Gravity's Rainbow takes 11th place!

We’re back from the beautiful beaches of Boracay and have lots to share. Some of it is internet-appropriate, some of it isn’t. I guess I’ll let you be the judge. 

The whole reason to travel to Boracay this past weekend was to enjoy the sun and the sand. Oh yes, and play in an ultimate frisbee tournament. This was my first “official” international tournament and I now believe I am spoiled for all other tournament experiences. I mean, look at the view below. Seriously! 

Okay, back to reality. HA - joke’s on you - that IS the reality in Boracay and it was flipping amazing. 

Our team was called Gravity’s Rainbow and was a combination of friends from Taiwan, Manila, Japan & one random kid that James met in Hong Kong while at the Rugby 7s. We had never played together as a team, some of us had never met before, and we had 3 days and 7 games to get acquainted in paradise. Game on. The team rundown:

James: Taiwan and captain!

KuoHsun: Taiwan

Laura: Taiwan

Paul and me: Taiwan

Suzanne: Taiwan

George: Taiwan

Scot: Manila

Ellie: Japan

Andre: Japan

Rena: Japan

Sam: Beijing

Bats: Manila

The games were to 13 or 40 minutes - whichever came first and were a 3-1 format, meaning 3 boys/1 girl on the sand. The inbounds were much smaller than the regular frisbee fields we play on and that it is because IT IS INCREDIBLY DIFFICULT TO PLAY IN SAND. We rotated people on after any point scored because a) its 90+ degrees outside 2) running 10 meters in sand is akin to strapping 10 pound weights on my feet and asking me to run as fast as I can c) we need to hydrate, people! The kicker also was that we lost Rena & Andre on Saturday afternoon and George & Ellie on Sunday afternoon because they had to head home. The average team at the tournament had at least 15 people and we only had 13 for the first 3 games - then down to 11, then 9. You might call us badasses.

So - first game of the day is against a Singapore team called the Weagles. Their name is short for a Water Eagle, not a Warm Beagle - as Mainland thought, “Ya know, like a hot dog. A warm beagle.” Surprisingly, all of our random frisbee styles came together and we easily pulled off a win. I even DOVE to try to catch the frisbee! (That never happens, be impressed.) 

The second game of the day was against a Hong Kong team called Currier Island. From what I remember, we played pretty well and I made a defensive play and we won, so that’s about all the info you need on that game, don’t you agree?

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