Do you retire your disc after an ACE?

[Nathanbr2]

Nope, I just record the information on the back of the disc. Then I use that information for bragging purposes. Except for my last ACE, an epic 65 ft. ( sixty-five feet ) bomb on # 7 at Fewell Park in South Carolina. I mostly get ragged on for even bringing it up! Did I mention that it was a 65 ft. hole.........downhill too..........................jing!

The local 14 year olds I talked to there all had 4-8 career aces playing there.

I've gotta play that! lol:clap:

 

[DSCJNKY]

They definitely hang. As Roc1time stated earlier... they make for good wallpaper. And for good conversation when your disc golf buddies come over.

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[kyle420420]

iv only got one ace but i still use the disc all the time it is my main rhfh disc but i am carful of the hole i throw it on because i dont want to lose it i think i would retire it once it is to beat in

 

[RussMB]

I kept using my Ace Disc, except on risky holes, until I was able to buy another leopard to replace it. Now it's displayed on my Shelf.

 

[leppard]

When I get one, I'll keep using it until it wears out, just not in risky situations.

 

[Midnightbiker]

The only discs I hang on the wall now are ones I have gotten at tournaments. Thats it. Everything else needs to be thrown. I don't have an ace yet, but if I do, it will keep flying.

I looked at it this way.Why keep a good disc on the wall that you have to dust? Instead, let that thing fly and blow the dust off of it.

 

[Thunder94]

I got my first ace on Feb 15th 2017 with a disc I bought used at a disc store 20 minutes earlier.
After almost losing it last week I've decided to retire it and it's hanging in my man cave in the basement.
I just got a replacement used one at the same store today, we will see how it goes.
Axiom Insanity btw.

 

[sisyphus]

Congrats!
Eventually, you'll have an ace disc (or several) that you keep in the bag because you really know how they fly. You may be a little extra cautious on the decision to throw them on disc-eating holes, though!
...said a voice of experience who has lost a couple of ace discs in water. I've still got a Buzzz in the bag that's hit four times. He's not going anywhere near irretrievable water or 'jungle' rough!

 

[elmexdela]

Never passed the two time ace disc.

But I do throw my regular bag also in winter. I try to use "water discs" for courses such as hidden lake, and say brp, but I know how my bag regularly flies and usually chose those. No disc is safe.

I also don't foster attachments to inanimate objects.

 

[jeffmonty]

Took me 12 years to get my first ace, but I continued to throw that disc until it got too beat. I had it on a wall for awhile, but then it just ended up in a box of other discs I don't throw any more.

Now I just write the date, hole#, and course on the back and throw it some more. I don't really want any witnesses signing the back, either. Not that I get that many, I get about one per year now.

 

[Moose33]

I have two aces, and both of those discs are no longer in my bag.

Not because I wouldn't want them there though.

The first one was a carbon Cell(Tiger Yao) that Yikun made exclusively for Salient, they have a fairly short cycle time since the plastic is a lot like BT Soft. So I love the discs but throw a different mold now because you simply cannot get those hardly anymore and the 4 month cycle with an OOP disc is hard.

The other is a VIP Stag. And I have 3 Stags in my bag, but my Ace one is a very faint orange, mostly clear in fact, with a green stamp. While my others are bright pink or chartruce. So it's more like I don't want to lose a disc when I have easier to find ones around.

So I don't keep wall hanger... just happen to not throw them often. I do keep the Pink Stag in the bag that has hit metal 7 times though! Call it the MagStag.

 

[Kodachrome]

I won't retire them. I put no ink on my discs nowadays, not even pdga # or phone, whatever.

The disc knows it's awesome. I know it's awesome. We have an understanding.

 

[Puckstopper]

I've got two discs with a pair of aces each, so I'm not a big believer in retiring ace discs. If any of them hit a hat trick of aces, I might think about it though.

One other step I take is carrying a second, similar or identical disc to my ace discs I want to keep using. For instance, I keep two Envys in the bag, even though I really only need one driving putter. My 2x ace Envy gets all the safe throws, and my newer Plasma Envy gets anything near water, tall grass, or just when I need that extra bit of beef. If I play with a small bag, the ace discs stay home. To me this seems like the best of both worlds. I get to keep using proven, well broken in discs without a significant chance of loss.

 

[SD86]

Definitely retire the first ace. After that, D.O.T.S. (depends on the situation)

 

[zendragon]

I've got two discs with a pair of aces each, so I'm not a big believer in retiring ace discs. If any of them hit a hat trick of aces, I might think about it though.

One other step I take is carrying a second, similar or identical disc to my ace discs I want to keep using. For instance, I keep two Envys in the bag, even though I really only need one driving putter. My 2x ace Envy gets all the safe throws, and my newer Plasma Envy gets anything near water, tall grass, or just when I need that extra bit of beef. If I play with a small bag, the ace discs stay home. To me this seems like the best of both worlds. I get to keep using proven, well broken in discs without a significant chance of loss.

This is pretty much what I did with my first (only) ace disc for awhile. Eventually I stopped carrying the ace disc altogether though, and then phased out that mold from my bag. I decided to go ahead and make the ace disc a wall hanger since I don't really throw the mold anymore and I had a couple of other discs my friend dyed for my wife and I that I hung along side it. Otherwise, I don't really do wall hangers.

 

[Halcón]

If and when I get an ace, that disc will get marked with the date, and hopefully signed by a witness or two. And I'll keep throwing it (but never near water) until it's useless .

 

[worldwide]

I have all mine still, a couple still get used a bit. as I progress aces seem less important and a couple of the discs will likely get thrown again in my bag rotation. some I will never throw again like the TL+

 

[ReneeMH]

if you retire the disc how do you get multiple aces on one disc?

 

[smarkquart]

I am more protective of it, definitely, and may semi-retire it, but never completely take it out of the rotation. The only discs I have permanently pulled out of the rotation are from them being too worn and or no longer work with my current level of skill and throwing style.

I do have multiple discs with multiple aces on them, but that only means that they must be far and away better than anything I had purchased to "replace" them.

While I do bring them out from time to time, if there is any realistic chance of losing them, they are better off sitting at home as I risk a sentimentally and financially less expensive disc that is slightly less trustworthy than the ace disc. I have about three discs that I would do anything to retrieve and would literally break down with the most creative string of swear words before ultimately crying.

 

[Stardoggy]

Saved the first one, the other eight (over 9 aces) I have kept on throwing (or losing).