Rec Sports Fads of the New Millenium.

[Danno]

It was hackey sak when I was in college.. Ultimate Frisbee comes and goes..
..

Uh, ultimate has been on a long and consistent rise for decades, what about it "comes and goes"?

My kids’ school redid the playground and they put in a Gaga ball “pit”. I previously thought that game was something Bobs Burgers made up.

Gaga ball is hudge with the 10 and under set.

[XXX-er]

Not sure about ultimate here but Disc golf is on the rise and we now have 2 sites, after buying the set of discs its free

[XXX-er]

Unfortunate to hear that XXXer can no longer sit in a XXX kayak. Not that I could ever fit in those damn boats

wow someone ^^ who figured it out that as oposed to a pron actor, XXX-er is a guy who owned a very low volume funky kayak with edges that were sharp enough to shave with and then just kept the handle from Boatertalk.

It took me 2 months/ 6 trys to get the outfitting right on the XXX

[Bunion 2020]

Uh, ultimate has been on a long and consistent rise for decades, what about it "comes and goes"?

Guess who plays Ultimate.

Is Ultimate Frisbee growing?
Ultimate Frisbee, now just called 'Ultimate', started in American colleges in the 1960s. Now it's the world's fastest growing sport, played in more than 100 countries. There are even hopes it will make an appearance at the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles.Apr 30, 2019

[Danno]

Nah, I USED to play ultimate, I'm too old for that shit now. But yes, I'm aware of its growth because I used to play. But there's a growing professional league and it's growing worldwide, his description was just wrong.

[rideit]

There was a brief resurgence in popularity of Bicycle Polo about ten years ago, but there are far better drinking activities that don’t destroy bikes and bodies.

[boltonoutlaw]

Kadima, and FROLF

[SumJongGuy]

Nah, I USED to play ultimate, I'm too old for that shit now. But yes, I'm aware of its growth because I used to play. But there's a growing professional league and it's growing worldwide, his description was just wrong.

It was really popular back when I was in college... Early to mid 80s.. I played it with different groups of people at different parks in three different cities I lived in back then coast to coast. Kind faded away in the 90s after being mocked in the PCU movie.. Now it's back again.. One of our good friends has a kid who is really good at it. He played for NC State and now on some pro team.
Comes and goes..

[MarcusBrody]

I picked up both of these just this week!

I guess the joke's on me ...

I actually have both too, and have used both in the past week (though i've had them for longer). I enjoy both.

I was late to the SUP trend, thinking they were silly, but picked up an inflatable as it was easy to carry on road trips and now I think they're notably more fun than flat water kayaking when you aren't trying to cover a long distance, or just hanging out wit your kid at the beach. I still grab the kayak when I want to go somewhere though.

My son wanted a skateboard for his birthday this year, so I bought a surf skate. Seemed fun for just messing around in front of the house and unlikely to kill me. I've had a blast and picked up another board for longer distance cruising.

[splitter]

The east shore of Tahoe in October after an MTB ride is the right way to SUP


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[Danno]

It was really popular back when I was in college... Early to mid 80s.. I played it with different groups of people at different parks in three different cities I lived in back then coast to coast. Kind faded away in the 90s after being mocked in the PCU movie.. Now it's back again.. One of our good friends has a kid who is really good at it. He played for NC State and now on some pro team.
Comes and goes..

You're absolutely wrong but that never seems to stop you from opining. It was significantly more popular at every point in the 90s than it ever was in the 80s. It has seen continuous growth, this isn't really debatable, comes and goes in your consciousness isn't really the point.

[skinipenem]

wow someone ^^ who figured it out that as oposed to a pron actor, XXX-er is a guy who owned a very low volume funky kayak with edges that were sharp enough to shave with and then just kept the handle from Boatertalk.

It took me 2 months/ 6 trys to get the outfitting right on the XXX

The xxx outfitting was challenging for sure! I remember using an inflatable ball with a pump and heat gun to fashion to "tits" for footbumps. One drunken night a pal painted nipples on them. Thankfully a few people thought they were eyes. My favorite thing about that boat was flat water cartwheels.

Good times.

P.S. You gave your handle away years ago .

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[SumJongGuy]

You're absolutely wrong but that never seems to stop you from opining. It was significantly more popular at every point in the 90s than it ever was in the 80s. It has seen continuous growth, this isn't really debatable, comes and goes in your consciousness isn't really the point.

Let me shout out another fad that went big in the early to mid 80s and kept growing.. Youth soccer in America. Both Ultimate and soccer were things teens in the early to mid 80s were interested in.. One exploded and one didn't.. in my own consciousness..

How come there aren't ultimate frisbee pro bubblegum cards? Did they ever get their picture on a bubblegum card?

[rideit]

OTOH, Lax is bigger than ever, especially among the young-ish female crowd.

[Danno]

Let me shout out another fad that went big in the early to mid 80s and kept growing.. Youth soccer in America. Both Ultimate and soccer were things teens in the early to mid 80s were interested in.. One exploded and one didn't.. in my own consciousness..

How come there aren't ultimate frisbee pro bubblegum cards? Did they ever get their picture on a bubblegum card?

Tell me you lack critical thinking skills without telling me you lack critical thinking skills.

[Name Redacted]

Never heard of Ultimate frisbee till I moved to CO in the mid nineties. It seemed to be a fringe sport. I once saw a match taking place in Boulder on a field next to the skate park. Funny thing was, there was a LARP battle also taking place on the other half of the same field. Made for some pretty good people watching. Excellent metal vert ramp at the skate park too. But it had just been painted blue and every time you crashed you got covered in blue paint.

[Angle Parking]

wow someone ^^ who figured it out that as oposed to a pron actor, XXX-er is a guy who owned a very low volume funky kayak with edges that were sharp enough to shave with and then just kept the handle from Boatertalk.

It took me 2 months/ 6 trys to get the outfitting right on the XXX

I think that's the first thing I asked you when I figured out that you were xxx-er, "what's up with your internet handle?" You did not strike me as a porn addict.

[Peruvian]

Bike rafting. Looks like trying to balance something that shouldn’t be submerged on top of a…well, you know.

[ötzi]

Maybe this was already covered, but back around maybe 2005 or so there was a surge in off-road scooters, like Razrs with bigger knobby tires, a little bit of suspension, and a handbrake. Solitude used to rent them, you'd take them up on the chair and use the MTB trails to come down. Holy shit those things were dangerous. Complete insanity. Good riddance if they went away. They went away, right?

[Self Jupiter]

Forgot about those things, Cranmore and Attitash had rentals in the early 2000s

[Not DJSapp]

I don't think it was mentioned, but in the early 00's, beer league dodgeball and kickball blew up for a moment.

And I've been hearing the whole 'ultimate is about to become an olympic sport at the next games' drone since I was first introduced to it in 2000.

[Danno]

And I've been hearing the whole 'ultimate is about to become an olympic sport at the next games' drone since I was first introduced to it in 2000.

Ultimate has been pushing for/seeking that one for a long time. And there are plenty of international competitions and the number of countries participating has been growing. But the olympics will always be problematic unless ultimate drops one of its core principles, which is self-refereeing. At the highest levels they do have "observers" to resolve disputes, but no true refs. In the pro leagues, which are not sanctioned by the governing body, there are refs and other changes to make it more spectator friendly (including changing the actual dimensions of the field). Until the governing body buys into referees, I am not sure it works in the olympics. But buying into referees is to some people/many people, too big a sacrifice.

[SumJongGuy]

I don't think it was mentioned, but in the early 00's, beer league dodgeball and kickball blew up for a moment.

And I've been hearing the whole 'ultimate is about to become an olympic sport at the next games' drone since I was first introduced to it in 2000.

Dodgeball was mentioned in the OP.

Lacrosse? It's big in some regions northeast especially, but compared to Ultimate? Not global.

Tom Brady's starting a professional Pickleball franchise.. Some retired tennis pros are also all in on pro pickleball... Pretty surprising to my consciousness for something that seems like it was invented by a bored middle school gym teacher one day when the gym was taken by an assembly or other event..

[The AD]

How about poker as somehow a "sport" that should be shown on TV networks that should be showing--you know--things that are actually sports?

[toast2266]

A couple years ago, curling got sort of big around us. But then the curlers found out that ice time was hard to come by and all of the various skaters (hockey, figure, etc.) took priority, so the curling games happened between 10pm and midnight. That seemed to be the death of that fad, locally at least.