Month: February 2006

I just heard that lulu.com is having a shipping special. Orders between $25 and $100 are shipped free – even internationally. I have confirmed it for domestic orders. So, get together with friends and buy together. Or, buy a few and share with friends.

For Europeans, Lui Tasini now has an inventory of books, so you can save on shipping by contacting her.

Again, you can learn more about the book at thisisfreestyle.com.

So, we are back from the Olympus! Everything was so great and professional, the organization over there is just outstanding, great food, great vibes!

As Masu told us after the first show (we did two during the day): “We made it!The entertainment was unbelievebly high! The only show where people came and stopped! The ONLY show that had the official Olympic photographer shooting! And the only one that made interactions with people! Even athletes came, watching amazed and tried some moves!! The organizers of the “entertainment area” had the best feedback with us! We won them!”

Eleonora could make lots of photos of the event and Matteo Ceresa shot with the videocamera the second show…awesome!
I’ll post the video soon and Eleonora will post the photos!

Thanks again to Masu for giving frisbee this great opportinuty!

Thanks to Matteo Ceresa for hosting all of us in Torino and shooting the video!

Thanks to Lui and Clay for organizing, brainstorming everything from the travel to the show!

And a big thanks to the athletes who took part to the event:

Clay Collerá
Matteo Gaddoni
Eleonora Imazio
Alessandro Collerá
Matteo Ceresa
Luca Medri
Fabio Sanna

See you next event!

Fabio & Eleonora

See the first photos, in the official Olympic Village newsletter: (pdf) – thanks Mouss

Lui Tasini reports that there will be a freestyle demo at the Olympics this week. It was arranged by Emanuele Maltoni (Ema or Manu) from the Olympics. He was part of the Paganello organizing team a few years ago.

On Friday (February 24), Clay and Ale Collerá, Fabio Sanna, Eleonora Imazio, Matteo Gaddoni and Luca Medri freestyle will visit the Olympic Village for an unofficial Frisbee Freestyle show.

Wow!

I am asked all the time "is freestyle in the Olympics"? Now can I say yes? Many of us have watched big events like the Olympics and wondered what it would be like to be one of the "chosen" sports. Some disc sports are already used in Olympic training. For instance, I saw a segment a few years ago showing the US volleyball team using beach ultimate as cross training.

I can’t wait to see photos from the show and hear about everything: what the Village is like, whether the athletes watched and what they thought, whether they have any security issues. Everything.

Lui Tasini, Damiano Basso and Arthur Coddington have announced the release of THIS IS FREESTYLE, a 73 page book of freestyle photography and essays. THIS IS FREESTYLE chronicles 2005, one of the greatest years in our sport. Designed by Damiano Basso, the book shows competition action, jam footage and off-the-field moments from around the world and features images from nine photographers:

Lori Daniels
Christophe Legendre
Arnaud LévËnes
Suvi Flagan
Kolja Hanneman
Supri Suharjoto
Greta Giacomazzi
Alessandra Russo
Arthur Coddington

The book is written in both English and Italian and is available for only $10. Preview screenshots of pages from the book are available at thisisfreestyle.com.