Axiom Home Page Forums General Discussion The Water Cooler Any one out there play disc golf?

As for today's disc's, I often pick them up in stores and think "man, if we had had these....." If I had someone to play with up here, I would do it. We do have at lease one official course.

ECU.....Party On, Dude.....as for DOOK - I went to Carolina....nuff said.

I almost went to Duke. I got more scholarship money from and had a nicer campus visit to Notre Dame, so there ya go.

A couple of years ago, I saw ND lose a close football game at Carolina. They had good barbecue at the stadium, though, so it wasn't a total loss. And Franklin St was fun.

For those of you unfamiliar with disc golf, here's a mind-boggling table of the offerings from Innova, one of the big companies. Bear in mind that there are several other companies with their own product lines. OTOH, you can get by very, very well with just two or three discs as you start up.

In my bag you will find:

Drivers: Champion (rainbow) Leopard (my go-to disc), Eagle (multiple), Cheetah, Gazelle, Firebird, Archangel (though I'm not strong/skilled enough to really achieve the full potential of those last two)
Midrange: Roc, Stingray
Putt/Approach: Birdie (go-to), Aviar, Aero, Rhyno

So, that's what those basket looking things in the parks are for. I thought they were squirrel feeders.

I've got seven or eight discs and a course that is about three miles from my house but it has been several years since I played. I never really got into it much. I enjoyed regular golf much more but that got to be too expensive, time consuming, and frustrating.

Yeah, the cost comparison is an easy win for disc golf (vs "ball" golf). For $30 or less, you can get three discs that'll last for months or years, depending on how many trees you hit. Oh, and whether or not you throw them into a lake. No greens fees. No special clothes or shoes required.

I've been playing off and on for 15+ years, and haven't put any money into equipment for years. Never lost a disc until last weekend. I think it went down a sewer drain. After it cleared that hill, I lost sight of it and it was nowhere to be found. I was bummed out, because it was my Stingray, my only anhyzer disc. Think that one has to be replaced. Hey, my birthday is coming up...

Cool t-shirt:

JP, you've peaked my interest enough to find some basic information on it!

2 years ago when we won the NCAA Basketball Championship, my daughter called me up the next day and said "DAD! I almost got trampled on Franklin last night! " She was at a house near Franklin and she and her friends sprinted to Franklin. They were among the first to arrive. The crowds continued to pour in until in the middle of the street, you couldn't move. She tripped and fell and people immediately begin stepping on her. Her roommate was screaming at people and trying to help her up but almost went down herself. Just when she was starting to panic, she said these 2 huge hands picked her up from behind. Turned out to be a guy from the football team that was in one of her classes. He calmed her down and said "I'm gonna get you to the side". He kept her in front of him and got her and her roomie to the periphery where she stayed for the remainder of the "celebration". She told me the story like it was "cool". As a dad, it just scared the crap out of me. Apparently the crowds were similar to the ones my brother experienced when the Heels won in '83.

Quite a story, inert gas man!

Mark - Cool! If/when we meet up, I'll give you some pointers. I think you'll find that when you go out to a course, disc golfers are very accommodating to n00bs. Enjoy!