Twitch
February 18th, 2010, 09:26 PM
Boy is there a better day then to hit the chains then on your birthday. Being mine today and the weather perfect here in Portland, I just had to get out. Living on the west side, I headed up to Horning's and had a wonderful time. I did Meadow Ridge and Canyon in about 2 1/2 hours. The courses are in great shape. I have played Canyon a few times over the last three weeks but I have not be up on the Meadow since it first opened. Everything was great. I even learned a two things about my game.
1) I am definitely a believer now that you do not need the fastest and slickest disc in the market. I am not strong enough for most high speed discs and the fastest I use is the Wraith. But today I fell in love with my Stalker. It goes almost as far as my Wraith, Orc, or other drivers, but is so much better behaved. That was my go to disc on Meadow Ridge.
2) I have been miserable with my old Aviar putter. It is now over ten years old and it never seems to release correctly out of my hand and I hated to use it for approach shots. I picked up a Rattler a few months ago and I like it for close in shots but not on windy days like today. My wife got me a Banger GT. This disc I was really impressed with and was my go to disc on the Canyon course for all those middle holes that were elevated and only about 220 ft or less. I also learned how to stall the disc with an anhyzer release. Really cool. I got right at the basket (within 4 ft) about 6 times on the canyon course. Twice off the tee, the rest on longish approach shots.
So now I am another year older but today I did not feel like it. Happy birthday to all those other February birthday people and if you get a chance grab your bag and hit the chains on your b-day. You will not regret it.
-Mark
1) I am definitely a believer now that you do not need the fastest and slickest disc in the market. I am not strong enough for most high speed discs and the fastest I use is the Wraith. But today I fell in love with my Stalker. It goes almost as far as my Wraith, Orc, or other drivers, but is so much better behaved. That was my go to disc on Meadow Ridge.
2) I have been miserable with my old Aviar putter. It is now over ten years old and it never seems to release correctly out of my hand and I hated to use it for approach shots. I picked up a Rattler a few months ago and I like it for close in shots but not on windy days like today. My wife got me a Banger GT. This disc I was really impressed with and was my go to disc on the Canyon course for all those middle holes that were elevated and only about 220 ft or less. I also learned how to stall the disc with an anhyzer release. Really cool. I got right at the basket (within 4 ft) about 6 times on the canyon course. Twice off the tee, the rest on longish approach shots.
So now I am another year older but today I did not feel like it. Happy birthday to all those other February birthday people and if you get a chance grab your bag and hit the chains on your b-day. You will not regret it.
-Mark