The terms of the following board positions are up for re-election this year:
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Thanks to Bethany, Majka/Cesco, and Edo for helping and working so hard for the FPA over the last few years!
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The FPA is now accepting candidates for these positions. If you have time, energy, and ideas to help the sport grow, please send your candidacy or nominations to president@freestyledisc.org.
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The deadline for nominations is October 1, 2025.
Q: What is the lobby designed to do?
A: The lobby acts like a lively foyer, showcasing curated highlights, seasonal promotions, and quick access to trending games so you feel inspired the moment you arrive.
Q: How does the layout feel?
A: Expect a clean, tile-like grid or a carousel of eye-catching images — elements that are meant to spark curiosity rather than overwhelm, with animations and previews to tease game moods.
Q: What kinds of filters make discovery fun?
A: Filters often include categories like volatility, theme, provider, jackpot size, and new arrivals so you can frame your search by vibe instead of just titles.
Q: Can search be playful rather than clinical?
A: Absolutely — smart search tools suggest synonyms, trending tags, and even designer-curated playlists so browsing feels like flipping through a music or movie library.
Q: Any way to find quirky or niche picks?
A: Some lobbies lean into personality with quirky editorial sections or collaborations; for a whimsical detour try a community-curated page such as https://example.com/ for an unexpected spark of inspiration.
Q: What are favorites used for?
A: Favorites let you bookmark games, create a personal lineup, and return instantly to the titles that hit the right note for your mood.
Q: Do playlists feel social or solo?
A: Playlists can be both — you might make a private queue for late-night sessions or share a public list with friends for recommendations and friendly show-and-tell.
Q: What perks come with building a personal collection?
A: Aside from convenience, favorites often feed into tailored recommendations, alerting you when a beloved title gets an update or when similar new releases arrive.
Q: How does the lobby feel on mobile?
A: Modern lobbies adapt to smaller screens with simplified menus, swipeable carousels, and one-tap filters so the experience stays playful on phones and tablets.
Q: What’s new about search tech?
A: Search now understands natural phrases and popular slang, making it easier to type what you feel — not just exact titles — and still find great matches.
Q: Do personalization features get tiring?
A: They’re meant to be helpful, not pushy; good designs let you opt in or out and keep control over which suggestions feel relevant to you.
Q: Any final thoughts on exploring the lobby?
A: Treat the lobby like a friendly host: it’s there to introduce you to new favorites, spotlight playful discoveries, and help you curate little moments of entertainment that match your mood.
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.
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The initiative is open both to:
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“The contribution will include, at a minimum, on-site housing for the 5 nights of the event and payment of your registration fee (= 445 EUR). If more funding comes in from the fundraiser, that will be given to the awardee for other expenses.”
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In addition to receiving the grant, the selected player will be asked to share parts of their Worlds experience through:
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All content should reflect the player’s personal experience at the event and tag FPA.
No professional media skills are required.
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Supporters can contribute via the FPA PayPal donation button.
Please add the note “NYNC donation” so contributions can be tracked correctly.
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Players interested in the grant can apply by filling in the application form:
https://forms.gle/pURWXWgwQxZhMULo9
Deadline – April 30, 2026
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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…
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Friday, the group met near the Pier in Huntington Beach. The team connected on structure for the demo and had a lovely jam. While jamming, we met several college students from Sacramento and spent an hour with them learning to tip and do trick catches and nail delay. Another group of about seven middle school boys from Seattle also joined and we spent some time teaching them to tip and delay as well. The team filmed parts of the jam as well as the teaching session and posted a promotional video using the footage.
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Saturday was opening day of the Ultimate tournament — we set up at LeiOut Tournament Central and enjoyed several soft sand quick catch jams between ultimate games during the course of the afternoon. Daniel hooked up with the Guts players and Amy, Will and Lisa talked to the Ultimate players and had small jams on the sidelines. Will and Daniel used the asphalt section of the beach right next to center court to hold periodic mini-jams to create some interest. At the end of the day we had a shredding jam on the hard pack with local jammers Jim Dodelson and world champion Dave Lewis. As the sun went down and ultimate players happened by, we also were able to connect with them and show some trick catches — there was a lot of enthusiasm and interest. Most had never seen freestyle before and some didn’t know it was even a sport.
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On Sunday, we set up on the main field and we were able to get in some long throws with trick catches and a short jam with lots of good co-ops. This pretty shreddy warm-up demo was filmed by the LeiOut videographer on the soft sand. During the halftime of the highest seed ultimate bracket game, our team performed a 3 minute routine with several long throws and shorter co-op sequences in front of a crowd of about 300 to 400 ultimate players, many of whom had never seen freestyle before. Amy had an amazing body roll sequence, Will hit several spinning catches, Lisa got a nice combo ending in a crow, and Daniel was able to pull off a huge layout catch in front of the crowd. The spectators were very fired up!
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After that game ended, the Guts finals were played on the main field (Daniel’s team also made — and won — the finals, which made him highly visible at the event!). After the demo we talked to players from Boston, Memphis, and Kansas City. During the Guts finals after the Ultimate finals, Amy and Lisa jammed on the sidelines which gave us the opportunity to teach several women how to perform body rolls and trick catches. It was a great opportunity to share and talk about our sport. Tournament Director Grant Boyd came by immediately after the finals to congratulate us and enthusiastically stated that he would like us to have a freestyle tournament as part of LeiOut next year.
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Local shredders Danny Cameranesi and Jim Dodelson joined us on Sunday and, after all the events were over, we made our way out to the hard pack for another beautiful sunset jam, again taking opportunities here and there to teach ultimate players and connect with folks walking by. A promising young jammer named Rob joined the last jam of the day. He came in knowing how to delay, brush, and kick — and he shredded! We had a small audience (10–20 people) of remaining Ultimate players who were getting fired up by both our big moves as well as Rob’s impressive repertoire.
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The FPA will be working with organizers to possibly host a beach freestyle tournament at LeiOut next year. Events may include freestyle competition, an airbrush race, and more freestyle demos featured during the finals of the ultimate tournament. Thanks to Amy Shiller, Lisa Hunrichs, Daniel O’Neill, and William Ho for spreading the love of our sport!
Dear FPA-Board,
I just learned by accident that our Annual Membership Meeting is tomorrow.
I’m sorry, but it’s not the first time that such an important information dries up in the sand. I know you ‘re all working voluntarily but I don’t understand how something like this can happen. Nobody is on FB any more. Except the old generation of Freestyle Frisbee Players. We need to pull the stream of information from there asap. Did you try to reach out the the Players in a different way, too? If yes in how and why did some members didn’t get notified?
I’m very well aware that everyone is working voluntary and that the FPA as well as other federations is lacking staff but I don’t understand who this keeps happening, especially for the most important event for members. I’ve addressed my difficulties with the FPAs information politics in the past already and I don’t like to be put in that role of the permanent whiner. Something like this simply cannot happen.
What happened to the newsletter? I personally think you should cancel the event and sent out proper invitations to every member for another date.
With all due respect, I hope that some olks resonate with my perspective and understand my anger