Roots of Flight - The Disc Golf History Podcast

Official account for the disc golf history podcast on the #DiscGolfNetwork by @grizzlygingerdg. Exploring and learning the origins and stories of disc golf.

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TED SMETHERS ON THE @DiscGolfProTour PRESSER! YES!

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Season 2 Episode 10 returns to looking at local #DiscGolf clubs where I talk with @RossHammondSF, @PDGA #9510, about SFDGC's impact in and outside of NorCal and Steve Hartwell, #2465, gives us perspective on how NEFA grew the sport in multiple states.
https://t.co/qoMaSn7Yu8

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@MrP_helps @GrizzlyGingerDG @PDGA Thanks, Jason. Glad you enjoyed it!

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In S2E9, Jim Palmeri, @PDGA #23, tells us how he came to give away a car as first prize in 1974, starting a #discgolf tournament that still runs today with the help of the community that sprung up around it.
https://t.co/7hp5CCCY6j

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🎙️: For the first time, it's hard to write a worthy description for an episode. That's how much we love hearing from the legend, PDGA #003 Dan "Stork" Roddick.

We talk history, Stork's nickname, and the Disc Golfers' Code. #discgolf

https://t.co/c1Oy7CaPfc

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Course Design Pt. II is here! This episode shifts focus from how course design changed historically to the idea of "what makes a good course?" and how shot shaping from the earliest days of Frisbee golf informs how we construct a quality disc golf hole. https://t.co/NXcoYyVSYE

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@ADiscGolfBlog All good points! John, Dee, and their students leave a lot of those values at the door, and uses ideas that support fun challenging play, often at the top level, while still implementing quality challenges on lower-level courses, but we'll get into more of that in Pt. II.

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Episode 7 is out now! In this first of two parts I get some insight into John Houck's course design philosophy straight from the #1 #discgolf course designer himself and his wife and business partner, Dee Leekha. The two have built a foundation for the profession of design.

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@Jsmeth_ @GrizzlyGingerDG Glad to have you back in whatever capacity that is. Gotta lot of work left to do on season 2, but I'll be in touch.

[JS @Jsmeth_]

So I'm a bit biased, (because Ted is my Uncle), but I'm really enjoying this podcast on the history of Disc Golf from @RootsofFlightDG

So here's a story to add to the history (at least the way my dad tells it to me):

🧵:

https://t.co/jtdCEl4UPr

[Roots of Flight - The Disc Golf History Podcast @RootsofFlightDG]

@Jsmeth_ @GrizzlyGingerDG There definitely are! George Sappenfield and Andi Young are getting a lot of projects like this rolling with the HoF, and I'm going to keep doing this podcast as long as there are stories to tell.
Thanks for the extra details/story. It adds a lot.

[Roots of Flight - The Disc Golf History Podcast @RootsofFlightDG]

I'm so excited for this next episode. I get into the history, philosophy, and business of #DiscGolf course design with a couple of prominent names, and interviewing Leonard Muise, the course designer for the @OTBdiscs Open presented by @MVPDiscSports, was such a treat.

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@swervegriffin 🙏As long as people are learning something from the stories of the Frisbee Family and disc golf's wild journey, that's recognition enough for me.

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I could not be happier at this point in season 2. Roots of Flight just passed 10,000 listens! 🎉🎉 I cannot express how great it has been to share #DiscGolf history with you. It's truly a delight. Thank you everyone for listening and sharing this show.

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@AshtonBillie Thank you! And thank you for listening. Can't wait to talk to you about MFA and beyond.

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ICYMI, Episode 6: Memorial Tournaments came out last Wednesday! I always knew about these tournaments, but got to talk about the people behind the tournament names with the founder of the Flying Disc Museum, and his Arizona organizing successor. #DiscGolf
https://t.co/Hbe2RapN2h

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@BrixtonDiscGolf The first organized disc golf event was the Wham-O All-Comers meet in 1968 or 1969 (accounts differ), where George Sappenfield convinced Ed Headrick to include disc golf as just a part of the precursor to overall Frisbee events. 2/2

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@BrixtonDiscGolf The earliest known account of any kind of "disc golf" game is indeed from Bladworth, Saskatchewan, Canada. It was a group of elementary schoolers throwing tin lids into circles drawn in the dirt, so "first disc golf match" is a stretch. 1/2

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@HTNasser 💖

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It's been a fortnight, and that means new #RootsofFlight! Hall of Famers Stork, Snapper Pierson, and La Mirada's own Dan Mangone remind us disc golf stores provide a valuable service to golfers beyond just selling discs. #DiscGolf #DiscGolfHistory