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    Upper Park Designs Backpack Bags

    I love this bag, however, the water bottle holder is not good quality at all. The mesh tore through on my first bag. Upper Park were great enough to replace the bag and funded return shipping, which was impressive. The mesh bottle holder on my second bag tore through after about 2 months of...
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    New shoes

    I don't support North Face. I had a pair of Hedgehog mids GTX and they blew apart within one season. I'm not that hard on shoes and generally can make them last 5+ years. Not a good company, in my opinion. I highly recommend anything made by Zamberlan.
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    vibram five fingers

    The best way to eliminate the odour is to use white vinegar in the wash. I just soak them in a vinegar/water and laundry detergent solution in a pail for 20 minutes, rinse them out well, then dry them outside.
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    Upper Park Designs Backpack Bags

    I like this bag a lot and feel it's a great value. I will be writing up my review tonight, thanks for the reminder. :thmbup:
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    Need a good understable Mid. Suggestions?

    I use an ESP Meteor to fill that slot. I find it holds a line nicely and has a very gentle fade.
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    Upper Park Designs Backpack Bags

    I just The Shift in the mail today. I'm taking it out for 27 holes on a monster course tomorrow. I'll post a good review this weekend.
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    Beginning Tips

    The way to improve is to go out and play, not sitting around watching Youtube videos. It's great to read and watch suggestions, but unless you have a disc in your hand, you can't apply those suggestions, automatically expecting your game to get better.
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    Warm up and prep

    I usually warm up by playing catch with a floppy putter. I find it loosens up the arms and gets the blood moving a bit.
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    Best overstable mid

    The Pain is the best over stable mid I've ever thrown. It gets a permanent place in my bag.
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    DG Presentation to Coworkers

    Emphasize how much fun the game is. Tell stories about how fun it is to watch a disc fly in the air towards the target, even if it isn't a particularly good throw. The other benefits, such as health, etc, should only be secondary highlights. I try to hook people on the fun factor.
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    Ideal tournament start time

    I prefer to start somewhere between 9 and 10 a.m. It's nice to have a sufficient lunch break in between rounds, so I don't mind earlier starts. I've been to enough tourneys where the TDs cut the lunch breaks short because of some slow cards coming in (or for other reasons). While I appreciate...
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    Disc profile drawings

    I would imagine that the manufacturers' actual specs would be trade secrets. Best bet would be to take some measurements yourself.
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    How the acorn grows to be a mighty oak? Completed.

    Succinct and well framed, within ten principles. Easy to digest and easy to relate with. I may suggest that learning course management during competitive play is extremely important in the development of one's game. Of course, course management could be related to principles number five, six...
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    Bringing back you know your addicted to disc Golf when...

    That was pretty freaking cool. It's an awesome dude gift.
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    hearing the chains

    PM me your email address and I can send you a sound file with a good one.
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