Mention of Disc Golf in Parade Magazine

[zenbot]

I saw this drinking my coffee. It's not much.

15 Ways to Enjoy Your Summer

9. Try a New Sport

Summer is a great time to tackle an unfamiliar outdoor activity, whether it's one you've heard of but never tried before—kayaking, badminton, bocce, croquet, anyone?—or something completely new to you. Here's a cheat sheet on three up-and-coming sports.

Name of Sport: Disc-golf
What It Is: Summer is a great time to tackle an unfamiliar outdoor activity, whether it's one you've heard of but never tried before—kayaking, badminton, bocce, croquet, anyone?—or something completely new to you. Here's a cheat sheet on three up-and-coming sports.
What You Need: A disc-golf course; a Frisbee; good hand-eye coordination. Find a course near you, or learn how to create your own at pdga.com.
Risk Level: * *

Name of Sport: Geocaching
What It Is:High-tech hide-and-seek in which you use a GPS to find hidden containers of booty.
What You Need: A GPS; hiking shoes; a car, in some cases; endurance; low expectations for treasures that can be less than exciting.
Risk Level: *

Name of Sport: Sphere-riding
What It Is: Roll down a hill while riding inside a giant, transparent plastic ball.
What You Need: A sphere; a hill; a strong stomach. Although you can buy an orb, they're pricey and hard-to-find. Instead, rent one at slopes in Pigeon Forge, Tenn., or Amesbury, Mass.
Risk Level: * * *

 

[Jukeshoe]

Good to know we're riskier than those wacky geocachers.

We've got a long way to go until we're as dangerously cool as those bad-ass sphere riders, though....:\

 

[Staple Gun]

I accidentally found a geocache while disc golfing the other day. The hole was on a hill too, if only I would've had a sphere with me I could've knocked out all 3 at once.

 

[Jukeshoe]

I accidentally found a geocache while disc golfing the other day. The hole was on a hill too, if only I would've had a sphere with me I could've knocked out all 3 at once.

Whoa!

Careful there, Captain Daredevil!!

Don't you think that's an awful lot of risk for one afternoon? :|

 

[shinypickle]

woot woot we are a * * risk level.

 

[Jukeshoe]

That's, like, six asterisks of risk.

 

[NothinButChing]

publicity!

 

[BrotherDave]

Name of Sport: Disc-golf
What It Is: Summer is a great time to tackle an unfamiliar outdoor activity, whether it's one you've heard of but never tried before—kayaking, badminton, bocce, croquet, anyone?—or something completely new to you. Here's a cheat sheet on three up-and-coming sports.

That's a strange description.

 

[Jukeshoe]

That's a strange description.

They clearly have never played disc golf. They were probably too busy arguing over which wacky activity was riskier, much like the Blueberry vs. Flip City threads on here.

 

[shinypickle]

That's a strange description.

Yeah it is, they don't even explain the sport at all. They just say summer is fun go try something new.

 

[Waddly Hobbins]

How come under the "what it is" section of Disc Golf, it doesn't say one thing about what disc golf is? It just repeats the intro to trying new sports. Great job Parade. *starts slow clap*

 

[Jukeshoe]

Wait a second.

Isn't Parade a gay-rights magazine? :|

 

[shinypickle]

 

[Jukeshoe]

heh.

 

[Sunday Mike]

woot woot we are a * * risk level.

The folks at Parade have obviously never played Buffalo Ridge at night!!!!

 

[billnchristy]

Wait a second.

Isn't Parade a gay-rights magazine? :|

find hidden containers of booty.

Question answered. :clap:

 

[zenbot]

Wait a second.

Isn't Parade a gay-rights magazine? :|

You mean Mustache Parade magazine.

 

[Midnightbiker]

Disc Golf mentioned in "Try a New Sport" article

I don't know if this ran local, or nation wide, but there was an article in the local newspaper, about trying something new this summer, and disc golf was mentioned. Didn't go into a lot of detail, but hey, any exposure is good I guess. I scanned the article, here it is:

 

[NothinButChing]

look what is listed with :'(

 

[Midnightbiker]

look what is listed with :'(

Its listed with sports that most people have never heard of.