Good air bounce disc?

[buzzinb]

One of guys that I have been D golfing with lately throws a shot he calls the air bounce on many of his approaches. It looks like a heck of a weapon to utilize for approach shots between 50-150'. The disc just kinda glides nose up and gently puffs down on the ground near the basket. I've witnessed him actually hit a couple of really long shots as well. Hardly ever see any long misses with this technique. The problem is that he uses a dc'd disc called the Supper Puppy. He reccomended the Discraft Putt'r as a substitute for the Puppy. Are there any other discs (current or recent production) out there that anyone has found to be ideal for the air bounce?

[sidewinding]

I have two supper puppies. When it's supper time they're always hanging around the table begging for scraps.

[jedwards]

Are you sure it isn't a Super Puppy?

http://www.sunkingdiscs.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=1491

[ERicJ]

Yeah, I read that the Super Puppy was re-released.

ERic

[ERicJ]

Three Puppies up on http://www.discaroo.com/ right now.

See also this thread: http://www.discgolfreview.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=1694

ERic

[garublador]

It will be easiest with anything "lidlike" (Birdie, Rattler, Polcat, ect), but once you get good at it a beat, stable putter will work well, too. I use either my beat, 170g soft Wizard or my 165g, Supersoft Wizard. You don't get as perfect of an air bounce, but your disc will be a lot more wind resistant.

To do it, just throw really nose up and sort of push the disc down and forward on a trajectory perpendicular to your disc.

[RustyP]

Innova Aero would be another choice...I recall seeing JD Ramirez (Team Innova) throw some wicked airbounces with a 180 Champ Aero a few years back.

[buzzinb]

Oops, sorry about the spelling error. I've got 2 Supper St. Bernards in my sons...
Cool, looks like there are a number of options out there including the re-issue. I plan on working on my short game over the winter and really want to utilize this technique.
Thanks for all of the input.

[sidewinding]

Just to be different you should try learning with one of these http://www.innovadiscs.com/discs/condor.html.

[JR Stengele]

I second the innova aero.

[leathercash]

I LOVE the aero.

[valkyriefb11]

Just to be different you should try learning with one of these http://www.innovadiscs.com/discs/condor.html.

Have you thrown a condor?
Im not at all familiar with it, and I was wondering what your thoughts on it were.

[disc dogger]

From what you describe, its a air bounce that we use in the disc dog world, if you go to www.freestylenw.com and click on the videos and watch the Thunderstruck video that is me throwing a few to my dogs. If your interested in learning how to throw them, i can pass along a link if i can find it to help you out, altho in the video the person is using a fastback dog disc.

Josh

[jedwards]

Have you thrown a condor?
Im not at all familiar with it, and I was wondering what your thoughts on it were.

I used to throw a condor and I think they are great for what they are. Obviously it's not going to give you a whole lot of distance but I found that the more beat it gets the straighter it will fly.

[buzzinb]

Another question: does weight matter? It would seem that a lighter weight would be beneficial to maintain loft but do you sacrifice control if you go too light? My normal putters are in the 173-175 range.

BTW, it looks like I'm gonna narrow it down to the Rattler and Aero, perhaps both.

Thanks

[Midnightbiker]

I would like to see a link to see how this throw works.

[solomon.trenton]

the innova sonic is a great p&a disc.

[Amorybulldog]

Figured it was more technique than disc. Know a guy that does it on nearly all his throws regardless of disc. Looks good on a short hole but sucks when you need some D.