Thing 15: Tootsie's Modeling Career

Watching the Ultimate game a while back, Tootsie did a photo shoot of two of the best things in the world: Ultimate (a disc), and herself! Just look at her, fitting perfectly into the disc...

Er... Okay, so she got turned around. This next shot is pretty sweet, though...

Okay, I think she was a little shy on this shoot. The point was to get her to sit or stand in the disc, at least long enough for one good camera phone photo!...

And here's Tootsie retreating to her trailer. We almost had to call off the shoot entirely. She does not tolerate amateur photographers. At all. She just stayed in there and wouldn't even make eye contact with me...

But finally, after a few hours of pictures and some costly bribes, we got one usable shot of these two awesomest things...

Tada!... A Tootsie in a disc. Cuuuute!

Eventually, Tootsie grew to like Ultimate so much, she had her trailer redecorated to incorporate a disc into its architecture. Tootsie is truly an artist ahead of her time. Hope you enjoyed it!

Thing 12: Ultimate People vol.2

Here we are again. More far, far away grainy pictures from my sidelined camera phone!

Woah. Intimidating line!

Ridiculous marking skills!

And cross-field flick hucks!! No really, that guy's one of the best on the field. :)  He's also a doctor.

And, the grand finale... raw footage video!!

That's right, two sideline layouts/stretching catches in a row! That's how intense these folks are. Okay, so my image capture skills are terrible, but we really do have some good players here who keep me and each other running, playing D, and jumping for every disc.

You will no doubt dominate here once you're ready to take the field again.

That's it (until next practice!) for the on-field ultimate antics. But there are a few other, non-field Ultimate antics you'll like even more. Yet again, stay tuned in the upcoming days for what was going on next to me on the sidelines!

Thing 10: Ultimate People vol.1

One of the best things about Tyler is that there is a pretty decent group of ultimate players, especially for the size of the town. The biggest gathering is at the university on Wednesday evenings and Sunday afternoons.

There's a far, far away shot of a couple of players. I can name all the ones I can see.

Here's another far, far away shot. Those are in vogue now, you know. But there's more people!

They even run the other direction sometimes! Okay, my phone camera is not great, and my injured self couldn't get many pictures from the sidelines anyway. But that's sure a nice blue jug, huh?

Here's some final proof that ultimate is played in Tyler. I call this one the "grainy photo evidence"!

It's a lot better in person, I promise. There are more far, far away pictures where these came from! And I've got some additional non-action ultimate shots in reserve. Stay tuned!



P.S. - Here is some grass!