Archive for March 10th, 2010

Paganello XX Part 5: Jersey and party!

Wednesday, March 10th, 2010

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Right after midnight, a mail slid into my mailbox. It was from Jumpi. The subject line said “Party theme and others”. I became a bit excited. What supercal.., meh, idea did they come up with for this year? As I wrote back in January, this year Paganello is dedicated to “Amarcord“, Federico Fellini’s Oscar-awarded movie from 1975, so I was a bit right about the party theme: “The Oscar Night: Movies and red carpet”. I just felt  a bit “bleh“. There was a movie theme back in 2007, and there was an actual Oscar award on the freestyle arena held by a Swiss or German team (I think), with hardwood manikins painted in gold. We’ll discuss whether we’re going for some kind of costume or not for the Saturday party. I guess a bit of red carpet glued to a fake tux teeshirt would do?

On a happier note, but still talking tops, the mockups for the Paganello 2010 edition jerseys is complete and will start printing today in Seattle by Five Ultimate! The logo will spread across the chest, about 33 cm in total. And the cost is unbeatable compared to the other big companies as far as I know. Can’t wait to put it on!

Since this years Paga is named Amarcord which means “I remember”, here’s some  questions for you:

  • How many times have you attended Paganello?
  • What themes have you experienced?
  • What’s your best Paga experience?
  • If you are playing this year, what team are you playing for?

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Ultimate videos

Wednesday, March 10th, 2010

I found a new blog today, The Ultimate Shubbard, written by Stephen Hubbard. I was actually planning to do  a writeup on this post, which I’ll probably come back to in some way. But then I saw the latest post from this Sunday, started watching the first video and instantly realized that the music was “ripped off” from Jason Lippman’s remix of the Ultivillage original that I can’t find right now.. Then scrolled down a bit and found the next video to feature the same soundtrack. And after that, Jason’s remix. Stephen couldn’t be more correct in stating that it’s “the best song for a highlight video”.

Last year I wrote a piece on “Videos and the lack of good ones“. It was more trash talk than anything. Of course there are good ultimate clips out there. Ultivillage is a good source, but not free for all. Back in the day when I made videos, I tried to connect as much of the action to the music, to make it fit, just like Jason. In the beginning the raw material was shite because of bad cameras (not mine..), but it picked up in the end. I’ll do some prowling for new great stuff, but I’d be happy to get tips from everyone. So what’s your favorite Ultimate clip?


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