It was a really nice day today but a bit cold in the morning. I played disc golf at a difficult eighteen basket course. This time I drove to it in a car instead of taking the e-bike.
I did use the e-bike to do some shopping later today.
I found another Shryke disc today. It is the perfect color and is made from premium Star plastic. There was someone's mark on the back but no e-mail or telephone number.
As near as I can figure it might have been lost at the tournament that they had a few weeks ago. Usually at a tournament there needs to be some type of identifying mark on each disc.
It is interesting that I found it on a basket that I threw my yellow Star Shryke on. I usually throw forehand on this basket but I wanted to try the more difficult backhand line today. I was almost going to throw a different disc but I didn't want it to flip up and travel out of bounds.
When I threw it I was really worried about throwing it just perfect in a gap between some trees and I didn't commit to throwing it hard enough. As a result I shanked it rather badly and it faded really hard into some bramble bushes.
I was slightly upset with myself as I walked over to find it and figured it might be really hard if not impossible to find. Just as I started to look I found the new red Shryke disc and moments later I found the yellow Shryke disc I had just thrown. They were very close to each other and the brambles were less thick this time of year so it was easier to find.
I really like seasoned older discs and the first time I threw the new disc it was really flippy for a Shryke. The plastic seems to get a much better grippy feel to it after it seasons in the woods for a while. I cleaned it some and now it flies just a bit more stable than the GStar Shryke that I have. Now I have three discs of the same mold that range in stability - very nice.
Red discs fly soooo much better than yellow discs - it's something about the red pigment and how it warps the plastic. I think I learned that in preschool along with some rule about, "Finders keepers..." If memory serves me correctly, LOL. (Just kidding, I do try to get these back to people if there is contact information.)
Actually though, red is a much more practical color for around here this time of year. There are a lot of yellowish leaves around and discs can get very hard to find when they land in them. See below:
Tip: If you order discs off the Internet try to find a way to designate the color, if you have a preference. The last time I ordered a Tern disc, I thought I was getting a red disc because that was the product that was pictured but when I got the disc it was yellow.
Red discs can be hard to find when buried in leaves too but it seems better than yellow. Pink is a great color for finding discs but not many discs are made this color.
Here's the new red disc that I found today:
A nice meal and a nice new disc plus plenty of exercise today, makes me happy. I managed to play pretty well on some of the harder baskets and not throw my discs where I had difficulty finding them.
Have a happy weekend!
Thanks for reading! I always value your support and comments. The pictures were taken by me with my Galaxy S9+. Text and graphics copyright lightsplasher & litesplasher.
