Alright, let me write a blizzard review while sober this time, and without sounding like a toolbag... Blizzard plastic is great if it's a wide open shot, or if you put so much hyzer on it that you know it's definitely not going to flip on you, which is what I tend to do with my blizzard ape. But even with the Ape, which is supposed to be the most stable blizzard disc on the market, it'll flip on me even with a >45 degree hyzer release. They're temperamental, and the wind affect them greatly. I definitely wouldn't recommend them for headwinds. But any other wind direction and you can play them quite well. And you're completely correct about not being able to throw them full force, you'll end up grip locking and sending it way off to the right. I find that with the blizzard discs if you hold the power back to about 75-80% and concentrate more on the "hit" of the throw, you get a lot more out of them. Hope this helps some.
Robert Adams › Disc Fanatics of Kansas June 2, 2012 at 2:54pm
Alright, let me write a blizzard review while sober this time, and without sounding like a toolbag... Blizzard plastic is great if it's a wide open shot, or if you put so much hyzer on it that you know it's definitely not going to flip on you, which is what I tend to do with my blizzard ape. But even with the Ape, which is supposed to be the most stable blizzard disc on the market, it'll flip on me even with a >45 degree hyzer release. They're temperamental, and the wind affect them greatly. I definitely wouldn't recommend them for headwinds. But any other wind direction and you can play them quite well. And you're completely correct about not being able to throw them full force, you'll end up grip locking and sending it way off to the right. I find that with the blizzard discs if you hold the power back to about 75-80% and concentrate more on the "hit" of the throw, you get a lot more out of them. Hope this helps some.