Process of Illumination

Hector and I have assembled a useful resource for those heading to Boulder. Here you will find a map of area restaurants, grocery stores, and places to get your recreation on. I mean, it's great to know where your hotel, the fields, and the hospital can be found, but you need more than that. Come feast at our table of information (and then at Mountain Sun).

You can also view this map in a new window, sans blog.

This map was created by the authors. It is not really affiliated with the UPA College Championships (in any official way), and we figure it will also be useful for Boulder's other tournaments, Colorado Cup and GRUB.

I wanted to make a PDF, but that will have to wait til Colorado Cup & GRUB. (Bids to both now open.)

In my mere eight years of competitive ultimate I have noticed significant change in the way tournaments are operated and organized. "Ultimate Time" is an unknown phrase for the youngest current players, while tournament directors (and therefore tournaments) are increasingly professional. In the last few years we've seen the first private company whose product is a top-notch tournament as well as a moderate increase in the corporate sponsorship, the darling of which is clearly Chicago's Sandblast.

I don't know if other tournaments have begun partnering with commercial airlines, but they should. Attention Wiggins, Idris, Akira, Dave Branick, and the rest of you: get an airline on board with your tournament. Colorado Cup is pleased to partner with Frontier, a small, Denver-based airline. Every player who books through Frontier using our specific discount code will get 10% off their roundtrip airfare. And while 10% isn't a huge sum, anything helps. Most airlines have a groups and meetings office that will set up a discount code for your tournament. Check out examples at United, Frontier and Continental.

Perhaps your TD hasn't set up an airline discount. You're still okay. Most airlines offer 10% off roundtrip airfares for groups of 10 or more traveling on the same itinerary. Again, check the examples on United and Frontier.

Want the best teams at your tournament? Want your team to travel for less? Let's make airfares cheaper.