Frank Aquilera throwing 443' in the late 80's. Not record-breaking stuff, but cool if you just want to see one of these guys throw.
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I used to throw my 165 ultimate lid for better scores than disc golf discs. It took me a long time to correct my form and get better results out of disc golf discs. I am still no expert but it was fun to go and play courses with one lid and see everyone snicker until you threw that big white bird for surprisingly good distance. I try to throw a frisbee on the beach now and I end up throwing rollers in the sand all day. LMAO! People must think I am retarded.
Played Calvert Park (Maryland) from the "long" tees with a cobra, stingray, classic roc, xd, old aero and super puppy (thanks craigger). Really enjoyed the round. To me it made a very short course feel pretty long and somewhat challenging. I actually look forward to playing calvert again and can't wait to try my older molds on other courses. I really recommend it to anyone.
In the late 80's a lot of guys used discs like the Aviar and the Phantom+ for golf shots and still used lids for putting.
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by 1990 I remember the hot drivers were the Stingray and Eclipse. The Roc was very common, as was the Avair. The Aviar has been really common since it came out. XD's were common. Cobras were very common. Hammers were common. Some guys had discs like the Aero, the Coupe, the Ace, the original Roc and the original Hammer, but even by then those discs were fairly rare.
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Lots and lots of people threw Super Puppies. I don't think you can have an "old-school" bag without one.
Hammer: A fairly common turnover discs of the early 90's. It was available in a wide range of weights and colors. Guaranteed unbreakable, it's days came to an end when they started making discs in higher quality plastic. There was no need for an "unbreakable" DX Hammer when you could get a Millennium Aurora MS. It went OOP around '96.hammer (hammerhead, right?)
Hammer: A fairly common turnover discs of the early 90's. It was available in a wide range of weights and colors. Guaranteed unbreakable, it's days came to an end when they started making discs in higher quality plastic. There was no need for an "unbreakable" DX Hammer when you could get a Millennium Aurora MS. It went OOP around '96.
My bag in 1993:
San Marino Roc
XD
Aviar
Shadow
Viper
Hammer
Barracuda
Stingray
Cobra
Then The "Game Changer" Discraft's Cyclone came out.