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So I've played disc golf casually the last 2 years or so.
Back around 2002-2004, my supervisor came into work one day, handed everyone on my team a disc and said we were going to play disc golf after work. I played a time or 2 and it was alright, but none of us could really do anything and it kinda hurt my arm, so it didn't stick and I never thought of disc golf again until a friend asked me to play 2 years ago.
Fast forward to about a year ago. I was going thru a box of sports equipment and at the bottom was a stack of promotional frisbees. Inside one was the disc that my supervisor gave me back in the day. Innova Wolf, no flight numbers, DX style stamp. I read the comments on Infinite and found a couple threads hear and everyone seemed to hate the disc, so I kept it, but didn't throw it.
I tried it on a whim towards the end of last summer. And I love it. First, unlike any newer DX plastic that I've held, it is soft. I can fold it. It is softer than my Classic Blend Judge, but not quite as soft as my Soft Magnet. It flies straight as an arrow for me and finishes with a very slight, but reliable fade. I don't have a big arm and like understable mids and putters, but I regularly turn over my Stratus and my Deputy and my Sol, etc, etc, etc. This is way more stable than those discs. I can throw it on a hyzer and it flips to flat. It even holds up to wind, very much unlike the discs that I mentioned that might go anywhere on a windy day. And this disc gives me no ground play, so it is very useful throwing out of trouble near the basket. It is probably my most thrown disc in my bag. But I'm starting to throw it less because I'm afraid I might lose it.
Does all older DX plastic have this feel or is this some kind of perfect storm that worked out for me? And what is the best way to find the older stuff?
Back around 2002-2004, my supervisor came into work one day, handed everyone on my team a disc and said we were going to play disc golf after work. I played a time or 2 and it was alright, but none of us could really do anything and it kinda hurt my arm, so it didn't stick and I never thought of disc golf again until a friend asked me to play 2 years ago.
Fast forward to about a year ago. I was going thru a box of sports equipment and at the bottom was a stack of promotional frisbees. Inside one was the disc that my supervisor gave me back in the day. Innova Wolf, no flight numbers, DX style stamp. I read the comments on Infinite and found a couple threads hear and everyone seemed to hate the disc, so I kept it, but didn't throw it.
I tried it on a whim towards the end of last summer. And I love it. First, unlike any newer DX plastic that I've held, it is soft. I can fold it. It is softer than my Classic Blend Judge, but not quite as soft as my Soft Magnet. It flies straight as an arrow for me and finishes with a very slight, but reliable fade. I don't have a big arm and like understable mids and putters, but I regularly turn over my Stratus and my Deputy and my Sol, etc, etc, etc. This is way more stable than those discs. I can throw it on a hyzer and it flips to flat. It even holds up to wind, very much unlike the discs that I mentioned that might go anywhere on a windy day. And this disc gives me no ground play, so it is very useful throwing out of trouble near the basket. It is probably my most thrown disc in my bag. But I'm starting to throw it less because I'm afraid I might lose it.
Does all older DX plastic have this feel or is this some kind of perfect storm that worked out for me? And what is the best way to find the older stuff?