate party in the history of Ultimate parties. And that's saying something. But don't take our word for it... keep browsing.
Mary Carlson: Mary has, true to style, posted six albums devoted to this event: here (Friday: Temples Bar, Soi 11), here (Saturday morning: Ror Neung Phan Neung Field, Army Base), here (Saturday afternoon -- apparently Bangkok served really delicious food on the fields), here (party), here (Sunday) and here (Sunday evening). Instead of picking a picture from each, we'd just like to show you Mary's homemade costume for the Timewarp 3009 party:
That's right, a forklift.
(Or is it? Hint: this next picture.)
Andy Cassidy: Bangkok Hat 2009, Sunday
Lance Dubos: Bangkok Hat 2009 (Flickr)
Emily Greenwood: Timewarp!
Caroll Moreton: Bangkok Hat 2009
Thuy Bich Nguyen: Bangkok HAT 2009 - 21/22 Feb.
Aaron Rothblatt: Bangkok Ultimate Hat Tourney 2009
Timothy O'Rourke: Bangkok Hat 2009
Doc Tobin: Bangkok Hat 2009
If you have any albums you'd like included in this list, please leave a comment.
Photo courtesy of Betsy Beijing Lance DuBos
Editor's note: reprinted without edits:
what you missed out on in bangkok:
you missed out on yj getting so drunk at the fields on saturday afternoon (yes, saturday) that she tried to insert herself into several couples and get a three way make out session going. all this while games were still being played. the closest she got was with kristin and grant from hong kong.
you missed out on the year 3009 costume party, the highlights of which included a drag queen musical dance number, mary carlson from shanghai dressed in the fork lift like machine ripley used to kill the alien queen at the end of aliens, and steiner dressed in a clown wig and vote for hugo chavez t-shirt, pissing roberto off so much they got into a fist fight, which was eventually ended when raven from manila slapped them both across the face.
you missed out on the best field food betsy has ever had in a tournament, ever.
you missed out on sam berry's little brother trying his best to intentionally throw a game in the b-pool quarters, drawing the ire of the rest of his teammates who actually wanted to win.
you missed out on so much fun, you are going to have to live with the indignity of not going to the cheapest, easiest to get to, most partyin' tournament that side of hk for another full year.
Will memories of this tourney never die? (Found these on my computer today and figured I'd share. Why not, right?)
Sara Udall, sweet forehand
Joe and Kevin, representing Beijing
Jono, Gareth and Sandy
Phil, Joe, Alec and I at Golden Horse Square in front of Hump Hostel.
Ningbo, your turn.
Congratulations to the tourney organizers of Bangkok's 9th Annual Hat Tournament, themed Timewarp 3009. We'll have pictures and maybe some words up in the coming days, but for now check out Bangkok Ultimate's awesome website -- and we do mean awesome. I excel in both content and deliverance so let's put on our classics and we'll have a little dance shall we? Yeah British electronica!
The 2008 tournament album (Flickr) is here. Also pretty amazing.
Questions, concerns, lost-and-found directions, email Nutt and Julie: bk.hat.tourney@gmail.com
In the rosy afterglow of Kunming's recent hat tourney, Ningbo is announcing one of its own: March 27-28 (that's Friday-Saturday) at the University of Nottingham in Ningbo, China.
For 200 RMB (or less, says the tourney invite), you get:
-Name
-Sex
-Age
-Height
-Jersey size (Chinese sizes)
-Accommodation preference and length of stay
-A rank of yourself in each of the following categories: experience, defense, speed, throwing and receiving. See the chart below (borrowed from the kind people of Bangkok Hat)
Experience
1- 0-6 months
2- 6 months or more, pickup only
3- More than 6 months, league experience
4- More than 2 years, mid-level club player
5- High-level club experience
Defense
1- No strategy
2- Understands a force
3- Understands a force and can play zone
4- All the above and known as a good defender
Speed
1- I can barely run
2- I can only keep up with a few opponents tops on any given line
3- I can hold my own against most
4- I got wheels
Throwing
1- Can barely throw a flick, if at all
2- Can throw flicks and backhands short-range, no breaks
3- Can make longer throws and sometimes break
4- I got hucks and breaks all day
Receiving
1- I have butterfingers
2- Can catch pretty well but has trouble with reading
3- Can catch under pressure and read pretty well
4- Just put it
姓名
性别
年龄
身高
衣服尺码（中式尺码）
住宿偏好和住宿时间
还有你所属的下面所有项目的级别：经验、防守、速度、扔盘和接盘。 请参看下面的供选答案。
经验
1 0-6个月
2 6个月或者更多，无正式比赛经历
3 多于6个月，并有正式比赛经历
4 多于2年，俱乐部飞盘队员水平
5 高水平飞盘运动员
防守
1 没有战术
2 明白‘force’
3 明白‘force’并明白区域防守
4 明白上面所有并以防守好闻名
速度
1 我不快
2 我还行
3 我比较快
4 我非常快
扔盘
1 刚会正手扔盘
2 会扔短距离的正手和反手，不会‘break’
3 会扔远距离的盘，有时会‘break’
4 扔盘大师
接盘
1 接盘不好
2 接盘不错，但是读盘有问题
3 能在压力下接盘，能很好读盘
4 我什么都可以接住
Dear all,
Here is a exciting news about Ningbo hosting a tournament on 27th March. We are very honored to invite you to our tournament. Like other tournament, loads of beer and booze, nice field, and most importantly, frisbee! We are sure to show you a well-prepared tournament and try our best to largely offset your transportation, accommodation and tourney fees. All are sincerely welcome and all we need is your participantion. Finally, I am very grateful of your all along contributions to China's ultimate. Hope to see you in Ningbo!
More information will be provided in the attachment. If you have other players interesting on this tournament, pls let me know, thank you.
Cheers,
It's official: the much-anticipated Jeju tournament -- among the best in Asia -- will be held on April 18-19.
Jeju is Korea's largest island, off the southwest coast. You can see it if you squint in the above map.
No offense to Boracay and any of the other Philippines touranments, but if there's one resort island you should go to on the Asia Ultimate circuit, this is probably the place. Hotel/food/fields/transportation/booze paid for in ful. We'll ruin the suspense and tell you right now the booze is soju -- lots and lots of it.
If you don't mind all the honeymooners and half-naked (fully naked?) beachgoers, you just may set your eyes upon this glory:
The Ultimate isn't bad, either. Rumor has it that this year the fields are the same ones used by Korea's national soccer team for World Cup training.
Jeju '08, from Jihoon Choi's Facebook album
More info, including registration details, to come later.
Listed alphabetically by last name; most of these albums require Facebook registration/login.
Mary Carlson: Inaugural Kunming Hat
Inaugural Kunming Hat Part Two
Inaugural Kunming Hat Part Three
Julie Cvetkova: Kunming Hat Tournament (Part 1)
After the Game
Roldy Luo: Kunming Ultimate Frisbee Hat Tournament Part One
Kunming Ultimate Frisbee Hat Tournament Part Two
Katherine Kingman Ng: Kunming Hat Tournament
Kevin Reitz: Kunming Hat Tourney
Mike Shyu (12 albums in all, with an assist from Helen; Mike also has eight videos up, which means he should get some kind of award):
Kunming Hat Tourney Day 1 Part 1/6; etc.
Kunming Hat Tourney Day 2 Part 1/6; etc.
Anthony Tao: Beijing Ultimate
Ivan Xu: Kunming Hat Tournament
Tina Yen: kunming hat pt. 1
kunming hat pt. 2
Please leave a link to your Kunming Hat Tourney album if you have any.
The Berry brothers and Ivan and the rest of the Kunming Ultimate Frisbee community deserve a big pat on the back for organizing a fantastic hat tournament this past weekend, which is sure to draw more and more participants in the coming years.
Not that the turnout was lacking this year: about 50 players -- comprising three hat teams plus Ningbo -- showed up for the two-day event, many flying in -- and not cheaply -- from Shanghai and Beijing. Not one of them will say the trip wasn't worth it. Blue skies and warm weather, two parties, two days of disc, and more Dali beer than anyone -- even a horde of alcohol-guzzling Frisbee players -- could consume... what more could one ask for?
The tourney was won by Team 2, a.ka. Sponge Beer Blue Pants. It beat Team 3, Frisbee-Porn-Dot-Com, 15-10 in the finals. Team 1, After the Game, defeated Ningbo in the consolation bracket.
Jon Greenberg of Shanghai (Team 2) and Sandy Wang of Beijing (Team 3) were selected the tourney's most valuable players.
Spirit awards were given to (from left to right in the photo below) Sandi Sharma, Jacob Rivkin, Ivan Xu, Logan, Ningbo player (name TK), Jeff Orcutt and Erin.
The teams, from champs on down:
Sponge Beer Blue Pants CORRECTION: Spongebeard Boobpants
FrisbeePorn.com
After the Game and Ningbo
More pictures:
The Berry brothers, Jon and Sam.
Unfurling the inaugural banner.
