Committee member: 2020-present
Current term ends: 2022
Ayal started playing Freestyle in 2003 in Israel. He is an original member of IFDA – The Israeli Flying Disc Association (formerly known as FLOW). In 2004 he won the first ever Israeli Freestyle Championship.
Between 2008-2012 and 2013-2017 correspondingly, he lived in both Spain and France and studied professional Circus Arts. Mainly using flying discs as props, he performed in 10 different countries across 4 continents, introducing Freestyle Disc to thousands of people.
In 2017 he co-founded the Spanish “Freestyle Disc Canarias” association and organized “Jam Canaria”, the first Freestyle event in Spain.
In 2018, he returned to Israel and has since acted as Israel’s primary ambassador for promoting Freestyle. He’s organized many tournaments, such as a regular HAT league, the National Championship and “HolyJam”, the first international event in Israel (March 2019).
He won the 2018 Israeli Championship and the bronze at the 2018 European Championships. He is the first Israeli player to enter the FPA’s Top 20 ranked players.
In June 2019, he was among a small group of international players selected by WFDF to represent and reach Freestyle at the first ever African Beach Games in Sal, Cape Verde.
He is the Tournament Director of the upcoming 2020 FPA World Championships at Tel Aviv (postponed to 2021).
Besides playing and teaching the sport, he manages two popular YouTube channels dedicated to Freestyle.
