[Question] How it all started

[cboucher]

Hey guys,

Just out of curiosity, does anyone know what the first model disc golf disc was? I'm not talking about the first lid someone used for disc golf, but the first disc actually made specifically for disc golf. I'm guessing it's an Innova disc, just curious about which mold was the first...

 

[John Rock]

Eagle (or was it the Aero?) - Innova

 

[oddjob]

http://discgolfwarehouse.com/Disc Evolution/evolution_of_disc_golf_discs.htm

 

[Aim For The Chains]

Dave Dunipace in 1983 invented the Aero.

 

[McFer]

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=first+disc+golf+disc

 

[discmatt]

The 1st beveled edge disc was the Eagle, then the Aero

 

[Aim For The Chains]

The 1st beveled edge disc was the Eagle, then the Aero

But it wasn't a production disc and mold was made into the Aero which was sold at worlds that year.

The actual eagle came out in 1999.

 

[ndole]

I believe the first disc was the aero, but at the time it was called the eagle.

 

[Aim For The Chains]

I believe the first disc was the aero, but at the time it was called the eagle.

right-- that's the confusion trying to clear up if someone was reading and didn't know.

 

[discmatt]

None the less I have an eagle that I got Before the Aero came out. BTW I was playing DG then in Cali.

 

[joshmo65]

Disc Golf Throughout History

 

[DiscHurler]

Is the Aero produced today still the same mold or has it been changed since then?

 

[Aim For The Chains]

Weird. Here was how I remember it:

The Aero had tooling that said "Champion Discs" or something like that in big letters with the patent number (I'm not cool enough to remember the patent pending ones.)

The mold got distorted so it was retooled into the Phenix in '88 and that disc had the old Aero tooling; the Aero went OOP.

Around 1995 or '96, the Aero was recreated as the "Classic Aero." This new recreated Aero had Rancho tooling and the word "Aero" in the tooling.

BTW, there isn't a difference that I'm aware of between the "Classic" Aero and the current Aero. They dropped the "Classic" at some point since there wasn't another Aero to distinguish it from; there was no point in calling it "Classic" other than to let you know the disc name was really old.

Master3putt

 

[Central Scrutinizer]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZH7oVclyWxI

Look just past the 4:20 mark here (and cue the Beevis and Butthead laughter about that time signature). Isn't this cool?!

 

[Central Scrutinizer]

Is there video older than that out there displaying and discussing what would become the modern Golf Disc?

 

[DiscHurler]

@Aim For The Chains: Thanks.

 

[Cgkdisc]

If you check the PDGA disc approvals, the Eagle was approved in 1982 and the Aero with the same specs was approved in 1983. No retooled approval submitted so the current Aero must be the same dimensions as that early approval. And, the current Eagle was redesigned and approved in 1999.

 

[DiscHurler]

Nice. Guess I really should get one and check out what the newest warp-speed driver was like when I was born.

 

[Mushin No Shin]

Great read! Surprised by Banshee before Teebird

http://discgolfwarehouse.com/Disc Evolution/evolution_of_disc_golf_discs.htm

 

[John Rock]

If you check the PDGA disc approvals, the Eagle was approved in 1982 and the Aero with the same specs was approved in 1983. No retooled approval submitted so the current Aero must be the same dimensions as that early approval. And, the current Eagle was redesigned and approved in 1999.

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