Arielle Nelson has played for Boston Slow White and for the Team USA’s U24 women’s national team that won gold in 2019. In 2020, Arielle was on Denver Molly Brown who focused their season on activism and equity efforts in their local community. With Slow White, Ari made it to the semifinals of the USA Ultimate National Championships in 2017 and won a silver medal at the World Ultimate Club Championships in 2018. She has played for the Northeastern Valkyries from 2016 to 2020 making it to the D1 College Championships in 2019. She is going to play with the Northeastern Huskies for the 2020-2021 season. Ari founded the website, Time for the Ultimate Talk which hopes to start the conversation about mental health in the ultimate community.
In this interview, hear Ari share her experiences making an elite level mixed team as an 18-year-old, her mental health journey, and the new website she has helped launch that is focused on helping the ultimate community talk about mental health. We also talk about the Boston mixed ultimate scene and the different stereotypes that exist in ultimate.
Segment #1:Ari’s journey (3:46)
Segment #2: Daily life in ultimate (34:02)
Segment #3: Ari’s memorable games as a player (51:15)
Segment #4: Rapid fire questions (54:20)
Ari’s social media contacts: Instagram (@Arijade1), and Email ([email protected])
Time for the Ultimate Talk social media contacts: Instagram (@time4ultitalk), Twitter (@time4ultitalk), Facebook ( ) and Website (https://sites.google.com/view/time-for-the-ultimate-talk)
Ari’s Ultiworld article: (https://ultiworld.com/2020/08/07/you-think-you-know-me-but-you-dont/)
2017 USA Ultimate Championships Mixed Semifinal Boston Slow White vs Seattle Mixtape: (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xoMl4RtYnTA)
2019 World U24 Ultimate Championships Women’s Final Team USA vs Team Japan: (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wf2f1rXPqg)
2018 World Ultimate Club Championships Mixed Final Seattle BFG vs Boston Slow White: (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=piiFpVC8Bd4)
Photo Credits: (Photo on left) Daniel Bowler
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Keep an eye out for the next episode where I interview Liam Grant, an Irish ultimate player, host of the Eurozone podcast, and ultimate commentator who is known for coining the phrase “buttery biscuit.” In this interview, Liam shares about his playing career, his experience as a tournament director, his role on the WFDF board, and how he got into commentating.
