The dude on the bike
Double Eagle Member
What the hell is an Epic
?
?
-
Discover new ways to elevate your game with the updated DGCourseReview app!
It's entirely free and enhanced with features shaped by user feedback to ensure your best experience on the course. (App Store or Google Play)
Should I get an Epic?
- Thread starter lokirising
- Start date
it is the off centered disc
It is a floater, so that is a bonus
, I did not think it was that great of a thumber, but a select fee can do amazing barrell rolls with it
It is a floater, so that is a bonus
, I did not think it was that great of a thumber, but a select fee can do amazing barrell rolls with it
ask Kwick, it is the second coolest disc in the world, second only to
lokirising
Banned
I heard Arrows suck
chickenonabun
Double Eagle Member
i found an arrow, actually it was very very straight with sidearm or backhand, they just have a weird grip, and get warped pretty easily.
It is an odd disc, just like the Epic. It is novelty for sure, I doubt you will ever see a great player using one.
tstack10
* Ace Member *
Nope
lokirising
Banned
Don't talk s@!$ about the Epic!
djjeremiahj
Double Eagle Member
no......
unless you are a very proficient overhand thrower and you throw them enough to need the extra control and precision the epic CAN GIVE (for some, others not so much) it's a novelty. I did like it when we flipped for doubles teams; it was a great conversation starter and very easy to spot.
i'm kinda against the epic for 2 reasons.... they are a one trick pony and the time it takes for you to master one seems to be counterproductive to one's score.....
and.
i'm slightly against the OH throw as it does a lot of physical damage as most people are out of shape, throw it incorrectly, or are not warmed up.
I really liked my Epic, it was "baseball accurate" for any shot i was trying to throw within my range. BUT, it always messed up my shoulder when i had to use it; in my attempts to avoid darwinist actions, i gave it away to avoid hurting myself. Since then i've found a few suitable replacements in my bag that give me similar results. (not quite as good, but "good enough") All my throws end up on the fairway, so i really never needed the epic more than once in a very blue moon.
/\
green for sarcasm, but very true just the same.
unless you are a very proficient overhand thrower and you throw them enough to need the extra control and precision the epic CAN GIVE (for some, others not so much) it's a novelty. I did like it when we flipped for doubles teams; it was a great conversation starter and very easy to spot.
i'm kinda against the epic for 2 reasons.... they are a one trick pony and the time it takes for you to master one seems to be counterproductive to one's score.....
and.
i'm slightly against the OH throw as it does a lot of physical damage as most people are out of shape, throw it incorrectly, or are not warmed up.
I really liked my Epic, it was "baseball accurate" for any shot i was trying to throw within my range. BUT, it always messed up my shoulder when i had to use it; in my attempts to avoid darwinist actions, i gave it away to avoid hurting myself. Since then i've found a few suitable replacements in my bag that give me similar results. (not quite as good, but "good enough") All my throws end up on the fairway, so i really never needed the epic more than once in a very blue moon.
/\
green for sarcasm, but very true just the same.
Nope. Goofy disc. Haven't seen anyone throw the thing right yet. Personally haven't thrown one, but it looks very very inconsistant. I'll stick with what I've got for tomo's and such.
Are you going to make a clock out of it? Might look good with the Groove coasters.
your post had me rollin!
one of my favorite throws is my overhand tomahawks and thumbers. i didn't vote on this poll because i have yet to throw an epic.
one day i'll get my hands on one and give it a try.
medicinalfunk
* Ace Member *
the epic is sorta fun to mess around with but its tough to throw well without bombing your shoulder
Thumber
Double Eagle Member
- Joined
- Jun 30, 2010
- Messages
- 1,712
When I first started out I threw almost exclusively thumbers. I could bet them out to 300 or so. I bought an Epic as a crutch to let me keep up with the good local players who were throwing FH and BH.
It is very unpredictable due to the fact it can be tuned. Every time it thunders in it changes shape and needs to be retuned.
I have thrown them over 400 but also tore my rotator cuff I was hucking it so hard.
Torn cuff forced me to stop throwing thumbers and learn a backhand....which i can now throw over 400 with a good throw.
The Epic is a POS circus disc which is great fun to throw off mountains but has no business on a DG course.
Learn to throw BH and don't waste your money or shoulder on this epic POS
It is very unpredictable due to the fact it can be tuned. Every time it thunders in it changes shape and needs to be retuned.
I have thrown them over 400 but also tore my rotator cuff I was hucking it so hard.
Torn cuff forced me to stop throwing thumbers and learn a backhand....which i can now throw over 400 with a good throw.
The Epic is a POS circus disc which is great fun to throw off mountains but has no business on a DG course.
Learn to throw BH and don't waste your money or shoulder on this epic POS
cfair
* Ace Member *
It is a floater, so that is a bonus
its is definitely one heck of a floater...
Technohic
* Ace Member *
- Joined
- Jul 27, 2009
- Messages
- 8,517
This sums it up. The few longer throws I had were not worth tuning and second guessing how it needed to be tuned.
Sure, you'd throw it once and see its flipping to easy, so you bend the edge up a little. Little do you know that it landed hard on edge at an angle that already did that for you. And I couldnt tell if 1 side of the disc was bent more one way over the other side.
Just a pain.
Caldwell5161
Par Member
How does the epic compare to the flick? I love my flick for OH shots. I can bomb it about 350 with enough ceiling and use it for certain shots all over the place.
Technohic
* Ace Member *
- Joined
- Jul 27, 2009
- Messages
- 8,517
Flick is why I said to hell with the Epic for OH as the Flick does about as good IMO as far as distance. Better when you average out the random weird throws of the Epic, and you can do a lot more things with a Flick in flex shots, huge hyzers, skips and rollers.
Similar threads
[Innova]
Disc collecting
