About
Chain Lightning ultimate frisbee
Chain Lightning is an elite-level men’s ultimate frisbee club team from the Atlanta, Georgia area. The team competes at the highest level of the sport, having most recently won the Ultimate Players’ Association 2009 Championships in Sarasota, Florida.
Founded in 1982, Chain Lightning has stayed together for 29 years, representing one of the longest-running legacies for a team’s identity in an often tumultuous sport. The team has been a traditional force in the southeastern part of the US, winning the regional championship multiple times and qualifying for the national championships of ultimate far more years than not. The last 4 seasons (’06-’09) represent the strongest stretch in the club’s history, with the 2009 national championship title and 2 national semifinals appearances.
Links
organizational
Chain Lightning ultimate
Ultimate Players’ Association (sport governing body)
UPA listing of tournaments and results for the current year
2006 UPAs write-ups
2006 nationals score-o-matic
upa nationals qualifiers
UPA nationals winners and semifinalists
sponsorship
Patagonia ultimate
Patagonia’s teams
Spin Ultimate, our uniform sponsor and merchandiser

ultimate photographers
Jason Mechler photography
Bil Elsinger pix
Hart Matthews / Durham Digital
Freeheel Images
Scobel Wiggins photography
Keegan Uhl ultimate pix
Alex Peters photos: ultimatefris.be
Michael Smith pix from 06 nationals
Jared Knight pix from 06 nationals
Chad Borer, Frame at a Time (esp. for UGA)
other teams
Ozone
UGA Jojah ultimate
Georgia Tech ultimate
misc.
UPA 11th edition rules page 2005 UPA Championships site Jim’s (and Zaz’) book, Ultimate Techniques & Tactics
Atlanta Flying Disc Club
