Aerobie Epic Discs

[YukiYamani]

Anyone know if this disc is approved by the PDGA?

[Ol' Bob]

I think they got away with it once. They are good discs for the guys who can peg home plate from deep center field.

[Bruce]

Pretty sure they still say PDGA Approved on the stamp, I know the older ones I have do. Last I checked they were still on the pdga approved list which you can find with an easy google search

[YukiYamani]

Pretty sure they still say PDGA Approved on the stamp, I know the older ones I have do. Last I checked they were still on the pdga approved list which you can find with an easy google search

yeah. its on the list... think i'll try one...

[HarrisonH]

Pretty sure a player only leaves them self at a disadvantage by throwing this disc, PDGA approved or not.

[YukiYamani]

Pretty sure a player only leaves them self at a disadvantage by throwing this disc, PDGA approved or not.

why do you say that?

[Parks]

Because its so inconsistent.

Even among the rare 1000+ rated overhand dominant throwers, these are essentially non-existent.

They can get you a lot of extra overhand distance if tuned correctly, but they are extremely hard to be precise with.

[ryanajanes]

if you ever get a chance to see a baseball pitcher tomahawk one of these, it is a sight to be seen for sure.

[YukiYamani]

I've seen a few videos of this disc in action, and truly I only know of one hole here that i could throw it on anyways. I just wanna test it out and see what happens.

[Adam Schneider]

The Epic can do amazing things for people with huge arms. For the rest of us, a Firebird or Predator makes an excellent 250' tomahawk disc.

[Rakoz]

I threw primarily tomahawk my first year and a half. I used to throw a champion Eagle L 161 about 300-325 consistently and with precision. Here precision means a lot of birdies and never an ace. The forces at work make it almost impossible to get a tomahawk to stick in the basket from further out than 150ft or so (spin, speed, bounce, etc). It got to the point where I was hitting chain and basket 2-3 times a week but couldn't' get them to stick off the pad (Tomahawk has gotten me a lot of birdies and drop in pars from out of a lot of trouble spots however).


I have tried a lot of other discs and that model and mold is most consistent for me. Since they don't make the Eagle L anymore (they us the X mold now) I have one in my bag and have been experimenting with other discs. The Epic was on my list, but, as mentioned before, it just isn't consistent. I took one out to a field and put a bunch of different kinds of marks around the rim to get grip right, tried a bunch of different release points with those combination of grip points, changing angle of release... it's really like having 10 different discs lined up in order in your bag that all do similar things and only being able guess within 1-2 discs if it's the right one for the throw. I feel I got it figured out about the time it started to beat in (tomahawk is very hard on discs) meaning it was time to retool again.

I've had decent luck with the Avenger and the ORC as well for tomahawk but my go to is always my Eagle L.