R.I.P. roc

[krjones4]

During my round today i came to one of the easier holes on this course(reedy creek in charlotte NC). Its a simple straight shot about 230 feet. So i get one of my rocs and go for a hyzerflip shot stright down the middle. Well too bad it went to the left and straight into a tree. So im thinking oh well its just a bad shot when i get up to the disc and see that there is a crack going from the rim to the center of the disc.

So just wondering how many people here have had a disc straight crack up the middle? Because i have seen harder throws than this just bounce of so im guessing it hit it just right or there was a wek spot or something.

 

[krazybronco]

iv had a few disc crack but they were from the early to mid 90s and hit trees pretty hard

 

[cwild]

twice, both were dx roc's.

 

[cmlasley]

I lost a beat DX Roc this way, too. It was pretty cold, though.

 

[Steady 26542]

I had my favorite Med WIzard crack like that. I've since switched to Omega SS's...

 

[frizfraz]

when I first read the thread title I thought that the roc was going OOP
I was scared for a minute

but ya that sucks man

 

[krjones4]

when I first read the thread title I thought that the roc was going OOP
I was scared for a minute

i think it is safe to say that the roc will probably be around as long as innova is

 

[frizfraz]

haha ya
that's why I freaked out

 

[roman1]

I watched a guy split his favorite seasoned Roc in two at leagues a few weeks ago. He was pretty bummed about it. I have a split in half Cheetah hanging on my wall that met a tree several years ago.

 

[krjones4]

I have a split in half Cheetah hanging on my wall that met a tree several years ago.

Yeah im thinking this one might have to go on the wall just because it was one of my first discs.

 

[garublador1]

So just wondering how many people here have had a disc straight crack up the middle?

Discs tend to get more brittle the more they're exposed to UV light. I don't know if that had anything to do with it or not.

I did have a pretty new, DX Teebird rip down the middle of the flight plate once. I managed to hit an electrical box on a big telephone type pole and I must have had enough nose down so that the top of the flight plate smashed into the corner of the box when it hit.

 

[sleepy1]

I had an original San Marino Roc for a while that I got in a trade. It was a great turnover disc until it hit a tree and shattered into 6 different pieces. :sad:

So I got a brand new DX Rancho and started the process all over again. From the ashes, a new turnover Roc (eventually) emerges!


sleepy

 

[t i m]

I feel your pain. I've managed to shatter several discs, but all of them have been in colder weather (most were in winter when I lived up in Boston). The only discs I've cracked like that during the summer were a Super Puppy (brittle old discs) and a well-seasoned Jaguar. In both cases, it was really old plastic that hit a tree a little too hard.

But don't worry -- another Roc will always come into season.

 

[krjones4]

From the ashes, a new turnover Roc (eventually) emerges!

Yeah i see a few roc and putter only rounds in my near future to get one back to that state.

 

[AciDBatH666]

I cracked one once in a tourney. And they had to look up the rule about the lie.
If a disc breaks into pieces, your lie is from the largest piece.

 

[Bugbee]

My new favorite Glow Wizard hit a lamp post at Rutgers last night and lost an enourmous chunk. The chunk is still hanging on by a bit. I had been throwing it well all night and it was a new disc that I was really starting to like. I Do Not love lamp.

 

[Action Jackson]

saw a pro crack an eight time orange kc pro before a local tourney during warm ups. got up to the disc and all you heard was oh no.

talk about a bad start to the day.

 

[Midnightbiker]

My brother hit a tree and cracked a Pro D Stratus almost in half.

 

[ChUcKyZ]

Not really the same thing, but I watched a newb throw a dx raven into the first available. There was a broken-off branch about 10 feet up the tree sticking a few inches out from the trunk. He had thrown the disc so sloppily/wobbly that it managed to hit the branch on the underside of the flightplate, impaling the raven. It stayed there, crucified, for a couple days.

We would have retrieved it had we been able to jump that high.

 

[metal]

dx plastic man. it has happened. a stingray and a viper. both right down the middle. I still love dx. Its what I grew up on and just love the changes the disc goes through. But durable. I dont think so.