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Preparing for Black Friday 2020

November 12, 2020 Todd Durrant 11 comments

‘Tis the season for all of the crazy sales, including Infinite Disc’s big, week-long Black Friday sale! However, as we all know too well, 2020 has been a strange year. While the interest in disc golf has exploded, the supply of discs has become increasingly thin. That shortage in supply will change the way this year’s Black Friday Sale will look, but you better believe we’re still going to have it!

MULTIPLE DAYS FOR MULTIPLE BRANDS?

Yes– as usual, the Infinite Discs Black Friday sales will last for several days, and each day will have a particular brand focus. A couple of days will focus on a handful of brands. With that say, there may be a couple of popular brands that will not have their own “day” during the sale. The reason for that is simple– if we don’t have discs available from that brand, it is kind of pointless to feature them. There are brands that are so behind with their manufacturing efforts or struggling with their supply chain that they don’t have discs. We can’t feature something that we don’t have.

So, if you don’t see a day when we feature your favorite brand, it is most likely because we did not have enough inventory on hand to justify any kind of feature. Or we were not able to get a special featured disc or stamp from the brand.

WILL THERE BE SPECIAL RELEASES?

For the reasons mentioned above, our ability to get special releases for our annual Black Friday event has been a struggle. But most brands have done their best to get together some fun stuff for us. Rather than seeing a lot of special runs in unique plastics, the focus will be primarily on fun stamps. We’ve licensed and commissioned more stamp designs for our 2020 sale than any other sale we’ve had before! A few are designs you may have seen before, but on disc models that haven’t featured those particular designs. But plenty of the designs are new, with a mix of both intense and humorous. We’re having a lot of fun this year with the stamps!

Hopefully, among all of the stamp designs that Infinite Discs will feature that week, you’ll find something that suits your taste perfectly.

And yet, there will be a couple of special runs in plastics that are not the usual stock.

HOW ABOUT BIG DISCOUNTS?

In the past, we’ve always discounted all the discs by the featured brands on each day. However, because inventory is so scarce, we’ll have to be more selective on the discs that are discounted. We won’t be able to do sweeping discounts on any inventory that we know we may not be able to restock. For example, if we can’t keep BUZZZ discs in stock (which has been the issue for a few weeks), then we certainly won’t be able to offer discounts. Chances are, any Buzzz we manage to get could be hard to keep in stock whether it is discounted or not. Plus, it’s always frustrating when a customer wants to get a disc or product that is advertised as “on sale” but there are only a handful available. We’d rather discount something that will benefit MORE of our customers.

In short, there WILL be discounts, but they will be on specific disc models or products that we have an ample enough supply that a lot of people will be able to benefit from the discount.

WILL IT BE WORTH IT?

Yes! We’ve worked hard to make sure that the Infinite Discs Black Friday sale will be an adventure. Every day you’ll see something unique and fun, with a variety of cool stamp designs. You may have fun exploring brands and disc models that you haven’t tried before, and that’s always fun!

THE FULL AD WILL BE COMING A FEW DAYS BEFORE THANKSGIVING!
STAY TUNED!

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Huge Prodigy Release

November 11, 2020 Keith Barker Leave a comment

Prodigy will release some new bags and a new distance driver tomorrow, November 12. There is the D4 Max, the BP-2 V3, the BP-3 V3, and the Putter Pocket. With this release there are new colors for the practice bag and the BP-1 V3 as well. These will all be available on our website.

D4 Max

The D4 Max is a modified edition of the D4. It is an understable driver designed to get maximum distance. Especially appealing to those with lower arm speeds with its natural tendency to turn at high speeds and provide a good S curve flight. Those with more power will find it a great option for long turnovers and rollers.

BP-2 V3 $65.99

The Prodigy Disc’s BP-2 V3 comes in new color to go along with its excellent features. The tear and water resistant Nylon Ripstop Fabric keeps the bag lightweight and long lasting, while the improved zippers are equipped with better pulls and are waterproofed and taped for added resistance to the elements.

The BP-2 V3 has an excellent amount of space for a mid-sized bag, holding approximately 28 discs while offering large side pockets. You’ll also find improved insulated bottle holders to better keep the temperature of your drink. Prodigy has also increased padding on the back and shoulder straps for more comfort. With the umbrella holder, this bag tops it off to ensure you can carry everything you need for all conditions with ease.

BP-3 V3 $37.99

The Prodigy Disc’s BP-3 V3 comes in a Nylon Ripstop Fabric, making it scratch, tear, and water resistant, while the taped zipper seams and waterproof bottom panel remain for extra protection. The material is now more durable and still lightweight.

Prodigy has added a front putter pocket to allow easier access to your main putters and free up the top pocket for additional discs or other necessities. There is also a carabiner clip to clip a towel on. The BP-3 V3 holds up to 17 discs in its main compartment and additional discs can go in the deep top pocket. This also has an adjustable 32 oz bottle holder, and two side zipper pockets for valuables along with improved zipper pulls. This is a versatile bag for beginners or more avid, professional players looking for a smaller, more compact option at a great price.

Putter Pocket $39.49

The Prodigy Disc’s Putter Pocket for carts is a great accessory for any disc golfer that prefers to use a cart. It gives players easy access to their putters, while also providing storage for pencils, scorecards, and other small valuables used during a round. It is easy to attach with a Velcro strap and works well with any disc golf cart. It also has a shoulder strap and can be carried as an additional accessory for storage or for putter-only rounds.

What excites you the most about this release?

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Best Disc Golf Discs for Ultimate Frisbee Players

November 11, 2020 Alan 50 comments

With the global pandemic shutting down much of organized Ultimate in 2020, many Ultimate Frisbee players have picked up disc golf as a new hobby.

While these are both flying disc sports, the flight of Ultimate discs is substantially different than that of most disc golf discs. Ultimate Frisbee players are able to adapt to and excel at disc golf faster than many without frisbee backgrounds, but learning to throw disc golf discs can be a frustrating experience.

In this article we are going to discuss the best golf discs for ultimate frisbee players. We’re going to go over some of the different golf discs that fly and feel more like Ultimate Frisbees, and provide tips for helping Ultimate players transition to disc golf.

We’ve asked hundreds of Ultimate players for their feedback and have assembled our own local panel of players to help us determine the absolute best frisbee golf discs for the Ultimate player.

Best Discs Overall

The overwhelming feedback from Ultimate to Disc Golf converts is to start out with putters and midrange discs. From our online voting, these are the top 15 golf discs recommended for the Ultimate Frisbee player. Note that not a single driver made the top 15.

Rank	Disc Name	Disc Type
1	Innova Mako3	Midrange
2	Innova Sonic	Putter
3	Discraft Buzzz	Midrange
4	Discraft Comet	Midrange
5	Infinite Discs Anubis	Midrange
8	Innova Zephyr	Specialty Disc
6	Discraft Buzzz SS	Midrange
7	Discraft Meteor	Midrange
9	Innova Aviar	Putter
10	Innova Condor	Specialty Disc
11	Discraft Zone	Approach Disc
12	Innova Nova	Putter
13	Innova Polecat	Putter
14	Innova Fuse	Midrange
15	Dynamic Discs Truth	Midrange

It’s also interesting to note that almost all of the most highly recommended discs are made by the top two brands Innova and Discraft. It’s no surprise that a high number of Ultimate players choose Discraft as this brand is by far the #1 choice for Ultimate Frisbees. When it comes to organized Ultimate teams and leagues a few teams use Aria, but basically everyone else in the US throws Discraft.

Best Putters for Ultimate Players

According to our online feedback, the following are the best putters for Ultimate Players. In general, the more understable flying putters — like the Innova Sonic, and the deep dish putters were recommended.

1	Sonic
2	Aviar
3	Zone
4	Dart
5	Nova
5	Polecat
5	Rattler
7	Luna
8	Fierce
9	Myth
9	Sol
10	Banger GT
11	Birdie
12	Challenger
13	Cohort
14	Deputy
15	Ruru
15	Tui

Best Midrange Discs For Ultimate Players

When it comes to Midranges, neutral flying wide diameter mids were the most highly recommended.

1	Innova Mako3
2	Discraft Buzzz
3	Discraft Comet
4	Infinite Discs Anubis
5	Discraft Buzzz SS
6	Discraft Meteor
7	Latitude 64 Fuse
8	Dynamic Discs Truth
9	Innova Roc
10	Innova Shark
11	Innova Cobra
12	Prodigy M4
13	Innova Tomahawk
14	DD Emac Truth
15	Discraft Archer

Best Drivers for Ultimate Frisbee Players

While drivers are the most difficult for Ultimate Players to get used to, once they do they absolutely love getting the incredible distance that only a bevel edge golf disc can provide. While many like to recommend the low speed drivers that are best for normal beginners, many Ultimate players can handle understable high speed drivers after just a few throws. Listed below are the most recommended drivers for the Ultimate convert.

1	Infinite Discs Maya
2	Discraft Avenger SS
3	Innova Leopard
4	Innova Roadrunner
5	Latitude 64 Diamond
6	Innova Shryke
7	Innova Teebird
8	Innova Sidewinder
9	Discmania FD
10	Discraft Hades
11	Axiom Insanity
12	TSA Mantra
13	Latitude 64 River
14	Infinite Discs Sphinx
15	DGA Sail

What are the best golf discs for Ultimate players?

Are you an Ultimate player who has picked up disc golf? Let us know what discs did it for you and helped in your transition. Our goal is to help make disc golf as enjoyable as possible for everyone, and having the right discs makes a big difference.

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TOP TWENTY TUESDAY – NOVEMBER 10TH 2020

November 10, 2020 Todd Durrant 34 comments

It is time once again for our look back at the last week of sales. This weekly chart is generated from the sales figures at Infinite Discs – the purchases made by our customers are the only contributing factor to the statistics. We break the results down by disc model and plastic type so you can see which plastic types are selling the most. Here we go…

Top Twenty Tuesday for November 10th 2020

#1 – Signature Cryztal FLX ZONE
#2 – Discraft Prototype Putter Blend FIERCE
#3 – Star DESTROYER
#4 – Lucid BOUNTY
#5 – Discraft Special Blend LUNA
#6 – Halo Star WRAITH
#7 – Cosmic Neutron TESLA
#8 – ESP STALKER
#9 – DX AVIAR
#10 – Z Glo BUZZZ
#11 – Cosmic Electron Soft PILOT
#12 – KC Pro AVIAR
#13 – Star WRAITH
#14 – Opto SAPPHIRE
#15 – Cosmic Electron Firm PILOT
#16 – Halo Star DESTROYER
#17 – Star MAKO3
#18 – Z-Line UNDERTAKER
#19 – Cosmic Electron PILOT
#20 – Tour Series Pro Color Glow ROC3

We’ve got a pretty diverse chart this week with the Cryztal FLX ZONE taking the #1 spot and the Paige Pierce FIERCE putter taking the #2 spot with the Star DESTROYER rising back to #3. The new Lucid BOUNTY by Dynamic Discs debuted in the #4 spot with a strong release. Also, the Streamline PILOT came out in Cosmic Electron plastic, hitting the chart with Soft, Medium, and Firm varieties. We continue to expect popular disc models to hit the chart and then drop off quickly as they come in stock, then sell out quickly.

Here is a look at the number of times the different brands hit the chart this week, with Innova taking the most spots:

–> Each week we’ll invite you to leave a prediction for a certain chart position on next week’s TOP TWENTY TUESDAY report. The person to predict that chart position correctly in the comments will win a $10 gift card for the Infinite Discs website.

WINNER – The #6 spot this week went to the Halo Star WRAITH. It looks like Owen won the guessing this week for the gift card. Congratulations!

GIFT CARD PREDICTION FOR NEXT WEEK: Leave your comment below to guess the #7 spot for next chart. It will go to the FIRST person to get it right. Good luck!

Disc Brand Sales Comparison During The Summer of Covid-19

November 6, 2020 Todd Durrant 4 comments

We thought it would be interesting to take a look at how the different major disc brands would stack up in terms of sales during the months of April 2020 through October 2020. This year was crazy in terms of the growth of disc golf despite the Covid-19 pandemic and it definitely took a toll on disc supply. Most major brands faced growing pains and struggled to keep up with the demand for discs. Here at Infinite Discs we had to deal with the challenge of keeping popular models in stock, and there were definitely dry spells with brands like Discraft that sold out almost every time we restocked.

NUMBER OF DISCS SOLD

To keep things simple, we tallied the number of discs sold each month from each brand. We combined Dynamic Discs with Latitude 64 and Westside since they are manufactured in the same factory and sold in partnership. We also combined sales of MVP, Axiom, and Streamline since they are technically the same company with three brand names. Keep in mind, this is based entirely on sales through Infinite Discs which only represents a piece of the entire market. Here are those sales charted against one another.

While Innova (blue line) kept a steady increase in number of discs sold through the focus period, you can see that Discraft took some dips as supply ran out, only getting another lift with the new releases in October. This could be an indication that Innova simply had a deeper supply of discs stored in their warehouse to help them meet demand. However, new disc production eventually needs to meet the demand while stored product eventually runs out.

The Trilogy brands (Dynamic, Latitude 64, and Westside) saw a slight decline in sales at Infinite Discs during the period. A possible reason is that we saw some of the most popular molds, including hot selling putters, run out of stock and vanish from restock order forms. But we fully expect production to catch up and for sales to grow steadily with the surge in disc golf players.

Discmania, Prodigy, and MVP held surprisingly steady through the period, through Discmania has started to decline more recently with the absence of staples like the P2, PD2, etc. and their move of some signature disc releases away from other retailers to exclusivity on their own website.

Here is a closer look at the five brands that fell beneath the much higher Innova and Discraft numbers:

Note, the line colors changed on this focus chart. Blue is now showing the Trilogy pattern, with the green showing MVP and the orange showing Infinite Discs. Discmania is he red line and yellow shows Prodigy holding fairly steady.

As the holidays approach it will be interesting to continue watching the battle of supply vs demand. It will also be very interesting heading into the 2021 season to see how manufacturers adapt. Will they get the change to catch up? Or will manufacturing approaches have to change and focus higher quantities on a smaller number of molds in order to at least keep the most popular discs in the hands of players? We will watch and see!

Feel free to share your thoughts in the comments below.

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Disc Golf Beginner Tips from Dave Feldberg

November 6, 2020 Alan One comment

In this disc golf clinic, professional disc golfer and coach Dave Feldberg discusses basic disc golf tips for beginners. These tips will help you to improve your disc golf skills, distance, and have more fun on the course.

Three Tips for New Disc Golfers

1. Choose a beginner friendly course. Disc golf is meant to be fun. It is not fun playing courses that are too difficult and frustrating for your skill level. It is not fun to lose, or even spend lots of time looking for your new expensive disc golf discs. Most disc golfers who learn to play on easy courses are the ones who become lifers and are still playing today.

2. Buy used and inexpensive discs when you start. Used discs are more understable and so generally work better for beginners. Until you have played enough that you’ve mastered basic control, you don’t really know which discs you should be getting anyways. Once you feel comfortable, head over to Infinite Discs where you can buy inexpensive disc golf discs. You can purchase on sale discs, x-outs, misprints, and bulk sets for extra savings. Be sure to check out the section on discs recommended for new players.

3. Don’t Imitate but build good habits. Dave’s third disc golf beginner tip is don’t imitate. Everybody is different. You don’t have the same length arms, you don’t have the same body type, speed, height, or weight. Learn how to throw biomechanically, with the proper technique which does not have to be the exact same as the way someone else throws. When you throw biomechanically you are throwing like in any sport. There is a correct way to move your arms, your legs, your head, the timing and the whole thing. Be sure to build good habits as building bad habits is hard to break. If you learn the correct technique at the beginning it is harder to have moderate success in the beginning, but by the end you will be the better player.

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Focus Friday Aztec

November 6, 2020 Keith Barker Leave a comment

Happy weekend to us all! With the new weekend, comes a new Focus Friday. This time, we are going to focus on our own brand, specifically the Aztec. While we are focusing on this disc for the weekend, you can enjoy 20% off the Aztec with the discount code below.

This stable distance driver is available in a handful of plastics; I-Blend, G-Blend, and Swirly S-Blend. This is a straight flying driver, its 10 speed provides a surprising amount of distance and a good amount of accuracy. Due to the speed and the stability of this disc, it is a pretty manageable distance driver to throw. You could consider this to be a longer Exodus. This could easily be a go-to distance driver, as it will hold most lines you throw it on. What better time to restock or try out the Aztec. What do you like Aztec for?

Head on over to InfiniteDiscs.com/Infinite-Discs-Aztec to select your Aztec. Once everything you want is in your cart, you can apply the discount code FOCUSAZTEC and get 20% off all Aztecs 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.

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