2011-2012 Flint Hills Bag Tag League

Tom Lowman    February 17, 2012 at 11:49pm

Adam, a few of us are going to throw a quick 9 at Southpark for a change at 1330 if you are interested. -Tom

Adam Johnson    February 17, 2012 at 7:32pm

no worries, wives come first!

Robert Adams    February 17, 2012 at 6:43pm

Unfortunately I can't. My original plan was to meet and play with you at Warner. But I got talked into doing some errands with the wife around 1 this afternoon, haha.

Adam Johnson    February 17, 2012 at 1:47pm

Rob-
If there is any chance you could hold out till 1230 (I work till noon) then I could meet you to playa round at tuttle instead of warner.

Robert Adams    February 17, 2012 at 6:55am

I know it's a little short notice, and Adam's playing Warner at 130, but I'll be at Tuttle at 0930 if anyone wants to join up for a round. Gotta love a 4 day weekend!

Kevin Zane    February 16, 2012 at 11:37am

I seem to have somehow lost one of my new custom minis... this one was green with silver swirls and is made of a hard plastic/ resin material. If anyone finds it, please let me know. Last I remember seeing it was out at Riley.

Kevin Zane    February 16, 2012 at 10:35am

I would really like to try and go Monday, but I'd say it is unlikely.
As for the blizzards... The only appeal to me would be that they apparently float under 150g, but I'm not sure if it would be any better to watch your disc float away than it would to just let it sink and get over it. Some of them have really exceptional grip compared to regular champ plastic, but Rob is absolutely correct: they will not fight a headwind quite as well as a heavier star or champ would. If you want ea ... more

I would really like to try and go Monday, but I'd say it is unlikely.
As for the blizzards... The only appeal to me would be that they apparently float under 150g, but I'm not sure if it would be any better to watch your disc float away than it would to just let it sink and get over it. Some of them have really exceptional grip compared to regular champ plastic, but Rob is absolutely correct: they will not fight a headwind quite as well as a heavier star or champ would. If you want easy distance with crappy performance in the wind, why not just throw a Katana? Those things will go a mile on a calm day.

Rick Petrie    February 16, 2012 at 9:46am

Adam, I would love to play Friday afternoon. However that darn work thing will prevent me from doing so. Sorry.

Rick Petrie    February 16, 2012 at 9:45am

Okay, provided it isn't a rainy & 40 degrees (or lower), I too plan on going Monday.

Mark Kewley    February 16, 2012 at 9:26am

I'm glad these discs don't allow you to throw any farther. I hope they have the same result for Daisuke, Zane, Clouse, and anybody else that is out-throwing me :)

Robert Adams    February 16, 2012 at 7:56am

For anyone curious about the new Innova Blizzard technology, I had a chance to toss some today thanks to Josh Prasek. While I only tossed them 3 times, I noticed some things that were worth mentioning. I'll note I was throwing into a left to right crosswind, with maybe a slight tailwind. I had the opportunity to throw a 153g Destroyer, a 150g Boss, and a 142 Wraith. The discs behaved a lot like the description on the Innova site explains, which is they act like their respective discs at abo ... more

For anyone curious about the new Innova Blizzard technology, I had a chance to toss some today thanks to Josh Prasek. While I only tossed them 3 times, I noticed some things that were worth mentioning. I'll note I was throwing into a left to right crosswind, with maybe a slight tailwind. I had the opportunity to throw a 153g Destroyer, a 150g Boss, and a 142 Wraith. The discs behaved a lot like the description on the Innova site explains, which is they act like their respective discs at about 20g's heavier. All 3 were just a teensy bit more understable than their counterparts. I can see these discs flipping pretty good into a headwind though. The discs felt a bit gummy, not like a normal Champion disc. It seemed that Innova was making up for the weight loss and concurrent "flippiness" with making the discs domey as hell. Both my Avery Jenkins Destroyer and the Blizzard Destroyer flew the same, while my AJ Destroyer is pretty flat topped and the Blizzard Destroyer was one of the domiest (sp?) discs I've ever seen. While I didn't really see a distance increase, as most of my drives were about 380-400', what I did notice is that it was easier to get to that distance. It'll take some tweak in form/grip to maximize the potential of em. I'm looking forward to Monday and the trip to DU to finally get some to play around with for a bit. They've got some serious potential.

Adam Johnson    February 16, 2012 at 1:23am

Anyone interested in an afternoon round at Warner or Tuttle on Friday at 130 ish?

Josh Prasek "Pricecheck"    February 15, 2012 at 7:08pm

I do have a 153 blizzard destroyer and 150 blizzard boss. My wife has a 142 blizzard wraith. The only day I threw these was forehand and on snowy concrete. With my lack of skills I was able to consistently get 350' from these.

Just my little input. As of now I like the boss, but that's coming from someone with two months of discing.

Rick Petrie    February 15, 2012 at 6:50pm

I have one idea... (if the weather is decent)

Since I will have all day (& hopefully some of you do also), is there any interest in shoping at DU first thing then driving to Newton's Camp Hawk and maybe even Hutchinson's Carry Park after that? Or play Herington's course then Newton's Camp Hawk... reason being I'm dying to play a course I haven't played in a long time.

Of course we could split up after part of the trip if one car isn't interested in the second part of the trip.

Take a look at them on the web & tell me what you think.

Mark Kewley    February 15, 2012 at 6:14pm

Yep, the blizzard is part of the motivation for me too. Sounds like there will probably be more than a car load of people. We should figure out a good time to meet at the park in Herington. 9:00? 10:00?

Rick Petrie    February 15, 2012 at 4:39pm

I am a maybe. 50/50 right now.

Robert Adams    February 15, 2012 at 9:51am

I'm up for it Mark, I'm curious about these Blizzard Champion Bosses/Destroyers Dennis just got in stock.

Josh Prasek "Pricecheck"    February 15, 2012 at 8:51am

That works. I'm always open to whatever. Just within 15 miles there's the three 9 hole courses. Padilla, Rock Springs, and South Park. I'm up for any variation but as the week progresses, Tom and I will have a little better word on what the plans our with our other halves.

Mark Kewley    February 15, 2012 at 8:25am

Cool, I was thinking about playing Father Padilla around 10:00, DU, Lunch, and round 2. Open to suggestions.

Josh Prasek "Pricecheck"    February 15, 2012 at 8:11am

Hey Mark. I just made a run to Discs Unlimited yesterday but would join you and definitely interested in trying out a different park. Tom Lowman might go also. We both have to check on what's going on.