As the week comes to a close we are preparing for the (ultimate frisbee) Gong Tournament down in Wollongong this weekend. We went last year and had a good time. Meanwhile, our friends back in the states are doing their annual migration to Wildwood, NJ, for the big annual beach tournament. Wildwood is on a much more gigantic scale than Gong - I estimate Wildwood has about 800 teams to organize (200 fields with two teams playing each other at a time, and each team has a bye every other game), while Gong has... eight? Wildwood has it's sensory-overloading boardwalk, where you can get fried oreos and cheesesteaks, swim in the ocean with a couple hundred other people, or ride a roller coaster or play skee-ball when you're not playing. Gong has a few restaurants and bars, and a pretty quiet and empty shoreline in the winter.
Whether it's a small beach town here or the Jersey Shore, ultimate players are taking over this weekend.
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