Jam Report from Fraser park

As Lori and I strolled onto the scene, there were already 2 mob-ops underway. As I nailed up, Lori jumped right in. As I entered the jam, everything changed and both mob-ops merged into a single, nine person jam. Energy was high, as everyone moved and passed, but it proved to be too many people and the jam broke up again within 5 minutes. This was great for me because I got to jam one on one on one with Brian and Jason, two soon to be “campers”. Brian and Jason are both solid clock players. Jason was at jam camp last year, and it showed with his solid passes and timely catches in the mob-op. Brian’s athleticism was equally impressive. Flips and hand stands were seen early and often in this threesome.
 
It didn’t take long for these guys to to tire me out. After a little water I was called into another group with Cindy, Lori, Dave Schiller. These four were already on fire and I knew I would have to step up my game to keep from jam busting. There was clock and counter, right side and upside side down, flat sets and roll outs. It almost seemed as if there was nothing we couldn’t do….and if you lost control for any reason, just bump it over to Dave. No matter what or how much spin, Dave had an answer. At one point Lori did a shoot to Cindy, who tipped to Dave. He pulled behind his back and rolled to me. I did an inverted roll back and turned it over with a wrist flip and sent it back to Dave. He CRUSHED a gitis on the UD disc, crashing and burning in the process. I wish I could recall some of the combos Dave was hitting but most of them were to complex for my brain to record without the benefit of instant replay.
 
As the day went on there was ebb and flow. Groups changed and everyone got hot. A few memorable moments included Lori’s spinning gitis, Jason’s spinning gitis, Cindy’s crushing catches from Dave’s sets, Danny saving EVERYTHING including one of my errant crow brushes – ending in a gitis, Amy and Dave flowing together so naturally, and the sunset. Yes, the sunset on the beach was incredible. I think mother nature gets move of the day for that one.
 
As the sun set Lori, Dave, Cindy, Jason, and I did some speed flow – “no delays allowed.” This simple rule challenged us to use throws, tips, bumps, hoops, and catches and to run our butts off. It made for some extremely fun play. We ended by gitising into the sun set, as this small photo album will attest to. Yes, four and a half hours later, we were satisfied…or maybe it was too dark to keep going. Either way, WOW! What a way to start the new year.

Returning From Jam Camp 2010

Lori and I have just returned from Jam Camp 2010 and let me tell you, it was amazing. As always, I spent most of my time with frisbees and friends and not behind the camera or at the computer. However, between Lori and I (mostly Lori) we have some photos, videos, and stories to share. We’ll sort them out and post them over the next couple days. For now, a few memorable moments; huge “pre” jam at Fraser park, Krae in the “post” jam, students step up BIG TIME in the competition, and Stork’s mind blowing introductory talk. Thank you to all the students, instructors, volunteers and ESPECIALLY to Tita for making it all happen. This is one of my favorite yearly events.

Freestyle Frisbee – Word of the Day – Turbo

Turbo: adj. A Frisbee Freestyler with endless amounts of energy for the jam. Usually the first one to the jam and the last one off the field. Also describes freestyle movements or style of play were a powerful, forceful, or explosive effort is exerted.

Ex. “As I watched them jam into the sunset I realized that they were most turbo.”

Ex. “The way you leaped into that gitis was so turbo.”

PDX Freestyler’s performing for the PSU Vikings

The PDX Freestyle Frisbee team will be performing for the Portland State University Vikings basket ball teams at their half time show. The performances will take place on Jan. 30 @ the 2:00p women’s game and Feb 26 at the 7:05p men’s game. The PDX Freestyle team consists of Lori Daniels, Jake Gauthier, Matt Gauthier, and Lisa Hunrichs. Buy some tickets and see the show…the basket ball game will be a great bonus! HAH!

Jam Report

Todays jam included Lisa, Lori, Jake (me), and the long awaited return of Matt. Matt and Lisa arrived first to the dance studio and warmed up the floor. Lori jumped straight in while Jake got prepared. Soon, the four were on fire. Restricted passes, brushes, kicks, skids and whole-lotta movement where the scene. It was evident after 10 minutes that we were all excited to play with the full cohort after so many months. Within 20 minutes we were winded…its funny how with so much movement, even with four players it’s an aerobic jam. Memorable moments included Lisa’s nice twisto-flex. She also hit many scare crows from every angle off everyone’s set. Lori hit a double spin behind the head and a sweet, unexpected bad attitude from my set. My big move was a twisto set to a spinning phlaud. Matt wins move of the day with his UDs takes. He hit one take behind the back right off the throw and then took it down between his legs, in perfect control. We also had a few practice moments where we each tried various moves including kneeling delay hold to set to hold, switching hands and knees. The jam lasted two hours. As the community center staff began locking up we all hit one last catch (the infamous “catch out”) and then headed back out into the rain. If we’re lucky, we’ll do it all over again tomorrow.

Heinsville on Facebook and Twitter

As Heinsville strives for improvement, we have added a Face Book Page and a Twitter Account. All heinsville blog entries will be posted to twitter. So, follow us to keep up on the latest. On Facebook, we’ll post some unique content, host discussions, and link to our favorite heinville happenings. We’ve also added an about us page to heinsville to help non frisbee freestylers to better understand what we’re all about. Now, let’s all go jam!