Category: Read Stuff
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In Brodie Smith-Discraft Deal, Beware of the Tony Hawk Effect
After two previous attempts to tackle this article were trashed 10 and 12 hours after each was created, I think I finally have this thing hammered out. The big news this week out of the pro tour was the signing of Brodie Smith to Discraft. Â And, of course that’s where he landed. Discraft has gone…
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Dear Asics Gel Lyte MT, I Think I Love You
The Asics Gel Lyte MT is arguably a better shoe for playing disc golf, but their unique styling isn’t for everybody.
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Mental Game Monday: If You’re Not Going to Two It, Don’t Overdo It
Which would you prefer: A ‘boring’ par, or a ‘going for the glory’ bogey?
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Paige Pierce’s Discraft Deal is Bigger Than McBeth’s in The Long Run
Thanks to the earth-shattering, sport redefining move made by Paul McBeth just last year, the disc golf offseason has become a bit of a thing. Now, instead of just waiting to see who’s throwing what off the first tee in Scottsdale, we are being treated to dramatic pieces of cinema such as this: The sheer emotional…
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Maybe It’s Time to Talk About Our Tempers
Pro-Tip: Don’t break your moneymaker giving the dirt a weak-ass haymaker.
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The Great GOAT Debate: Kenny versus Pablo by The Numbers
With yet another PDGA World Championship now just days behind us, we’ve inevitably found ourselves rehashing one of the sport’s most prevalent and persistent debates:  Could Ken Climo hack it with today’s pros? Or, more accurately, does Climo get to claim GOAT status on account of his twelve world championships, over a guy like Paul McBeth,…
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The DGPT’s Disastrous Livestream Debacle is Far From Over
Boy, oh boy; what a weekend we have had in the disc golf world. For those of you not aware of the controversy, Steve Dodge’s decision to bring the Disc Golf Pro Tour video coverage in-house for 2019 was a controversial one from the start. Long before we were treated to the frustratingly amateur aesthetics…
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Smooth, Bitter Jitters: TREMOLO Nitro Canned Coffee
Thanks to the unfathomably perfect position of the celestial bodies in our solar system, we are graced as human beings with the gift of sunlight. Sure, there are far flung pockets of our planet where, depending on the chronological proximity to an equinox, this is more true than it is for others; places where 6…
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REFRESHMENTS: Hard Money Golden Stout by Atlanta Brewing Company
For those of you unlucky enough to live outside of the reach of the Atlanta Brewing Company, I weep. These guys are a walking, talking tale of resurgence that only seems to get better the more you tell it. Â Not only are they the oldest continually operating brewing in the State of Georgia, but they’ve…
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Will Discmania’s Globally-Minded Corporate Gamble Pay Off?
If you thought that Paul McBeth jumping ship from Innova was the wildest thing that would happen before the 2019 season began in earnest, you would have been wrong. Don’t get it twisted, Paul has already sold an exorbitant amount of discs that happen to look like they were designed by Trapper Keeper and Lisa…