[Innova] Why no love for the beast?

[tu-f-o]

Well, the Beast just singlehandedly ruined my plan for the winter. I cut my bag down to what you see in my sig because I needed to work on form and learn discs rather than spending more money. The plan has been going great. My game has been getting more consistent, I've been pushing a bit more distance and accuracy out of these discs, and my scores... Have stayed pretty much the same.

So tonight I went out to play glow and immediately broke my black light. A buddy hands me a Champ Beast with an LED, so I use that. Now, I know that I can't backhand a Champ Beast to save my life, but I've gotten some decent shots with one sidearm in the past... So I figure, why not? I proceed to set personal records on every hole that I flick it on. Dead on accuracy and I outdrove my all time best drives on two of the holes by at least 50'. On the final hole of the night I parked it 15' from a hole I never thought I would birdie. And clanged the putt. Guess I'm going Beast shopping tomorrow.

was that an old mold beast or new?
Beast is awesome for flicks.

 

[Sean_WV]

I love my red pre-flight #s Star beast. Nice long S-Shots for me. I grew up on Champ Beasts, I've easily owned and lost 30+ Champ Beasts.

 

[b-mart]

was that an old mold beast or new?
Beast is awesome for flicks.

New. He'd just picked it up from Big 5.

 

[foehammer]

The first disc I purchased was a double stamped Pro Beast. The second time I played disc golf, the stars aligned and I had a perfect tunnel shot that parked right next to the basket and I was immediately hooked.

Then I went out and purchased a Champ Beast, which was just ok. I found that as I was getting further distances with my throws, I used the Beasts less and less. There were other discs in my bag I preferred more and they were finally edged out of the bag and traded.

The Beast is a fine disc, I just lost interest in it.

 

[ndole]

I've had several beasts and They were bombers for sure. I liked how you could get an easy straight line out of them. But they just aren't as versatile if you only want one distance driver in your bag.

 

[jswoods1984]

The old mold Beasts are my favorite driver of all time. I am able to shape more lines with this disc than any other disc I have thrown. My first and most recent ace were both with the Beast. I really wish I could try the old mold in some of the new plastic blends, but I can't say that I am at all disappointed with my old pearly plastic.

 

[dsb1829]

I have had some great Beast throws. Picked up a DX as my driver last year after a 7 year break in playing. I quickly beat it into a flippy mess and then lost it. Found a well worn champ a few months later. I learned to hyzer flip it and was instantly back to liking the Beast. Bought a new one, gave the found one to a friend. Rarely throw it any more.

I find the Beast unpredictable in comparison to other discs fighting for that spot in the bag. Could be my poor form or massive power combined with OAT. Either way I stopped throwing it and it never comes up in conversation as a recommendation. Maybe now that my form is improving I should give it some more bag time for eval...