RETROSPECTIVE: The Shoes' magic

Retrospective has just moved to Wednesdays. New time, same place.

Mike Shyu and Ken Su teamed up this past Sunday and recreated their magical chemistry or whatever it is they've got going, making it to the finals of another tournament (and winning!). Catcher in the Sky was 1-4 during the regular season, but all that matters is they went 2-0 on Sunday.

It reminded us of the China Nationals tournament in May, when Ken and Mike led Beijing Bang to an unexpected 2nd-place finish, beating 2-seed Shenzhen in quarters and the 3-seed, defending champion Air Kazak, in semis before falling to 1-seed Hong Kong.

Here's your reminder that yes, it did happen, because in sports you never know what might happen.


And your reminder that Balance's video of this game is now live.

Balance Wang's China Nationals video of finals

Hong Kong vs. Beijing Bang highlights on CUPA's website.



Lots of swinging back and forth in the zone. Look at how tired the Bang players are, marked by their unwillingness to get up after falling down. It's probably because they had to beat the No. 2 and No. 3 seeds to get to this position.

RETROSPECTIVE: Balance's highlight video from Hong Kong '08

Balance Wang is more or less the videographer of China Ultimate. This is his latest work:

Pictures from Hong Kong tourney, video of China Ultimate

BeijingUltimate.blogspot.com... where whetting your appetite happens.

• Pictures from the Enter the Dragon 2008 Pan-Asia Ultimate Tournament from Hong Kong, via Timothy ORourke's Flickr.
  
• Beijing Ultimate promotional video by Balance of Shenzhen. Some of his other work I'd recommend include the video of China Nationals finals (Air Kazak vs. Tianjian Sports University) and this one from the same tournament.
• For the hell of it: Where amazing happens, the Ultimate version.