Freestyle and Puma are hosting a special jam at Bread and Butter, Berlin – Friday 9th 2010, starting at 3pm at the Puma Booth, Playground 1, Hangar 1. With a special performance from Janelle Monae at 4.30pm!

To celebrate the launch of FSM issue two friends and competitors came together from around europe for “the Baltic Sun Prayer Session” our first Frisbee festival on the windy shores of the Baltic sea.

The team arrived earlier on in the week in our beloved She Hannibal to prepare the event and test the wind. We were amazed by the weather that went from fierce blustery wind to rich blue skies and hot sun to rolling blue clouds full of thunder and lightning. The wind moved from a gentle steady breeze to crazy blustery bursts and flat level conditions. On the strength of this knowledge we prepared for the weekend with this unpredictable weather in mind.
Players started arriving from Thursday – our first guest being Pavel Baranyk who hitch hiked the whole way from Prague to be with us. Remarkably he managed to get a ride that took him to the gates of the campsite!
By Friday most of our guests were there and colored plastic could be seen flying through the air as we prepared for the nights revelries.
Because of the turbulent weather we had the foresight to erect a huge Red Cross tent built to resist even the strongest of winds that the Baltic had to offer which was good because once the sun started to drop the wind picked up sending sand and frisbees along the coast. We fastened down the flaps, opened the bar and got the music on and the party going.

It was a fantastic evening of dancing , laughing and drinking in a big tent in the middle of a windy beach. We partied till the early hours emerging from the tent into the elements and back to our campsite 300 meters along the beach.
The next morning the campsite woke up to the small of fresh coffee and eggs emerging from she hannibal as the FSM crew got the breakfast on. Right in-front of us we had a nice size field of grass where people ate breakfast, played some frisbee and prepared for the day ahead.

Once again the weather was changeable- big stormy clouds and wind followed by rich blue sky and hot sunshine. We all went to the main tent on the beach and the tournament started.
The wind was very challenging testing even the more controlled players to their limits but after a full day of freestyle we saw some good stuff going down. We also tried our hand at a new game called “jump on the lump”. Invented by Toby Canone, Noetzi, and myself on a previous recon.

The game has two parts: the first part involves making a gigantic sand lump almost 2 meters high. We all had a great time decorating it with multicolored frisbees and making it pretty – the final thing was quite a spectacle. The second part involves running as fast as you can, jumping as high as you can and making a spectacular catch onto the lump from a serve given by alternative people (lumpers).

The game rotates as a one “lumper” falls off the other side of the lump joining the servers and the next person jumps on the lump.

FreeStyle, Ultimate , Golf, Guts and all of the tried and tested disc games are great but Jump on the lump kicks the arse out of all of them (apart from freeStyle). Everyone got involved- Ozzy included who made a great lump catch but then wouldn’t get off the lump. – pros and spectators alike joined in to remind us what Frisbee is all about- fun and showing off.
After a superb day we all returned to camp for a feed and a hot shower and to change into our dancing shoes ready for the evening.

We had live music from Sabine and Arne and DJ Toondra spun funky electro house to the delight of the Czechs who got the dance floor rocking with their crazy dance moves. There was a nice mix of players and potential players and the boy to girl ratio was very good – enough to ensure that the boys were really pulling the dance moves out of the bag.
The drinks were flowing and the laughs were loud and again we partied till the early hours- some (Holger, Anton and Pille) even until the late morning!

The Finals – we decided to play the finals on the grass directly in-front of the She Hannibal which was perfect as we could put her air horn and melody horn to good use throughout the competition.

Play was good as everyone had the chance to work in more favorable conditions – the campsite was protected from the wind by the trees.

A perfect place for a beach tournament with a grass field bang center of the campsite should the beach be too windy.
We closed the games with an extravagant awards ceremony and thousands of Euros of quality prizes kindly given to us by our sponsors Bench and Retro Super Future Sunglasses. Further prizes were provided by our partners Discmania, Wulle Bier and of course FreeStyleMagazine.

A special prize went to all of the ladies who came keeping our sport a little less geeky.

Travis and Leif took the “old school ” award with their high energy and flowing routine reminiscent of days gone by when the nail delay was just another trick .

Jean won the Jump on the Lump competition with incredible agility and lump destroying mid air maneuvers. He won a limited edition Lazertits T-shirt.

FreeStyle went to Kolja and Waldi in a very close final that saw Bi Bi and Tim in second and third place went to Tournament director Toby “Canone” and Jan Schreck.

Jean won the MTA with a beautiful hovering throw sending our pink issue two fastback flying through the air for 9.52 seconds followed by Greg catch then Mahony.
And last but certainly not least the style prize went to Holger for his incredible funky dress sense and he went away happy with a beautiful pair of Retro Super Future Sunglasses.

A massive shout out goes to Tom and Dirk from Kulasurf, Crisi and her bar staff who provided drinks and glamour for the whole weekend while a personal thank you goes to the FSM crew (Massi and Ollie came all of the way from Italy) who worked hard to make this tournament something very special in a year full of amazing frisbee events and during a time when we are all so busy trying to make this magazine work.
kisses and hugs to everyone.
FSM.

PHOTOGRAPHS BY Philipp Maubach

After a lovely trip on the Spree on Captain Jan Sputnik’s boat the team arrived to set up a small exhibition of pages of the brand new mag with the help of Uli Weber, who shot the Alexis fashion editorial for the current issue. Helping hands everywhere and then a nice dinner.

The line up was inimitable, starting the evening with some funky tunes by Johnny Hitmann. Already everybody dancing with the incredible live performance of Onyx Ashanti and to keep on rocking all night long with Sasse and the Degustibus DJ Team (Batongo, Rubini, Toondra) in their fantastic outfits.

The night was a blast, go ahead and take a look yourself.

Berlin Jammers in action next to our beloved Shehannibal.

Degustibus DJ Team & Family.

Our lovely Hoola Hoop mates.

Onyx Ashanti in the house.

DJ Toondra.

Golden Charly Boxing Beautie.

Family.

Some glam among the sport.

Warming chill out fire.

photography: Marina Rosso

BIG THANKS TO BAR 25 TEAM!

BIG THANKS TO ALL  ARTISTS!

BIG THANKS TO EVERYBODY WHO CAME ALONG!

AND OUR SEPCIAL THANKS TO BACKROOM ENTERTAINMENT!

FSM

Issue Two is here! After a very challenging time distributing, marketing and selling – we have managed to put together a magazine that once again will turn heads and see frisbees flying through the air.

We have raised our contributor profile so that we are working with photographers such as Uli weber and Jonah Samson, Stylists such as Grace Woodward and an array of talented artists, writers and illustrators.

But aside from a fantastic magazine we have a fantastic Frisbee! We are exited to tell you that our Issue two “fastback” model frisbee carries a wonderful design by Sir Paul Smith. The disc has the classic Pantone 806c pink- a favorite of Sir Paul and carries the slogan “Take Pleasure Seriously” in a metallic silver and also with his easily recognizable signature in the middle of the disc. This issue promises to be a true design collectable.

Buy one here!!!

She Hannibal was in attendance to make sure FSM was well represented and loads of Jammers came to show off their skills to the public who got the chance to join in with the fun and games.

We had Frisbee Golf, Maximum Time Aloft, Double Disc Court, Double Trouble and of course some FreeStyle action

The Jammers were happy playing on the nice soft grass and I heard some of them talking about “Porno Wind” to describe the great conditions for Frisbee play!

Photography: Anton Capellmann, Phillip Maubach, Greg Catch.

This Saturday the historical Tempelhof Airport in Berlin will open its gates up to the people in an open day park festival. More than 100,000 people are expected to come and enjoy the fields of the airport in a festival of kites, skate, bikes, football, picnics and of course FRISBEE!!
So once again The Berlin jammaZ meets FSM with our beloved she hannibal tour bus for chilling, spinning and tomfoolery!!
Come and join us – we will be making workshops with some of the worlds top players on hand to show us their stuff.

Bring a picknick and smile.
See you on Saturday from 10am.
FSM

Dear Freestyle Friends,

After the huge success of FreeStyle Magazine issue 1, I am very happy and proud to give you a sneak preview of our next issue. After a very challenging time distributing, marketing and selling – we have managed to put together a magazine that once again will turn heads and see Frisbees flying through the air.

We have raised our contributor profile so that we are working with photographers such as Uli Weber and Jonah Samson, Stylists such as Grace Woodward and an array of talented artists, writers and illustrators.

But aside from a fantastic magazine we have a fantastic Frisbee! As you will know from issue one we work with contemporary freestyle minded people to make the design for our magazine disc. And I am exited to tell you that our Issue two “fastback” model Frisbee carries a wonderful design by Sir Paul Smith.

The disc has the classic Pantone 806c pink- a favorite of Sir Paul and carries the slogan “Take Pleasure Seriously” in a metallic silver and also with his easily recognizable signature in the middle of the disc. This issue promises to be a true design collectable.

FreeStyle Magazine Issue two will be released on the 28th May with an extravagant launch party at Berlin’s infamous Bar 25 and followed up with our “Beach Launch” where we will party, play and test out our new disc on the shores of the Baltic Sea at our “Baltic Sun Prayer Session”. Take a look at our website and Facebook to get some more details and if you would like an invitation to the party then just write back to me and I will put you on the list.

I would be very happy if you could spread the word about the new issue. If you require further image material then just ask.

All the best,

Jason

Disc-sports are recently seeing a gigantic resurgence in interest and right at the top of this wave are the Berlin Jammers and our Prague friends. We have decided to host our very own Beach event on the shores of the Baltic Sea on June 11th-13th.
The FreeStyle Magazine “Baltic Sun Prayer Session” will be the first Frisbee tournament of it´s kind!

We have secured an incredible location on a beautiful stretch of beach where we can jam as well as swim, party and build fires. Directly behind the beach is a campsite with places for tents and if you are in the mood to splash out there are affordable bungalows available.

Alongside our Freestyle Frisbee tournament there will be classic Frisbee games such as MTA, Golf, Double Trouble, Accuracy and more.

If you wanna try surfing our partner Kulasurf can help you.

Our Berlin Hoola Hoop friends are in attendance and some top level DJ´s will play the finest tunes to you from top of our beloved She Hannibal. We will all feast on our specially prepared BBQ.

Through FreeStyle Magazine and its related events we spread the Jam, bringing Frisbee to creative people who like to play. With a big promotion in Rostock we will invite the local people to join us, watch us play and most importantly to TAKE PART. There will be workshops and demos and a “Funny Disc Golf” game to introduce the sport to the general public. At FSM we are putting our heads together to think about new and unusual games we could play. Suggestions from Jammers are welcome.

Keep an eye out for further updates on Baltic Sun Prayer Session.

The sun rises in the east.

FSM