Meet Zen Tofu!

John Ulvr

"My ultimate experience was in the back of a '93 ford with a woman named... Oh... you mean the GAME ultimate... Oh... OK.

I was playing frisbee on a field (and yes, it was a frisbee) with a friend, when a guy neither of us recognized, walked up, intercepted the frisbee, took one look at it, threw it aside, and brought out his own disc. He then proceeded to throw it to us, amidst our confused expressions. About five minutes later, another guy showed up, and he joined in too. As more and more people showed up, I got more and more confused. Who were these people? So I introduced myself to a person who ended up being Eric [hall], and he asked if I was there for the game. 'Game? What game?'. Well, it turned outthere was Ultimate that day. I had heard of the sport, but never played it. I decided, what the heck, and stuck around. I've been playing ever since."

Alex Brodsky

"I have been playing for slightly more then a year now and I have improved to the point that I can catch the disc and usually make a pass. My strengths include being in the endzone when no one else is. My main weakness is a bad poaching habit which is difficult to get rid of. I can also throw a pretty decent hammer."

Dima Brodsky

The other Brodsky brother, Dima just loves to screw up his face into an impenetrable mask of effort and determination while throwing the disc. Dima feels that by making interesting facial expressions on the field, people will be too amused watching him to actually bother covering him. As a team, we're waiting for the results of Dimas experiments before we start praticing.

Natalie Baddour

Nat has two little poems for you regarding her ultimate experiences:

      See Nat run
      See Nat miss
      Layout?
      No Way
      The ground is three apples away.

And the other one...

      There was a girl named Nat
      who was tall and very very fat
      she'd for for the disc
      but she'd always miss
      and land on her ass with a splat.

Kurt Moeller

"I came, I saw, I played, and then fell down exhausted. Somewhere in the middle I had a lot of fun. :-)"

Stu MacDonald

Stu doesn't have any ultimate experience, unless you include telling several people that he really wants to play next term. In fact, he's getting quite good at that. You could say that his best on-field partner is his telephone, with which he often tells people he's interested.

Kevin Hare

Taking his name to heart, Kevin plays ultimate much like a large hare would. He leaps from field position to field position, astouding us all with his large bounding skills, and yet never actually manages to do anything with the disc once he has it. We surmise that this is because he's too busy wiggling his nose and looking cute for the girls on the sideline.

Paul Kry

"I started here at Waterloo in my 1B term. Last summer I played in France for Les Invalides and went to tournaments in France and England (where I once found a Zen Tofu disc for sale!). I've got a bad reputation for not getting dirty."

Stu Pollock

"I started playing ultimate last summer, but I hurt myself (knee in May, ulcer in June, shoulder in August), so I haven't been able to play all year. I do excel at being able to hurt myself though. I can put on a mean demonstration of how to dislocate your shoulder."

Danny Brown

"Budapest, Hungary Feb. 1992, was taught Ultimate by Blair layout Palmer from Simon Fraser. Where the f*** are you now ? Also learnt with Zohra Saifee, Jean Beardsley, Munawar Ali, and many others from across the States. Are you guys still playing??? Sorry I didn't write. :(

Back in Waterloo I played briefly with Vince, Leon, the two Murry's and a bunch of other guys, not to mention Eli, and went to one tournament in Toronto. I even handled with no flick! But then there was confuzion and I disappeared for while... (the dark years!)

Presto, fall 95, I resdiscovered Ultimate in the next generation: Zen Tofu, and gradually learnt the flick, and started to remember things and had a thouroughly 96 enjoyable season, despite throwing many discs into the dirt."

Graeme Hepworth

Graeme has the unfortunate distinction of being a gradual student here at Waterloo, and this honour often filters into how he plays ultimate - nice, slow, and gradual. Although often he won't be seen laying out, he will encourage fellow team members to no end, mimicking the role of a grad student which does nothing while encouraging undergrads to do a hell of a lot. Graeme also has a really nifty toque for winter ultimate.

Jason Hildebrand

Jason is in Germany right now reaffirming his ability to milk a goat and toss a hammer at the same time. Since Germany is seemingly unschooled in the ways of ultimate, we expect Jason to groom a team of farm animals with which he will return and introduce to the rest of ZT.

Chinh Hoang

Chinh, a new addition to ZT, has this unerring ability to get hurt (a common ability amongst the many ZT members) and yet insists on playing. Thus often Chinh will be seen clogging the lanes while desperately trying to hobble away and finish his cut.

Jacques Katz

Mister Iron Man, Jacques is the player with the most stamina on the team. Often he will never get hurt, and continue to lead ZT onto triumph. Ya gotta love that hair, too. Never the same twice.

Sarah Kamal

Sarah's ability to play ultimate is directly related to how her hips are feeling, for in her throwing motions she ensures that they are shown off for all to see. If her hips are a little sore thus limiting her thrusting motion, often she will take herself out of the game. She also happens to have the distinction of being the very first token female.

Koaru Kumabe

Roo has been playing with ZT for a while now (one of the founding fathers) and has a unique ability to work his way into most of the on field shots that are taken when we play. We're not sure why this is, and it's been rumoured that cameramen follow Roo because he's the most gratutious player on the team, but these are just rumours.

Calvin Li

Sometimes known as Advocatus Diaboli, Calvin is really just a kid at heart, who has lost his tiger and is looking for him everywhere. He was tricked at birth into thinking that he could find him on the ultimate field.

Craig Millar

Craig is the most slick of all of the ZT players, always looking perfectly groomed whether he's laying out or tossing a hammer. A sponsorship by Dep Hair Gels is rumoured to be in the works.

Mike Sentance

Mike plays ultimate like you compose a sentance. A capital at the beginning to let you know he's there. Fluid dynamics and beautiful meaning in the middle, all constrained by the rules of grammar. Finally, ending with a period.

Bryce Sharma

Bryce can be spotted on the ZT field by his bright knee high yellow socks, and his ability to get dirty on just about every pass. Bryce is a great counterpoint to Paul, who never gets dirty.

Jeff Spitzig

Jeff doesn't spit in other peoples faces, despite the rumours relating to his last name. No, we're serious. We promise.

Max Stevens

Max doesn't really do anything on the field other then laugh his head off. He has a peculiar ability to simply start laughing and never really stop, which often causes the people covering him to start laughing as well. The only problem is that he then can't stop laughing long enough to throw the disc.