fllfllfllllnan-u “Since 1948" Proudly Announce the 1984 MAZDA U.S. OPEN FRISBEE DISC CHAMPIONSHIPS S|I\VH.l 9NI'IUVHdS O.I.0Hd @ 17861 The Richest Tournament of 1984. WHEN : June 26 through July 1. 1984. For more information. Check In on June 25th. contact : WHERE : La Mlrada_ Regional_ Park La Mirada. CA. ‘ . D a" Ma"g°"e 1 WHAT : Full Format Overall Competmon 1 Self Caught Flight (MTA 3. mo) T°U"‘a'“e'“ D'reC*°f \ Disc Golf Accuracy Discathon PO Box 911 Freestyle Double Disc Court Distance La Mirada. CA 90637 300 ENTRANTS (714) 523-5282 ; ( 256 Men. 44 women ) l FLYING DISC ILLUSTRATED 3 Althoug1 flying disc sports are ccmmzn band to bridge otherwise insur- still in an arbrycnic stage, the mountable differences. 'Jhe potaitial develqmeat rims far has been quite isthereandvtithyourhelpwehqae exciting. '1he dawning of the day to build many new bridges. when the average person on the street corner can explain Intimate grows BII.L'IULIN nearer. In 1983, several natimally televised programs aired flying disc events. Coverage by these telecasts Send q_ues‘l’_‘Lc‘ns and materials to: provicbd important signposts for the future and gave significant recogni- FLYJNG Disc 1'.I’lLSI'RA'IED tion where it was due. p.o. Box 991123 We feel that as flying disc San niego. CA 9209 llllll PIIIIPIIIT sports continue to grow, many of the people of the world will find a new, he International Flying Disc Ibsociation is a non-profit edicaticnal organization dedicated FEfii?EN@ 1IDE§@ to the perpetuation of flying disc sports. ‘lb this end. the organiz- tim spcnsors ciinics and shows, holds natimal local and and oolpetfitficxxs, CONTENTS: WINTER 1984 publidaes FIEg Disc Illustrated. 'mis publicaticn serves a two- 1983 UPA National Championships- . — . - . — . - . - . --5 fold purpose: first , it functiams California Nationals - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - --8 as the voice of the Internatimal Fly- ing Disc Association; and seocnd, it Flipped Disc - - - - ~ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - --11 provides a forum for axthusiasts of the various flying disc disciplines to camunicate ideas and information. EDITING STAFF Flying Disc Illustrated welcomes (IAYRNO-ESE the submission of articles or pictures Ebceuitive Riitor for inclusicn in upcoming issues. In many respects the scope of coverage III! lilll/[Ii BIIL '1ULIN by the magazine directly relates to THE Chief fiiitor the sugport received from its readers. With so many flying disc events PAI.lL(FMI']IN taking place on a daily basis all Nhnaging Riitor across the world, many important events go unnoticed by disc a1thusi- IARRYIIROIE asts from different geograghic loca- Editor tiais. Accordingly, we offer special SIIIVHJ. enoouraganaxt for submission of mater- SQNIIILICX ial by on foreign readers. Editor Riblished quarterly, with a cir- culafim that reaches eigit different countries, Flying Disc Illustrated is 9Nl'|flVHdS LAYOU T STAFF distibuted at retail cutlets, tourna- Cl’.AY'Iu*I GI?-SE ments and shows, and by subscript-im. Revenues frrm the publicaticn go to- 0l0Hd PAUL CEMEIOI ward financing flyingdisc tairnaments such as the 1984 Left (hast World © Indoor Freestyle Championships. ADVERTISING The more successful the publica- I786l ARIA CPMHIN tion, the greater the prize maney at such events. '1his year's World Indoor Freestyle Championships reverds dedi- ON THE CDVER: Karla I-bffineyer makes PROMOTION c:atch. cated freestylists with over $5,000.00 a picture perfect BILL ,mLm in cash and prizes. In the future we Karla's co-op team took first place in the women's division of the 1983 plan to increase grize mrney and hold LARRY “mum other types of flyingdisc tournaments. California bhticnals. ® Whatever The Sport . We've Got You Covered MIIIWISI BWHP5 I983 NIIIIIWM IIIIIMMI lIIIllMPIllN.S'IIIP$ NEW <©][R9][£o]|E§9§I|[NJ’ By Clay Chase years, the Windy City of Chicago tally filed. This infornationwould was left standing as the 1983 serveinvaluable1aterinthetour- men's chanpions and the Fisheads namentwheretheslightestedgeor Fifteen of the best Ultzimate of Michigan State University as angle could mean the difference teams in the naticn met at flue thel983wmen'schanpions. betweenvictoryanddefeat. University of New Orleans over 'I‘heFca1olodgewasdesignatedas thelhanksgiving holiday to play the "official motel of the 1983 WOMEN'S COMPETITION out the final leg of the UPA nationals" and the air was thick (Ultimate Plazers Association) with excitatart and as Fri<hy's ccnpetitiau put the sarctioned Natimal Chaxpicnships. the teams arrived. Stories of Each tean had eamed their playoff regional results were snapped as over the Spinsters from Boston berth in fierce oarpetition at the old friaxdswerereunitedandnew 17-16, Oregon's Ihrk Star‘ beat sectional and regional levels, and cneswerenach. Nartalprqaaration D.C.'s Andruneda 15-6 and flae came to New Orleans with hqaes of for the natimals starts shortly Spinsters beat Pndruneda 15-7. clenching Pmericas most highly after the feeling sinks in at Fisheads defeated the Florida 'Ihin coveted achievement in the sport regimals that your team is actual- Man 15-10 and mrk Star beat the of Ultimate. ly going. flliisnientalprqaaration ‘I‘hinMen15-4. After the dust had settled in wasinfu1lswing'Ihursdaynightas Onsaturdaythespinsterscrushed what eas:i.ly could be argued the cluestoortherteamstrrmgthsand Florida 15-1. Spinsters edged lhrk most ccnpetitive natimals in weaknesseswerediscussedandmen- Star 15-12. Andruteda stcnped " » ;,. ‘JWT. i .1. U E 1HVfllS . ‘Na 4 H‘ ‘ H39NlH38 01OHd © t86l San Diego spinoffs control disc on Windy City's goal line —— looking to score in the finals. FLYING DISC ILLUSTRATED MEN'S COMPETITION Four teams — the "&31'.norffs" from San Diego; "Kaboan" from NYC; "Static Disc" fran D.C.; and "Fat Wcmen" frun Qinsville Florida; made this their maiden trip to the naticnals to join the six veteran teans -- defending chatps, Boston's "Ride Boys"; the "Qmdors" frun Santa Barbara; the "Windy City" frcm lHVfllS Qiicago; the "Gang" frun Irerrton, New Jersey; "Ihllas Ultimate" frcm, you guessed it, Dallas; and last but certainly not least, the "Panteras" frcm St. Louis, Missouri. HJEJNIHSH Brian Ml1IPhYr the UPA naticnal director, brought the captains meet- ing to or&r and started by thinning 0.I.0Hd the crowd dawn to one captain per team. Steve Nbmey of the Rude Boys @ ccmnented that the pmedetennined pools were unfair as the decision 1786l process was too subjective. Brian Murphy ecplained that the pools had Flor-.i.da15-6andtha1tc;pledthe Suzanne Fields of Spinsters been picked by a fomula devised be- Fidneadslfi-8. (IQl1yGreenand being blocked in game against fore the regimals and gave everyone 'I‘:.ay\hnh1bergsatt‘nisgameout Fisheads. afairshotatnaldngthefinals. asaqnotinthefinalswasalready are a "Go for it team" because they A verbal vote was defeated and the guaranteed.) "never give up". pools retained unchanged. 'Ihebestganecx1Saturdayvas Congratulations Fisheads for your 'I‘he proposal of games to 17 was easilyt.heDarkStarFisheadmatch- 1983 National Ultimate Chanpionship adamantly cgposed and after scme up. ilhevdndwasabigfactorin victory! thisganeandcaxnsedthenajority oftheturnovers. fllaesoorewas tiedatz-Zandagainat 7-7. 'Ihe Fisheadznnevaseasilyhnokenby thetarkstaroffansebuttmforced drtpsbythrkstarkqatlwichigan alive. 'IheE‘:i.sheadsnovedahead 12-9butmrkStarbouncedbackto tieitupat12a1_1. Aliarkstar drcpset1:paneasyFisheadsoore to make it 13-12. Dark Star tied itupat13buttheFisheadsputin 1984 thefinalsooretowinl4-l3assur- © ingtheirspotinthefinals. 'Iheqn'nster/Fishead finalwas closealltheuaywithbothteans playingthezcnebecauseofthe PHOTO terribleweather. After2hoursof playandarmltituieoftunxvvers, Spinsters ledl0-8. fihegaxeuas cappedat 12andSpinsterssooxed BERINGER first making it 11-8, just one poir1tav.ayfrt1nvd:n1ir1gthetonir- namerrt. ’Ihe Fishaads had other i<bas, tba1gh,astheyri1:pedorff STUART 4stLaigi*rtsoorestotakethegame andw:i.nthetournaunent. Danalewis, aplayerfrtmtheI.adyOoncbrsput Windy City Ultimate the it best by saying that the Fisheads throwing against defending champs, Rude Boys. Windy City eliminated the Rude Boys by Winning this game. FLYING DISC ILLUSTRATED 7 discussion a new format was decided Lponi games to 19 Friday and Sauiday (ceiling of 21), seni-finals to 2]. (ceiling of 23) and finals to 21 (ceilingof 25). ’Ihe final day of catpetitiai marked the survival of fair teams: Glue San Diego Spinotffs (3-1) versus the Santa Barbara Ccndore (4-0) and the Windy City (4-0) versus Dallas Ultimate (3-1). The weather Sunday nDm:i.ng was vannwitha lomphwindoutofthe northwest. Defense became the key factor in the San Diego vs. Santa Barbara game and San Diego took the half 11-5. Slortly after the second half started the weather took a disastrous turn. A chilling wind whisked across the University of New Orleans playing fields and the tarperature immediately drqped 15°. A torrential rain storm followed and the wind howled at a steady l5to 20mph. $n Diego kept the Omdors frun scoring with their "mp" defense iHVfl1S and manacpd to break the Ctndor man-to-man to score several upwind points. The a1tire game was stmned up when Jim Kreidenneir had a Condor HJBNIHJG receiver wide open in the axdzme 1.5 feet away and attargpted to throw a short overhead to him. '1he wind the disc 0l0Hd and rain literally ripped to the ground and everyme just © kind of looked at each other for a minute and thougit "gee, this is bad‘. The Spinoffs went on to win 795i 21-14. used its zone in