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Cranbrook’s professional disc golfer Casey Hanemayer has his sights set on his biggest year yet, and with an extension with his sponsor Prodigy Disc Golf and a spot on Team Canada for the World Flying Disc Federation’s (WFDF) World Team Disc Golf Championships in Croatia this summer, he’s off to a good start already.

“Being able to resign with Prodigy has been awesome, they have given me the support that I need to play this season,” Hanemayer said. “Since I signed with them two years ago the relationship has grown, and I am happy with everything that they have done for me.”

Hanemayer had a great year in the 2021 season, winning numerous tournaments, and securing himself a spot at the United Disc Golf Championships in Rock Hill, S.C., but this year he intends to play a lot more events in the U.S., less hindered by COVID-19 travel restrictions.

READ MORE: Cranbrook’s Casey Hanemayer qualifies for United States Disc Golf Championship

“This season is going to be my biggest tournament and travel season yet,” he said. “I’m going to be playing in multiple Disc Golf Pro Tour (DGPT) events in the U.S., along with many tournaments in Canada.”

His trip to Varazsin, Croatia from August 17 to 20, will not be the first time Hanemayer has travelled internationally to play disc golf, and in fact not his first time representing Canada at the World Team Disc Golf Championships.

READ MORE: Cranbrook’s Casey Hanemayer performs well in Thailand disc golf tournament

“I played in the World Team Championships in Estonia in 2019 which was a great experience and I will be bringing that to this year’s event,” he said.

Hanemayer will be one of 10 Canadians, six of whom are from B.C., heading over to play in the event, which consists of multiple games, singles and doubles, all in a match play format.

According to CandDiscGolf.com This year the team assembled “features a mix of the highest-rated athletes and some of the most experienced Team Disc Golf Championship veterans Canada has to offer.”

“To be named to the team again is a great feeling and I hope with the previous experience I can play with more confidence and give Canada the best possible chance to win.”

Hanemayer plans for the first event of his season to be the Dynamic Discs Open in Emporia, Kansas: an historic venue for the sport and the site of this year’s 2022 PDGA World Championships. This year the DDO runs from April 28 to May 1.

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The annual Haines Winterfest is taking place this weekend with wintertime races, games, food and more. KHNS Corinne Smith has a preview of the weekend events. 

The Haines Winterfest is in its sixth year, and has become a welcome mid-winter tradition – whether for new or longtime competitors, on-lookers, or anyone just ready to get out of the house.

Amanda Randles is one of the organizers with the Southeast Alaska State Fair, and says it originally brought several winter activities together for a weekend of fun.

“It all started as all these disparate things and just trying to bring them together and grow it,” Randles said. “And you know, February is hard. We all need a reason to get outside, have fun, see your neighbors, enjoy winter a little bit, because it’s just a challenging time of year. And if our neighbors from the North come visit us, great!”

Winterfest events kick off at 5:30 p.m. Friday night at the Haines Brewing Company with the Avalanche Beacon Race, organized by the Haines Avalanche Center. 

“It’s a race, but it’s also about learning how to use avalanche beacons and how to find them in the snow,” she said. “It’s very useful.”

In a demonstration of backcountry survival skills, medals will be awarded for the fastest pin-point, probe and shoveling of one buried beacon in the snow.

On Saturday, alpine adventurers will test their skills starting at 8 a.m. in the ‘Kat to Koot’ Alpine Adventure Race. Teams will start on the Chilkat side, at the fairgrounds, and race over Mt Ripinski to the Chilkoot Inlet, at Lutak Road at 6 mile. It’s about 6.5 miles and over 3,690 foot of elevation gain.

“There’s no specific trail,” Randles said “You just do it however you do it. Some people do skis. Some people do snowshoes. But yeah, you just go up and over (Mt) Ripinski to the other side.”

The Winter Games will kick off with an Opening Ceremony at 11 a.m. Saturday at the fairgrounds. 

“We have this whole sort of silly Haines take on the Olympic opening ceremony,” she said laughing.

It’s a family-friendly event, with classic games, including the Arctic survival gear relay, snowshoe hockey, and the frying pan toss.

“Kind of like discus,” she said. “It’s you know, how far can you fling a frying pan. And we have these old ancient beat up frying pans here that we pull out every year to do it. And the frying pan toss is a good one because you can do it in whatever weather.”

Randles says the chili cookoff is back this year – after a hiatus last year due to COVID – and there will be one official judge and a People’s Choice award. The winter games and chili tasting is free for all participants. 

Saturday at 6 p.m. there will be a Winterfest Disc Golf Tournament, with glow discs and decorated baskets. 

On Sunday starting at noon at 25 Mile Haines Highway is the Miles Klehini Ski Classic. Organized by the Haines Ski and Hike Club, and there will be a barbecue and hot drinks after. 

“So it used to be more of a race. Now it’s more of like ski events,” Randles said. “It’s all get together and go skiing. And there’s kids and adults. And they usually have a barbecue afterwards. For fun, and it’s a gathering to get together and go skiing and enjoy it with everyone else.” 

As COVID rates remain high in Haines, all Winterfest events are outside and Randles says they advise social distancing to prevent the spread of the coronavirus

“People keep distance. Of course, masks are welcomed. We don’t enforce anything like that, but we certainly encourage people to wear your mask, wash your hands, stay back from people air hug,” Randles said. “If somebody’s feeling sick, and you know, it (COVID) is raging through town right now, I totally get it. If somebody is feeling sick, stay home. We’ll take pictures and share them online, so you can see what you missed. But stay home and get better.”

Participants of all ages are welcome, for a weekend of Haines’ traditions, good food and wintertime fun. 

For more information or to register for any of the events from February 25th to 27th, see details here.

Meet Team Funk. The name is fitting, as the players excel at one of the more obscure sports out there, disc golf. 

These four teenagers from Northwest Florida make up one of the world’s brightest foursomes, which is why they’ll be headed to Peoria, Illinois, this summer to compete in the Ledgestone Insurance Open.

Crestview’s Violet Holst, DeFuniak Springs’ Nolan Law, Live Oak’s Kaleb Skinner and Niceville’s Gavin Phillips will compete in the tournament that serves as this year’s Junior World’s Championship.

Consisting of a 14-year-old (Holst), a 15-year-old (Skinner) and two 17-year-olds (Phillips, Law), Team Funk has taken down its fair share of adults and top-rated players from around the world. 

Between the four of them, they have competed in 72 Pro Disc Golf Association (PDGA) events, collecting 14 first-place finishes.

Now the group will take its talents to one of the premier disc golf events to see how they stack up against the cream of the crop. With Law and Phillips holding some Junior World’s Championship experience, Team Funk will have a chance to make some noise.

While some might be clueless, disc golf is probably one of the fastest-growing sports today. With rules structured like regular golf, the game possesses countless unique qualities. Of course, the invention of disc golf is the result of a long (and slightly undocumented) journey. However, ultimately, the game managed to reach the point which has helped it flourish into what is today.

Though there are countless moments to look back on, one can never fail to appreciate Ed Headrick, the father of disc golf.

Even if people like George Sappenfield and Kevin Donnelly helped kick start the whole game, Headrick remains at the front. Of course, Sappenfield and Donelly’s contribution is invaluable, which ultimately led to Headrick picking up an interest in the sport.

Who invented disc golf?

As mentioned, the golf disc’s history isn’t exactly well documented. No matter how you look at it, there is no one incident that points to the golf disc’s invention. Headrick’s involvement, though, was surely the beginning of it being in a competitive light more widely.

Ed, who worked as an executive at the toy company Wham-O, took interest in disc golf back in 1975. The same year, the sport became a part of Wham-O’s World Frisbee Championships. Headrick installed the first course himself. Irrespective of changes needed later, it was a correct step.

A successful World Frisbee Championship has Ed pursue the prospect of something more. He resigned from Wham-O, and the Disc Golf Association came into existence in April 1976.

Next came the Professional Disc Golf Association (PDGA). Ed sold lifetime memberships for $10 at tournaments, the first being the Boulder Flying Disc Festival in 1976.

The next big step was the $50,000 Tournament in 1979. You needed to qualify for an invitation, which was another plus along with the huge cash prize. “Ed was very dedicated to the idea that his events should be ‘pro’. That was part of the reason the word Professional was in the name of the association,” said Dan ‘Stork’ Roddick. “He wanted to make them a big, big, big deal”. 

When did Headrick pass away?

In time, the Disc Golf World Championships were introduced, along with tours for the PDGA. Slowly, the organization grew, with more events being sanctioned every single day.

Headrick passed away in 2002, surrounded at home by friends and family. His ashes were added to a limited number of discs, which were handed out to friends and friends. Some were sold, and the proceeds were given to the “Steady” Ed Memorial Disc Golf Museum at the PDGA International Disc Golf Center in Columbia County, Georgia.

Some of Ed Headrick’s patents

• Frisbee Paten
• The Disc Golf Basket
• Inner Chains Invention
• Basket Crossing Chain Invention
• Basket Sliding Link Invention

Today, there are thousands of active members playing disc golf. What started was Headrick, as the number one member is now a sport, only hoping to grow with time.

WATCH THIS STORY: Top 5 Incredible Streaks In the History of Golf

What do you think about disc golf? Would you give it a shot? Let us know.

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The second highest-rated player in Europe will be on tour in the US this year.

February 22, 2022 by Bogi Bjarnason, Jesse Weisz and Steve Andrews in Interview with comments

This is the the third of our Q&A interviews in our European Re-Open series that highlights European disc golfers as international travel reopens in 2022.

Outside the sizzling hotbed of disc golf talent that is Finland, where every single citizen is within three degrees of separation from a four-digit frisbee flinger, you have European countries where the sport is definitely big, yet a single MPO player absolutely dominates.

KJ Nybo and Simon Lizotte were early pioneers of this concept in Denmark and Germany, respectively. In Estonia, Albert Tamm outpaces the competition by a decent margin, and in Iceland, Blær Örn Ásgeirsson took the concept all the way to the moon on the July ratings update last year when he opened up a 67 point gap on his closest rival.

In Sweden, however, that guy is Linus Carlsson, and not only does he treat the kingdom of Sweden like a mere doormat at the gates of the international tournament scene, at 1035, he’s also the second highest rated player in Europe behind Marvin Tetzel. He’s set to play the majority of the US tour, with Las Vegas Challenge, The Memorial, WACO, Texas States, Open at Belton, Music City Open, Jonesboro Open, Dynamic Discs Open, Masters Cup, OTB Open, Portland Open, and the Beaver State Fling already on his calendar with more to come later in the year.

The interview has been lightly edited for clarity.

Ultiworld Disc Golf: If you have toured the US before, are there any lessons that you learned that will help prepare you for this year?

Linus Carlsson: I was on tour for about a month in 2019. I would say: don’t put too much pressure on myself and have fun.

How is it different than playing in Europe?

Almost everything is different. The biggest difference is the level of the players. In Europe, there are a few players at every tournament that are 1000+ rated, but in the US on the tour, almost everyone is. The courses are different too — it’s usually warmer and for me the feeling is also different.

Which event are you most excited about?

I would say DeLaveaga [Masters Cup] because of the nostalgia, and I feel like that’s my type of course.

Who are you touring with?

I’ll be touring with Discmania sponsored player Max Regitnig. He’s a chill guy who I think I’ll get along with well, and he can be my translator if needed. My friend Alexander Eketrapp is also tagging along until DDO.

How will you get around and what will your accommodation be like?

Our plan is to buy a RV and tour with that.

How are you funding this tour?

My sponsor Latitude 64° will support me a lot.

What would you need to accomplish on this tour for you to consider it a success?

I would say play consistent and stay in the top. But my main goal is to win at least one big tournament and qualify to USDGC and the DGPT Championship.

What has been the most difficult aspect of preparing for this tour?

Starting my own company and all the planning that goes into touring. I’ve got my Mom to thank for all the help because I suck at it.

Of the three tours this year (DGPT, European Pro Tour, PDGA Euro Tour), which are you most focused on?

The DGPT.

Outside of disc golf, are there places or sights in the US you plan on visiting?

Might be some cool places but nothing I’ve got in mind. What I will do, though, is get a gym membership to be able to stay in shape and be healthy.

Congratulations on your new manufacturer sponsorship deal. It does seem fitting that Sweden’s premier player be sponsored by Sweden’s leading brand, especially when the contract seems to support a full touring schedule. Can you tell us about the timeline leading up to this switch and how your new sponsorship agreement allows you to tour full time in the coming season and beyond?

Thank you. One of Latitude’s employees, and also a great disc golfer, Johannes Högberg came up to me at the Swedish Championships and asked if I might be interested in joining. I said that’s not impossible — send me a deal and I’ll look at it. That’s how it started, and I’m very happy he asked because it feels so right and I’ve been welcomed very well by them. The fans seem to love it as well.

The last couple years, especially 2020, have been pretty quiet for you on the tournament front, yet your rating has gone up an impressive 21 points since autumn 2019 and your performance at Nationals and the European Championships were truly inspiring. What are some of the challenges you faced as a professional disc golfer during COVID in Sweden? Did they help or hurt your development as a young player at a critical juncture in your career?

Yeah, so I think I was actually planning on playing the first couple of tournaments in the US but COVID came and said no. I was a bit sad, but at the same time, I had fun spending a lot of time at home, and when the restrictions allowed me, I was hanging out with some friends and playing disc golf. It was just a long off-season for me, but I did play the Swedish Championships both individually and doubles. I finished first place in both tournaments, so I guess the long off-season paid off.

The fourth-annual Kimberley Flannel Fest took place on Saturday, Feb. 18 and was an eclectic mix of competitions and events, held both in person and virtually this year and the result of a lot of hard work from Karen Rempel and James “Archie” Archibald.

“Wow, what an event this year,” said Rempel, event coordinator with Rocky Mountain Event Planners. “COVID has been tough on all of us and the Flannel Panel has been working hard to keep this event going and offer a bit of fun to Kimberley. The weather didn’t hamper Kimberley’s Flannel Festers, it was rain, sleet, snow and wind to keep trudging through.”

For the most part, all events were able to go ahead as scheduled. Downtown was bustling with the Platzl Sidewalk sale, but the Vendor Market was cancelled due to weather.

“Every year it is something new to keep us all entertained, this year was no different with many contests running throughout the week before,” Rempel said.

The event featured numerous competitions encouraging the people of Kimberley to submit photos for their entries in a variety of categories. The winners of just a few of these contests are listed below.

Emery Hoko won the Super Funky Art contest with a pair of decorated Vans slip-ons. Jake McIvor won the Shirley Rossi Back Yard Snow Sculpture with his epic recreation of Happy Hans in his backyard in Marysville.

Creekside Physiotherapy, with a skeleton dressed in garb familiar to attendees of Flannel Fests past, won the Business Flannel Battle.

Dave George won Kimberley’s Best Beard, and in recognition of all the support he received, he donated $200 to the Kimberley Food Bank.

There was also the second-annual Flannel Fest Fat Bike Poker Run, cross country Skiing at the Kimberley Nordic Club and the Little’s Flannelized Foto contest.

One new event this year was the Flannel Fest Fling, a disc golf tournament held at a temporary 18-hole course set up at the Purcell Golf Course.

The event was organized by Paul Rodgers, yes, the same one writing this article, with the help and guidance of Cranbrook Disc Golf Club President Steve Reedyk, plus a whole host of volunteers and dedicated disc golfers, who made the course a reality on extremely short notice.

Despite only being announced a week before the event, and only having a few days to layout and install the course, it was a huge hit, with well over 60 competitors coming out and braving the deep snow and having a great time.

Ben Loggains took down the win in the advanced division with a scorching score of 40, or 15 strokes under par. He bested Casey Hanemayer by two stokes, even though Hanemayer came out blazing and hit the only hole in one of the event on hole 9.

James Eliason of the Cranbrook Chain Rattlers was the winner of the B-pool with a great score of -1.

In addition to the crucial assistance of Reedyk, the generosity of Purcell Golf and the numerous volunteers, including Evan Janzen who brought out his quad to help transport baskets around the course, the event was also bolstered by numerous sponsors.

Parked Pro was the title sponsor of the event, donating prizes and setting up their shop so people could browse discs and other merchandise before and after the event. Prizes were also generously provided by the Fire Hall, Grist and Mash, Over Time Beer Works, Grubstake Pizza, Chris Keitch Metalworks and Limber Disc Golf from Calgary.

Flannel Fest as a whole also had a whole host of sponsors to help make the event and its many competitions all the more special.

“Our team would like to thank all the sponsors, the turnout was very heart warming this year with many businesses generously donating,” Rempel said. “Flannel Fest is for Everyone and it is our idea to create as many events throughout the City of Kimberley as possible.”

She added that the generosity of all the businesses was heartwarming, and all proceeds went directly into event, given as prizes and charitable donations.

“Flannel Fest was able to raise funds to maintain our trails, create sporting events and raise funds for charitable causes,” Rempel said.

There are already big plans in store for next year and the Flannel Panel is meeting soon to discuss and plan for the 2023 event, so watch out for an announcement.

If you have an idea for Flannel Fest contact: [email protected].

Jake McIvor wins the Shirley Rossi Backyard Snow Sculpture contest with his recreation of Happy Hans.

The winner of the best beard contest: Dave George.

Creekside Physiotherapy wins the Business Flannel Battle.

Emery Hoko wins the Super Funky Art contest with this pair of Vans.

Fans are encouraged to come watch and it is free to attend. Tee times start everyday around 7am and the last card of the day will go off around 2pm. Areas will be designated for people to watch and even interact with some top professionals throughout the week! We expect, like previous years, our largest crowds to be Saturday and Sunday in Scottsdale at Vista del Camino Park. You can find a schedule on the event page at DiscGolfScene.com.

The Memorial Championship partners locally with folks like Huss Brewing Co. and Duke’s Sports Bar and Grill to bring the top disc golfers out to compete in the Valley.

The tournament is sanctioned as an A-Tier by the Professional Disc Golf Association (PDGA). The PDGA is the international governing body for the sport of disc golf and sanctions well over 5,000 tournaments in all states and 29 countries each year for professional and amateur disc golfers.

Disc Golf, or Frisbee™ Golf as it is also referred to, has seen unprecedented growth during the Covid-19 pandemic and is one of the fastest growing sports in the United States. It is a great way to get outside by yourself or with others and can easily allow for social distancing. Disc golf is also very inexpensive to get started, most courses are free to play, and beginner sets (Driver, Midrange & Putter) start as low as $19.99 The sport is played using the same general rules, terminology and etiquette as traditional golf, but instead of using a club to hit a ball into a hole in the ground, the player throws a high-tech flying disc into a standardized target. Most courses are comprised of 18 par rated holes with diverse terrain and natural obstacles and the object, just as in traditional golf, is to play in as few throws of the disc as possible. Competitors carry a bag of approximately 10-20 discs, each one having a different flight characteristic, but the sport can be played recreationally with only one disc. Golf discs are very different in design from the Frisbee™ for throw and catch, they can be skillfully thrown by the sport’s top professional players as far as 500’ with amazing pinpoint accuracy.

Tournament Director Keith Murray stated, “Scottsdale is a world-renowned destination point. We have a thriving disc golf scene here and we are thrilled to have the opportunity to host this premier disc golf event in the Valley of the Sun. Our team, along with Discraft and the PDGA, are confident that we will put together an unforgettable experience for both players and spectators.”

For additional information, please contact Tournament Director, Keith Murray at 480-941-2513.

February 11, 2022 by Charlie Eisenhood in Opinion with comments

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Question of the Week: Innova has been dropping runs of Team Champion Tour Series Discs. From what I’ve seen, James Proctor’s Metal Flake Max has been selling the best out of all of them. This is likely for two reasons: The stamp is a retro Innova style, and people love to buy discs they can’t throw or don’t need (99% of disc golfers have no use for a metal flake Max in their bag).

Seeing this I have some observations:

1. Choose a disc that isn’t also someone else’s tour series disc. Last year, there were both Sexton and Marwede Firebirds. Guess which one people are going to buy if they only buy one? This year, Zack Johnson has a color glow tour series Firebird. Why, Zack?

2. What Innova pro is going to step up and make the Halo Polecat their tour series disc?! That would sell, and they would make a lot of money from it. They could put one in their bag and throw it for lay-up shots or not even use it much but they would become a lot more popular because of it.

3. If I’m on Team Champion, I’m choosing a tour series disc that will make me money, not my favorite mold. Who is going to choose a popular mold that hasn’t been a tour series disc recently? Teebird (not Teebird3) and Leopard (not Leopard3) were #10 and #11 on Infinite Discs most sold discs in 2020. Neither one of these is selected as a tour series disc. Someone pick one of these discs as their tour series disc! These are discs that people are buying and when they lose one they will want to buy another of the same mold.

Am I wrong in my thinking?

– Bill E.