Introducing Yikun Discs

Infinite Discs carries over 55 brands of discs! We started this blog series to introduce you to some of the brands and molds that you might not be as familiar with. Each week we will spotlight a different company and tell you a little more about them. Because of Covid shutdowns our supply of discs was severely affected. Therefore, we may not have all of the molds from all of the brands we will talk about. But, it might put a few more molds on your radar for the future. This week we are on the road again to introduce Yikun Discs.

The East China Sea borders Japan, Korea, and the East Coast of China. On the shores of the Sea sits the port city of Ningbo, China. It is home to the Tian Yi Ge library. The library was built in 1561, and is one of the oldest in the country. Ningbo is also home to disc golf manufacturer, Yikun Discs.

Six Schoolmates

When six university schoolmates were introduced to disc sports while in school, little did they know it would lead to starting a disc business. The group started playing ultimate frisbee and became the first Chinese ultimate players. It was during their final year in school that they decided to start a company whose mission was to promote flying disc sports and introduce a healthier lifestyle to the youth of the country.

In 2010, Yikun got involved in disc golf after Eric Xu learned more about the sport from some European disc golfers. Since then, Yikun has launched the first PDGA sanctioned tournament and opened the first disc golf course in China. Yikun became the first Asian company to get approved by the PDGA, World Flying Disc Federation, and USA Ultimate.  They currently ship discs to over 40 countries.

First Mold For Yikun

The first disc golf mold approved by the PDGA for Yikun was the View in 2013. The View is an understable fairway driver. The next year they added the Wings and Claws, which are mid/hybrids and putters respectively. Since then they have added numerous mold to give disc golfers a variety of flight shapes.

Yikun currently offers four different plastic types. They have the Tiger line, which is their base plastic. Then they have three premium plastics: Phoenix line, Dragon line, and their Tortoise line, which is used on their overmold discs. The Phoenix line is a durable translucent plastic similar to Champion or Lucid plastic. Dragon line has more grip and is a little softer, similar to Gold Line. The Tortoise overmold plastic can be found on the Twin Swords mold, the Tomahawk, and the Meteor Hammer. The plastics they sell the most are the Phoenix and Dragon lines.

 

 

Coming Soon

Yikun tries to introduce new products to the market every year. Coming up this year or next, Yikun will be introducing two new plastics to the market. They be offering the Swift line and Soflex line. The Swift line is a light plastic, making it good for beginners. It even floats in water. Soflex also floats in water and is light, and is also very flexible.

In addition to the new plastics, Yikun also has plans for more new molds and some new accessories. The details of the molds aren’t available yet. However, Yikun indicates they will be releasing a new bag design. They will also be releasing an interactive electronic version of a basket.

 

Disc Golf In The Olympics?

Yikun has not started a sponsor program yet. Instead, they focus on growing the sport by making it available to school kids and hosting events. They would like to see enough growth that the popularity of the sport might make it a future Olympic event.

The philosophy of Yikun Discs is that disc golf is much more than a sport. They look at it as a lifestyle. And they believe it is a lifestyle that connects people from different nations and ideologies. Their hope is that more people will include programs with disc golf tournaments that promote international communications and cultural learning.  If we can make the world a little smaller and more connected through disc golf, that sounds like a pretty sport. And an awesome lifestyle!

Top Selling Yikun

Below is a chart of Infinite’s top-selling Yikun molds. It’s interesting to see all of their overmolds in the top selling discs. Taking first is the straight-flying midrange, the Tomahawk. In a tie for second is the overstable putter, the Hammer (Chui), and the high-speed, stable driver, the Twin Swords. Here are the top ten molds and the percent of sales.

Comment About Yikun Discs

We want to hear from you about Yikun Discs! And we’ll give a disc to three random commenters. To be eligible, answer one of the questions below:

If you’ve thrown a Yikun Disc, which have you thrown?

If you haven’t tried one yet, which one would most likely make it into your bag?

We will choose the winners and post them next week when we feature our next disc golf brand.

Last Week: CHEENGZ

Last week we looked at CHEENGZ. We selected three random people who commented on that blog. Here are the winners:

Paul K

Justin H

Kevin

Congrats! We’ll ship your disc out shortly.

 

Ted is the Chief Writer at Infinite Discs. He is responsible for the State of Disc Golf Survey articles and most of the "best discs" posts. Ted runs all kinds of local disc golf leagues and tournaments and tournaments in Northern Utah.

52 comments

  • I’ve never seen a Yikun disc in real life, I’ve been interested in the twin swords for a while though, it’d be cool to have a disc no one else in my group has!

  • I use the wei and the jiao all the time, sadly just lost my favorite wei to a pond though. Really want to try the meteor hammer, tomahawk, or the crossbow.

  • I haven’t thrown any Yikun discs, but would like to try the Wei.
    Speed 10 and understable is about where I throw best.

  • I have a View. In Dragon line plastic. It’s a great disc, understable and flies very far.

  • I have the meteor hammer. It’s quite similar to a Nova, but with a less rubbery overmold.

  • Started off with some Yikun discs. For beginners, Hu, View, Jun are good. The most beautiful and used so far is D’AE – a distancedriver like the Defender, very looooong.

  • Never tried but would love to give the twin swords a throw, looks like it could bomb

  • I have collected a few of the Twin Swords and the Crossbow in the past, finding beautiful stamps here and grabbing them, and then the Hammer came to me as a VIP disc and it felt absolutely amazing. I still haven’t thrown those three (yet), but the Tomahawk instantly made its way to my bag, perfectly straight with a 6 glide, it just keeps on floating and takes any line you put it on.

  • I have collected a few of the Twin Swords and the Crossbow in the past, finding beautiful stamps here and grabbing them, and then the Hammer came to me as a VIP disc and it felt absolutely amazing. I still haven’t thrown those three (yet), but the Tomahawk instantly made its way to my bag, perfectly straight with a 6 glide, it just keeps on floating and takes any line you put it on.

  • Robert John Card

    I started with a 4 in 1 set of the Jiao, Wei, Yao, and Gui. Loved my Jiao till it became way to under stable and turned over into a lake. I would love to try the new molds they’re releasing, I love the new stamps and I really want to get my hands on their new under stable mid-range. Can’t wait for them to release!!!