Its Official! the 2011 disc golf season has begun and i can't think of a better way to kicks things off then heading down to one of my favorite spots in Oregon, beautiful and always sunny Bend. About a month ago i decided it was time to take a little vacation from the office. I thought i might sneak off to Mt. Bachelor for some quality spring shredding, visit some good friends, relax, and have a beer or two. It just so happens i planed on being in town for the first ever DISCo Ball tournament at the bend Pine Nursery. Talk about killing two birds with one stone. Powder and Frisbees makes for a vacation well spent!
I got to Bend a few days before the tourney so i could take full advantage of my spring pass to Bachelor. I rode 3 days straight and the powder just kept piling up. then of course the sun showed up to make for an epic blue bird day! I had more in fun in those 3 days then my whole season at Hood. The only bad thing was my body was going to be hurting going into this event.
Fish eye lenses make everything cooler! thank you Gwill!
Aside from the normal festivities going round there was a long drive contest, mini driver, ring of fire, and my favorite the MTA challenge. MTA ( most time aloft) is when you throw a Frisbee into the wind and see how much hang time you can get out of it before you have to catch it with one hand. The world record is 16.77 seconds!
The Pine Nursery course was a temporary proposal layout for the event. It offered 27 awesome and unique holes. like this 311ft shot off the peninsula! The park has a good combination of longer open field shot as well as tighter juniper and sage filled fairways. Total distance of the course 10,072ft Par 85!
I gave it a shot playing open this tourney, time to hit the putting green!
The first day of play started with beautiful skies and no wind making for ideal golf conditions. Day 2 the wind picked up and made putting from any distance a challenge.
Bend local JD Platt, demonstrating his amazing K9 Kings dog show.
Players Party Saturday night with good food, beer, and music!
Tournament Director Ryan lane kicking back after all the hard work putting this event together.
The 14Th Annual Gandy Goose Ultimate Frisbee Carnival was also part of the Disco Ball.
Teams from all over Oregon and Washington came out to compete in this intense elimination tournament.
Big Thanks goes out to all the sponsors, volunteers, and of course TD Ryan Lane for putting together a great Tourney and showing the City of Bend the potential for a new disc golf course. Thank you to Next Adventure for giving me the time off for some much needed fun. This was a great event to start off the season and i can't wait for the next one!
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