Dajeon Halloween Hat X

This past weekend was Dajeon's tenth annual Halloween Hat Tournament. Held along the river and under the big ol'sun the setting was prime. AND with little to no wind it was a great time for Ultimate.

'stumes:

On Halloween, plenty of people equals plenty of costumes: it was great to see costumes that reflected the creativity and fun-loving philosophy behind the ROK-U community. From the 40+ onesies, and the drag queens to the local impersonations and Alcohol-themed super heroes and everything in between everything was amazing. One of the neatest ones was Operation, and a Ramen Samurai but I was too drunk to remember seeing that. The spirit of the game flowed into the spirit of Halloween, everyone was happy and classy the whole weekend.

Highlights   

Obviously I didn't see everything with three games being played at once but here are five things I'll never forget... until something better happens. One highlight I didn't see was K-Mike's callahan on Sunday, kudos to him.

The Greatest;

Nick Whale was running with two defenders after a disc heading to the end zone. The disc was at least eight feet in the air and staying there. No biggy, Nick just leaped out the back of the end zone and threw it behind him like he's done it a million times. Whale's throw ended up right in between his trailing teammate's hands. Both made the play look easy. 

The Bid:

James CheeseWhiz (our only recurring player) was on the far side of the field ten feet out of the end zone. He put a dart into the endzone to a wide open Dan Danson. Danson made a great bid, parallel to the ground, fully extended, and made a spectacular one handed grab. It could have been an easier play... but what's the fun in that?

Coast to Coast 

Andy Wind, the man behind the event, plays so hard every second of the game it's just awesome to watch. He cut deep, leaving his man behind, and laid out for a disc that was a finger tip away from being caught. Off the turn, the opposition's handler put a deep disc to Wind's man who was all by himself. With Wind just getting up off the ground it looked like an easy point. Not the case Wind sprung up off the grass and chased down the disc into his own end zone and smacked it out of bounds. Simply nuts. 

Up in the Air

CheeseWhiz was defending Travis Nurse who was chasing down a bomb. The disc was curling into the corner of end zone and coming down. Both guys leaped up for it leaving a solid two feet between cleats and grass. James managed to get a hand on it pushing it out towards the sideline. That was until Travis got under the disc and brought it down, in bounds, with two hands.    

Tips

Obviously I didn't get to play an actual game this weekend since you can't defend with one arm but I still got to play a fun game of Tips. Which is non-contact and usually goes perfectly with a beer in one hand. It was four-on-four. As usual headers, knees, and kicks are worth more points than tipping the disc with your hands. The disc was being thrown to my team it dropped pretty quickly. CheeseWhiz (I promise I'm not following him.) kicked it up and sent it wobbling over to me. Still too low to grab I popped it up with the toe of my shoe and James managed to grab it. Double-kick, 10 points! I couldn't find it on youTube so this was obviously the first one ever. It's nice to be a part of history.

This tourney was great, as was the partay (from what I heard), and I can't wait to play in Halloween XI!