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Ask Upper Park is your chance to ask our player team anything you like! Tips and advice, stories from the tour, insider scoop. It’s all fair game.
Latest: Episode #5 - October 18, 2021
Johnny DiscGolf interviews Andrew Fish and Jordan Castro
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0:00 - Intro
06:35 - Jordan, courses played
07:34 - JDG course recommendation
08:11 - Regional pros
10:53 - Fish, history
14:18 - Jordan, play/life balance
17:15 - Golden Age of Accessibility?
21:15 - Fish, play/life balance
27:46 - Challenges
30:00 - Favorite courses/tournaments
36:25 - Favorite Aces
40:25 - Thank yous
Episode #4 - June 30, 2021
Johnny DiscGolf interviews Deann Carey and Chandler Fry
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0:00 - Intro
00:24 - Silver Series
04:53 - Chandler intro
06:20 - Deann intro
09:05 - Challenges of being a professional touring disc golfer
12:36 - What were your expectations of the tour?
16:05 - Favorite stops on tour?
17:15 - Favorite courses?
20:41 - Dealing with tour traveling
23:30 - Worlds - James Conrad's epic shot
27:32 - Trajectory of disc golf as a sport
35:33 - Favorite aces
40:30 - Shoutouts to sponsors
Episode #3 - May 20, 2021
Johnny DiscGolf presents your questions to Team Upper Park member Gregg Barsby.
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0:00 - Intro
00:16 - 2021 OTB Open
03:01 - The Barsbarians are back!
08:02 - 1998 Sierra Shootout
11:25 - How did you get to be such a serious contender on the national level?
16:18 - Favorite course to play?
18:49 - What is your prize disc?
21:32 - What is your take on the new discs?
26:23 - How do you stay motivated?
29:46 - Favorite Ace?
Episode #2 - April 28, 2021
Johnny DiscGolf presents your questions to Zoe AnDyke of UPlay Disc Golf and Team Upper Park members Vanessa VanDyken, and Ella Hanson.
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0:00 - Intro
00:16 - Update from Zoe AnDyke
01:15 - Update from Ella Hanson
01:51 - Update from Vanessa VanDyken
03:31 - Mid America Open Disc Golf 2021
07:42 - Ella's disc golf course experiences
09:34 - Vanessa's favorite disc golf courses
11:28 - Zoe's favorite disc golf courses
14:17 - Ella's favorite disc golf courses
17:57 - Vanessa's start in disc golf
21:00 - Ella - disc choices
23:04 - Ella - Ultimate Frisbee vs Disc Golf ~Keenan
24:58 - Zoe - building the disc golf community
30:14 - How could disc golf be more inclusive? ~Brandon L
37:00 - Ella - how could Ultimate Frisbee be more equitable?
41:40 - Favorite Disc Golf Aces?
Episode #1 - April 7, 2021
Johnny Discgolf presents your disc golf questions to Team Upper Park members Tim Barham, Nate Perkins, and Andrew Presnell.
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0:00 - Intro
5:44 - All: What have you been up to lately? -Adam G.
7:49 - Andrew: What is your ideal disc golf course layout? -Matthew W.
8:43 - All: What are your favorite disc golf courses? -Kyle N.
11:25 - All: What do you like about the Upper Park Disc Golf Bags? -Anthony M.
15:55 - All: How do you avoid disc golf overuse injuries? -Joshua H.
20:05 - Andrew Presnell: Will you start integrating forehands? -Markham S.
21:36 - Nate Perkins: Is it an effort to start using backhands more?
23:57 - Tim Barham: Where does your putting confidence come from?
26:23 - All: What's the biggest difference between 980-rated players and 1010, 1040? -Alex H.
33:07 - All: What was your personal favorite disc golf Ace? -John H.
I had for the longest while been using a sling bag, mostly because I liked a lighter smaller bag. This back pack is the perfect combination of size, weight and ease of use. The pack is super comfortable, great combination of pockets that make it easy to grab a disc. The water holder is perfect easy for quickly grabbing a drink and the small area for patches is really a great touch. Great pockets for storage or keys, phone, snacks etc. The way the zip flap folds down while playing is very smart to make it easy to access the discs on the inside area. Really everything I needed in a pack and yet still light and compact.
If I was to make one comment, inserting the backpack base was quite the job you have to bend the insert and get it to fit in two corner pieces was quite the puzzle, but once in allows the pack to sit steady on the ground. I highly recommend this back pack, you certainly get what you pay for, will last me forever :) I may just refresh the fun patches every now and then.
