Luke Johnson, the co-owner of the video production company Fulcrum Pro that produces games for the AUDL, is putting together a team of videographers and editors to provide extensive video coverage of the Women’s Division at the 2016 National Championships. Here’s the hype video Fulcrum released this morning about the project:

Fulcrum Pro | Women’s Division Coverage

Dennis “Cribber” Warsen’s long-anticipated documentary ‘Flatball‘ about the history of ultimate is getting closer to a public release. The film has been in post-production for years now, but some major additions have come to the film, including narration from Alec Baldwin.

Last week, Flatball released a new trailer. Check it out:

Flatball Film Trailer | Ultimate Frisbee History Documentary

Prairie Fire’s Jay Froude made an unbelievable layout catch against Sub Zero in the North Central game-to-go, but got it called back on a travel. SO HE DID IT AGAIN!! The score made it 13-10 Prairie Fire, and they went on to win 15-12 to claim the region’s second spot at Nationals.

Video comes courtesy of Mad Men Ultimate, who provide the blistering commentary:

Jay Froude Layout Score | North Central Regionals 2016

The 2018 World Juniors Ultimate Championships will be held just outside of Toronto, Canada, in the city of Waterloo, according to a press release from the World Flying Disc Federation late last week.

The tournament will be held from Sunday, August 19th to Saturday, August 25th, 2018.

The Waterloo bid for the tournament got some press earlier this year when Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau offered his official support for the bid in a letter.

The 2016 WJUC — held in Wroclaw, Poland — had a record 49 teams from 29 countries. The tournament’s move to North America is expected to limit attendance as travel costs spike for teams from European and Asian countries.

Triangle Triforce, the 2016 YCC U19 Boys Division champions, put out a thoroughly entertaining highlight reel from their gold medal run:

Triangle Triforce YCC Highlights 2016

Today’s New York Times crossword puzzle starts solvers off with an interesting first clue for the seven letter 1-across: “Ultimate necessity?”

Maybe you guessed it. Spoiler alert: FRISBEE.

The NYT crossword blog also talks a bit about the clue (along with a picture from the Madison Radicals/Buzz Bullets game.

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Ultiworld has posted free video coverage of all three U19 division finals from this summer’s Youth Club Championships to our Youtube page. Check them out below! (more…)

Durham Turbine’s Matt Bode came up with some huge plays — including this monster ‘up-bid’ for a score — to help lead his team to an upset over Raleigh Ring of Fire in the semifinals of North Carolina Sectionals. Check it out, courtesy of Hugo Sowder:

Matt Bode Layout Score  

Last week, Dylan Tunnell of the Atlanta Hustle was named the AUDL Most Valuable Player for the 2016 season. During the regular season, Tunnell led Atlanta with 66 assists, good for second in the league. Tunnell was chosen from a list of five finalists, which also included Jimmy Mickle, Mischa Freystaetter, Mark Burton, and Peter Graffy. (more…)

Check out the final Club Power Rankings of the regular season. There are some substantial changes to this week’s rankings after a tumultuous Pro Flight Finale.

We will update the Power Rankings again after Regionals.