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Is This the Oldest Disc Golf Starter Set?! | Disc Golf Challenge
Discover the OG Disc Golf Starter Set from 1998! A piece of disc golf history has been found on eBay, sealed in its original package, and is ready to be uncovered. The set, created by the founders of the sport, includes poles, discs, and instructions that provide a glimpse into the early days of Frisbee Golf. Host Nation opens the unopened starter set for the first time, revealing a mint-condition collector's item worth $40 on eBay. With its unique target poles and Fun Graphics, this vintage disc golf setup is a must-see for enthusiasts. The video also touches on the origins of the sport, including Steady Ed, one of the pioneers of disc golf, and the story behind how the term "Disc Golf" came to be. Watch as Nation delves into the history of Frisbee Golf and shares this fascinating piece of the sport's past.
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what is good foundation Nation today we have a starter set from before we were born that's not fully true I was born in '97 this is from 98 so it's before Trevor was born it's the year I was born 2002 baby over here there there was a soccer player sorry little aside born in 2010 that just played in the MLS game any whmo Trev tell them about it I found this on eBay sealed in package this is like the OG disc golf starter set okay this is made by whmo the creators of the Frisbee a lot of you may not know but steady Ed who basically created our sport he started out working at wh okay he was one of the founders of disc golf and whma was kind of early to that market obviously so the way this set is look at the Fun Graphics you've got this awesome explanation on the back it comes with poles and the discs and this is how the sport started we didn't have chains you had these Target poles and these ones it seems like you actually hit them and they like hinge so like they fall over when you hit them it's a real fun time so we're going to open it up first of all I'm really excited to break into this this is very excit never been opened before this is really really cool um it wasn't even that expensive I think it was like 40 bucks on eBay but if there's nothing in it look at that this looks it looks very much mint conditioned I'm going to save that box so we've got the instructions here don't throw them at any people or animals yeah good call not intended for children under the age of 5 years frisbee golf is played with a flag with flag pins instead of holes here's something interesting so whmo has a copyright they have a trademark on the name frisbee m is the only reason we started calling it disc golf because of that trademark and everybody and now everybody just says it's because well they diss not frisbe bevel edges but it's probably not it's probably because we had to take a Frisbee and be like well now that we've beveled The Edge and we can't call it a frisbee because we're not we'll just...
