Disk Golf

If you enjoy the outdoors and you haven't tried disk golf yet you're missing out. I'm from Madison Wisconsin and at least in my area we have a lot of courses springing up. If you aren't familiar with the sport it's golf with a frisbee. Instead of a hole there is a basket. The courses are usually in wooded areas with elevation changes. The disks you use are smaller than frisbees, and are chosen based of aerodynamics (glide, speed, and fade). Glide is hang time, more glide is more precise and longer throwing but more affected by wind. Speed goes hand and hand with glide but faster disks can drive farther and are less affected by the wind, but they are harder to throw accurately. Fade is the tendency of the disk to go left of right at the end of its flight path.

Basically it's a walk in the woods throwing a frisbee, but I never realized how fun it was until I tried it. If you enjoy the outdoors you should give it a try.

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