When you say "I throw X" that should mean what you can throw with relative consistently. If you say "My best distance throw is Y" then that leaves more variable potential.
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[Innova] New distance record WIIIIITHHH....
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joshuajames
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Haha...that's funny!:hfive:
That right there is the key factor - Max distance vs. consistent distance. In the context that Brall is discussing this, I agree with him. The kicker is that it's all a moot point. Nobody will every be able to verify everyone's distance claims (nor would they want to bother) and until Disc Golf becomes a police state sport and all statements must be verified with video of it happening (plus wind readings and the degree of slope properly measured and recorded), we're just gonna have to take each others' words for it. Personally, I consider my best throw to be 345ft because that's what I was able to do on flat ground with very little wind. If I was considering massive downhill shots it would be over 500 which I feel is grossly misleading.
Fine points, but irrelevant to a discussion on a distance competition where players are not going for repeatable golf lines, they're trying to max everything out and set a record. Not one of them claims to throw 800' every time they want to, not sure where that side of the discussion came from.
The dude on the bike
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R-Pro Boss almost got it last year, bosses rock as long as they aren't so stupidly overstable. I like them that way too though.
This.
codyroberts18
Double Eagle Member
Wiggins can still throw 600 on a golf line I'm sure...
lol, the ace was just luck. my pdga rating reflects that.
and i buy them for $4 because no other disc will sell that cheap. i use grooves for risky situations, especially across water. the groove is not a good disc, but it's far better than a dragon.
i'd prefer to buy leopards for $4 but that's aint happenin'.
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Sadjo
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He can. Last year Wiggins played one of the tournaments i ran. One one hole, with the basket slightly higher elevation than the tee measured at 605 with GPS. Wiggins hit the pole on his drive. Witnessed the shot myself.
No other player that threw that hole was anywhere close to making an attempt at duece let alone a drop in putt.
there was a story about a drive, and i'm almost positive it was wiggins.
i tried to find it but couldn't locate it.
it went something like this: everyone was throwing their drives on a hole that has a sharp right turn around a bend to the basket (kind of horseshoe shaped).
wiggins steps up, stands on the tee but faces the wall of trees and looks up, thinking about his throw. to everyone's surprise he throws a humungous overhand over the trees to land in the clear while everyone else had to take the fairway approach.
anyone know where that video is? pretty sure it was wiggins, dunno...
i tried to find it but couldn't locate it.
it went something like this: everyone was throwing their drives on a hole that has a sharp right turn around a bend to the basket (kind of horseshoe shaped).
wiggins steps up, stands on the tee but faces the wall of trees and looks up, thinking about his throw. to everyone's surprise he throws a humungous overhand over the trees to land in the clear while everyone else had to take the fairway approach.
anyone know where that video is? pretty sure it was wiggins, dunno...
Video
Innova has the video up.
Too bad they only had one camera...what were they thinking?
http://www.innovadiscs.com/home/492...tance-record-with-blizzard-champion-boss.html
Innova has the video up.
Too bad they only had one camera...what were they thinking?
http://www.innovadiscs.com/home/492...tance-record-with-blizzard-champion-boss.html
He foot faulted, the record is no longer valid.........
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How does a company as big and as important as Innova produce a horrible video like that? It's a horrible edit, the camera is inadequate and you only see the disc when it hits the ground. How cool would it have been to see the flight path, a slow mo of his throw? A camera out at the 800' mark etc...
Innova could have done much better IMO.
Innova could have done much better IMO.
Yea no. Not all of us have a high internet distance that they faked. I have actually had my distance documented at a distance competition where I threw less than my furthest throw but still a lot further than most. In my sig I have my distance record that was in bounds. I had a 590 throw but it was OB so I'm not counting it. Don't think that everybody is a phony. And to let u know, mine was on a flat group with no wind with like 50ish people watching and O let me see it made the Innova website. Dam troll.
cfair
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1. Good video production is expensive. Distance competitions take a lot of time for little payoff. It is not worth it get a camera crew together for one.
2. Different people have tried to tape distance competitions only to not catch a a record breaking throw. Which would be the purpose of such a thing. After a few years, they stopped trying to get great shots.
3. Usually there isn't a large group of people out doing this. It is a few people who travel out there to just throw bombs. So players, a few friends, and a few officials. Not a camera crew.
4. A second camera would have been nice, but I really doubt they were thinking about good production in the least.
Good video production is not expensive. (for a company like Innova).
If you can follow a golf ball you can follow a disc even with a hand held camera.
And to answer your number 4; Exactly, they weren't thinking.
Wiggins is Innova's future and they should be promoting this kid a lot better than they have been. Not to mention this record will sell a lot of Blizzard plastic and probably change how future courses are designed.
This could have been an ESPN highlight.
Could have been.
Could have been.
Where is Brodie Smith when you need him.
Spiking mah diskseses.
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