Focus Friday X-Com Discs

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The weekend is here, and it is Memorial Day weekend as well, which is totally awesome! To me, this weekend has always been a signal that summer is here. And do I love the summer; the days are long, it’s easy to be outside (not have to wear so many layers), good memories, the days are bright, and disc golf is so much more enjoyable in the warm weather.

This Focus Friday we will will focus on an entire brand: X-Com. So from now till Monday, you can save 30% on all X-Com disc. You’ll need to simply use the discount code: FOCUSXCOM.

X-Com Discs

X-Com Discs is a manufacturer that has been in the disc making business for a while, since 2006. They started off making ultimate discs and other gear. However, in 2020, they began to make disc golf discs. These first molds are pretty solid as well, easy to throw, and well made. Check out their website to learn more about them, or this post from disc golf reviewer.

At the moment, there are 7 molds approved by the PDGA, and six of them are available for purchase on our site:

Zion Distance Driver

Helios Fairway Driver

Dawn Midrange

Eden Midrange

Griffon Midrange

Bennu Putt & Approach

There are two plastics that X-Com produces; Basic and Durable. The naming system is pretty easy to distinguish which is which. The Basic plastic is the base plastic that is low cost and gives a good idea as to what a disc does. While the Durable plastic is a premium plastic blend. This provides long lasting plastic, that is still quite affordable, that feels good in the hand. This is definitely my favorite of the two.

The Discount code

Here is the deal, head over to our website and select the X-Com molds that you want and any other item that you want or need. Once everything is in your cart, you can apply the discount code FOCUSXCOM and get 30% off all X-COM discs in your cart including the XCom Ultimate Frisbee.

Additionally, where it is Memorial day weekend, you should probably check out our memorial day sale going on right now. Check out this blog post, or this page, to see all the items that are on sale. There is a lot.

Note: After placing your discs in the shopping cart and before checking out, click on the “Discount Code” box under the shopping cart and enter that code. Then proceed to checkout.

Infinite Discs Memorial Day Sale

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Infinite Discs Memorial Day Sale

This weekend, we will be remembering and appreciating all those who have, currently are, and will sacrifice their lives to serve our country. Thank you for your service.

Starting Friday, May 27th, we will be having a HUGE sale on lots of items to celebrate Memorial Day.

Check out what we have on sale to celebrate our brothers and sisters in arms:

Flag Foil Infinite Bar Stamps

We have stamped the following Infinite molds with the Infinite bar stamp, some featuring the beloved American flag foil-
D-Blend, P-Blend, X-Blend, & R-Blend Alpaca
G-Blend Emperor
Splatter S-Blend Aztec
I-Blend Pharaoh

See ALL flag foil bar stamped discs HERE

 

Other Discs On Sale

 

              LEGACY DISCS –                                     LONE STAR DISCS –
     Patriot, Recon, Valor, & Fighter             Texas Ranger, Warbird, & Penny Putter

                   LATITUDE 64 –                                       DYNAMIC DISCS – 
                 Hope, Saint, & Mercy                          Justice, Guard & Captain

             

Accessories On Sale

Apparel

Games

Mini’s

Other

Starter Sets

Bags

This memorial day sale is the perfect time to get one of the best disc golf bags on the market. If you’re really feeling patriotic, you need to go with an American flag style bag from Dynamic Discs.

Click HERE to see our “what’s on sale” page and make your purchase
Thanks again to all the men and women that serve and have served our country.
We hope you all have a great Memorial Day weekend!

 

Focus Friday – Infinite Discs Alpaca

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Thats right, its Friday!! gotta get down on Friday. Another Focus Friday, this weekend we’re providing a discount code on the Infinite Discs Alpaca. Use the discount code FOCUSALPACA to save 20% on all Alpacas.

The Alpaca

This putt & approach disc is one of my favorite molds from the Infinite line. Its incredibly versatile, I bag so many of these in various plastics. It works excellently as a putter, it works wonderfully as an approach disc. I’ve been able to get this disc to fly a large variety of lines. I’ve seen it fly completely dead straight, and to fly quite stable, as well as to hold a turnover line. I love this mold.

Check it out on our website to read other people’s opinions regarding this mold, here. This is described as the quintessential beadless putter. It presents a deep rim in line with a traditional putter feel. Quite capable of carrying your workload with ease.

The Discount Code

You can select your disc by clicking here. Simply add as many Alpaca discs to your shopping cart as you want, then BEFORE you click to checkout, look below the shopping cart. Right below the shopping cart is a box for Discount Codes. Click there and paste the code, FOCUSALPACA, into the box. Then proceed to checkout and you’ll get the discount.

Here is a screenshot to help you out, though it doesn’t necessarily show an Alpaca in the cart – it’s just a generic visual to help you find the discount code box:

 

We hope that you love throwing the Alpaca. If you’ve thrown the disc, feel free to share what you think of this putt & approach disc. And if you’re ever looking for other discs that are on sale, check out this link. Or read through this blog post to see all of the ways that you can save money here at Infinite Discs.

Have an excellent weekend all!

 

 

The State of Disc Golf: Disc Golf Con

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Throughout the course of the State of Disc Golf survey results bogs, I’ve mentioned the effects of the pandemic on our sport. Everything from supply issues affecting our purchases to our attendance at tournaments were affected to some degree by Covid-19. Infinite Discs was no different.

If you’ve been shopping with Infinite, or have been following our social media, you’ll know that the past two years have been challenging and at time frustrating as we grappled with supply chain issues. Just as the number of people who were playing disc golf skyrocketed, many of our suppliers were having trouble making the products that we, and other retailers, desperately wanted to have to sell to our customers.

While all retailers were in the same boat when it came to keeping stocked with the discs we wanted, there was one aspect of the pandemic that cut a little deeper for us. That would be the forced postponement of what was to be the inaugural Disc Golf Con.

 

Disc Golf Con

 

In case you aren’t familiar with Disc Golf Con, it was going to be a convention dedicated to the fans of disc golf. There were going to be flymarts with vendors selling disc golf goodies, professional disc golfers running a variety of clinics, limited edition discs for attendees, the option to caddy for pros, the option to play with the pros, and it would have opportunities to attend panels and a swap meet. Attendees would also have the opportunity to watch the top pros in our sport play for $84,000 cash!

The Disc Golf Con (DGC) was going to be held in Las Vegas in conjunction with the Las Vegas Challenge. We worked hard to prepare for the DGC.  We worked with pros, a hotel/convention center, and Wild Horse Golf Course to plan for a successful convention. Then, in January came a spike in the number Covid-19 cases and the decision was made to postpone DGC until 2023.

While it was very disappointing to put in the work preparing for the DGC, only to have it postponed, we also feel like we learned a lot and the inaugural event next year will be better because of our experiences. Which brings us to the topic of this week’s survey results: your thoughts about Disc Golf Con.

Were You Going?

 

In our survey we asked several questions about the Disc Golf Con. We asked if you had been planning on attending, and if not, what might make you change your mind. We also asked about your opinions on several aspects of the convention that we had planned. Below are the results.

The first question we asked was simply, “Were you planning on attending the Inaugural Disc Golf Con?”

Here are the results:

While only a small percentage of us indicated that we were planning on attending for sure, we were confident that those numbers would rise as the convention got closer. Between those who had already purchased tickets, those on the fence, and those who were just learning about DGC, we felt like there would be enough people attend to make the convention a success.

 

Not Going to Attend

 

The next thing we wanted to find out in the survey was why people weren’t going to attend. We had a list of responses, and allowed people to add their reasons if they weren’t on our list. The overwhelming majority of the ‘other’ responses were because of scheduling or responsibilities that prevented people from getting time off to attend. Many people chose more than one answer. Here are the results of the options offered:

 

 

The most popular answer is location. We’ll explore that a little more in the next section. The next highest answer is time. You would definitely have to use some vacation days to attend a multi-day event. Ten percent of us are still concerned about the pandemic, and nearly 20% of us wouldn’t attend because of the costs.

 

Motivation

 

The next question was for people who indicated that they definitely were not attending DGC. We asked what it would take for them to attend. Since it took a while to get through all of the answers!

After dismissing all of the responses that wouldn’t ever happen, such as covering for people at their job while they were in Vegas or babysitting for them, we were left with a good idea of what would get the most people to attend. Below is a list of the top 5 answers.

 

 

Hands down, the top response was location. Not that everyone disliked Vegas in general, although many specifically mentioned that they didn’t want to go there. It was mainly just too inconvenient to travel that far to attend a convention. Many in the survey indicated that they would attend a regional disc golf convention. Others said it would have to be in their home town for them to attend. While having a DGC in every major city would be impossible, having one more centrally located is something to consider.

The second most popular response was concerns about Covid. Some people were concerned about being around that many people at an indoor event. Others were mainly concerned about traveling in a plane during a pandemic. We sincerely hope that Covid will be much less of a factor next year.

The next three responses on the list are things could be considered and/or implemented. They are: Virtual options, all-inclusive packages (flight, hotel, tickets to the convention, etc.), and more unique swag.

 

Ticket Pricing

 

The next DGC-related question concerned the cost for tickets to the convention. We put a lot of thought into the ticket pricing, given everything you would get for your ticket. We felt it was a fair price, and certainly in the range of other large conventions. Here are how those who were not attending thought about the ticket prices.

 

 

Over half of the respondents either thought that the price was what we could expect for a convention of this size, or that the price wasn’t preventing them from attending. Over 46% indicated that they would pay less than $100 for tickets, with about 20% saying they would buy tickets if they were under $50, and nearly 27% saying they would spend between $50-100 for tickets.

 

Excited/Don’t Care

 

The final question about DGC we wanted to cover in the survey was to see which aspects of the convention appealed to you. We asked you to rank those events on a scale from ‘Don’t Care’ to ‘Very Excited’

Let’s start with the list of events that respondents are very excited about. Below is the list. I was surprised to see the high-stakes rounds rank so low. That was one of the things I was most looking forward to! Topping the list is people’s desire to get something unique from the event.

 

Conversely, below is the list of things that are the least appealing:

 

DGC Next Year

 

We are looking forward to next year and the inaugural Disc Golf Con. We are already planning and preparing so we can make sure it is a memorable event, and one that will grow and become better in the future. We’ll start making announcements as soon as we can. We sure hope to see you there!

 

 

 

Focus Friday – Stratosphere

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Happy Friday everyone! We have another Focus Friday discount code available for you today. This code will save you 25% off all Wing It Disc Golf Stratospheres. Simply use the promo code: FOCUSSTRATOSPHERE. Maybe with this disc, you will then throw so far that it is goes out of this world! That would be cool to see.

Well, for those that do not know, the Stratosphere is the second layer from the earth’s crust. It is just after the troposphere, which contains the air that we breath. The cool thing about the stratosphere is that airplanes work to get into it for cruising. This has a lot less turbulence than the troposphere.

So, maybe, Wing It named their first mold “Stratosphere” because this disc somehow flies through the air that has the least amount of turbulence! Woah, that would be incredible if a disc could actually avoid turbulence. I’ve played on some windy days, and I’ve seen multiple air bounces and drops within just one throw. It can be annoying.

Wing It Discs Stratosphere

Well, unfortunately the name of a disc doesn’t have any affect on its flight characteristics. But it is fun to think on the “what if…”. The Stratosphere is a relatively friendly disc for anyone to use. It is easy to throw, which helps beginners to achieve good distance and increase their confidence. All the while, it isn’t so understable that it loses consistency or becomes difficult to throw without turning over. I find that this mold is in that sweet spot that allows most every disc golfer to throw it and rely on it. Providing a disc that most everyone can enjoy throwing.

For me, this flies nicely. Not quite the flight path as depicted on our site. When I throw it, it has a little bit more fade to it. This is is quite pleasing to me as it is a relatively straight fairway driver for me. I find it capable of doing all the lines that I want it to do, hyzers and anhyzers. There has even been some good success with rollers, I don’t much like rollers as I suck at them. Overall, this is a pretty solid first disc from a company who has entered the market and learned about the manufacturing process as they went along creating the mold/disc. If you haven’t you should check them out on their website. They’ve got some fun blogs to read through.

The Discount code

Here is the deal, head over to our website and select the Stratopsheres that you want and any other item that you want or need. Once everything is in your cart, you can apply the discount code FOCUSSTRATOSPHERE and get 25% off all Stratosphere discs in your cart.

Note: After placing your discs in the shopping cart and before checking out, click on the “Discount Code” box under the shopping cart and enter that code. Then proceed to checkout.

The State of Disc Golf: Clubs and Leagues

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Our local club, Cache Valley Disc Golf, began about 10 years ago. Currently, to ‘join’ the club, all you really need to do is just come out to play at league. We do offer a bag tag for $15, which is completely optional, and that tag allows you to compete for various CTP prizes that are reserved for tag holders. Don’t want to buy a tag? No problem, you can still compete at league.

The cost to play in league is $5, if you want to play competitively. You pay and choose division you want to compete in. Don’t want to play competitively? No problem, we offer a free Recreational division. In other words, if you either can’t or don’t want to pay to play, you can still join us for some disc golf.

We also offer two ace pots: a $1 ace pot and a $5 ace pot. The $5 one obviously grows much faster, often times making for a sweet payout for an ace. There are two optional CTP’s that cost $1 each, one for the cash in the ace pot, and one for a gift card. The total cost for the weekly single league if you pay for every option is $13.

In addition to our weekly singles league, we have a weekly doubles league. The total cost for everything is in doubles is $10. Recently, one of our club members started a flex league. That costs $6 to play if you want to compete for cash and buy in to the ace pot.

Total weekly cost if you want to play in all of our leagues and choose all of the optional buy-ins: $29.

 

Clubs

 

Which brings us to this week’s State of Disc Golf Survey subject: Clubs and leagues. In the survey, we asked how many of you belong to a Club, and all of the costs associated with joining and playing in your club events. Let’s check out the data.

The first thing we’ll look at is how many of us belong to a club. Many of us have played in clubs for years and can’t imagine not having that camaraderie and competition in our sport. Others of us are fine playing with the friends and family that we always play with. Many of us play alone, competing against ourselves, or just playing for fun.

The question we asked was, “Did you belong to a local disc golf club in 2021?” Here are your responses:

 

Since nearly two-thirds of us indicated that we belonged to a club last year, the next thing we wanted to look at was the cost to join the club. Many people gave a range, so we took the highest amount in the range for comparison. For those respondents outside the U.S., I did my best so convert the cost to USD.  Here are the costs to join for those who indicated that they belonged to a club last year:

 

 

Some people indicated that they got some swag like a disc or clothing when they joined the club, and those costs were a bit higher than the rest. Other people indicated that they could (or have in the past) buy a lifetime membership. Naturally, those would cost more than a yearly fee. The average cost to join a club is around $15, which is right where our club is at.

 

Leagues

 

The next cost we wanted to look at was the price to play in weekly events run by the club. Here is what we found:

A large majority of clubs charge very little for weekly events, $10 or less. A few charge $50+ dollars per week. I would guess those are larger clubs with a lot activities to choose from. Next year it would be interesting to have people indicate approximately how many people are in their club.

Our club came in at the highest 10% for weekly costs. Since those costs are mostly optional, it doesn’t have to cost much to play. (Our doubles league has a mandatory buy-in of $5.) Where does your club fall on the chart?

 

Our Skill Level

 

Now that we have the numbers for club membership, we can check out the varying demographics to see how many are in clubs. We’ll start with skill levels. The chart below was taken from a previous blog. It shows the percentage of us in each skill level.

 

 

We can now look at the percentage of each skill level that belongs to a club.

 

 

Based on the numbers, we could conclude that belonging to a club improves one’s skill level. However, I think it is more likely that as we improve in disc golf, we are more likely to feel comfortable playing around other people and testing our abilities.

When Did We Start Playing

 

I thought it would be interesting to look at when we started playing and see if that affects our club membership. The people who started the most recently are less likely to belong to a club, for a variety of reasons, but what about people who started 20 years ago? Or 30 years ago? Here is the chart:

 

 

The numbers bounce around a bit, but don’t really vary a whole lot. The percentages dwindle towards the end of the chart, which was pretty much expected. Earlier we mentioned that 37% of us belong to a club. Other than the first and last year(s), there isn’t much difference from average.

 

Gender

 

The last demographic we’ll look at is gender. Since 96% indicated that we are male, we already know that the male segment of our survey will be very close to the average number of people who belong to a club. Our average as a group is 36.5% The male average is 36.3%. For those who indicated that they are female, 43.4% belong to a club. For those who did not indicate a gender, 34.5% belong to a club.

 

 

Past Years

 

Finally, let’s look at an earlier State of Disc Golf survey and see if there have been any changes to the percentage of us who belong to a club. Here are the results for the 2015 survey for the question, “Do you belong to a club?”

 

That is a significant difference in club membership from 2015 to this year. Based on the chart above that indicates the year we started playing, we can’t really blame the drop in club attendance on the pandemic and the people who started playing in the past couple of years. We might be able to blame the pandemic for people not wanting to play in a club because of social distancing fears, despite disc golf being a non-contact, outdoor sport. Perhaps in the next few years we’ll see an increase in the number of people joining clubs, which would be evidence of the effects of Covid.

Let us know in the comments about your club and leagues. Is your experience in line with the majority? Or are you an outlier?

Tune in next week when we’ll look at more survey results.

Mother’s Day Sale

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Mother’s Day Sale: Many Discounted Items

This weekend is a time to think about our Mothers and the Mother figures in our lives.  Motherly love is a very powerful thing and can be found in all cultures and through all species on Earth.

We want to help you celebrate the motherly individuals in your lives. We have many discs on sale, including but not limited to the molds featured below.

Infinite Discs

Sphinx: This is the perfect disc for all skill levels and can be used in a wide variety of ways. 9 / 6 / -3 / 1

Kon Tiki: Great midrange for anyone looking for a straight – understable mid. 4 / 5 / -3 / 0

Discraft

Surge SS: Flies far for less powerful players. 11 / 5 / -1 / 2

Heat: Has great glide and is easy for beginners to handle. 9 / 6 / -3 / 1

XL: Gives you straight and accurate drives. 8 / 5 / -1 / 2

Divergent Discs

ALL Divergent Discs will be on sale this weekend. Each disc is great for beginners and each are made in premium, durable plastics.

Thought Space Athletics

Votum: Great crossover disc between a distance and fairway driver that anyone can handle. 8.5 / 5 / 0 / 2

Wing It Discs

Stratosphere: Does not need a lot of speed to go far and has a slight turn at the end of the flight. 9 / 4 / -2 / 1

Westside Discs

Crown: Beaded putter that is depedable for all disc golf needs. 3 / 4 / 0 / 1

Queen: User-friendly high speed driver for all players. 14 / 5 / -3 / 2

Swan: Slightly understable putter that offers good flight for all players. 3 / 3 / -1 / 0

MVP Discs

Anode: Top selling straight flying putter for smooth releases and killer putts. 3 / 3 / 0 / 0.5

Photon: Wind resistant distance driver for all player skills. 11 / 5 / -1.5 / 2.5

More Discs on Sale

Check out our “On Sale” section at Infinitediscs.com to see the full list of discs on sale this weekend. This sale will end Monday night, so be sure to purchase some discs while you can!

We wish you all a Happy Mother’s Day.

Newly Stocked Infinite Discs X-Outs

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X-outs are pretty awesome. For those who do not know, an X-out, or Factory 2nd, is a disc that during the manufacturing process ran into some sort of imperfection. These imperfections can be large or small, the disc can have one or many. However, regardless of these imperfections, the disc will still fly just as good a “perfect” disc. What does this mean for you, you may wonder. It means that you can get X-out disc at a discounted price. Which helps you to save money, and still throw the disc that you want with just as good of a flight as the “perfect”.

We have recently added a lot of new Infinite Discs X-Outs to our disc selection. So, if you like X-Outs, check out our most recent restock of our Infinite Discs X-Outs:

Aztec in Splatter S-Blend and I-Blend

The Aztec is a speed 10 driver, flying straight with a little bit of fade at the end. Don’t let the speed 10 fool you, the Aztec will bring unexpected distance and accuracy to your game. This disc has a skinnier rim than the big distance drivers, making it more comfortable for most disc golfers. The Aztec is said to be a longer Exodus or Sphinx.

Tomb in I-Blend

The TOMB is a flat-topped, low-profile, putt-and-approach disc with a comfortably smooth, beaded rim. The Tomb has just the right amount of stability to cover ground while threading the needle on approach shots, whether thrown forehand or backhand. It can also be used as a crossover mid-range, driving putter, or to hold the line while putting for distance or in moderate winds.

Exodus in Splatter S-Blend

The Exodus by Infinite Discs is a stable, controllable fairway driver. The comfortable rim design and manageable speed are perfect for players at all experience levels. The Exodus is a trustworthy disc on the fairway and excellent for navigating wooded courses.  It has a precise, long flight pattern with a consistent fade, plus it can also handle all the power you can give it for long-distance flights. All Infinite Discs branded discs are manufactured by Innova Champion Discs.

Alpaca in Splatter S-Blend

The Alpaca is the quintessential beadless putter. While the Infinite Discs Cohort has a somewhat low profile rim, the Alpaca presents a deeper rim for more of a traditional putter feel. Whether thrown at the basket or lofted high for approaches and drives, the Alpaca will carry your workload with ease.

Pharaoh in Swirly S-Blend

The Pharaoh is the quintessential distance driver, built for a high speed release and maximum distance. The fade is not overpowering, making this a distance driver that will work wonders even for intermediate players. Throw the Pharaoh off the tee when you need to cover as much territory as possible. Rule your local disc golf course with the Pharaoh!

Centurion in D-Blend Glow

The Centurion is a workable fairway driver. It is a straight-flying, precision driver that will fit into the bags of both novice and professional players. All players can count on the Centurion to hold whichever line they put it on with only a slight end fade. It is a workhorse control driver for precise placement on the fairway.

Looking for more? Shop all our X-Out Discs here.

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