Adidas sponsors Paul McBeth

[dontBLAMEtheDISC]

Thinking about the way tennis players rip their feet across and plant on hard court surfaces...... How are tennis shoes for disc? Anyone tried them?

Good for driving not so great on the grass.

 

[discguy42]

Good for driving not so great on the grass.

I agree, they are great for asphalt tennis courts, slick and slippery for any thing related to a DG course.

Lots of rubber and hardly any treaded/grippy area to make contact/grip the ground, I could see some a$$ busting on wet grass or dirt tees .

 

[Anon]

Good for driving not so great on the grass.

Tennis is played on grass at the highest level. They must have some sort of sole/tread that helps in those conditions.

Granted... sliding on the course is utilized by great players as they move across the court. So maybe a little slip-n-slide is more than acceptable.

 

[Aim For The Chains]

I wear tennis style shoes all the time. No problem unless muddy. Im not a fan of huge treads for actual throwing and they feel weird on solid surfaces.

 

[dontBLAMEtheDISC]

Tennis is played on grass at the highest level. They must have some sort of sole/tread that helps in those conditions.

Granted... sliding on the course is utilized by great players as they move across the court. So maybe a little slip-n-slide is more than acceptable.

Grass tennis courts are quite different than what you would find on a course. The shoes they use are like turf soccer shoes lots of little nubs which would not last very long concrete.

 

[dontBLAMEtheDISC]

I wear tennis style shoes all the time. No problem unless muddy. Im not a fan of huge treads for actual throwing and they feel weird on solid surfaces.

Very true. For me personally I've always liked having the extra traction.
Some days I'm very tempted to bring two pairs of shoes lol

 

[sscarmana]

I usually play bare foot, except when there it's snow on the ground, but I may pick up a pair of the trail running shoes to help support the cause

 

[Halcón]

I usually play bare foot, except when there it's snow on the ground, but I may pick up a pair of the trail running shoes to help support the cause

Wow. Would love to see a pic of the bottom of your feet.

 

[ranger]

Wow. Would love to see a pic of the bottom of your feet.

Keep your weird foot fetish private.

 

[ranger]

Also, did someone say Paul is disc golf Jordan?

I want my account deleted.

 

[TheOtherBill]

Also, did someone say Paul is disc golf Jordan?

I want my account deleted.

If Paul is Jordan then Climo is Wilt.

 

[ranger]

If Paul is Jordan then Climo is Wilt.

That might not be cool. Wilt was pretty weird. Wasn't he waaaay to into cats?

 

[TheOtherBill]

AND he has to drop Scientology...

http://metro.co.uk/2014/02/10/adidas-forbids-bayern-munich-star-to-practise-scientology-4298254/

(disclaimer - not claiming Paul is Scientologist, but he also hasn't said he ISN'T one)

 

[TheOtherBill]

That might not be cool. Wilt was pretty weird. Wasn't he waaaay to into cats?

I think you have confused his fondness for fur and pu$$ies for cats :hfive:

 

[ranger]

Nope, he was a cat weirdo.

Nicely done though

 

[thelorn]

He giving away all his old Nike shoes he's been wearing for the last few years then?

 

[blackcatsmith]

There's no reason one can't be into both...or all three. Speaking of Wilt, fur, cats and that.

 

[blackcatsmith]

But Climo doesn't strike me as a Wilt. He's definitely more of a Jordan.

 

[blackcatsmith]

Or probably more apt: a Jerry West.

 

[onemilemore]

McBeth strikes me as a Russell Wilson type, with the on-message, relatively safe image.