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Instagram Favorites of the Shield: February 2018

The PDGA National Tour is officially underway, the weather is warming up, and we can feel the buzz around the disc golf community growing every day. February was a great month at Discmania and we had so many great photos to choose from for this month’s Instagram Favorites. Check them out below and show them […]

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Disc Golf Academy – Off-Season Training (Speed)

When we asked Disc Golf Academy Coach Andreas Gertsch what is something all disc golfers need. He didn’t hesitate with his answer: speed and explosive power. As part of our continued look at off-season training techniques, Gertsch focuses this week on speed drills and exercises to help bring that explosiveness to the course. The most […]

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Eagle McMahon slays Las Vegas Challenge for first National Tour win, Lizotte fifth

As he dropped in the final putt on the 18th hole at the Las Vegas Challenge for his first PDGA National Tour win, Team Discmania’s Eagle McMahon knew things were about to change. ”This is a start of the future,” McMahon stated as he accepted the award for his first place finish in 2018’s first […]

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Colten Montgomery: All-In on Disc Golf

If you catch the Discmania RV, the Maniac, on the highway or at your local course in 2018, it is safe to say that Team Discmania member Colten Montgomery is the man behind the wheel. Montgomery first took command of the Maniac in August 2017 and is set to spend the next year traveling the […]

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New Signature Series: P2 Lizotte Sky God

In the world of Doom Birds and Crescent Falcons, there is one to rule them all: the Sky God. Specifically, the Discmania C-Line P2 Lizotte Sky God. With a little added stability, the C-Line P2 Lizotte Sky God is designed to rule the skies. It’s a fitting disc for someone who does unhumanly things on […]

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Disc Golf Academy – Off Season Training (Strength)

Our Disc Golf Academy Coach Andreas Gertsch believes the stronger you are the easier things become and your disc golf skills automatically get better. In our second installation of our Off Season Training series, Gertsch details how exercising can be easier than you might expect. If you focus on five key muscle groups, you’ll see […]

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Disc Golf Academy Basics: Flight Ratings

One of the first things you might notice when getting into disc golf are the numbers printed on the disc. Commonly referred to as flight ratings or flight numbers, these serve as a way to help give disc golfers an idea of the flight before they ever throw the disc. For any Discmania disc, you’ll […]

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Discmania PDx: The Wait is Over

For over two years, some of the most common questions we’ve received have revolved around one single disc. A disc that wasn’t in full production. A disc that served as an exclusive fundraiser. That disc? The Discmania PDx. The Discmania PDx was initially released in December 2015 as a fundraiser for the Disc Golf World […]

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Lasse Jansson: A Life in Disc Golf

For Team Discmania member Lasse Jansson, his life is nearly all disc golf. The top 20 ranked disc golfer in Sweden lives just north of Stockholm in Uppsala. If he isn’t spending time with his wife and son or squeezing in a board game with friends and family, Jansson is thinking about disc golf. Jansson […]

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Key to Disc Golf Success: Set Annual Goals

It doesn’t matter if it is disc golf, your career, school, home, or any project you’re working on. If you don’t have goals set, personal improvement or achieving something new, has become much harder than it should be. The PDGA National Tour season is still a few weeks away and for many, the weather is […]

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1,000 Ways for Discmania to Say ‘We Love You’

For over ten years, you’ve shown us at Discmania love time and time again. Words can’t describe how much we appreciate all the support you’ve shown us. This Valentine’s Day we want to make sure we show some love back. In fact, we have 1,000 ways to do exactly that. “Valentine’s Day is a special […]

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The Final Stretch of Discmania Boot Camp

Eagle and I are still going strong here in Switzerland, working on our mental and physical strength every day. It’s crazy to think it’s been four weeks now. On the one hand, it feels like the time went by quickly. On the other hand, we are both really glad to be almost done with our five-week […]

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Instagram Favorites of the Shield: January 2018

Each month, we’ll highlight some of our favorite photos on Instagram that not only feature Discmania, but more importantly, showcase the sport we love all around the world. This is truly an international showcase! This month we’ve found some great ace photos, some beautiful landscape photos, and even some young Discmaniacs in the making. This […]

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Introducing the Disc Golf Academy

It doesn’t matter if you just started playing disc golf, been an active for a few years, or you are competing at the top level for PDGA World Championships, we all share a common goal: be better tomorrow than you are today. Earlier this month, Jussi Meresmaa introduced 2018 as The Year of the Shield. […]

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Discmania’s Anna-Sofia Haipus named Breakthrough Player of 2017

The Finnish Disc Golf Association just named the best Finnish disc golfers of 2017 and the list includes one of Discmania’s rising stars. Anna-Sofia Haipus was awarded Breakthrough Player of 2017. The 18-year-old from Ähtäri, Finland burst onto the Finnish Disc Golf scene last year as her PDGA rating rose from 790 to 894 in a […]

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Bootcamp training in Switzerland underway for Lizotte, McMahon

Happy new year! Everyone is patiently waiting for the 2018 season to kick off. We’re all looking forward to following the action on the courses again, or in our case, be a part of it. Eagle McMahon and I really want to take it to the next level this year so Discmania decided to send […]

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