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The European Ultimate Championships took place in Copenhagen this year much to the excitement of the VC summer Europe event staff! After wrapping up a busy and exciting week in London for U23 Worlds, our crew packed up our van full of merch and supplies and drove across Europe all the way to Denmark for this next big event. Upon arrival, the EUC crew was already hard at work with site features such as a gigantic circus tent for the main food hall and a fascinating Pallet Palace for players to lounge on and around. Our team set up as quickly as possible with only a few days before the opener: we had a whole city to explore on our rented bicycles, after all! The event began Monday, July 27th, and in preparation for the onslaught of first day customers, EUC was kind enough to send some staff our way to help out. They also were dressed in bright yellow VC jerseys, so of course they were lovingly referred to as our very own minions: Unfortunately for players and staff, the weather was very unpredictable. Each day seemed to be a crazy combination of hot/cold/sunny/rainy – hard to figure out for us, but apparently fairly typical for Danish summers. Heinrich (our little buddy from Amsterdam) getting a bit of a shower : The highlight of the week for us was our Wednesday night Beer, Bacon, and (spike)Ball tournament! We gave away a whopping 8 kegs and 5 kg of bacon that day as players competed in a TriVolle (European Spikeball) tournament. We also may have had some wooden folding tables as casualties of the evening. This is what happens when you make bacon in foil trays with hot coals. Heinrich also go to partake in the festivities. We also managed to check out some pretty sweet places in Copenhagen while we were there. VC Staff Copenhagen Recommendations: Little Mermaid Statue (although G tells us it’s much smaller than you’d think)The Red Square (in Superkilen) – full of street art, "local color" (pun intended)Copenhagen Street Food – food truck market, delicious!Christiania – for a little more adventureTivolle – for the rides, concerts, and ambiance!  We were sad to leave Copenhagen at the end of this event, especially with a super beautiful day for the finals! However, our staff had to get a move on since EYUC was a 9 hour drive away in Frankfurt and started the next morning. On to the next event!

Fun fact: Comedy of Errors is Shakespeare's shortest and most farcical plays. The comedy centers around slapstick, puns, and mistaken identity. In short, it was BEGGING to be the theme for an ultimate tournament and Montreal's AUM stepped up! With such a creative theme (opening up lots of costume potential by encouraging "disguises") it would be hard not to have a good time at this tournament. Unfortunately there was a little difficulty with the fields and the tournament had to be split into two locations, but the tournament staff were still all smiles. At the VC tent we had a great time enjoying the sunshine! Our Spikeball sets got lots of attention Saturday and with some free VC hats to giveaway we had a lot of fun playing games and trading hats for puns! This was also a special weekend for our VC staff since we had a visitor: Wags from Chicago came up to help out. GStar and Wags had a great time teaching Spikeball and running games, but they certainly spent their breaks a little differently -  GStar getting in a core workout with some friends:   Wags getting treated to the best of Canadian hospitality (G says, "Get back to work!"): While visiting, Wags got to have her first Timbits, Montreal poutine, and see a Royal vs. Outlaws game....all-in-all a great weekend! Thanks AUM for hosting an awesome tournament; we look forward to the Jazz tournament coming up soon! More information on AUM can be found on their Facebook. 

What's the best way to spend a Monday evening? If you're part of VC's Team Fun, it would definitely have to be giving away free swag to youth ultimate players! We surprised the Toronto Elites squad with an arsenal of mini games plus a VC tent full of swag to give away as prizing!  The kids weren’t really sure how to handle the news, with comments like, “It’s like Christmas came early!” and even “This is the best day of my life!” Games like the fan-favorite Spikeball, Flutterguts (where you flip the disc through the air and try to catch it one-handed), and a modified version of 500 gave the kids lots of opportunities to win swag. Our giveaway merch included some VC printed gear and some leftover merchandise from Worlds last year, but mostly tons of fully sublimated samples through our newest quick sublimation option – Pivot. The evening was capped (literally) by a pun-for-prize hat giveaway, a favorite of ours! Many laughs were shared but possibly the best joke of the evening was this one: “What’s the difference between a piano, a fish, and a pot of glue?"“I don’t know, what?”“You can tune a piano, but you can’t tuna fish!”“What about the glue?”“I knew you’d get stuck on that!” Thanks Elites for being such an awesome group, we hope you had as much fun as we did! You can check out Elites on Facebook here.

VC Ultimate welcomes Lookfly to our family of premium ultimate-focused brands! With the launch of VC Europe, we are teaming up with the fine folks at Lookfly to offer direct access to premium VC merchandise for players, teams and tournaments. Lookfly’s European-made sublimated apparel line will continue to be offered World-wide, with new styles and materials on the near horizon. Lookfly products will soon be offered in the VC Europe online store, and look out for the VC Lookfly gear at tournaments around Europe this summer.For more information, drop us a line: General Information: info@vcultimate.com UK Sales & Inquiries: europe@vcultimate.com Germany, Switzerland & Austria Sales: Timo Keppner timo@vcultimate.com / timo@lookfly.com

Between the feats of athleticism, hard competition, awesome community, and of course stylish gear, it's hard to imagine ultimate tournaments becoming any more fun than they already are. Our staff of scientists in the research and development department have been working round the clock to increase the maximum fun potential and we are proud to present our exciting results: The VC Funzone! The VC Funzone is our special tournament signature. We use state-of-the-art technology to increase fun intake including but not limited to: bubbles, balloons, temporary tattoos, and Spikeball. The Funzone can be tailored in a variety of ways to fit different events, with more competitive types of fun like our Speedzone where you can test your fastest throwing speed, Spikeball games for some leisurely competition, and quick Funzone mini-games to win prizes... like free Spikeball sets!If you’re a fan of Pundamonium pun competitions, competing for fastest throw, relay races, plus all the free hats and swag and other prizes that go along with those things, then the VC Funzone is the place for you! Coming soon to a European tournament near you...