The committee would like to explain some of its preliminary changes to the judging system and to address some of the feedback we have received. We ask, however, that the community reserve final judgment until the new system undergoes further testing and until the players have experienced it themselves. We are still at the beginning […]
The FPA is currently accepting bids for both: the 2020 FPA Worlds (in 2 years) and the 2019 American Freestyle Open (next year). Those of you in South America (Medellin) and Canada (Toronto) should also consider applying for AFO! Below you can find the applications. Contact any of us on the FPA Board if you […]
All, We have gotten a great volunteer response from membership stepping up to help develop the recently approved judging system changes. In discussing the scope of effort and the number of volunteers, we will be able to set up a more robust system for implementation. We are setting up the process with both a […]
Ryan Young has offered the sport an opportunity to take advantage of his unique skill sets. Specifically, if FPA membership supports Ryan’s proposal, he and a newly created committee will develop a new FPA Judging System* that combines the best of current FPA Judging**, as listed in the competition manual, with the best parts of […]
If you want to get your hands on the new DIAL judging system which has been successfully used at Frisbeer Cup 2018 and which everybody talks about these days, now you can easily do it (and we encourage you to)! Ryan (who programmed this judging software from the scratch) prepared an easy 10-step instructions […]
Members, The FPA is required per it’s bylaws to have an election for specific positions each year. This year we have 2 positions open, the Competition Director and Education Director. While we have only one person running for each, we still are required to have this election. We are asking all members to vote […]
NEW FPA MEMBERSHIP STRUCTURE All, The FPA has revised our membership structure for the upcoming year based on significant input and to motivate new membership. All members will be allowed to compete at Major and FPAW events. As part of the new membership structure, there will be no physical membership packages. A big benefit of […]
FPA is proposing a new European (and potentially also American) MAJOR tournament to fill in the gap years between EFO and AFO It will not be a regular FPA tournament, on the contrary, we want to support new approaches, encourage TDs to experiment and push the sport forward Read the detailed proposal below […]
Dear FPA members and other interested parties: As you may have noticed, there have been a series of surveys recently emerging regarding the FPAW 2017 in Bibione. Zanardi, the tournament director for FPAW 2017, released two surveys via email listservs and Facebook. The FPA Board of Directors emailed a Survey Monkey survey to current […]
Aloha FPA Members! Have some great ideas in order to grow the sport of Freestyle? Ever want to have a larger impact on Freestyle Frisbee/Disc? Ever wonder how the FPA works behind the scenes? Got a couple hours on some Saturdays throughout the year to brainstorm about creative ways to Spread […]
The New Year New Champion (NYNC) initiative supports emerging players attending the World Championships. For this edition, a storytelling component is added alongside the existing grant. . The initiative is open both to: . players who wish to apply for the grant community members who want to support the initiative through donations . What’s offered […]
LeiOut! A small but mighty freestyle team brought freestyle to the LeiOut Beach Ultimate tournament in Huntington Beach, January 16-19. Demos, jams, new connections — and big interest from players who had never seen freestyle before. Read the full story… . Friday, the group met near the Pier in Huntington Beach. The team connected on […]
The Freestyle Players Association (FPA, freestyledisc.org) and the World Flying Disc Federation (WFDF, wfdf.sport) have been working together for some time. In 2026, this cooperation reaches a new milestone: the Freestyle World Championships will be jointly sanctioned by both organizations. This unification brings freestyle under a single, shared World Championship, combining the competitive focus […]
