blast from the past with a broken back

so last weekend was the kaimana klassik....a huge ultimate tournament (huge for hawaii) w/ 18 open teams and 11 women's teams. president's day weekend...19 years running. i wasn't actually planning on playing at all (volunteering) but i went to a little prepart on thursday night at magoo's and met some'a the true veterans of hawaii ultimate and they twisted my arm into playing on the spirit team...the team that's just kind of mishmashed from people who don't have a team, don't have a full team, or just really love the spirit of the game. they were also low on numbers.

soooo i ended up playing with them all weekend. i wasn't planning on playing because of a knee injury in october and my back was acting up for months before christmas break, and after travelling through christmas break (vegas/new york)...plane rides, crashing on couches and floors...not sleeping well...my back resembled something like a question mark and i decided to drop off my original team for kaimana (spam i am) who was practicing and working out and everything...i couldn't do it.

and so i was just gonna volunteer and party.

but then the old guys convinced me to at least bring my cleats. and yeah...pretty much played as i would've...perhaps refrained from a FEW sketchy layouts...but definitely took many :) you how i play. and i only play one way....

so many stories, so little time. check out the website, though:

http://www.hawaiiultimate.com/kk/kk19/index.html

seriously, it's a great fuckin' time. camp on the beach across the street (cheap!). i think there're 8 fields setup on the polo fields. beautiful mountain backdrop...seriously nothing like it anywhere.

oh, and did i mention we drank 35 kegs in the course of the weekend? plus booze.

and there's a hat draw on a neighbor island every year the weekend following, so it'd be a pretty sweet 2 week trip if you could make the time and get a ticket...

show me my comments work. please.


i need sleep...and a massage.