West Orange Ultimate Frisbee Club Asked To Test New Glowing Disc

WEST ORANGE, NJ — When it comes to testing out new Frisbees, there’s no better spot than the home county of ‘Ultimate.’

The West Orange High School Ultimate Frisbee Club has been selected to test drive a new, trick-friendly disc, district administrators recently reported.

According to school officials, the club will be trying out the new Tosy Flying Duo 360 LED Flying Disc and Patented Boomerang. The Tosy is an innovative piece that features LED lighting and a special lip to allow for more tricks and moves. It offers the ability to play in the dark and counts off the ten seconds that a player has to hold and toss the Frisbee. While the design takes some time to get used to, the team has given an overall thumbs-up to the disc, administrators said.

West Orange school officials offered some background about the sport, which has a birthplace in a nearby Essex County town, Maplewood:

“Ultimate Frisbee, now called ‘Ultimate,’ has been around since 1968 when a group of students at Columbia High School in Maplewood, NJ created the flying disc, or Frisbee. Since those early relaxing days of friendly play, the sport has gone mainstream and now features regulation play and national competitions. More popular than ever, Ultimate still manages to maintain its chillaxed vibe while incorporating real athleticism and competitive play. As a non-contact sport, touching another player is considered a foul. There are no referees. In the spirit of the game, the players themselves follow a code of conduct known as ‘the Spirit of the Game.’ They decide how to call moves and situations.”

The WOHS club practices twice a week and participates in competitions in the fall and spring. Its current incarnation has three captains: Ian Gustavson, Yusuf Abouelnaja, and Freddie Jaeger. WOHS math teacher Jonathan Tick serves as club advisor, and Alexandra Deronde is the team manager and publicist. For more information, contact Jonathan Tick at jtick@westorangeschools.org or follow the club on Instagram at @wohs_frisbee.

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