Ask Steve Dodge about Vibram Disc Golf

veganray · Jan 19 2010, 03:06 PM

First flight impressions of green Ridge:
Very comfy in the hand. At approach speeds, a pretty darned straight flyer, but I felt myself wanting a little more HSS & a little less LSS to get the laser-straight flightpath I was craving. Much closer to VP than Summit in overall flight, but tends to hyzer-fade where the VP just drops straight out of the sky. The softer X-Link really shines for putting. It seemed to agree with my slight anny touch putting style & I made more than my share of 25-40 footers. Distance control was a little sketchy on longer 50-80 footers, but (for now) I attribute that to unfamiliarity. A good ca$h finder, with three Tiki aces on the night.

More flight impressions of green Ridge:
There's definitely a "sweet spot" there for a beeyooteeful arrow-straight 180-foot approach, but it is tantalizingly small. A little too much snap & it'll turn over to stay & a little too little & it'll gently hyzer out. For me, that "sweet spot" seems to lie right on the border between a firm huck & a touch shot, so it is hard for me to dial it in.

For putting, I'm really liking this disc. The softer X-Link material allows for some sinking in of the fingers, which I really need for good putting touch. It seems to have good carry, as I was making 35+ foot straddles all weekend & leaving none short (my go-to miss normally). Very confident on <20 foot shorties. Don't think I missed a single one <16 feet all weekend.

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Jan 19 2010, 03:06 PM	#10
veganray Community Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: The defense table Posts: 2,177	First flight impressions of green Ridge: Very comfy in the hand. At approach speeds, a pretty darned straight flyer, but I felt myself wanting a little more HSS & a little less LSS to get the laser-straight flightpath I was craving. Much closer to VP than Summit in overall flight, but tends to hyzer-fade where the VP just drops straight out of the sky. The softer X-Link really shines for putting. It seemed to agree with my slight anny touch putting style & I made more than my share of 25-40 footers. Distance control was a little sketchy on longer 50-80 footers, but (for now) I attribute that to unfamiliarity. A good ca$h finder, with three Tiki aces on the night. More flight impressions of green Ridge: There's definitely a "sweet spot" there for a beeyooteeful arrow-straight 180-foot approach, but it is tantalizingly small. A little too much snap & it'll turn over to stay & a little too little & it'll gently hyzer out. For me, that "sweet spot" seems to lie right on the border between a firm huck & a touch shot, so it is hard for me to dial it in. For putting, I'm really liking this disc. The softer X-Link material allows for some sinking in of the fingers, which I really need for good putting touch. It seems to have good carry, as I was making 35+ foot straddles all weekend & leaving none short (my go-to miss normally). Very confident on <20 foot shorties. Don't think I missed a single one <16 feet all weekend.