Dynamic Discs (DD) is an all-American story of a young college kid looking to make a few bucks from his hobby. Jeremy Rusco started playing disc golf while in college at Emporia State University in Kansas. He had an idea to buy discs in bulk and sell them on eBay for a modest profit. From…
Prodigy Disc is a company that was founded to innovate disc golf. Many world-class players felt claustrophobic due to the limited options of disc manufacturers and even more limitations on making disc golf a career. Enter Prodigy Disc. Among many other innovations, Prodigy was the first company to pay their sponsored players a salary. Let’s take a step back and learn the origin story of Prodigy and then see how they may be able to help your game.
Discraft has traveled a long and windy road through the history of disc sports. Not only have they been innovators in disc golf but they have been the leading manufacturer of Freestyle and Ultimate discs for decades. From an unlikely start in Canada to the suburbs of Detroit, Discraft has taken the hero’s journey of rising from difficult and unforeseen circumstances to reinvent themselves in our modern era of disc golf. Let’s unpack the story of Discraft and how they have contributed to our wonderful sport.
I started throwing Innova discs in the late 1990s. Discs like the Beast and Firebird and Birdie became my go to plastic. I learned players’ names such as Ken Climo and Barry Schultz due to their signatures being inked on the discs. But I never learned the story behind the company. It turns out there was one man who was the original brains behind the operation; Dave Dunipace. Read on for the story behind this iconic brand.
