Ultimate in Popular Culture
There are many things in ultimate frisbee that one may not realize relates to it at first. To start off, there are many backyard games that have ultimate influence like “Kan-Jam”, a game played with a frisbee and 2 cans with a similar play style like cornhole. Another game like this is popularly called “Bottle Bash” which again plays similarly like cornhole but features a frisbee and 2 poles with bottles on the top.
There are also a few celebrities that play ultimate. Bill Nye, from the hit show “Bill Nye the Science Guy” and many movies, actually was one of the first people to play the game of ultimate. He started playing at Cornell University where he was a student, he has talked about his love for the sport with “Ultiworld” to top ultimate website and newsletter. Another extremely famous person to play frisbee actually currently plays for the reigning AUDL champions, Marques Brownlee. He is a youtuber with over 16 million followers and over 3 billion total views.