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I Can't Tell If I Like These Discs Or Not... // [Lose = Giveaway]
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Watch on YouTubeJoin hosts at Bonanza disc golf as they attempt to shoot four under par in the back nine of the 65th Infantry course using a beginner's set of discs from an underrepresented company - in this case, Divergent Discs. In their ongoing "Lose = Giveaway" series, they test unproven discs to see if they can hold up against professional standards. The goal is to shoot four down and give away the disc that doesn't meet expectations, along with other prizes from various companies, including a Gateway disc from their previous challenge. Each episode delves into disc reviews, player opinions, and course strategies, offering insights for casual players looking to improve their game. With a focus on accessibility and fun, this podcast aims to bring disc golf to everyone, regardless of skill level.
Podcast Transcript
welcome back to Bonanza disc golf today we are at the back nine of 65th infantry course trying to see if we can shoot four down through nine with a beginner's set of discs now the reason for four down is if you haven't watched yesterday's video we're playing a new kid in the bag just dropped all of them where we take a lineup of discs from an underrepresented or an unknown company and try to shoot a hot ground with them in this case five down would be one better than our first new kid in the bag which we ever did here which is from Gateway discs it also would put us in the top 100 all time for you to scrim the Longs at this course we have six discs here from Divergent discs we had seven to start the challenge but uh go watch The Front Knife maybe for that if we can't shoot our five down overall which is four down in this back nine then we're gonna have to give one of these guys away if I can't get one more birdie get the two down we have to give two of them away and I'm also throwing in The Clash Wild Honey the berry the RPM kotoku and rpmp wakawaka from other nuket in the bags that I maybe didn't win unfortunately but here we are whole number ten it is a great hole to start this on or so I thought as well during the Gateway video and then you might have seen what happened there but we're gonna go crack in it so only feels like a nine speed I haven't looked up the numbers on any of these guys but it's been flying pretty decent for me it's only like 500 feet for par 4 so super simple foreign that's solid no crazy distance but exactly what I wanted it to do I mean Divergent the the main Crux of the last video is they're a company that say that they're not made for professionals they're for your casual player I think in general I would agree with that but that Kraken has like a nice Dome not a lot of stability but it has enough fight back at the end that I don't think like it would make your bag as like a pro or something that like you would replace something else with but if you got started with the Divergent set and you like the Kraken I think it's something that could evolve with you to be just a really good Woods disc for a while or just hyzer flip or even like I imagine I can lay down some pretty decent rollers with it too because it'll take a little longer for it to stand up definitely a solid disc so I think from here we're going to throw the Golem the Golem it is like got the same profile or similar profile to his Zone but it's got a little bit more of like an angle coming back in it does not seem to have the same Glide as the Zone though so it just wants to get to the ground get there all the way oh that's all right see it just does not have a lot of Glide at all all right this is like really not bad good birdie to start okay we are back to two down we're not back two we got the two down and I think for this one we're gonna throw the Caper Capri the way that this thing comes out of your hand is so weird though because it's it's like rubbery Max grip UV is the plastic I wonder if it glows in the dark I'm not the biggest fan of it oh actually this is what the UV is this is actually really cool holy crap I didn't realize this it's like Photon plastic from Discraft check it out so this is what it looks like now and I put my hands over it and now it has different coloration that's so neat I don't know if you can see that but it's cool turning just drop just drop just drop just drop just drop into the water that might be safe but I thought I mean that was a little nose up for sure but I would have bet money that that had some more understability to it all right super grateful that water is further than I thought it was a little Golem chip maybe with the forehand try not to throw any forehands which is why I didn't throw that on the drive there's also nothing stable enough but little chip shots not bad maybe throw it in a little deep sleep far safe it's still not bad only three more all right our basket is dead ahead of us down this peninsula it's only like 530 feet Par Four so it should be a get wind is pushing us off the lake as well which is good because I threw one into the lake in a practice shot last time it's probably cracking again it's like the only thing that's kind of stable besides the Golem foreign not really going to come out of it but it doesn't really need to down there solid second shot should be happy all right this shot definitely looks like a forehand but it's a little bit outside of my comfortable forehand range so it comes down to alpis or caper or Nuno I like the outfits because it's just gonna sit down but you got to get it there such a weird disc because it's basically just one big bead like this is just fully round right here it's a very weird feeling it's very shallow feeling so it's not the most comfortable I definitely think Nuno is slightly more comfortable and with the wind coming this way it is also more stable so I think Nuna is probably the option just gotta actually throw it well it's pretty stable holy cow that sucks I really thought the wound to keep it a little more left or right better than that piece of trash shot I think it just comes out so weird all right this is actually significantly better than I expected it to be it's kind of perfectly distanced just missed I actually threw it exactly as I wanted I thought the wind would keep it straight but it didn't I was gonna say I threw it bad but I think I threw it good I just misjudged the stability in the Wind let's go good birdie all right looks like about 250 that ahead of us I think just throw the Nuno again pretty similar shot except instead of aiming at the basket just aim 20 feet to the right and I think it's pretty perfect disc is all right it's interesting they all just have a bit of a pop top which is kind of weird foreign I really wanted to look at that after I threw it instead of going through the correct motion like that dang Ding Dang big headwind coming up the hill Oh I thought they drilled it did not oh this one's just around the other side of that tree man this is where with this wind you really want something more stable I think we're gonna go cracking but this guy is pretty neutral so it's gonna have to be a lot of hyzer can't really trust it to get back left much because of how it's just hard because it's gonna get beat down by the wind on hyzer but it's also if it flips it's gonna get super right we need to get super straight so it's not going to be the easiest shot in the world yeah no no I thought I had an inkling of Integrity to get back but once it caught Edge it's never going to happen it happens once you're like six times throwing a disc can't really learn it all the way and that flip Point versus turnover pointer just two of the most finicky things about these type of discs but we should have an up and down for a par at least since we're playing the roads is River because there's nothing on the T signs and I'm cheating so unfortunately it actually did go over the fence I was able to snag with my pole though that I thought I was gonna get stuffed up by this stuff so now this is for par that sucks that really sucks all right just about a meter got it oh this stays interesting baby let's go all right this one is past that tree that's down there so it's kind of got to be a turnover how far does it say it is either 260. turnover 262. already wants to throw a tea on it but we're actually trying to score so I think we're gonna go with the cape or Cup Ray because it's less stable than the Nuno foreign a little too high in the air but I think that's only about 30 feet that's pretty solid that's hard to learn dancing around if you ever do want to do that though I would recommend it sometimes because it helps you really get good at shot shaping or better at it because you have to be like okay what's my good Miss which discs do I have to choose to have the best Miss and try to throw the best shot and make sure that you're like not going OB it's like on that last hole where I did go OB maybe it would have been better to throw a slower disc that wouldn't move as far to the right and even on some more hyzer and just like take it easy no stress par because I'm probably not burning that with the discs that I have and that's something that I didn't really take into account and I probably should have all right we got it inside the circle ply here it's not bad at all flow all right we need to get two of these then it's still doable still definitely doable all right here we go hole 16 375 feet straight ahead of us should be getable there's a slight headwind be nice to have it a little bit faster this that was somewhat stable but I think we can get there with the Kraken I whip that so far to the right it's a good distance terrible shot oh man what's extra disappointing about this is we for sure had the distance because we were very far right and like 40 or 50 feet from being pin High probably just gollums by Kaiser yeah spike in no Spike Heiser oh my gosh that's so good dude all right we need to get the last two so easy this guy's kind of been an upshot Workhorse for me today huh foreign all right straight over this tree got about 230 feet we have a wind pushing us to the right so I think Nuno is a little stable so if I just expose the flight pay to Baby bit should be solid and it should fight back we do need this birdie and we need the next birdie yep that's a birdie yeah that's parked oh one more hole not an easy shot from the Longs maybe even has to be a forehand or a roller with a tonic but I need it all right it's hole 18. a lot comes down to this as to whether or not someone's about to win five discs it says it's 300 feet right there there's a forehand there's a backhand up a really tight Gap with a lot of trees lining the right into a headwind which I'm not super fan of so I think it's gonna have to be a roller with either the tionic or the Kraken does have a headwind if we put it down to the right of that trash can ah man this is not going to be easy I think it's gonna have to be cracking both are going to be very flippy though it's gonna have to be a perfect roller stay up fat that'll have a shot once they hit that concrete it just kind of flipped over I kind of really liked how that was going down we have a shot there's definitely a putt all right bigger putts have been made on the channel before got it if we're gonna happen whatever I lost okay we get it stink no Oh I thought I did it doesn't even matter didn't even matter four down who cares who cares about four down apparently that's all I can get with these freaking discs getaway is four down this is four down I'm gonna cry well now that you saw the truth I really thought I made that first one too it was so close the whole Saga of me tricking you guys will be over on Bonanza bogeys check out I'll link it over here that means I shot 40 down again so one of these discs is going to be going to you guys I can already guess which one it's going to be it's the only one that I actually really like that much unless someone really wants the Golem but just like what happened with the hooligan discs giveaway we're going to run the giveaway with responses to pin comments all the details of the giveaway will be in the description of this video it is open only to us residents because shipping outside of the country is astronomical and I'm very sorry about that you will win all four of the previously mentioned discs as well as whatever Divergent disc of your choice except for the long one because it's in someone's law and maybe that's why I had to go there because it's called if you take away the I it's just a long disc I figured it out reply to the pinned comment to be answered that's the only way not just a general comment but please comment if you want like the video dislike the video if you hate me and I will see you guys in the next one or this video which is the front nine okay love you bye