So yeah. Disc Golf.
I'm new into it but getting into it pretty hard. Been playing a few months. We have a great 18 hole course here in Juneau, Alaska. It's a bit more treacherous than most Disc Golf courses as it's built in the middle of the northern most rain forest. What it lacks in distance it makes up for in obstacles.
Q: What is this sport you may ask?
A: Essentially you play golf with (not)frisbees. Throw from the starter box, play from where it lands to make it into a basket.
Q: Why is it cool?
A: Because the discs have cool names and because hipsters drinking pbr play.
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Ultimately it is just something fun to do. My wife and I suck but love playing. I can maybe get 100-150 ft on a clear drive, nothing compared to pro's. We are thinking of building a practice basket. Let's hear your Frolf stories!
I miss all the sweet courses in Michigan, only 1 near me here in Kansas.
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I remember the latter playing, but I guess around that time the former weren't "in vogue".
It is fun though! We had a course that ran through the campus that saw heavy use year-round. If a dog caught it in the air it counted as a hole in one (because that is rad) and if a dog got it off the ground and ran away with it you lost the hole (because it is not rad).
(we do not have any such rule :P)
I'll be fine, just give me a minute, a man's got a limit, I can't get a life if my heart's not in it.
I really enjoy it. Though I'm fairly tiny, I can drive rather well and it's nice to surprise folks with the odd 350 drive. My putting needs a lot of work though and too frequently a couple of bad holes in a row can throw off a whole round.
I mostly drive backhand with mildly overstable plastic, and can get a lot of distance out of a nice big S shaped throw. I can manage shorter distanced flip(forehand) shots fairly well, but I lose all control when I try get any serious distance and tend to throw directly into the nearest canopy of tree limbs.
I can 'turboputt' a little when shrubbery and other obstacle demand it, but for most part I putt backhand. It's a simpler movement and there isn't some range where I have to switch from my approach throwing motion to some other putting specific action.
So, I guess I'm really just looking for anyone experience/suggestions with forehand drivers.
Edit: Mega, Its not exactly LA area, but I played at a course in near the park (don't remember the name) near downtown San Diego that was pretty pimpin'. Was there for a conference, and thought I'd check it out just for the heck of it. I was not disappointed.
Frisbee golf does have the benefit of being far less rage-inducing than it's traditional counterpart, though.
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I have been playing for at least 8 years and still am not that good. I used to have a millinum ls polaris driver that worked great for me. Decent to great distance and always straight. One of the big things bout the discs are finding wich one throws right for you. Each has a differnt rating and when thrown either forehand or backhand will fall off and curve at the end either right or left. Really thats the hard part fidning the right disc. I think the best part about the game is 9 times out of 10 its free, the only expense you need to put into it is how much you spend on your Discs.
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This means each hole has some combo of 2 areas
1) The big open field where you are standing and walking in 95 degree weather
2) The middle of the woods where theres a butt-ton of trees and the disc hits a tree every 5 feet and its still 90 degrees out oh my gosh why is it so hot
In summary, I do not enjoy disc golf
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though there's a lotta beer on the Fgolf course too. All the different discs are cool too, though overpriced. I love my Roc midrange
Nothing I've done compared to what I witnessed my friend do today. Hole in one'd a par 3 in masterful fashion. It hit the tree above the chains and fell right in. Twas glorious.
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While I'm not one to smoke a bowl as it were, when I was at that aforementioned course in San Diego, it seemed to be par for the course (pun intended!). The others in my group (first time I'd ever seen a course so busy that you needed to go as a group of 4 and it wasn't a tournament) were so high. So very high. And to top it off, one of their bosses called them while we were on the course (it was a Friday I think, my conference started in the evening), and was apparently asking him where he was and why he wasn't at work. :shock: I'm not quite sure that he pulled off the "I'm sick" routine all that well. :P
I played 18 holes on tuesday at a course I've never played before in Girdwood, AK. It was very nice, but I think as the summer progresses and the devil's club grows in it will be very very easy to lose a disc there.
Last night I played 9 holes with a bunch of engineers, it was super crowded. Disc golf is amazingly popular in Anchorage, it's not just for stoned burnouts anymore! I remember a few years ago you could go to the downtown course here on a sunny summer evening, barely see anyone, and finish 9 holes in 35 minutes. These days it probably takes about an hour and a half due to the crowds.
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Played last night, and may go back again today, it's wonderful weather here. I've been working on an overhand Thumber / Tomahawk throw for dodging obstacles and more accuracy, and am getting quite good at it. I've also taken to loving my Disccraft Avenger more than any other disc, makes me want to try the Avenger SS. By far my favorite putter is the bowfly ii.
I hear the poster regarding trash though. It makes me angry when people leave their crap everywhere, but for the most part the course is clean and more responsible golfers pick up the trash as they go and every other hole has a trash bag at the start. Lots of hipsters and hippies do play the game, but regular joes play too and have just as much fun here.
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I have a plethora of drivers, midrange, and putters. I can drive backhand or side-arm. I throw anhyzer shots (with proper disc) like carazy. I've got a nice roller too.
But I don't have a bag....well actually I do, but it's stocked with beers, not discs.
I love throwing my starfire when there is a tailwind. That sucker will fly for days.
The guy was pretty sweet.
I do like playing disc golf, too. I was spoiled growing up, playing on the Toronto Island course, which is gorgeous. When I play nowadays I play "ultimate rules," which is with an ultimate disc (175g) and where the disc lands is the where your pivot foot goes.
It's a lot of fun! Good thread:^:
All I have to say about canadian ultimate teams is that Goat was at least as annoying and assholish as Magnum was, which isnt the prescident you want your team to strive for.
It's crazy, my buddy played TERRIBLE until he downed a 22 oz from our brewery then he shot like a dream. We played all 18 and I got 8 over he got 6 over.
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Yeah, the trick is using the wrist to add spin on it. Once you get the motion down to spin, it asks as a helicopter, allowing it to maintain elevation and cut through the air better. You can find all sorts of youtube videos about what to do, then it's practice, practice, practice. I like going to a field with 2 guys on either end then throw 5 from your side, let him collect then he throws back, repeat.
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In tournaments it has to be in the basket. On the basket doesn't count. I don't know anybody who plays friendly games enforce that rule though.
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I love ultimate. I haven't played in so long though. My junior year of college, one of my friends had an Ultimate game after his senior piano recital. It was on the program.
1.) Music
2.) Intermission
3.) More music
4.) Reception
5.) Ultimate game
Another friend brought a couple bigass halogen worklights on a stand, and a glow in the dark frisbee. We played from about 8Pm to midnight. It was awesome.
So, people wearing shirt versus people wearing pants, if that part wasn't clear enough.
That might be me.
Maybe
I haven't run anywhere in like 5 months. This is going to be bad.