Broken Disc Contest

This Month's Finalists:

The Flightless Bird

Bought this, what used to be a CE Eagle, off line for 40 dollars. Felt amazing! Day I went out to test it out, threw it once and it flew great! Second throw, right in to a tree about 100 feet up. You would think there was a bomb attached to the thing the way it exploded! It was like magic, I saw it. Then I didn't! This is all that I could recover. RIP Eagle!

The NOT so Super ROC

Well, Spring in Wisconsin, with a thick blanket of snow - one throw and off she goes, smack into a tree. It was as if she'd hit a log splitter. Half went this way and half went that way and I died a little inside.

Hole Three: 1 | Leopard: 0

So I'm playing with some friends at Carl Yearwood Park in Oak Ridge, TN and the first two holes of this technical nine hole course went great, two pars. Then the dreaded third hole comes up. This hole is renowned for its great number of trees in the way of you and the chains; there are probably 20 directly in the fairway. So I line up to tee it off and give it some good arm strength to reach the basket 350 feet away. Needless to say it didn't quit make it there.. It hit the tree 20 ft from the tee and busted. Since this is my only driver though, I kept using it and still managed to par 5 of the 6 remaining holes!

APRIL'S WINNER - A REAL Friend Sacrifices Their SE Leopard....

RIP SE Leopard. So what do you do when you're playing a course for the first time and come to a 596' par 4 tunnel shot? If you're a disc golf newbie like me with a couple of relative disc golf virgins in tow, you hand out a stack of Leopards to your friends (with the vague assurance of Internet forum tough guys to back you up) that this is the disc to throw on this hole. Be sure to give the newest guy in your group your Special Edition Leopard to help boost his confidence.
Side effects may include your disc being slammed into a tree 10 feet from the teebox and exploding into a dazzling array of chunks, and possibly injuring said friend in the process.
On the other hand, this is a great opportunity to trade up to a quality driver that will do what it's told, looks great, and won't explode and try to kill you. Good luck!

MARCH'S WINNER - Alex Lieser - JLS GO BOOM!

Living in Minnesota we don't get many chances to play during the winter. We decided to take advantage of a fairly nice 20F sunny day. My friend, being the great guy he is, let me throw a JLS he had recently gotten in a trade. I through it and about 60 from me it hit a tree dead on. It immediately shattered into with pieces flying every direction. We were both ! in shock since we had never seen a disc explode like that before. when we walked up to it we pieced it together and took this picture. I would love to replace his disc since he never actually got the chance to throw it before I destroyed it. We both love vibram discs and I know he would love it if I presented him with a new trak.

Humpty "ROC" Dumpty Cracks!

Every year around Christmas, a group of us take a three day disc golf trip from Pittsburgh. We play in Maryland, West Virginia and end up in Virginia at the Block House. The first course we played at was the 27 hole Seneca Creek State Park course in Gathersburg, MD. On hole #24, my second shot had a small pesky tree in the way. I tried to go to the right of the tree with a very soft toss with my go-to-disc, the Roc. My beloved Roc lightly hit the tree and broke into two pieces like an egg into the frying pan. I covered my mouth in horror and then collapsed on the ground and laid with my poor boy one last time....

Broken Hearts and Shattered Gremlins

I had an old Gremlin that that was beat and had a slight crack in the flight plate and on casual rounds I still used it. One round when another disc got stuck up in a tree with nothing to knock it down, I decided to chuck my most beat disc up In hopes to knock it down. After a few throws the brave disc took one for the team and the flight plate cracked more and a piece broke off. Knowing it was done for, we ceremonially put it out of its misery by tossing it up and striking it with broken branch from the ground. A tear shed as we watched the pieces soar and fall to rest.

Kyle Six - Mando 1 / Teebird 0

I was warming up for an ice bowl and right in front of the teepad was a tree that had a v in the middle and it it was a double mando as soon as I threw the disc I new it was way to cold and was not going to end to good I was right. Double mando 1 my teebird 0

Cory Shoopman - Gremlins & Light

I had a gremlin disc running around after my mogwai got wet. I took it disc golfing on a beautiful sunny day, but forgot that a gremlin can't survive long in sunlight!

Rory Fedderson - Antique CE Leopard, Your Days are Numbered...

I had this First Run CE Leopard that I bought off a kid, that got it from his dad, who found it in a basement of a house that was abandoned. He worked for the electric company and was turning the power off or something. So first I sold it on eBay but the disc had welding slag marks on it from someone welding to close to it and the buyer was pissed and returned it to me. He wanted one that he could actually throw and I was just selling it as a wall hanger (it being a First Run CE Leopard and all). So I just put it in my used disc bin at the store and a local player was stoked to find it and bought it. On his way home he had to throw it and let one rip through campus. At this point the disc was still in good shape. When he picked it up there was snow on it, so he slapped it on his leg and the result is in the picture.

Kevin Morgan - Champion Beast, eh?

Was playing at Charlie Vetner park in Louisville Ky, threw a bomb on a big left curve on hole 15. Heard the disc land with a deafening crack, found it in the creek bed with these two cracks that don't meet in the middle. RIP beast

Jacob Poelma - Taking the Edge Off

These are a few of the plastic discs that suffered the wrath of my learning curve. I play on a heavily wooded course and started off with a tendency to hit trees on nearly every throw. I even taco'd and took several chunks out of my pink Discraft Eclipse by hitting a tree on a relatively open hole. I've been dying to try Vibram but there are no retailers anywhere nearby. I've used plastic but now I want the best.

Ethan Sandberg - Lawnmower: 1 - Beast: 0

This is my DX Innova Beast. One day I was playing a round at my local course when I came to a hole where a man was mowing the fairway. I waited until I thought he was done then threw. But after I shot he turned back around and started mowing again he ran over my beast and just kept mowing.

Ben Ciccarelli - But .... It Says "CLUTCH" ON The Disc!

I hit low into the basket on a 20 ft. putt with my Legacy Protege Clutch and nearly cracked it in half. It wasn't a particularly hard putt either. The putter had been in my bag for a couple months and had some wear but nothing major. The temperature was probably a few degrees above freezing, but !'ve played with them on much colder days. Its a great putter in my opinion but I've heard this particular mold in the protege plastic are prone to cracking.

Andrew Van Pietersom - The Lost Sidewinder

Lost a Sidewinder a while back and told my friend that I missed the S-Curve that I get from throwing one. After the game he looked in his trunk and told me I can use this used Sidewinder that he doesn't use. Took it out to play another round while he headed home. First couple holes everything is fine. Happy I may actually get a sidewinder back into my bag and into my hands. Get to my 5th hole and I released too early and missed my lane and bashed right into the tree. I didn't even know it broke until I went to find it in the snow. Now I'm thinking oh great luck would have it fate doesn't want me to throw a sidewinder and its not even mine! Nervously I text him thinking I'm going to have to spill some money for this disc of his that I broke. I text him and send him a text of the pic and he texts back "No worries. It was one I found, so I'm not out any money. Besides, I could have shattered it myself". Then he tells me about Vibram's broken disc contest.

Andrew Boyle - Nature Takes This Round....

It was a sunny day out in Ypsilanti, Mi. at Lakeshore. I had about a 30 foot shot that I had to either squeeze between these trees that were between me and the basket, or take a high hyzer approach shot. So I thought I would go for it. About 6 feet in-front of me was this thin tree with a tiny broken branch sticking off of it. I just so happened to not only hit the tree, but puncture my disc right through the middle. Only had that disc for a couple rounds, so it definitely put a damper on the rest of my day.

Adam Wakefield - My Cyclone: Falling Short

I threw my cyclone in a pond and got it back over a year later which changed the tie dye color to brown. After playing with it and the disc bouncing off a tree, I noticed I now have a crack going through the middle of the disc. This is supposed to be Discrafts most durable plastic. I guess it was not durable enough to withstand a real life disc golf player!

Anthony Mosel - One Wrong Turn...

This was on Hole one There was a straight fairway, at the end of which there is a path right and a path down the center. This one obviously didn't make either!

- Anthony Moseal

Trent Baker - My SE Teebird Left Me Hangin'!

Oklahoma Open, Round 1, Hole 3 at Blackhawk Park. One of the few understable discs in my bag, it's been my most trusted hyzer flip disc for a long time. The same shot I have thrown many times, down a narrow, tree lined fairway that doglegs right to the basket. My SE Teebird flew just like it always does, except instead of getting to my disc, marking it, and putting it in my bag, I walk up to find that my SE Teebird has just committed tree suicide. Three holes into a 54 hole weekend. Thank you SE Teebird for leaving me out to dry!

- Trent Baker

Chris Reed - "Super Discs" in the Making!

The following story sounds very made-up now that I have put it on paper, but it really happened, the name of the company involved has been withheld for obvious reasons, but the story is true. In my never-ending quest for greater disc longevity, my inner mad scientist was awakened one dark and stormy night. I began conspiring with a friend of mine, who works for a company who bombards various plastics with radiation to change their properties and make them more durable. While she was performing an experiment for a nuclear power plant (I am NOT making this up), to test the durability of their reactor cables, I convinced her to run a few of my discs through part of the same process to see if it would make them into "super discs". The results? My discs were more durable, but unfortunately after 17 megaRads of gamma radiation, my discs did not achieve fully Hulk-like durability. The picture is of a chunk missing from my enhanced Valkyrie. I have since purchased a Vibram V.P. and can attest that Vibram's cross-linking is much more effective than mine.

- Chris Reed

Tyler Posegate - I Should've Known Better ....

Thought for sure this was going to be a sweet forehand skip ace, however, this disc instead found a tree and exploded. Was it the cold Florida winter?!? Nope...should have thrown rubber instead of plastic!

- Tyler Posegate

Austin Knox - Snow Throw Massacre....of my Cheetah!

Just finished my round at the Snow Throw Massacre disc golf tournament in Stevens Point WI, when my group decided to throw a drive for fun. I ripped my cheetah into a tree off the pad and watch the halves fly down opposite sides of the fairway. I laughed just as hard as everybody else who witnessed the drive and learned not to hit trees with KC plastic in the cold.

- Austin Knox

Christopher Letsinger - That Rock split my ROC!

One nice winter day I pulled out my KC Pro ROC that I loved and aced with it. I chucked it on the same hole I aced. I took the disc, went for the ace again hit the rock near the basket and my disc split in half! :( I loved that ROC but pretty ironic it split on a ROCK. The good thing is that it was a a nice winter day in Tennessee about 20 degrees. I love this weather but not the split in my disc.

- Christopher Letsinger

Dustin Stanley - The Fall of the Valkyrie!

This disc was one of my favorite discs. Its a champion edition Valkyrie that I had two aces with my first and second on the same hole 8 days apart. I was at the grange/ blockhouse playing in mid winter threw it on hole 13 darkside hit an early tree. I threw my next shot and put it in my bag went to throw it a few holes later and saw it was almost broke in half! Talk about a heart-breaker, I'll never find another like it.

- Dustin Stanley

Brian (Hooligan) Kohtz - Saying Goodbye to an Old Friend.

I really don't have an interesting story about the disc breaking, except that it is my home basket and it was my dog Odins favorite disc. I was at approach distance and when it hit the pin it shattered. It has been a great home disc and me and Odin will miss it. It has been through several winters and summers outside. I think that led to its demise. It was an icebowl 2001 disc from Wickham park in Melbourne, FL. I don't associate ice with FL either but it does happen. I live in Alabama now. That it where the disc died.

- Brian (Hooligan) Kohtz

Nick Fischer - Grignon's Assault On My Aviator!

We went to my local course, Grignon in Kaukauna Wisconsin, and it was a solid 50 degrees outside. The first warm weather we have had. Considering that I have been playing all winter and have not broken a disc I was more than surprised when right as I threw I hit a tree and my old favorite Aviar snapped in half. It was perfectly worn in; it would fly 200 feet and then fall right very slowly. I have 5 more KC Pro Aviars in my bag and this is the only one that I have that would finish right when released without anhyzer. I three years ago, I didn't know whether to cry or laugh.

- Nick Fischer

Eric Vogelpohl - Don't Anger the DG Gods!

I was playing a frozen solo round at Ottawa Park in Toledo, OH (oddly enough, there are 3 Ottawa Parks with DG in Ohio, all within an hour of each other). I had just tapped in on hole 8 and threw my drive on number 9. Apparently the disc golf Gods did not appreciate me just smacking the chains with my putter (a nicely seasoned Pro Rhyno) instead of actually putting my disc into the basket. They guided my next drive directly into the first tree, rendering my 8x KC Pro Banshee useless. I instantly dropped to my knees in remembrance of 15 year old plastic and offered a prayer to the Gods hoping to grant me leniency the rest of the round. They obliged, but I keep the Banshee as a reminder to never anger them again.

- Eric Vogelpohl

Luke Sisco - My Dog Has AMAZING Taste!

I was practicing my putting outback, when my mother thought it would be funny to let my disc obsessed bulldog out. This is what was left of my Ridge when I got it back from him! I have to say he has good taste because he b-lined right past my cousins Innova Birdie Putter to get my Vibram!!!

- Luke Sisco

Kevin Gleason - Rocko the Roller Dog

OK to all this is my dog Rocko's favorite putter we keep in the front yard. He only plays with this one out of twenty or so out there. He has pulled it through both the baskets a couple hundred time, and he won't even Pee without it in his mouth! So to all that know Rocko the roller dog, here's his broke disc entry!

- Kevin Gleason (on behalf of Rocko the dog)

Callie Harper - Out Muscling the Competition!

My boyfriend Ryan needed another disc to throw at Beaver Creek in Cedar Hill, Texas... So I let him use one of my favorite discs that a friend doodled on. Ryan is a very buff guy, so throwing hard and far comes natural to him. On the 13th hole, there are trees galore, making it very challenging to throw a far shot. As Ryan teed off, his rocket speed disc pegged an oak tree nearby, and the disc completely split in half. The two, huge pieces flew yards away from each other and could have easily harpooned an animal. Everyone laughed uncontrollably, and we let Ryan throw again.

- Callie Harper

Joshua Burke - Split Personalities.....

I came to hole 2 at Criswell, it is short; so I usually throw my shark. It was what I thought was a good shot. It wasn't as good as I thought. I hit a tree about 10ft from the basket. I heard a funny noise when it hit. When I walked up to my disc, saw the 2 halves laying about 5ft apart... Really Innova?!

- Joshua Burke

Drew Johnson - Finders Keepers!

I was traveling for business and as always I found a nearby course. As I was playing I spotted what looked like some trash in the hollow of a tree. I always pick up trash I find on the course. I took a peek inside and pulled this guy out. I immediately thought of this competition as I am a huge Vibram fan. I know it's not my disc that broke but hopefully I still get some love for trying to keep our courses a little bit cleaner! Thanks!

- Drew Johnson

Aaron Hostetler - Up, Up, Up, and GONE!

Well I was playing doubles with about 12 people, and i was up to tee off. There's a bunch of trees in front of the tee box, but to the left its open. I go to throw, and my disc hits a tree...but gets impaled by a branch, which almost looks like a bullet hole in the disc To say the least, this is definitely going on the wall of shame!

- Aaron Hostetler

Greg Overbay - An Obvious Time for Change!

As time as gone on my grippy and flippy Millennium Super soft P&A 1.25 has made numerous putts and lay ups to the basket. Oddly on 6/8/2012 it was rather chilly 47 degrees F. I used it to drive down hill and across a creek, it unfortunately hit a tree and i saw pieces fly! As I stood in disbelief that my putter for so long was gone. I gathered the pieces and brought them home. Started looking for a new putter and saw this contest, so I'm giving it a try. Vibram please give me the chance to make you my NEW favorite putter!

- Greg Overbay

Billy Freeman - An Unfortunate Final Flight...

I have 5 Aviars that I practice putting with regularly and I leave them outside. This putter is about 3 or 4 years old. Over time I guess the sun has weakened it. I was putting from about 30 feet and lo and behold it lands directly on the flag pole. Couldn't believe it! Needless to say I put my practice putters up now.

- Billy Freeman

Tony Dabulskis - Please Call If Found!

This Innova Viper was one of my favorite discs. I had to show the back of the disc it is more significant to the story. I lost this disc and was real upset about it a few years ago. When I found it I was so excited and couldn't wait to play with it again. My five year out daughter wrote on the back of the disc "If found please call....." and my cell number. "Now if you loose it and someone else finds it they can call you and you can get it back", she says. We went to play a round the next day. On the first tee, I hit a tree only 10 feet or so away from the tee and the disc fell to the ground in twos pieces...we never laughed so hard, it was so funny and ironic.

- Tony Dabulskis

David Martin - A Bad Shot With My Gateway

I was just playing my local course one afternoon, and when I when to get the disc after a bad shot, well let's just say it's no more!

- David Martin

Adam Fisher - My Battered Banshee

For poor college students in rural Pennsylvania, there are not many options for recreation. When my group of friends and I discovered disc golf, we were overjoyed with the prospect of romping through the woods with a $10 piece of plastic that we could throw over and over again--or so we thought. Each time after pulling up to our favorite course, there was an important decision to make: which disc from the car's dark and musty trunk would you choose to throw? I usually went with whatever stamp struck my fancy on that particular day. On this hot July afternoon, I went with the Banshee. After all, it has skulls on it, so it must be the toughest disc, right? (Wrong.) As several dark storm clouds gathered over the course and thunder rolled in the distance, I approached the tee on one of the easier holes on the course. All you had to do was throw between two trees about 50 ft out and you were on a nice open fairway. Below the trees was a shallow, rocky brook. I jokingly licked my finger and extended it into the 20 mph winds to gauge my release. My friends chuckled. None of us quite knew what we were doing out there. I took a few steps and hurled the Banshee with everything I had just as thunder shook the trees around us. With a hollow "smack," I drilled one of the trees directly in front of me and watched my disc flop into the brook. "What a strange sound," I thought, "perhaps lightning had come down in the distance..." Upon retrieval, I realized that lightning played no part in the demise of my disc or the sound it made when it hit that tree. Regardless, I played the rest of the round with it, but it seemed a tad less stable than before...

- Adam Fisher

Chris Furney - Broken Discs and Shattered Dreams

So my brother in law and I went for a quick 9 before dark. I threw my millennium Jo's driver off the tee. It was a thing of beauty and even split two trees. As it start to descend I heard a thud. When I got to it this is what I found. Oh well it was past its time I guess.

- Chris Furney

Michelle Coletta - In Vibram We Trust.....

So, I started to play some disc golf with my boyfriend at his urging. He insisted I use his Vibram discs, as he felt I would be nailing trees all day that I would need something a little more durable and that flew straighter. I laughed this off and said I'll do just fine with my cheap, trusty plastic disc I've been flinging around at the beach for years. As I approached my first ever tee, he tells me "here, use my Ridge. This is a short drive and this disc will fly straight and set you up for a nice easy par." "These discs are all the same. That disc doesn't do anything this one won't do. I'll be fine with this!" I insisted. I wound up and threw the disc as hard as I could - right into a tree - and ran over to it and found it shattered on the ground. My boyfriend said nothing, and handed me the Ridge. Sure enough, I tossed it straight and on the line, setting myself up for a nice, easy putt.

                                                                     - Michelle Coletta

Joel Sehloff - "HOLEY" Cyclone!

I was playing a course in Northern Wisconsin a few days back.My throw was a little wide and wound up absolutely nailing a tree. The tree also happened to have a metal sign nailed to it. Needless to say the disc was impaled on the side of the sign, but I was wearing my KSO's so I couldn't get my feet impaled in anything!

- Joel Sehloff

Mike Collins - Pine Tree: 1 , Gazelle: 0

Sunday morning handicap tournament at Barnett Park in Orlando was brutally hot and we were just trying to get through the course. Hole 10 starts open but ends in a small Pine forest. The group in front of us was pretty slow so we sat and watched them. One of them threw this Gazelle and it hit a pine tree dead center. He yelled a few things I can't write here and left the disc sitting on top of the pole hole. I picked it up after throwing my OBEX. Best disc in my bag.

- Mike Collins

Liam Cleary - The (IM)Perfect Storm

This disc is an OLD discraft UV storm, which believe it or not, I used a lot before this had happened. So i was playing at one of my favorite courses Oshtemo state park in Kalamazoo Michigan. Home of the pro worlds 2008. Throughout the round that followed i was shooting fairly well for my division...(AM4) until hole 14. Which, is one of the couple blind tees on the course that has a hard anhyzer at the beginning on the hole. Thinking I should throw something more understable, I threw my trusty storm...BOOOM! It crashed into the smallest tree on the right side of the fairway but it sounded as if a gun went off. I sadly finished up my round and headed home calling many of my friends and telling them that my favorite disc had died. This Picture was actually, moments after it happened as well. I still have this disc in my room in remembrance and use it as a wall hanger. So to get down to it, it would be an honor to have one of your SWEET rubbery discs to replace my old!

- Liam Cleary

Alex Potts - Getting Through the Gazelle

I bought this 1994 gazelle pretty recently from a retailer in Charlotte, NC after losing my old one the other day. I headed on over to Bradford (my home course) to test it out. I launched it into a tree on the first hole, and this was the result. I never found the face of the Gazelle. So after an attempt to piece it back together i heard about this contest from a friend, i've tried a track and a ridge and love them both dearly! So maybe i can get an ascent out of this.

- Alex Potts

Ryan Duclos - Shattered Dreams in Alabama

Just had a casual Sunday morning round at the Fairways of Fairhope (FoF) in Fairhope, AL when I was throwing a 2nd shot for a birdie from about 100' and hit the bottom of the basket. The disc shattered and you can see it as it landed.

- Ryan Duclous

Doyle Wilson - You're Lucky We're Family!

Not too long ago I was playing with my nephew who came up to visit me from Jacksonville, FL. He had never played before, so I let him borrow a few discs that I rarely use, just so he could get a feel for it. On his very first throw...yes, his very first, he sends my disc flying into a tree less than 20 feet away from the tee pad. We get up to the disc to find a nice crack in it. My first words to him were "This is one of the main reasons I use Vibram!" And the Vibram discs are the only ones I'll be letting him borrow from now on.

- Doyle Willson

Clayton MacDonald - Cutting Through Cyclones

I bought a Cyclone before I really got into disc golf much. I hit a couple trees with the disc and it was super warped so I started to use it as a toy for my dog. One day I threw the disc in the backyard, it hit a tree and the disc split right in the middle...couldn't believe it.

- Clayton MacDonald

Patrick Hinkle - "Holey Moly!"

I was playing Hole 14 at Ottawa Park, Toledo Ohio and teed off into a telephone pole. The center of the disc cracked out. I heard about the Vibram contest and I already know of the amazing quality of their discs from my experience with the V.P.. So I figured it would be nice to add another great disc to my bag.

-Patrick Hinkle

Louis Laroche - Putting Down His Pro-D Stratus

Last summer, I spent a month on Vancouver Island with friends, and we played a lot of Disc Golf, like everyday. For some reason, my favorite mid-range/approach disc at that time was a lost and found, well-worn, very under-stable and very flippy white Pro-D Stratus. One day, we were after the designer of a court called "big stupid guy", an impossible to play 36holes+ on Cortes Island, said he had the detailed map somewhere at his place. So we went up there, brought only a couple of discs with us. As we got to his place, he invited us to a friendly match, saying his place’s having a brand new 18holes with basket and tone poles. Of course we said yes... But it happened to be the tournament weekend on the Island, and it's only after saying we’d go for it that we saw a dozen Pros were there, waiting to start the game! I was unnerved as we each ended up partnered with one of them Pros, best of 2, and all I had with me was a Kite and that Stratus. In spite of this, I ended up playing very well, Pars and Birdies and enjoying my partner's many tips as well... I learned that to play with Pros is key to getting better …much faster! Everything was great until somewhere around the 14th hole. Throwing an overhead tomahawk from the tee, Stratus got banged and scratched in a huge cedar. It wasn’t the first time tho, so I kept on going. Next tee, I made the crappiest of shot, it surprised my partner and me a lot. When I got to the disc, it was the end of it. Ended up playing my only other disc for the remaining holes… and getting chased by the bogey monster!

- Louis Laroche

Mike Grzywinski - Splitting the Stratus

Picture a nice Fall morning in Connecticut, the leaves are falling and there is a bite in the air. I'm standing on the tee pad imaging my throw and I look over to a large pine tree and think I'll be fine. I begin my throw and suddenly think of that pine tree. I release my disc and watch in horror and it hits the tree dead center followed by a loud "crack." The sound I realized that a disc makes when it splits in two. My friend Tim said I looked like a child that just dropped his ice cream cone on the ground. He was laughing the rest of the round, remembering that look on my face.

- Mike Grzywinski

Cole Baker - Crushing Cobras

All right... first off I throw vibram discs already, but one day me and my friend went out to play disc golf at Alex Clark Memorial in Mckinney, TX. On hole #4 my buddy teed off right into a big, solid, oak tree. We were in shock when we saw the disc go into two directions. I told him about vibram and showed him how durable they are. I then told him I would try to help him win a disc. So here it is.

- Cole Baker

Mr. Mutoh Mutilates KC Aviars

Apparently my KC Aviars deteriorated over time. One fine Sunday I went to my favorite park to play and threw my KC Aviar – which I don’t usually throw from the tee. My drive skipped off the sidewalk and sounded a touch strange.

I took the next shot with my Aviar and found a tree on my approach shot. I really thought I had missed it, but it crashed exquisitely and the result was two half discs.

CE Teebird - Shattered dreams

I had just moved to an apartment directly next door to Pine Grove DGC, which is one of the original courses in MD. Naturally, I had to go and re-familiarize myself with my new home course.

My girlfriend, a novice disc golfer in her own right, came along with me. It was a nice day, probably in the high 40's, sunny and breezy. On the 8th hole, my girlfriend pulled out the CE TL I gave to her to use. It's worn well and nice and flippy. She teed off into a massive silver oak, and it shattered into a few pieces. I couldn't do anything but laugh, as it was probably the last disc I would expect to shatter.

- Will B.

Honorable Mention: Chuck Norris and Disc Golf

I was at my home course playing a solo round before Christmas, had just holed out on #4 with a birdie and was feeling great about my round. As I walked to the tee for #5, I ran across Chuck Norris. Surprised that a celebrity of such stature would be on MY course, I approached him (NOT from behind!) cautiously in hopes that maybe he was actually playing a round and could give me some pointers. As I got closer, I noticed that he wasn't disc golfing (as evidenced by the pile of unconscious bad guys strewn about).

"Nice job, Chuck," I said, pointing to the crooks as he simultaneously hog-tied 4 of them, "and thanks for keeping the course clean."

Chuck glanced over at me, obviously wanting to get back to his crime-fighting endeavor, and said, "Nice Frisbees," and pointed to my bag. As soon as he did that, all of my discs shattered into hundreds of pieces. "Sorry, kid," he said. "You really should get some high-quality rubber equipment, which won't get destroyed as easily when I point at it."

"Rubber discs?" I asked, confused. "I thought all discs were plastic?"

Chuck removed the shoes off one of the thugs, tore the rubber soles off, rolled them into a ball, and fashioned them into a beveled-edge disc. "Try this," he said. "But I won't always be around to get you new equipment, so when you need high-quality rubber disc golf gear, go to my friends at Vibram and tell 'em Charles sent you."

-Sheppard H.

Which half of the disc do I play from?

A while ago, my brother and I were out designing the layout for a course we are trying to build near my house. We were out one day clearing and playing a few of the holes. I pulled out my stingray on a hole that is a twenty foot wide tunnel, 250 feet long, and a hook left to right. I threw my shot a little close to the side, caught a medium sized tree hanging over the edge. I wasn't sure, but I thought I had seen the disc go in two different directions at the same time. When I got up there, I saw one piece five feet to the left of the tree, and the other piece five feet to the right. I was amazed, but the first thing I thought was, which one do I play from? I went out a got a summit that I now use for all of my flat to turn over shots. I now have three Vibram discs, and love them all.

- Nick E.

Roc Crack

We went to Steeplechase park in Kyle, TX. On Hole 11, I threw orange sunny roc and hit the tree. It cracked ! It was in January and 40 degrees. I had it with me for few years. I heard lot about Vibram. I decided to try out firm x-link ridge. I tested couple of times. I loved it and replaced the roc and it holds a long line and unbreakable! Thanks so much!

- Joey C.

Banged up Banger

It seems odd that of all discs a soft putter could be "broken," but this Soft-Banger GT has definitely been through it all. For the longest time it served as my go-to short range putter, and for occasional "floating" upshots. Well, seems that while floating down Hole 9 at Z Boaz, it caught a limb in a scrub oak. I ran down to shake it out of the tree, but noticed it was pierced all the way through! Had to climb up to recover it, even though I haven't used it since. Decided it was time to try a new putter, and since then the Vibram Summit has filled all of my close-range putting needs and many other kinds of shots that I keep discovering!

- Will M.

Hair Line Sonic

My Sonic already had a small hairline crack in it, but a solid tree whack split it right open. Brittle plastic, Michigan winters, and errant throws on a heavily wooded course = time for a new disc. The solution: a Vibram Ridge. Despite my propensity for hitting trees, I think it would be impossible to damage my Vibram.

- Todd T.