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Go Throw VideosMarch 28, 2026

OTB Tour Skins #62 | F9 | 2022 Portland Open | $10,000 ACE POT!!

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The 62nd episode of OTB Tour Skins takes place at Blue Lake Park in Portland, Oregon, a venue steeped in tradition and home to some of disc golf's most iconic holes. The talented field is led by Gavin Babcock, a newcomer to the skins scene who brings experience from his wrestling background. He'll be joined by a Kendama expert, whose impressive 950-rated skills will undoubtedly make for an exciting matchup. Alex Russell, a local favorite and regular at Blue Lake Park, shares his insights on the course's challenges and history. The team will also delve into the unique journey of disc golf newcomer Gavin Babcock, who found success on the wrestling mat before discovering his passion for disc golf.

Watch top disc golfers battle for a $10,000 ace pot in OTB Tour Skins #62 at the 2022 Portland Open!

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Video Transcript

foreign do ah ladies and gentlemen disc golf fans of all ages welcome back to tour series skins this is number 62 and we are in portland oregon at blue lake park tons of tradition at this place and we have a fantastic card for you guys today once again this is an eagles crossing production brought to you guys by otb discs and shot by the boys at gk pro like we always do we're going to start with some interviews first up we've got a skins rookie on the card today gavin babcock oh brought his coffee up he's watched some skins before he knows he knows what he's doing we also have a kendama expert on our hands oh i'm like 900 rated in the kendama scene i think he's like 10 50 rated actually you got a trick for us oh come on we'll see put him on the spot oh missed a spike that's pretty impressive as it was man very nice how long did that take you uh i started playing last year at like the preserve so you're fairly new to disc golf as well came from like a wrestling background obviously you're a you know a big person how'd you get into disc golf and what's that journey been like i started playing to kind of just get the wrestling seasons and disc golf seasons kind of went hand in hand and uh wrestling in a march and in iowa that's kind of when the snow starts to melt so i'd play disc golf until october and then start wrestling again and i'm super competitive and just wanted to keep progressing and now we're here yeah all right so i'm gonna try and get nikola castro fired up enough to wrestle gavin babcock today we'll see if that works out i'm gonna attempt for you guys thank you for being here gavin all right next up pretty local staying at his crib this week thanks to the family the russells alex russell let's go boy let's go last time you were on skins i was not here so this is our first skins experience together thanks for having me back yeah glad to be here glad to be here you've been playing blue lake a long time i got some fields out here probably eight years now okay definitely feels pretty comfortable...