Author: Jace Smellie

Today marked the release of two new exciting products from the Trilogy family. First of all, a brand new and very uniquely designed backpack bag from Latitude 64, the Easy-Go Backpack.

The Latitude 64 Easy-Go Backpack looks to have been designed with the semi-casual players in mind. If the heavy duty backpack category is just a bit to much for you, but the smaller bags aren’t enough, the Easy-Go could be just right for you. This bag is lightweight as well, so it is easy on the back and shoulders. A few of the highlighted features include:

• The main storage compartment holds 12 discs in individual sockets.
• Top and bottom compartments are suitable to store towels, clothes, etc.
• Top compartment can also be used to store an extra 3-4 discs.
• Two 1.5 liter bottle holders at both sides.
• Four elastic side pockets, two at each side. Made to store smaller items like minis, keys, or your phone.
• Umbrella holder.
• Premium YKK Zippers.
• The bag comes with a cover that protects your gear in case of rain.

The Latitude 64 Easy-Go Backpack is available now at Infinite Discs.

Next up we have the Dynamic Discs Captain America Aviator. This is the first Ultimate disc that Dynamic Discs has made. With a design featuring the Captain America Shield, this is a disc that everyone can appreciate. Whether you are playing catch in the park, warming up for your round in a tournament, or even organizing a competitive Ultimate match, the Captain America Aviator is a disc that all throwers can appreciate. It also makes a perfect gift for the ultimate superhero fan or collector. The Dynamic Discs Captain America Aviator can be ordered now at Infinite Discs.

Well, here we are again folks! Another 3 months have passed at Infinite Discs and it’s time to take a look at the top selling discs of this quarter. These have been wild months for the disc golf world. We saw a new world champion crowned and a decent dose of controversy in the professional realm of disc golf. Looking at the numbers, it is pretty safe to say that the pros who have been playing at the top during these months had an influence on the way certain discs sold. We find a new addition in the top 3 discs overall that also became a brand new champion of an overhauled chart in the putter division. So let’s get started!

Top 10 Overall

1. Innova Destroyer
2. Innova TeeBird
3. Innova Aviar
4. Discraft Buzzz
5. Westside Harp
6. Gateway Wizard
7. Dynamic Discs Judge
8. Discmania DDX
9. Innova Roc3
10. Innova Roc/Innova Valkyrie

Nobody should be surprised to see the Innova Destroyer held its ground as the reigning number one selling disc overall. The Innova TeeBird jumped back up to number 2 after falling out of the top 3 last quarter, and then perhaps the most surprising mold of all, the Innova Aviar jumped up to the number 3 spot. The Aviar and the Westside Harp (which makes its first appearance in the overall top 10 at number 5) can both thank their professional endorsements for their spike in sales, as the highest overall plastics of each disc were McPro Aviars and BT Hard Harps. These molds in these plastic blends are thrown regularly in tournament play by Paul McBeth and Ricky Wysocki respectively. The Discmania DDX also cracked into the overall top 10 for the first time ever. Rounding out the list we see a rare tie between the Innova Roc and Innova Valkyrie for the 10 spot.

Top Distance Drivers

1. Innova Destroyer
2. Discmania DDX
3. Innova Valkyrie
4. Innova Firebird
5. Innova Wraith
6. Innova Tern
7. Innova Boss
8. Innova Beast
9. Westside Destiny
10. MVP Catalyst

The DDX shows that there is a new…deputy? in town (The Destroyer being the long standing Sheriff of course) by jumping all the way up from the 10 spot it claimed in its debut quarter. If this trend continues, maybe we will see a new name at the top of this list! Besides that, Innova once again showed its dominance of this category. The Innova Firebird made a good jump up to the 4 spot (12 overall), and the top selling plastic was the Nate Sexton signature series color glow. Here again we can feel the professional influence on the numbers. Also a new name to the chart at number 10 is the newly released MVP Catalyst.

Top Control/Fairway Drivers

1. Innova Teebird
2. Latitude 64 Saint
3. Latitude 64 River
4. Innova Leopard
5. Innova Thunderbird
6. Discmania FD Jackal
7. Latitude 64 Diamond
8. Dynamic Discs Escape
9. Innova TL
10. Innova Leopard3

Nothing too crazy happening in the Fairway category. Some slight shifts in the top 7, while the 8-10 spots are all filled by discs that didn’t make the chart last time. The Dynamic Discs Escape and Innova Leopard3 have all seen the top 10 before, but the Innova TL, which is actually the oldest of these bottom three molds, made it into the top 10 for the first time ever. Maybe because of the growing popularity of the TeeBird? (TL=TeeBird Long).

Top Midrange Discs

1. Discraft Buzzz
2. Innova Roc3
3. Innova Roc
4. Innova Mako3
5. Discmania MD3
6. Dynamic Discs EMac Truth
7. Discraft Comet
8. Discraft Buzzz GT
9. Latitude 64 Compass
10. Discraft Buzzz OS

The top 3 look identical (again), but the rest of the list did some shifting. The Innova Mako3 and Discmania MD3 bumped up a few slots, and though the Dynamic Discs EMac Truth dropped, it wasn’t much of a drop for coming off of a new release last quarter only dropping two spots at number 6. The Discraft Comet has seen the top 10 before, but it wasn’t there last quarter. Number 8 was a pleasant surprise for us The Discraft Buzzz GT is an old Discraft mold that has been out of production, but they brought it back for us to do a limited run as part of our sponsorship of the 2016 Ledgestone Insurance Open. These very unique and rare discs are only available at Infinite Discs, and once they’re gone, they’re gone. So if you’re interested, I would recommend snagging one while you still can!

Top Putt and Approach Discs

1. Innova Aviar
2. Westside Harp
3. Gateway Wizard
4. Dynamic Discs Judge
5. Latitude 64 Pure
6. Discmania P2 Psycho
7. Latitude 64 Dagger
8. Innova Nova
9. Dynamic Discs Warden
10. Discraft Zone

Now, the category where everyone at Infinite Discs would have lost some money if we were the betting type. While the Aviar and Harp surprised everyone with numbers 1 and 2 (thanks again Paul and Rick), we found another surprise in seeing the Wizard beat out the Judge for the first time since the Judge took the number one spot from the Wizard for the first time nine months ago. Another surprising jump was the Latitude 64 Dagger climbing into the 7 spot (hard to ignore the new World Champ’s influence here again). So a category that has been a two horse race for a while just got a little more interesting, and it will be a lot of fun to see what the final three months of 2016 will bring us.

Takeaways? As I mentioned, the numbers seem to say that the professional endorsements are working folks! I always skim over the Destroyer always holding the number one spot, but you really have to wonder where that disc would be if you took Paul McBeth out of the equation completely. And now we see spikes in the Harp and Dagger coming off of Ricky Wysocki’s first championship. Have other thoughts? See any surprises or trends I failed to recognize? Leave a comment letting us know what you think!

This summer we opened up applications for Team Infinite, and we couldn’t believe the response we got!

We have spent hours sorting through all of the many applications we received. Thank you everyone who applied!

Now, the time has finally come to announce the members of Team Infinite! So without further ado, here is our current team roster! Click on the names of the team members to see their profiles and learn a little bit more about them!

Current Team Infinite Roster

• Alec Falzone
• Alex Sakash
• Andrew Belet
• Bob Davies
• Brad Bauer
• Brandon Mook Merzlock
• Brandon Brown
• Brian Cole
• Cameron Beck
• Casey Kemmerer
• Christopher Ostheimer
• Connor Kisling
• Dalton Burrup
• Dathan Kennemer
• Deann Donaldson
• Derek O’Neil
• Holly Saugling
• Jace Smellie
• Jacob Byrd
• Jake LaPutka
• Jared Henschel
• Jennifer Lovett
• Jody Dixon
• Jonathan Grimes
• Jordan Miller
• Jordan Parks
• Jory Reid
• Justin Bilodeau
• Keith Barker
• Markus Mika
• Mason Foltz
• Matt Reichenbacher
• Michael Hughett
• Nathan Tucker
• Nick Lopez
• Richard Alexander
• Robby Harris
• Robert Hall
• Rodney Tripp
• Ryan Flahive
• Ryan Heeti
• Taylor Salanoa
• Ted Heggemann
• Tony T2 Martinez
• Tricia Lafferty
• Tyler Nolen
• William Trimble

We are so excited to have these disc golfers representing our brand and this sport across the country. We look forward to getting to know these players more and to share with everyone what they’re doing to help grow the sport in their parts of the country.

For example, here is a picture we received just this week from team member Markus Mika (left) at a PDGA Sanctioned league he is running out of La Crosse, WI. This is a travelling league, and this picture was taken at North Valley DGC in Inver Grove Heights, MN. Markus is a great example of a selfless disc golfer that goes above and beyond to grow the sport and we are proud to have him on the team.

I applied, but I wasn’t selected. Now what?

You’re still awesome! We had so many great applicants that made it very hard to make our selections. Also, we are not completely shutting down the selection process, and will continue to add additional highly qualified team members. Here are a few things that you can do to better your chances of being selected for the team in the future.

1. Use InfiniteDiscs.com. This may be obvious, but we want to see people are actively using all facets of our site, and this doesn’t just mean buy discs from us. We have put in a lot of work to develop Infinite Courses and Infinite Profiles. Keep your profile up to date. You can enter your scores in the system, record course scores, keep track of your stats, write disc and course reviews, and much more on our site.
2. Interact with us on social media. We don’t expect everyone to share every little thing we share on every social media format, but we do notice when you are actively engaged with us. Liking, commenting on, or sharing our posts helps us to share our message with the people within your sphere of influence.
3.  Be active within your disc golf community. We want team members who are actively involved on a local level who want to grow the sport and disc golf experience in their part of the country. Play in as many disc golf events as you can. Even better, step up and run a league or tournament in your area.

And even if you aren’t interested in being a part of Infinite Discs, we hope you will still do the things we listed above. We hope everyone will actively enjoy the many ways that disc golfers can take advantage of the resources we are working to provide for disc golf.

A note for our Utah Golfers who were not accepted.

With Infinite Discs operating out of Utah, we had a lot of applications come in from our home state. We love Utah and Utah disc golfers, and there are so many folks who applied who if they had lived in a different state, we would have easily accepted them to the team. We really are so grateful for the homegrown support, and we hope you all know that just because you weren’t accepted to the team doesn’t mean we don’t appreciate you and your support!

Well, it’s that time of year again! Time to look back on the top selling discs of the past three months. April-June is a good quarter (as well as the third) to analyze and really see what people are actively throwing during disc golf season. There were a few surprises, but for the most part we see a lot of familiar names in new places, however we do see a pretty big mix up in the top three!

Top 10 Overall

1. Innova Destroyer
2. Dynamic Discs Judge
3. Discraft Buzzz
4. Innova TeeBird
5. Gateway Wizard
6. Latitude 64 Saint
7. Innova Aviar
8. Innova Roc3
9. Innova Wraith
10. Innova Valkyrie

Last quarter, we were pretty shocked to see the Discraft Buzzz, which had been a long time number 2 overall, drop to number 7. But this time, the Buzzz bumped back into the top three, dropping the Innova TeeBird to number 4. Meanwhile, the Dynamic Discs Judge climbed up to number 2, while the Innova Destroyer held its long time spot at the top slot. How long will it be before the Judge, Buzzz, or any other disc model dethrones the Destroyer?

Top Distance Drivers

1. Innova Destroyer
2. Innova Wraith
3. Innova Valkyrie
4. Innova Boss
5. Innova Tern
6. Innova Beast
7. Legacy Outlaw
8. Innova Firebird
9. Westside Destiny
10. Discmania DDX

Innova still controls the Distance Driver category with 7 of the top spots, but believe it or not, their hold actually isn’t as strong as it was last quarter with 8 molds. The Wraith and Valkyrie made pretty big jumps from 8 and 7 last quarter to round out this quarter’s top 3. Also at the bottom of the list we see two new releases–the Westside Destiny and the Discmania DDX. As always, new releases always seem to make a splash on these charts, so only time will tell if they maintain their hold at the top of the charts (which reminds me, last quarter’s number 2 the Innova Colossus dropped to 14 for this quarter for those who were wondering).

Top Control/Fairway Drivers

1. Innova Teebird
2. Latitude 64 Saint
3. Innova Leopard
4. Latitude 64 River
5. Discmania FD Jackal
6. Innova Thunderbird
7. Discraft Undertaker
8. Latitude 64 Diamond
9. Latitude 64 Saint Pro
10. Dynamic Discs Felon

The Control Driver category looks pretty similar to last quarter with a few notable shifts. The Innova TeeBird held its spot at number one while the Innova Leopard made a jump into the top 3. Trilogy brands seem to be moving into a good position in this category by holding half of the top 10 spots. Perhaps the biggest shifts from last quarter would be the Dynamic Discs Escape dropping out of the top 10 when it was 6 last quarter, and the Discmania FD Jackal jumping up to number 5 after being number 10 last quarter. Also we see the newly released Discraft Undertaker bumped into the top 10 at number 7.

Top Midrange Discs

1. Discraft Buzzz
2. Innova Roc3
3. Innova Roc
4. Dynamic Discs EMac Truth
5. Innova Mako3
6. Latitude 64 Compass
7. Discmania MD3
8. Discraft Buzzz OS
9. Dynamic Discs Truth
10. Discraft Buzzz SS

The Midrange category continues to be dominated by the Discraft Buzzz, and the top 3 look identical to last quarter. But the middle of this pack is where things get interesting. Number 4 goes to the newly released EMac Truth. Will it fall with time? Maybe not when you look at the Latitude 64 Compass. The Compass was a newly released midrange that reached number 4 last quarter, and it hung on to stay at the number 6 spot. So it will be interesting to watch and see if this disc can follow the path of its Trilogy brother in staying on the charts. Also at number 7 we see another new name–the Discmania MD3. This disc is not a new release, but got a lot of attention this quarter with new plastic releases (Glow Eagle Signature and Metal Flake). The Midrange category will be a very interesting one to watch for next quarter to see how all these play out together.

Top Putt and Approach Discs

1. Dynamic Discs Judge
2. Gateway Wizard
3. Innova Aviar
4. Latitude 64 Pure
5. Westside Harp
6. Discmania P2 Psycho
7. Dynamic Discs Warden
8. Innova Nova
9. MVP Ion
10. Innova KC Pro Aviar

The Dynamic Discs Judge continues its reign as the top putter for the third straight quarter, while the Innova Aviar jumped two spots to crack into the top 3. After running the report for this article, what may have surprised me the most was seeing the Westside Harp at the number 5 putter spot. The Harp has consistently been a popular putt and approach disc, but it wasn’t even on the chart last quarter. This goes back to what I said earlier–I believe this quarter really is a better indication of what players are actually throwing, while last quarter might be a better indicator of what disc golfers were collecting or thinking they would be throwing once the snow melted.

So a few takeaways? It looks like Innova just needs to keep doing what its been doing in the Distance Driver category. They did give up one spot though, and only time will tell if that is a sign of things to come. Also this quarter was a very impressive one from the Discmania camp. For the first time ever they had one disc in the top 10 of every category. They must be doing something right, as we have seen their sales grow consistently over the last few quarters. And lets not forget about the Trilogy. The Latitude 64 Compass held its ground in the top 10 after its initial release. For Dynamic Discs they have to be happy with the EMac Truth‘s spot and the Judge‘s continued dominance. Not to mention they’re hosting the PDGA Pro Worlds this year in Emporia, and they will surely hope that this exposure will only help their sales numbers. And while Westside had no discs in any of the top 10 last quarter, the Destiny and the Harp were both able to jump onto the charts this time around. How will things shake up next quarter? Only time will tell.