What's in your bag - 2008 edition

[headrick-er]

Ummm sharkthrower.... where are the sharks?

Yeah, I made this username when they were part of my bag. I've since rediscovered the joys of Rocs.

 

[cojsmith08]

Z Predator - knifes and spikes
Z Crush - long hyzers and distance when windy
Surges (2 ESP, 1 Z) - controlled D
Flashes (2 Z, 1 ESP) - I use Z's for control, ESP is for max D and annies
XL's (1 Z, 1 X) - Straight to turnover and control
Z Flick - hammer, and HUGE skips

Drones (1 D, 1 FLX) - Very overstable to stable
Buzzzes (2 D, 1 Z, 1 ESP) - Straight to turnover

DX Aviars (1 new, 1 beat) - from 100 ft. and in
up to 4 extra Aviars for practice

critiques/comments are welcomed

 

[jamsisjams]

Why the Surges and the Flashes? What does one do that the other doesn't?

 

[deaddisc1]

triple posting fool

 

[deaddisc1]

Just trying to increase my post count, dont mind me

 

[deaddisc1]

I havent posted my bag in a long time so here goes-9 molds with really 5 being used heavily

Drivers:
175 Z Flick-stable forehands
174 Star Max-more straight forehands, distance tommy/thumber, and forehand rollers
175 CFR X-TRX- Stable Backhand Driver
172 DX Teebird-Fairway Driver (still getting used to this one)
174 Pro Starfire-newish thus my go to for backhand distance drives
169 Pro Starfire-Straight/turnover backhand driver and quick flip tommies
172 Star Roadrunner-Turnover Backhands (doesnt get used much)

Mids:
175 Flat Top Roc- Beat (8/10) used for straight/stable midrange
175 Flat Top Roc- New and used for more stable shots than above roc
172 Big Bird Roc- Somewhat beat used for straight and standstill midrange
170ish Big Bird Roc- Thrashed and used for turnover midrange
175 Z Wasp- Used for super stable midrange

Putters:
2 Glow Aviars both 174 (one more beat for jump putts and awkward stances)
174 KC Aviar- Stable putter shots
172 JK Aviar- Understable putter shots

 

[jamsisjams]

Nice triple post, deaddisc.

 

[deaddisc1]

My bad on the triple post. Any comments on my bag setup are most welcome

 

[jamsisjams]

My bad on the triple post. Any comments on my bag setup are most welcome

Which one?

What do you use the RRs for that the Starfires won't do?

 

[deaddisc1]

My bad on the triple post. Any comments on my bag setup are most welcome

Which one?

What do you use the RRs for that the Starfires won't do?

It is true the rr and the beat starfires do somewhat overlap. Im just starting to get the hang of throwing annies so i had/have the rr in there to make it easier on myself while i was learning. I would imagine that by the end of the summer it will be all starfires in different stages of wear. Also i didnt have any starfires that were sufficiently beat until recently, at least none that i didnt lose once they were properly beat.

 

[BearDin1]

you best learn those dx tee birds son. They are the shizzle.

 

[garublador1]

Well, I was inclined to make a new thread, but this one seems as if it gets enough traffic.

I've decided to empty all the super-fast drivers out of my bag, because, well, if I ain't breaking 350' with them I've got no business throwing them. I'm dropping the number of molds I carry and will spend the next two months working on form problems that are severely restricting my potential distance (which are masked by the high-speed drivers). Any opinions are welcome, including suggestions to add certain molds and replace molds currently in the bag.

Drivers:

175g moderately beat DX Teebird
175g beat-in DX Teebird
172g Z XS (I'm guessing this one could probably be dropped, but I'm not sure)
172g DX Gazelle
170g beat-in Z Pred (I've gotten this to the point where it has a lot of nice glide for a pred)
175g ESP Pred (for windy days and spike Hyzers)

Mids

Either a new DX Roc or KC Roc; I haven't made that purchase yet
175g beat-in DX Roc
175g trashedDX Roc

Putters

175g Black DX Aviar for all putts 50' and in
175g White DX Aviar for short upshots

Two thumbs up.

I did almost that exact same thing last year and trust me, you won't miss those high speed drivers as much as you think you will. You'll wonder why you didn't do it earlier.

I'd keep away from the XS for the most part, but it won't hurt to try to throw it every once in a while. It's fun to see how far it goes after a month of throwing Teebirds and Gazelles.

 

[headrick-er]

Thanks a lot!

 

[uNicedmeMan1]

I'm finding that lighter 167ish beat in z pred nicely fills the roll of a moderately overstable driver.

 

[cojsmith08]

Why the Surges and the Flashes? What does one do that the other doesn't?

I use Surges for D, and the Flashes are highly controllable, so they're my workhorses. I realize, theres a little overlap, and flashes are kinda fast, but the mentalist in me loves flashes too much to not throw them.

I could probably get similar D with Flashes, but I can do a lot more with Surges.

 

[PRES 101]

Ice spirit, heavy headwinds
E Spirit white headwinds, forehands, hyzers
E Spirit Yellowoverhands, hyzers, skipshots
E Illusion B. Blue distance
E Illusion White annys rollers
E Assassin Yellow tunnels, annys
E element black, straight mid
E Element Orange, turnover mid
E Wizard straight approach, putter
S Wizard soft overstable approach

Going to put my ss wizard back in for my main putter, my e demon, and another illusion for a backup, and a either a E sabre or a proto assasin (the stable ones)

 

[_.-Dut-._]

This is what im working towards, I also carry a Leopard and a Buzzz, that I am carrying til I get a beat version of the XL and Pro Roc


Distance Driver

Champion Wraith- Max Distance
Z Predator- Headwinds/ sidearm/ skipshots

Fairway

Z XL- Most all fairway work
Champion Sidewinder- hard anhyzers/rollers
Champion Orc: Thumbers

Mids

Pro Roc

Putters

S Wizard

 

[cwild]

In my Revo Mini bag...

Z Pred
Star Teerex-X
Star Wraith
Champ Teebird
Champ RR

Dx Roc x2

S Wizard x2

Sometimes a Champ Leopard as well.

 

[K-Dog 19]

What da' hay...I'm bored...

172g Nike Spirit (almost new) - Very strong winds, Overhand shots, "S" curves
175g S Illusion (new) - Milder winds, Long hyzers
172g S Illusion (broken in) - Stable distance, Turnovers on windy days
160g S Illusion (beat) - Understable distance, Rollers

175g E Assassin (new) - straight fairways

171g S Demon (new) - Shorter Spirit
177g E Element X (almost new) - Stable midrange shots
180g E Element (new) - Staight mid-range shots
180g E Element (broken in) - Flippy mid-range shots

175g E Wizard (almost new) - Putter drives, Stable approaches
171g SS Warlock (beat) - Short right finishing approaches
172g Glow Warlock (Broken in) - Putting
172g Glow Warlock (Broken in) - Putting

Wacha think?

 

[wdb4th1]

My Bag For Bowling Green Ams

Drivers
First Run Double D: Headwind drives that need to be overstable
Raging Inferno: Headwind drivers that need to be stable or overstable drives
Raging Inferno DT: Long S-curves or shots that need to fall left slowly
JP T-bone: 1 newish 1 usedish straight forehanders, woods
Assassin: 1 used Rollers, 1 newish, shots that turn and don't fade
Ultra Light 100 M Lazer: Tailwind max D, Controlled D Will have at least 2 with me at all times. They are overstable
Illusion: Hyzerflip into wind for distance, light wind max D

Midranges
Backbone: one newish one beat, straight to slightly overstable
Wildfire: Straight to understable
Rock-it: 1 used, 1 new holding anny lines, forehand anny shots

Putters:
Magic: Main Putter
Glow Wizard: Windy putter and jump putts
SRP Crossfire: Up shots that need to stick to a hill

Will probably add Elements and ELXs if I can get out and throw them this week.