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- Thread starter araytx
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Grew up in So Fla and spent a lot of time playing frisbee on the beach and in parks, but never saw a disc golf basket until I moved to Michigan. Saw people playing in a park and thought "That looks fun to do with the kids."
Took a couple of lids to the course with my kids, and proceeded to throw to the wrong basket. Once I figured out where we were supposed to throw, I thought, "How the hell am I supposed to get it there with all those trees in the way?" Eventually found it to be fun.
When I started playing, if you'd have told me I was gonna:
1) Spend thousand$ on plastic.
2) Join a league and play in tournaments.
3) Spend hours a day on a website chatting with people I've never met.
4) Plan vacations around where the best courses are.
5) Meet and make friends with people all over the country.
6) Spend hours outside ....in single digits temps.
7) Write detailed reviews and rate courses I've played.
8) Get upset about ratings other people gave courses.
..any one of those ...
...all over throwing frisbees into a bunch of chains....
I'd have said you're full of $!hit.
Lol!
Took a couple of lids to the course with my kids, and proceeded to throw to the wrong basket. Once I figured out where we were supposed to throw, I thought, "How the hell am I supposed to get it there with all those trees in the way?" Eventually found it to be fun.
When I started playing, if you'd have told me I was gonna:
1) Spend thousand$ on plastic.
2) Join a league and play in tournaments.
3) Spend hours a day on a website chatting with people I've never met.
4) Plan vacations around where the best courses are.
5) Meet and make friends with people all over the country.
6) Spend hours outside ....in single digits temps.
7) Write detailed reviews and rate courses I've played.
8) Get upset about ratings other people gave courses.
..any one of those ...
...all over throwing frisbees into a bunch of chains....
I'd have said you're full of $!hit.
Lol!
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LateWesternSky
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A friend, who I hadn't talked to in years, drunkenly texted me in the middle of the night asking me to go discing with him that weekend. This guy was very annoying, and I wasn't happy he woke me up, but I decided to be a nice guy and said yes. The next day he texted me and said he was drunk and had meant to text someone else, but he would still take me discing if I wanted to hang out. I was still in the same circle of friends that had "kicked him out" so I thought it would make for a funny story and went discing with him.
3-4 years later and I probably play more sanctioned tournaments than anyone in my area. It's the best "butterfly effect" story I have ever personally come across.
3-4 years later and I probably play more sanctioned tournaments than anyone in my area. It's the best "butterfly effect" story I have ever personally come across.
In-laws got me a Dick's gift card for some occasion (birthday?). I picked up a starter pack, because why not? After failing at BH (noob hyzer) and FH (cut roll) with a 150 class DX Leopard, I gave up.
A few years later I found the Shark from that pack (the Leo and Aviar had somehow disappeared) and decided to give it another go. Bought a Valk (distance record!) and a grid Aviar and been hooked since.
A few years later I found the Shark from that pack (the Leo and Aviar had somehow disappeared) and decided to give it another go. Bought a Valk (distance record!) and a grid Aviar and been hooked since.
The Shide
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In the mid-1970s my father took me and my brothers to a park on the outskirts of town (Brewer Park) & we threw our Wham-Os at these brown wooden poles. Was a casual player for decades after that. About ten years ago, I started to take it a little more seriously.
LateWesternSky
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How did that round go?opcorn:
I don't remember. I'm sure it was a typical round for your average random noobs.
I do remember asking if I was allowed to throw "forehand" or as I probably worded it "like I throw for baseball". I easily threw twice as far forehand as I was throwing backhand, and subsequently became a forehand dominant player. About 2 years later my backhand caught up to and surpassed my forehand distance.
Edit: Reading back, you may have been more interested in how the conversation was between me and my friend. It was fine. A month later I texted him/his brother since I found one of his brother's discs. I met up with him and gave the disc to him. That's the last time I interacted with him or his family.
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JKeyser
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Kept seeing all these baskets everywhere I went. I saw some people playing and thought "that looks awesome". Got the kid and the wife out of the house and we love it. Dammit if the wife doesn't throw better than I do! Its a great way to kill some time and get outdoors. I think we will be doing this a lot more...
Kept seeing all these baskets everywhere I went. I saw some people playing and thought "that looks awesome". Got the kid and the wife out of the house and we love it. Dammit if the wife doesn't throw better than I do! Its a great way to kill some time and get outdoors. I think we will be doing this a lot more...
Casey 1988
Shun the frumious Bandersnatch!
Got invited to play after one uncle hurt his ankle playing hakysack in last weeked in July 2003. Then the other uncle who invited me out got me hooked on the sport and gave me a Stingray and a Rubber Putter. I thought from what my mom said was that the only course in my town was a very crappy sign course that I played where I lost my Stingray. Turns out there was in a nearby state park a Disc Golf course put in the day before Steady Ed died in 2001 but at the time the full original 9 hole layout, hole 3 had not been made safe nor hole was the alternate tee pad set put in by a few in the local Disc Golf club after it formed in 2005, in 2006.
Casey 1988
Shun the frumious Bandersnatch!
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I at first time out ever played the old Course in Winnona Minnesota made in 1986. That was at the last/tail end of the era 2 courses made as a few months later the Stingray one of the first true midrange came out and made that course feel smaller then it was with putters and fast midrange putter hybrids like the XD or Classic ROC, then just the ROC. Most of that course uses the older Mach II with some upgraded to modern Mach II if needed.
I at first time out ever played the old Course in Winnona Minnesota made in 1986. That was at the last/tail end of the era 2 courses made as a few months later the Stingray one of the first true midrange came out and made that course feel smaller then it was with putters and fast midrange putter hybrids like the XD or Classic ROC, then just the ROC. Most of that course uses the older Mach II with some upgraded to modern Mach II if needed.
Casey 1988
Shun the frumious Bandersnatch!
What Town?
That is how Omaha Park was in Rapid City South Dakota For the first two years in 1978 and 1979 before it had then old Hand built Disc Golf baskets made of Rebar and a small chains with very wide cage diameter. Those are gone for Chainstar old type from the Jackson park that now has the Modern Mach V.
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Had thrown Frisbees since 8yo, but first played disc golf on an object course on the USM campus in '79-'80. By my last year there in '82-'83, the college had a basket course at their recreational property on Lake Sehoy in the country (didn't play that one much ---object course was better
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Ha---thought I related a longer version of this anecdote before. The thread is titled "Remembering your first time", that I posted to 04-23-20.
Jomez's video of pual describing is 18 down at Waco poped up in my YouTube feed last march. I got hooked on watching disc golf and watched all of jomez/ CCDG from last year along with most of 2018. This March I finally bought a couple discs and tried playing the sport for the first time.
jakebake91
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We played a few times in high school phy-ed. Make shift object golf with ultrastars. There was also a course at my then girlfriends (now wife) high school. She didn't play, but was more familiar with the sport. I was really interested in the idea of disc golf because I've always loved frisbees. Really loved ultimate in HS. I bought used lot of discs on eBay and away I went. Self taught chucker. I remember thinking a Wraith sounded like a perfect disc for me haha. Found PureHyzer Productions on YouTube and that really opened up my eyes to how the sport could be played. Fast forward several years later, here I am! Completely addicted.
I had a houseguest for an extended stay and we needed to find something to do. We found the starter pack at Dick's and tried it out. Been hooked since
Casey 1988
Shun the frumious Bandersnatch!
Which Starter Pack?
Started throwing Pluto Platters in the early '60's. It was a Saturday morning in the early '70's that I saw a competition on TV from Six Flags Over Georgia. I know Stork was playing. I'm not sure who else was there but I'm guessing Tom Monroe, Victor Malafronte, John Kirkland and Steady Ed were involved. I'll see if I can get Stork to verify all that. I started throwing at trees immediately.
I'd seen dg before in Louisville and it didn't look all that impressive. Seeing people throwing frisbees looked lame while I drove through the park. Then in 2009 with extra free time due to a slow economy, I was walking through a park near my place in Evansville, IN. The tee signs were a very detailed map. Looking at the lay of the land I thought, "This looks challenging". Bought a beginner set of discs and I was hooked.
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