Currier Island team consisted of players from the U.S., Hungary, Austria, and South Africa. After a week-long training camp in Tarifa, Currier Island beat countries such as Spain, Italy, Portugal, Ireland, and Finland to finish 10th in the first annual World Beach Championships. The Currier Island team has continued to play in beach ultimate tournaments around the world, including Paganello in Italy, Boracay Open in the Philippines, and Wildwood in New Jersey. Currier Island Currier Island is the namesake fictional country of an ultimate frisbee team. The "country" has participated in all World Beach Ultimate tournaments since 2004. In WCBU2015 (world national
Christmas Island Resort July 2009 it was reported that the Australian Federal Government was negotiating with Kwon about using the resort facilities to relieve overcrowding at the island’s Immigration Detention Centre because of increases in boatloads of asylum seekers attempting to reach Australia. In response, the island’s Shire President, Gordon Thomson, said that the Australian government should take control of the then mothballed resort and hand it over to the Christmas Island community to operate as a tourist resort. In 2013, Kwon started negotiations with the Australian government for the possibility to lease the resort as a viable solution to the island’s growing