Fabian Dinklage has put together an excellent website to allow all of our jams to be posted. This is an excellent way to create a jam or to find a jam! Further, it has excellent links for learning as well as a wide array of video links. What a great resource. The website applies […]
Watch a great video-recap by Ayal Benin of the very successful spread the jam mission in Africa. The international unit of 6 jammers traveled to the island of Sal, Cape Verde, to introduce hundreds of people to Flying Disc Freestyle through demos and workshops, as part of the inaugural African Beach Games, which took place […]
To WFDF and the FPA: First of all we would like to sincerely thank you for the wonderful experience and opportunity you gave us. We felt honored to take part in such a prestigious and historic event. We can confidently say we did not let the opportunity pass us by, and we believe […]
The spread the jam unit formed by international freestyle disc players* spent a total of six full days on the island of Sal, Cape Verde where the African Beach Games were happening. Their mission was clear – to spread the jam in Africa! At the end of each day, one of the 6 team members […]
World Urban Games (WUG): Freestyle Flying Disc Qualification Method Utilized for Selection of Freestyle Disc Athletes Freestyle Flying Disc continues to be developed worldwide. The sport is heavily populated with multiple groups of freestylers throughout Europe and North America. Other parts of the globe have fewer players. Play varies from athletes with very high skill […]
All, Join me in congratulating the following folks who have been selected to Spread the Jam at the Africa Beach Games! Mehrdad Hosseinian, Daniel O’Neill, Benedicte Audet, Ayal Benin, Andrea Festi and Michal Maciolek All have strong credentials Spreading the Jam and are certain to bring more women and youth to the […]
African Beach Games Fellow jammers, here is some exciting and urgent news! WFDF has asked the FPA to help recruit new freestylers in Africa. They have identified the African Beach Games in Cape Verde https://www.sal2019.com/ June 14 – 23 as a good place to spread the jam! To help with the trip expenses, WFDF will provide $750 […]
Emma Kahle from Seattle recently took a trip to Kenya, Africa where she spreaded the jam among other philanthropic activities. Here is what she reported: Hello Paul and the FPA! I am happy to report that I returned home from an amazing trip to Kenya and had some incredible experiences there spreading the jam. Thank […]
Jammers, the WFDF is running a Development Grants Program. This could be interesting for freestylers to promote our sport in new countries or support countries with smaller jam communities – i.e. Columbia, Japan, China, Australia, Russia. Read the original message from WFDF: The World Flying Disc Federation is pleased to present its final call […]
Are you ready to compete for the title of this year’s world champion? . . The FPA is generating a short-term fundraiser to offset the cost of this 3-year-old excellent initiative. The fundraiser is specifically for newer jammers who have great potential to compete at FPAW in Toronto and spread the jam. . . Past […]
All the final rankings for 2024 are out and just posted. If you see any errors, please let us know. • Open Division We have a new #1 Open player in Daniel O’Neill. Congrats Daniel on his first End of the Year #1 ranking! Also at #2 is Francesco Santolin. These guys bumped the […]
Dear FPA Members, We hope you’re enjoying a peaceful holiday season and looking forward to another exciting year of freestyle! As the newly elected Board of Directors, our first decision has been to approve a small increase in FPA membership fees—the first since 2017. Since then, general costs have risen significantly, especially for tournament directors […]