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  zingman 10:57 am on May 16, 2012 Permalink | Log in to leave a Comment
  Tags: disc golf ( 60 ), Mini, Zing   

  Another new Thing at Zing 

  Hey Everyone, (Especially you Mini Disc Golfers)

  Craig here.  I’ve been really busy in the molding laboratory experimenting with this and that polymer and have run into a really nice plastic that I’ve molded up into a new line call “Oxygen”  or O2 plastic.  It’s real grippy,  is very clear in appearance, and seems to fly greater distances than some of the old plastic.   I think this will be the new staple at the Mini Disc Golf tournament on July 15th at the Charlotte Worlds.

  I’ve molded up a large supply of Aerofoils and Snipes with this new plastic in the usual line of  glows, glitters, scented, you name it,…I’ve got it.  If you’ve never thrown a Zing,  now’s the time!

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  Killer B 8:25 am on May 15, 2012 Permalink | Log in to leave a Comment
  Tags: Killer B Disc Golf ( 2 ), Leagues ( 2 )   

  Morning leagues? 

  We at Killer B Disc Golf in Augusta, GA are thinking about starting a morning disc golf league. What works in your area? Do you play in one?

  I have a feeling there are a lot of 2nd- and 3rd-shifters who are missing out on the fun of league play.

  Let me know your thoughts and tell me what works well in your area. Thanks!

  Post your answers here, on the Killer B website, or on our Facebook page.

   

   

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  Let Us Know… what do you think is the Best Very Overstable Fairway Driver mold? « talkdiscgolf.com

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    jreim

    12:26 pm on May 18, 2012 Permalink | Log in to Reply

    I play in two leagues…. interesting formats for both… one league has 3 rounds a week start times at thrus – 5 hours before sun set, sat noon sunday 11. shotgun start…. the other league lets you show up Wednesdays between 330 and 530 and just play your round with who ever is there and then u turn in your card…both work but personally i like the latter, you just have to have someone willing to give up a large chunk of time to sit there and reg ppl….

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  KC Dermody 4:11 pm on May 14, 2012 Permalink | Log in to leave a Comment
  Tags: Associations ( 2 ), Clubs ( 4 ), disc golf ( 60 ), Flying disc ( 4 ), golf ( 2 ), PDGA World Championships, Sport ( 3 ), Yahoo   

  Changes at Yahoo Sports and Disc Golf Articles 

  Over the past month there have been quite a few changes taking place at Yahoo, including lots of cut backs. Unfortunately last week my worst fears were realized when my sports beats were cut, taking away my ability to get paid for writing the disc golf articles that I’ve come to look forward to publishing nearly every day for almost a year now.

  Fortunately, I found two sites on which I can publish a few disc golf articles a week, but of course that isn’t near enough considering the number of tournaments and various events throughout the nation that are taking place. The good news is that I found out today I can still publish on Yahoo’s Voices section, which means I won’t get paid for the article as I used to but I will still receive a small amount from the page views that each article receives. While I’m not sure if it will be enough to allow me to continue to write these and still pay the bills, but I’m definitely willing to try it out and see how it goes.

  If you’ve liked reading my disc golf articles in the past, it would be greatly appreciated if you could pass them on to others who have an interest in the sport as much as possible so that I can continue to write them. I’m looking forward to (hopefully) covering the PDGA World Championships in Charlotte in conjunction with Disc Golf Planet TV in July and meeting many of the awesome disc golfers that I’ve so enjoyed writing about and spreading the word about this great sport.

  Here is the first article published on Yahoo Voices, “Emina Weaver Crowned Champion at Disc Golf’s La Mirada Women’s Global Event,” with many more to come. Thanks again for your support!

  http://voices.yahoo.com/emina-weaver-crowned-champion-disc-golfs-la-mirada-11348202.html?cat=14

   

   

  

  

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  trotter 2:13 pm on May 13, 2012 Permalink | Log in to leave a Comment
  Tags: @trotter_talkdg ( 4 ), disc golf ( 60 ), Fairway ( 4 ), innova ( 8 ), Let Us Know ( 5 ), Opinion ( 5 ), Poll ( 4 ), Very Overstable   

  Let Us Know… what do you think is the Best Very Overstable Fairway Driver mold? 

  We are curious… what do you think is the Best Very Overstable Fairway Driver mold?

  Get your opinion in while it counts.

  What is the Best Very Overstable Fairway Driver?

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  Innova Firebird (5 votes, 100%)
  

  Discraft Predator (0 votes, 0%)
  

  DGA Tsunami (0 votes, 0%)
  

  Lat64 XXX (0 votes, 0%)
  

  Discraft Venom (0 votes, 0%)
  

  Prodiscus Respecti (0 votes, 0%)
  

  Discraft Xtreme (0 votes, 0%)
  

  Innova Viper (0 votes, 0%)
  

  Innova Whippet (0 votes, 0%)
  

  Not trying to influence the outcome of this little exercise, but may I suggest…

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  MrDiscGolf 9:27 am on May 12, 2012 Permalink | Log in to leave a Comment
  Tags: events, morning warm up, MrDiscGolf ( 9 ), PDGA ( 8 )   

  What do you do to get ready for an event? 

  What do you do the morning of an event…after you arrived and checked in with the TD? Since I am usually running the event, i’m curious what do you do before the players meeting?

  Do you sit around and BS with friends? Do you throw a few holes then putt? Do you meditate?

  What’s your morning pregame notion?

  

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    calebpepera

    8:51 am on May 14, 2012 Permalink | Log in to Reply

    Usually starts off with a nice small meal, water, and minor stretching. Followed by deep breathing.

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    jreim

    12:32 pm on May 18, 2012 Permalink | Log in to Reply

    me personally, i try to get everything ready the night before as far as what i need (ie water bottles in the fridge, bag shoes and extra clothes packed), so all i have to do the morning of is get my coffee and im off… when i get to the course i will go play some holes and try to make sure i throw each shot at least 4 or 5 times (ie mid range anny, mid range straight, long range overstable ect…) i typically will save this until i get to a wide open hole (so i dont waste time looking for a shot that goes awry) … after that i will find a basket putt until i feel like i have found my stride…then go BS with the awesome people at the tourney…

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    jreim

    12:33 pm on May 18, 2012 Permalink | Log in to Reply

    also with your throwing arm (big circles…little circles) …and warm up your throwing motion with a towel, this helps get my timing down and the towel give a little resistance so it feels more throw like….

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  Discmania Golf Discs 5:44 am on May 8, 2012 Permalink | Log in to leave a Comment
  Tags: Backhand driving ( 2 ), contest ( 12 ), Deep in the Game ( 5 ), Discmania ( 6 ), Discmania FD ( 2 )   

  Deep in the Game ep2: Win exclusive plastic! 

  That’s right folks! We’ve got another sticker spotting competition going on with a chance to win sweet unreleased First Run C-line FD’s with the Deep in the Game stamp!

  See the prizes below:

  

  All you need to do to be eligible to win win is to spot a Discmania sticker (Not this one) in the Deep in the Game Episode 2 and submit the answer to us by a message thru the Discmania Deep in the Game Facebook-page. We will raffle 3 lucky winners on Tue, May 15th from the the group of right answers.

  Now please read the full instructions from our blog and go spot the sticker!

  

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  NutSac 12:39 pm on May 7, 2012 Permalink | Log in to leave a Comment
  Tags: a day in the life of ( 5 ), Cinco de Mayo, DG Blogs ( 5 ), Your Disc Golf Hero ( 5 )   

  Your Disc Golf Hero: Cinco de Mayo at Rockburn 

  Dick and I rolled in this morning for a 10 a.m. practice round for the upcoming Rumble. I arrived at 0957. Dick arrived 3 minutes late i.e. 1018. Dick time is always somewhere between 10 and 15 minutes later than everyone else’s time.

  Read the rest here…

  

  

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  Aaron Brooker 6:22 am on May 7, 2012 Permalink | Log in to leave a Comment
  Tags: Clubs ( 4 ), contest ( 12 ), DGA ( 6 ), disc golf ( 60 ), Dynamic Discs, Facebook ( 6 ), Fantasy Disc Golf ( 6 ), FREE ( 10 ), Gateway, Grip EQ, Powergrip, SkyLine, Steady Ed Masters Cup   

  Picks are Open!!! Win a basket 

  Picks for the Steady Ed Masters Cup just opened up.  The fantasy winner will receive a basket….and it’s free to play!

  Help us spread the word. There are a lot of prizes being given away, for FREE.

  Facebook has disc giveaway contests.

  DGA, Gateway, Dynamic Discs, Powergrip, and Skyline are all giving away prizes….with no cost to join.

  Fantasy Disc Golf has already given away a Grip EQ bag, now a custom basket and we’re securing more prizes for the rest of the season.

  If you haven’t signed up, do it now.

  There are several ideas and opportunities floating around for businesses and local clubs.

  Spread the word and good luck.

  

  

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  Debbie Scott 2:48 pm on May 6, 2012 Permalink | Log in to leave a Comment  

  Here is a message from the PDGA on the World tournament waitlist…

  http://www.pdga.com/waiting-on-worlds?s=0f3559a4cb644aee02381813eeab5a01

  

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  discgolfher 8:16 am on May 6, 2012 Permalink | Log in to leave a Comment  

  Wind Putting 

  Hey y’all. One of the local am ladies was asking me what my secret was to putting well in the wind, and it got me thinking how I wish someone shared this morsel with me sooner. This spring in Michigan, we have had some very windy rounds. It finally clicked for me at a mixed doubles tournament in early March.

  When I got to the course and realized the winds were holding steady somewhere around 30 mph with gusts 40+, I decided my 167 JK Aviars weren’t going to do too well for me. I carry 173 Pro Rhynos as throwers, and haven’t putted with them in 4 or so years. The Rhynos were going to have to be my putters on a day like that, so the Aviars went in the trunk. While we were warming up, I was banging tailwind putts with the Rhynos. Why not try to make my life a little easier, and give myself as many tailwind putts as possible during the rounds? My partner and I talked about it while we were waiting to tee on our first hole, and decided that was about our only strategy for the day (besides finding some plastic that would hold it’s line and hit the fairways). Using that strategy, I was a putting machine.

  All that being said, figure out what wind direction you like to putt in. Tailwind, headwind, right to left, or left to right. Get outside on a windy day, and take a bunch of putts from each wind direction. Figure out which one you like best.  Then,  when you play rounds, start placing your disc to give yourself those type of putts. It’s much easier than trying to putt into a headwind one hole, than trying to figure out how to putt in a tailwind the next hole.

  Wishing you all the best on windy days! Bang the chains!

  

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