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I have worked for SnapStream for the past 6 years and they are finally letting me get out of the office. Now that I have the opportunity, I tried to think of the farthest place to go for a bit. That’s right, Australia!

My name is Alfonso. I am the Director of Engineering at SnapStream. Although I love our products, I work to support my first love, playing ultimate frisbee. I have been playing competitive ultimate frisbee for 11 years now.

What is ultimate frisbee? It’s a sport that involves a lot of athletic individuals running and diving in pursuit of a frisbee. For more information, check out this helpful page on the Doublewide web site. (http://www.austinultimate.org/doublewide/resources.html).

My main team, Doublewide, has finished in the top 10 (out of 300+) in the country the past 3 years in a row. That is no easy feat. In addition to playing with Doublewide, I play on a beach ultimate frisbee team, No Tsu Oh, that has won 5 of the last 7 beach World Championships. The beach championships are held annually at a tournament called Paganello in Rimini, Italy.

Doublewide 2005

So, why am I going to Australia? To play ultimate frisbee, of course. From November 11-19, the World Ultimate Club Championships will be held in Perth, Australia. These championships happen once every four years and are held at various locations around the world. The tournament is played on grass and consists of the best teams from countries around the globe. This year’s field will include around 20 teams from 5 of the 7 continents. Doublewide qualified for the event with an 8th place finish at nationals in 2005. Ever since then, we have been working hard both on and off the field to make it a successful trip. In addition to training four nights a week, we have been fundraising to help pay for the expenses of the trip. SnapStream was kind enough to support my habit with a generous donation and I am very grateful for it.

Teammate Roscoe Dick lays out for the disc.

So I must admit, SnapStream let’s me out of the office come frisbee time. I am psyched that they are helping me get to Australia, and I am looking forward to playing some frisbee down under.

Here are some links to find out more about my teams and the tourneys that we play in.

Doublwide: http://www.austinultimate.org/doublewide/index.html

Worlds: http://www.wucc2006.org/

No Tsu Oh: http://notsuoh.vcultimate.com/

Paganello (Beach world championships): http://www.paganello.com/

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