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Seppo Paju: Pro Files with Dixon Jowers
Seppo Paju opens up about his journey into disco in this exclusive Pro Files interview with Dixon Jowers. Born into a family of board game enthusiasts, Seppo's introduction to the sport began through his dad's Christmas celebrations, dating back to 1979. As he delved deeper into playing the game, Seppo's passion for disco grew, driven by its expanding popularity in Finland and an ad in News Magazine. With his business acumen also on the rise, Seppo joined Prodigy as a team player, eventually taking on a key role in distributing products across Europe since 2014. Now focusing on competitive play, Seppo shares insights into his transition from business to gaming, including why he's toured America for the first time to compete in an extended period. Get an inside look at Seppo Paju's inspiring story and learn more about this talented Prodigy player.
Go behind-the-scenes with pro disc golfer Seppo Paju and host Dixon Jowers in an in-depth conversation about technique and more!
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okay Seppo thanks for sitting down with us what tell us how you got into disco I got into this goal back in 2006 through a couple different ways my dad's been playing Christmas board since 79 so you know I always had that connection and the frist garrulous but I got into playing myself from seeing that the sport is actually growing in Finland you know there was an ad on news magazine so I kind of knew that okay this going on again so I have to buy my own discs and started to play and yeah it's been going on since then a lot so you're also involved not just with prodigy as a team player but also on the business side of things so how did that come to be and what are your roles in in prodigy Europe well as I said I started to play it back in 2006 and I always wanted to work also in the business so as I got involved with prodigy as a team player my dad said that this is your opportunity and me and my brothers we started to talk to prodigy it started to conversations about us started to distribute the products in Europe so we started that in 2014 and we've been doing it now for four years it's been really and in the beginning I was working us you know I was doing all kinds of stuff selling the products anything backing selling well you know anything that you know we need to do and right now though I was doing all that for about three years now for five years I've been playing mostly because as I said I'm I worked really hard in the beginning got like over it was like too overwhelming for me I was still really on and I felt like I have a lot of potential as players so I told my parents and my family I would rather right now so I've been for about one and a half years now been playing multiplayer so this will be the first time that you've come over to America for an extended period to tour what brought that about this time well what I said what the reason is that I feel like I have a lot of potential while I was working for a prodigy Europe I felt...
