La Liga Catalana: Beach Ultimate Tourney in Ocata

The week after Madrid brought some epic evenings out but the amazing week culminated in the beach ultimate tourney at Ocata Beach (just outside of the city of Barcelona) that I was playing in with Peixets. The tourney itself took place on Sunday but the festivities started Saturday evening with a dinner and party that lasted until 3 am (don’t think I’ve ever stayed out that late the night before an ultimate tournament but thus it is Spain and the lifestyle is very different). After a short night’s sleep, I hopped on the train out to the beach. It was a freezing morning but fortunately it didn’t take long for the sun to come out and warm us all up. The sand was extremely grainy so I decided to try out wearing socks. This was definitely a good decision up until the point where they tore midway through the first game but luckily my teammate Orion gave me a pair of his. The first game we faced what is supposed to be the premier team in Barcelona, Patatas Bravas. On my team, Peixets, there was only one person not from Spain and that was me. However, on Patatas Bravas there were NO people from Spain. Thus I was proud and glad that I had joined the true Spanish team. We fought hard throughout the entire game and traded points up until the cap went on and unfortunately ended up losing on ultimate point, a disappointing end to a great performance. I played well as I was fresh at this point throwing 4/9 scores and catching another 2. It was frustrating to lose to the Bravas especially since they were being carried by 3 US study abroad students but nonetheless we came away from it in good spirits. The second game we battled with the top team from Girona, Discterycs, and came out on top again during ultimate point this time taking the game 10-9. I through 3/10 scores and caught 3 more this game for another solid showing by Peixets A. Our third game was a bit more of a joke since we were playing our own ‘B’ team. At the beginning we were all kind of screwing around and not taking the game seriously but after a few points, Peixets A dominated and we took the game 13-7. The one day tourney was an absolute blast. The video below includes a bunch of pictures of me from the tourney as well as many of my team.