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captainamerica1987
08/22/2011, 20:49
Besides Ben138, am I the only one who plays it and heroclixs on here?
I was looking into getting some disc golf inspired dice made and didn't know if anyone was interested in that along with talking about disc golf here.
(Example)
Ace!/Pic of basket
So where and what do you play?
aqhoffman
08/22/2011, 20:52
I've been playing disc golf for about 14 years - some years up to 10-15 times, other years not at all unfortunately. I love it, and your dice idea is pretty cool.
captainamerica1987
08/22/2011, 21:00
What kind of disc do you you use?
I should have posted mine.
Driver: Discraft Stalker(Dyed Cap shield)
Mid range: Innova Leapard
Putter: Rhino(Dyed red, but I don't know what to put on it.)
and if interested in dice then pm me. I'm trying to get 5 people for an order.
So, dice with a pic of a DG basket for the 6?
I'd like a set.
Disc golf rules!
I picked up a "Classic Roc" at Pluto's, I was really impressed with how it throws.
http://www.discgolfreview.com/discs/innova/classicroc.shtml
The millenium Sirius LS on the other hand,..urgh.
http://www.discgolfcenter.com/main_displayProduct.php?p=151
I mainly use a Innova Star Shark for drives and Innova Star Aviar for putting, I am too decrepit to get anything out of the high speed drivers, (Wraiths, Valkyries, ect...)
Jarimy123
08/23/2011, 09:04
I play when I get a chance. I've played off and on since right out of high school, so like 10 years. I have a couple buddies who have played longer, and are real, real good. I'm just average I guess. I used to go like 3-4 times a week in the summer, I didn't even go last year. I haven't made it out this year yet either.
I've gotten 3 aces in my life. Those are the best, you just feel it right when you release the throw that it's going in. I don't drive real far, but my mid-range/long putts save me constantly.
My fav disc has always been the LS Polaris. I don't use a putter or mid range disc, just straight up LS Polaris. Sometimes I've used a JLS too. Those are sweet.
Man, speaking of which I'm going soon now hahahaha. We have like 5 courses in my area, 3 of which are all within 15 minutes driving of each other. Nothing like hitting up all 3 on one day. But gone are those days for me - stupid work.
captainamerica1987
08/23/2011, 09:11
Does anyone besides me dye disc? got pics?
Jarimy123
08/23/2011, 09:40
I've bought discs that were tye-dyed. My one buddy who only uses JLS, and is really good at playing, will only use the tye-dyed ones. He says they just seem to throw differently for him.
I've never heard of dying your own ones. That's pretty tight. I just have my white Polaris. I find it's easiest to find in the woods, and if I find a disc I like I stick with it till it gets cut up too bad.
Thrumble Funk
08/23/2011, 12:46
I have never heard of this.
::runs off to Wiki it::
Alright, I NEED to play this!
I have never heard of this.
::runs off to Wiki it::
Alright, I NEED to play this!
It's pretty fun.
Fresh air, exercise, throwing stuff...
sometimes you find interesting things on the course.
Lacy purple thongs, for example.
Thrumble Funk
08/23/2011, 12:54
It's pretty fun.
Fresh air, exercise, throwing stuff...
sometimes you find interesting things on the course.
Lacy purple thongs, for example.
Throwing a frisbee fairly accurately/far is one of the few "sporty" things I can actually do well.
Jarimy123
08/23/2011, 13:33
Throwing a frisbee fairly accurately/far is one of the few "sporty" things I can actually do well.
You should be able to learn pretty quick then. It takes some time to really learn how to throw a disc, they are much different then a regular frisbee. But generally I think if you can throw a regular one it should take less time to figure out how to throw a disc.
The best part about it is you are outside, walking around, and spending time with friends. A lot of disc golf players used to get categorized as pot head hippies, but it's grown a lot the last decade. At least around my area. Which sucks because you go and try and play on a Saturday and you actually find yourself waiting for other groups.
captainamerica1987
08/23/2011, 16:11
It's pretty fun.
Fresh air, exercise, throwing stuff...
sometimes you find interesting things on the course.
Lacy purple thongs, for example.
Can you mail it back to me please?
captainamerica1987
08/23/2011, 22:19
Here is the some of my dyes and ideas for future dyes.
http://hcrealms.com/forum/album.php?albumid=1976
Milo Garret
08/24/2011, 11:57
Besides Ben138, am I the only one who plays it and heroclixs on here?
I was looking into getting some disc golf inspired dice made and didn't know if anyone was interested in that along with talking about disc golf here.
(Example)
Ace!/Pic of basket
So where and what do you play?
My buddy and I try to play once a week. I'm not much of a backhand thrower, so I throw hammer style off the tee, and it works pretty well for me. I need to work on my short game, though, a lot.
Jarimy123
08/24/2011, 13:37
Here is the some of my dyes and ideas for future dyes.
http://hcrealms.com/forum/album.php?albumid=1976
Those are pretty ####ing sick dude.
I've played disc golf for a couple of years now. My cousin introduced me to it a few years back. Unfortunately, I have nothing but time to do it right now being unemployed, but the weather in Central Illinois sucks and it rains just frequently enough to make the courses nearby nearly unplayable.
I have since gotten several friends into it and my Wife plays as well. She also plays Heroclix and is on hcrealms as Dngergrrl for anybody who is not familiar with her.
I own several drivers and mid-range discs. My crown jewel is a dyed Green Lantern Logo disc. It was a Christmas present from the Wife and I was told that if it ever goes into the water (as several of my discs have gone in a lake on one of the courses) that I would be going in after it until it was retrieved. :p
captainamerica1987
08/24/2011, 16:34
Those are pretty ####ing sick dude.
I've got a few more I believe and some that I just need to decide what I want to do and go do it.
bigpoppamj
09/05/2011, 02:18
I use a Groove to drive with and I've been looking for a Cap's shield disc for about a year now with no luck. I wish I knew how to dye mine as awesome as yours!
Went to play at the closest course to me the other day and shot an embarrasing +10. I remember when I was doing it more often that I was shooting at WORST a +3. Oh well, in one of my journeys into the bushes I found a new disc. It was a Championship Beast.
ClixKiller
09/05/2011, 02:53
i have played disc golf for 2o years the disc i use are the cobra-shark-roc-whippet-several of my friends play clixs and disc golf.
any custom dice are cool.
Played 57 holes this weekend.
I need a wheelchair today.
My father-in-law plays all the time and I've tried it a dozen or so times. Last time was while on lunch break in Berkeley next to the water. Needless to say I had to stop early due to a bad shot into the water.
My father-in-law plays all the time and I've tried it a dozen or so times. Last time was while on lunch break in Berkeley next to the water. Needless to say I had to stop early due to a bad shot into the water.
That's what younger brothers are for. Last time I threw one in the water he took his shoes and socks off and waded into the water and felt around with his feet to see if he could feel anything smooth. He found my disc and about 10 others. It was his first or second time out playing. He's never had to buy a disc and now owns about 20 of them due to subsequent trips into the water.
Milo Garret
09/21/2011, 17:21
My father-in-law plays all the time and I've tried it a dozen or so times. Last time was while on lunch break in Berkeley next to the water. Needless to say I had to stop early due to a bad shot into the water.
D'oh! :confused: I'll have to try the course in Berkeley. My buddy and I usually play in Golden Gate Park. No water hazards, but the trees are very challenging to maneuver around.
how many discs do you guys carry with you? I am trying to downsize
myself.
captainamerica1987
10/09/2011, 20:08
I carry 13 now. I have given away a few.
how many discs do you guys carry with you? I am trying to downsize
myself.
I only carry 5
Maniac_nmt
10/10/2011, 07:21
Besides Ben138, am I the only one who plays it and heroclixs on here?
I was looking into getting some disc golf inspired dice made and didn't know if anyone was interested in that along with talking about disc golf here.
(Example)
Ace!/Pic of basket
So where and what do you play?
When I was still in the US I used to play regularly. I got started in jr. high/high school in Virginia with a plain old frisbee in the early 90s.
I usually carry 2-3 Drivers, Mid Range, and Putters (like to have enough to kit 2-3 other players out with as I'm often kitting out friends when we play). I've even custom dyed some of my discs (a few of which have been lost :(); Golden Age Superman symbol, Tron disc (lost, this is the one I miss the most), a viking longboat, and a few others.
My favorite disc though is my Captain America shield driver (not my dye job). Never use it unless I have a clear field to throw it (to hard to replace), but it flies forever and straight as an arrow. Easily my longest range disc (almost holed in one a few long par 3s with it, chinking the basket chain, and have put it in the basket from about 250 ft out, even if only once).
I only carry 5
that's how many I carry lately.
2 drivers(Nuke, Orion LS)
mid (Star Shark)
putter (Star Aviar)
a cheapy sort of hybrid of putter/mid ("classic" roc)
I'd like to roll with 3 but i fear i'd lose one and not have a spare.
Maniac_nmt
10/10/2011, 07:43
I use a Groove to drive with and I've been looking for a Cap's shield disc for about a year now with no luck. I wish I knew how to dye mine as awesome as yours!
Dying discs is really easy, it's just messy and time consuming.
I use:
laminate with a sticky side
accetate/accetone
Rit dye
colored ink
Design your disc and set it as a pattern on the laminate. Cut out the laminate as needed and place on the disc, sticky side down. Lay the disc out in the sun with some hot water in the bottom so that it heats up/softens the disc up (usually 1-2 hours). Mix the Rit dye with accetone and the proper colored ink and paint into the template after the disc is soft.
Alternatively you can fill the bottom of the disc with some water and nuke it in a microwave to heat it up and soften it.
I mix in ink with the Rit dye, as the Rit dye itself will be very weak without it.
You can get more complex as you learn (for my superman disc I had a yellow disc, and setup the red S with one inner cutout, and dyed the outside of the shield blue, or my tron disc was a light blue disc I had concentric rings cut out that I dyed a really dark blue, or my viking disc has shield down the longboat in different colors/different layers of laminate removed with a striped sail, and the main boat itself was a thick line cutout that I dyed).
Sentinel Mark V
11/01/2011, 01:34
About to get trolled about dihhaitmetty. Stop trolling.
Milo Garret
11/01/2011, 02:15
About to get trolled about dihhaitmetty. Stop trolling.
spambot...
Milo Garret
11/01/2011, 02:21
I was looking for a new disc that caters to a person such as myself who throws hammer style, and bought one about 2 weeks ago. I tried it out the other day, but it sinks like a stone. My other worn, beat up disc goes farther when thrown this way. So I was playing around with it and was happy to discover that the new disc is great when thrown forehand (my backhand stinks if you couldn't tell). Now I have a new tee shot in my arsenal and I save my shoulder in the process. Yay for dumb luck. :cool: Time to work on my short game.
I was looking for a new disc that caters to a person such as myself who throws hammer style, and bought one about 2 weeks ago. I tried it out the other day, but it sinks like a stone. My other worn, beat up disc goes farther when thrown this way. So I was playing around with it and was happy to discover that the new disc is great when thrown forehand (my backhand stinks if you couldn't tell). Now I have a new tee shot in my arsenal and I save my shoulder in the process. Yay for dumb luck. :cool: Time to work on my short game.
so what kind was it?
Sentinel Mark V
11/01/2011, 10:10
I actually happen to play disc golf too. I play in Minnesota and I use a Valkyrie Star disc by Innova.
Milo Garret
11/01/2011, 10:14
so what kind was it?
Innova Firebird
I picked up a Champ Leopard and a DVD of the 2010 USDGC ( http://www.pdga.com/usdgc ) at a local sporting goods store this weekend
Watched the DVD then raced to this course http://www.dgcoursereview.com/course.php?id=117 to emulate what I saw, then bounced discs off every tree available
thinking about a Latitude 64 Core and or a MVP Disc Sports Axis.
captainamerica1987
11/02/2011, 16:16
Innova Firebird
Yeah my friend can rock some tomahawk throws with that dang thing.
Milo Garret
11/02/2011, 23:48
Yeah my friend can rock some tomahawk throws with that dang thing.
That's the thing, I can't. It just dropped like a stone every time I threw it tomahawk/hammer style. But I found another welcome use for it.
Milo Garret
11/02/2011, 23:50
I picked up a Champ Leopard and a DVD of the 2010 USDGC ( http://www.pdga.com/usdgc ) at a local sporting goods store this weekend
Watched the DVD then raced to this course http://www.dgcoursereview.com/course.php?id=117 to emulate what I saw, then bounced discs off every tree available
Was it filmed on the same course?
http://www.hcrealms.com/forum/picture.php?albumid=1673&pictureid=19250
coyotejack
11/03/2011, 16:46
I hadn't even heard of this game until I moved to Alaska. It intrigued me but I never had a chance to try it out. Now that I'm here in the Seattle area, I hope to give it a shot in the spring.
Jarimy123
11/04/2011, 07:45
I only carry 2 discs. LS Polaris and JLS. They serve their purposes for any type of shot I need to throw, and I put with them as well.
And yea you should give it a shot coyote - it's a lot of fun, gets you outdoors, and is inexpensive hobby to have.
Was it filmed on the same course?
no, the USDGC tournament was filmed here: http://www.dgcoursereview.com/course.php?id=322
I'm thinking of taking a road trip to play there, looks like a tremendous course.
I hadn't even heard of this game until I moved to Alaska. It intrigued me but I never had a chance to try it out. Now that I'm here in the Seattle area, I hope to give it a shot in the spring.
If you ever make your way out to Northern Illinois, we will have to go out to one of my courses that I like to go to.
coyotejack
11/04/2011, 19:41
I only carry 2 discs. LS Polaris and JLS. They serve their purposes for any type of shot I need to throw, and I put with them as well.
And yea you should give it a shot coyote - it's a lot of fun, gets you outdoors, and is inexpensive hobby to have.
Sweet! I know what to ask Santa for Christmas so I can start in the Spring. heh
If you ever make your way out to Northern Illinois, we will have to go out to one of my courses that I like to go to.
I would definitely take you up on it! :)
bad lies:
http://www.hcrealms.com/forum/picture.php?albumid=1673&pictureid=19314
http://www.hcrealms.com/forum/picture.php?albumid=1673&pictureid=19315
My bag as of the next time I play..
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Discraft Buzzz Elite-Z 175g
Discraft Buzzz-SS Elite-Z 175g
MVP Axis Proton 180g
Innova Pole Cat DX 175g
Millennium Omega Super Soft Millennium 175g
Innova Aviar Star 175g
bad lies:
http://www.hcrealms.com/forum/picture.php?albumid=1673&pictureid=19314
http://www.hcrealms.com/forum/picture.php?albumid=1673&pictureid=19315
Hey, I'm pretty familiar with that second one!
Hey, I'm pretty familiar with that second one!
what's really depressing is that was the end result of probably the best drive I've made up to this point.
about a foot between an ace and a lost disc.
captainamerica1987
11/17/2011, 21:44
I've given up playing till spring. Every day I have prepared the day before to play, it starts raining. So I'm just going to work on dyeing disk until spring.
I've given up playing till spring. Every day I have prepared the day before to play, it starts raining. So I'm just going to work on dyeing disk until spring.
That's what most of my summer was like. I'm freaking unemployed and can't even make it out! Every day that somebody DIDN'T have something for me to do it was raining! I was going to go yesterday, but for some reason it was like my body decided that it was going to slip into a coma. I was sleeping for most of the day.
I've given up playing till spring. Every day I have prepared the day before to play, it starts raining. So I'm just going to work on dyeing disk until spring.
I'm gonna try to play as much as possible, I hear some courses pull the baskets for the winter though.
I ordered a glow Buzzz with the intent to get in some night rounds since it gets dark so freakin' early now.
captainamerica1987
11/21/2011, 17:05
Is there any good sites for ideas or stencils for disc dyeing? I have a bunch I want to do, but nothing I want to put on my red rhino putter.
I know of Devientart. I need something else because that isn't working.
http://sports.yahoo.com/top/news?slug=ycn-10496023
what are these bugs?
http://www.hcrealms.com/forum/picture.php?albumid=1673&pictureid=19831
swarms of them at the course in C-dale, TN.
and another bad lie:
http://www.hcrealms.com/forum/picture.php?albumid=1673&pictureid=19832
Milo Garret
12/27/2011, 01:53
Got a few nice discs for Christmas :)
Tried out the Star FL my buddy got me and it caters nicely to my throwing style. Also got a Viper for midrange throws and a Dart and Avior P+A for Putts. I pitch my disc underhand for my putts, so the Dart is perfect as it is made to roll less when I miss :nervous:.
captainamerica1987
12/27/2011, 07:09
I ended up getting together my family to play on Christmas. We have been meaning to play and this opportunity finally came up.
I was doing decent with mostly pars till hole #6.
http://www.dgcoursereview.com/course_pics/474/f4976905.jpg
http://www.dgcoursereview.com/course_pics/474/8e14d5cc.jpg
I threw it and it just floated in the air till a large CLANK!
I was worried about going into the water, but hitting that pole was the best feeling besides my 290ft drive.
No that isn't me in the pictures. I was just showing what the hole looked like. I got second place. After that I was just thrown off my game and ended up getting a 5 and 6 on the next two holes. I came back with a par on #9. Still awesome Christmas.
I got a Blowfly putter and a Discmania Fiend midrange fo' Xmas. both are quite swell. I used the Blowfly to throw an insane roller.
Played here over the holidays:
http://www.dgcoursereview.com/course.php?id=1560&mode=ci
it's a terrible, terrible course.
Played my first "glow round" Sunday Night. Fun Factor: 100%, even with having to fish a disc out of a creek in the dark.
Milo Garret
01/03/2012, 23:22
Played my first "glow round" Sunday Night. Fun Factor: 100%, even with having to fish a disc out of a creek in the dark.
How many people played? Anyone loose a disc? Do you place glowsticks atop the pins?
How many people played? Anyone loose a disc? Do you place glowsticks atop the pins?
three.
I had one bounce into a creek, but I managed to retrieve it.
no glowsticks, but that's not a bad idea. it was moonlit enough to see the baskets ok.
we had a hard time keeping the discs "charged up". I hear blacklights are really good for that so I'll be tracking down a portable one for future use.
captainamerica1987
01/04/2012, 14:05
Must be nice to play when the weather isn't horrible.
what are these bugs?
http://www.hcrealms.com/forum/picture.php?albumid=1673&pictureid=19831
swarms of them at the course in C-dale, TN.
and another bad lie:
http://www.hcrealms.com/forum/picture.php?albumid=1673&pictureid=19832
I can't quite tell from your picture, but the bugs in the picture look to be Boxelder bugs to me. If I'm correct, they are very prevalent in the midwest.
Pro Tip: use a UV flashlight to quickly recharge glowdiscs
captainamerica1987
02/14/2012, 22:57
Pro Tip: use a UV flashlight to quickly recharge glowdiscs
When the heck have you played? It has been awful outside the past week or so.
I got 3 good games the week before this crap weather came.
When the heck have you played? It has been awful outside the past week or so.
I got 3 good games the week before this crap weather came.
probably two weeks ago.
Sherman and I played at Admiral Farragut. and got behing a big group of teens, they didn't offer to let anyone play through and chucked drivers in all directions, all that was missing was the circus music.
stlnprfln
02/21/2012, 03:01
Man I stink. The weather has actually not gotten cold enough for me not to be able to play & yet I am too lazy to go even though I really enjoy it. I gotta get back into the swing & play more. It was helping me get back in shape. And down here in Southwest Ga it's always a good time to play.
captainamerica1987
02/21/2012, 03:46
probably two weeks ago.
Sherman and I played at Admiral Farragut. and got behing a big group of teens, they didn't offer to let anyone play through and chucked drivers in all directions, all that was missing was the circus music.
You enjoy it? My grandparents live less than 5 mins away from there. I played there on Christmas with my family(Brandon, father, uncle, and cousin).
2nd place behind my cousin.
This year, I SWEAR that I will get out and drag some of my clix friends with me. I already know one that plays and one that wants to. (Not counting my Wife who plays too)
You enjoy it? My grandparents live less than 5 mins away from there. I played there on Christmas with my family(Brandon, father, uncle, and cousin).
2nd place behind my cousin.
It's a really nice course. It was just overun with idiots that day.
Any Disc Golfers/Fanboys going to HeroesCon in Charlotte,NC?
there are like 2 world championship courses in Charlotte, I hope to get in a game that weekend.
Pro Tip: it's not warm enough to wear shorts yet.
Got another one of the "Heroclix guys" to frolf this weekend, he seeme dto enjoy it.
I can't wait for the monsoon season to end
Jarimy123
03/16/2012, 11:21
I'm going to try and go disc this weekend. It's been 70+ here this week, crazy. That's complete opposite of what usually is like around here.
You live in NC? I'm like 85%+ sure I'm moving to Raleigh in May.
I'm going to try and go disc this weekend. It's been 70+ here this week, crazy. That's complete opposite of what usually is like around here.
You live in NC? I'm like 85%+ sure I'm moving to Raleigh in May.
nah, I live in TN.
Just headed to Charlotte that week for Iron Maiden and HeroesCon.
Charlotte must be the Frolf capital of the world, tons of courses around there.
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