DGA Aftershock: A 2009 Worlds Fundraiser Disc

[Timko]

I just recived this from the DGA:

Two 9-Hole Course Giveaway & Worlds Fundraiser
Presented to the 2009 PDGA Pro/Am World Championships

DGA is excited to announce the return of our highly successful fundraiser disc and disc golf course giveaway program that has been offered to the 2009 Pro/Am World Championships being held in Kansas City, Missouri. This is the third year this program has been offered to the PDGA Worlds and has proven to be a very successful fundraiser for the Championships.

This year's fundraising disc will be our brand new midrange disc, the Aftershock. This midrange is a controllable, stable disc with great glide that will surely find its way into many golfers' bags. DGA is excited to be offering this new disc in our Limited Edition Sparkle plastic blend for this fundraiser. Once again, DGA has created a very unique and stylish piece of color artwork for this disc that will surely increase the collector value.

A total of 1500 of these special run discs will be produced. Like years past, each disc purchased will come with one raffle ticket. Each raffle ticket will be added to a drawing that will take place during the week of the Pro/Am Worlds in Kansas City (July 27th-August 1st, 2009). There will be two winners of this drawing and those winners will each receive a 9 hole custom Mach III course.

The winner will have their very own course to do with as they wish. This is a great opportunity for individuals as well as clubs across the country to get a chance at winning the course you've always wanted without having to come up with the funds to purchase a whole course. You can install your own private course and keep it to yourself or you can donate the full course to a park department and be a hero in your local disc golf community.

This year's prized Mach III Deluxe Disc Pole Holes will be powder coated in a limited edition color (yet to be determined). DGA rarely powder coats the Mach III Pole Holes, making the courses truly unique. We feel that because of this fact, the limited fundraiser discs will be sold very quickly. We expect disc golf clubs will pool their resources to purchase as many of these discs as possible in order to increase their chances of winning.

The discs will be sold through four exclusive partners. Disc Golf World (http://www.discgolfworld.com), Disc Nation (http://www.discnation.com), Gotta Go Gotta Throw (http://www.gottagogottathrow.com), and Sun King Discs (http://www.sunkingdiscs.com) have joined forces with 2009 Worlds and DGA to promote and sell these discs. We will begin selling in early March and continue up until the week of Worlds or until all have been sold. We will also make a limited number of these discs available to authorized tournaments that work closely with DGA.

Visit the Disc Golf Association's website at http://www.discgolfassoc.com for more details and updated information. Please take advantage of this great opportunity to support the 2009 Professional and Amateur World Championships, receive a great collector's disc, and have a chance to win an amazing course.

Here's a small picture.

I'm hopefully going to be sent some to test in the coming weeks, and will let you guys know what I think.

 

[Jesse B 707]

no pic of the wing, sound like it will be less of a meathook than the shockwave probly

 

[Timko]

Yea, that's what I assume as well. More Buzz like in all likelyhood. If I get sent some to test, I'll be sure to post a lot of pics for folks.

 

[jerrod]

Interesting. I have always really liked the DGA pro plastic.

 

[mobster]

The artwork is pretty tight. I'll be picking one of these up.

 

[Weebl]

We had a tournament last weekend and DGA gave everyone one of these in pro-line plastic in the players package. During the CTP contest I hit chains twice in my first 7 throws on knife hyzers. I also picked up two sparkle Aftershocks.

I was impressed!

They also had a distance competition with the Aftershocks and these things can fly quite a ways for a mid-range. Upwards of 350' for a 400' thrower on a golf S-line. It's basically a broken in Shockwave. Stability is closely tied to their weight, at least when new. Max weight fly comparable to a broken in Shockwave and 172g being comparable to an Ontario Roc. The sparkle Aftershocks definitely fly more stable as to be expected. Regardless of plastic the Aftershocks glide very well.

Overall, a little less speed than a squall almost comparable to the speed of a Roc. Slight high speed turn that is fairly late with a predictable low speed fade. A.K.A. it can hold a tight golf line without the hard fade/skip tat Shockwaves have.

They also had a few protos in DX type plastic so now those who like to have multiples in different stages of wear can do that easily. Scott said the dx-type plastic aftershocks should be in production soon.

 

[Bangrrr]

http://cgi.ebay.com/DGA-After-Shock-168g-First-Run-Otter-Open-09-stamp_W0QQitemZ190289212500QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item190289212500&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1205|66%3A2|65%3A12|39%3A1|240%3A1318|301%3A0|293%3A1|294%3A50

Could it be the Nebula from last years Ace Race??

 

[Jesse B 707]

http://cgi.ebay.com/DGA-After-Shock-168g-First-Run-Otter-Open-09-stamp_W0QQitemZ190289212500QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item190289212500&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1205|66%3A2|65%3A12|39%3A1|240%3A1318|301%3A0|293%3A1|294%3A50

Could it be the Nebula from last years Ace Race??

probly a tweaked version of it by the look and description of flight, the nebulas ive thrown are pretty beefy. its kind of a trend for discraft to dole out a less stable version of their molds to dga
(pred/tsunami,surge/rogue.etc)

 

[Bangrrr]

The Nebulas I have are weight dependent. Heavier, more stable, lighter easy to turn and hold it.....

 

[WesV1]

I have one of these (tourney stamped, not worlds) in sparkle plastic on my trade list if anyone is interested http://www.discgolfreview.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=11236

 

[Timko]

I just got off the phone with Scott Keasey, and he said he'll have some mis-stamps to send my way soon. So an in depth review will be forthcoming.

 

[Spinach D1]

Are you guys serious that you thought shockwave was overstable?

 

[mike]

Are you guys serious that you thought shockwave was overstable?

x2

 

[dgdave]

Did you 2 throw a flat, non 1st run? They were close to a champ Roc. The domey 1st Runs were very Ontario Rocish.

 

[Jesse B 707]

Are you guys serious that you thought shockwave was overstable?

x2

the only one ive ever thrown was a non first run with a healthy dome (i think) and it was like a Q sent with no glide

 

[Mr. Wick]

I didn't throw the shockwave because they were flippy. Maybee the three i had were a fluke, but they were more like a small diameter ontario roc

 

[Jesse B 707]

I didn't throw the shockwave because they were flippy. Maybee the three i had were a fluke, but they were more like a small diameter ontario roc

first runs?

 

[Mr. Wick]

I don't remember if they were 1st runs or not. They have been traded away. I got them when they were giving them and rogues away as promos at the Cranbury Classic. I told them i liked the rogue, and they liked that, so i went home with a couple new rogues and shockwaves for free. A pretty sweet deal.

 

[Jesse B 707]

I don't remember if they were 1st runs or not. They have been traded away. I got them when they were giving them and rogues away as promos at the Cranbury Classic. I told them i liked the rogue, and they liked that, so i went home with a couple new rogues and shockwaves for free. A pretty sweet deal.

definitely first runs, they are nothing like a production one

 

[Spinach D1]

Did you 2 throw a flat, non 1st run? They were close to a champ Roc. The domey 1st Runs were very Ontario Rocish.

Mine was first run and flippy, but not in a useful way. It seemed also to always take a lower trajectory than I was trying to throw. I got rid of it in a hurry.