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Archive for April, 2007

Team Discraft welcomes Pascal Thioux of Belgium as its newest pro disc golfer. In addition to his accomplishments on the course, Thioux is TD of PDGA EuroTour’s Easter Open, happening Apr 6-8 in Maillen, Belgium.

What an event! Nearly 750 players turned out for the largest collection of Ams ever assembled. The weather was great, and the disc golf was amazing! Thanks to everyone who helped to make BGAC 2007 a huge success! See photos now of A and B pools. Yeeeeah baby!

Do you just want to play, or do you want to improve? Pro coach Mark Ellis leads a group of competitive Am players in an exercise designed to reinforce the basics you?ll need to grow your skills. Length: 12 minutes. Now see all our videos in our new in-page MediaPlayer.

Discraft announces the limited release of a new, highly flexible version of its ESP plastic. Dubbed “FLX,” this plastic is currently being made available only to tournaments and clubs in Surge drivers and Buzzz midrange models.

Now available from your favorite disc golf retailer: ESP Avenger SS driver, X Soft Banger GT putter, ESP Tracker driver, and ESP Comet LE midrange.

Better grip in the cold and wet; but how does it fly? See FLX in action and learn what random players think in a new video review posted at discgolftv.com.

A California newspaper recently interviewed Gregg Barsby for an article about the joys of disc golf.

UPA Top Ranked College Teams as of March 13:
Open / record

1. Wisconsin 24-1
2. Florida 17-1
3. Georgia 27-2
4. Colorado 7-2
5. Stanford 10-2

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Thousands of disc golfers got the BIG update this week, learning about all the new and upcoming gear, events and gizmos from Discraft this season. If you’re not subscribed to our email newsletter, head over now and get signed up.

A new study shows that among all 86 private US national universities, those ranking in the top half for Ultimate have a graduation rate of over 85%, while those in the bottom half graduate just 60%. The difference in the totals of Rhodes scholars and Marshall scholars among their graduates during this decade is even more dramatic: 208 versus 15.