Nikko Locastro on the Dynamic Discs Open, Worlds, & the overall state of Disc Golf in 2020 | Jomez
Nikko Locastro joins Jomez to discuss his experiences and thoughts on the current state of disc golf in 2020. The conversation touches on the challenges faced by the sport due to COVID-19, including uncertainty about tour schedules and the cancellation of major events. However, Locastro expresses optimism that everything is starting to return to normal, with a packed schedule ahead for him as he signs up for multiple tournaments, including the Disc Golf Pro Tour. The conversation also highlights Locasto's passion for the sport, his love for sharing his story through video footage, and his desire to see the World Championships take place despite their initial cancellation. With his extensive tour schedule and plans to fill gaps in events, Locastro is eager to get back out on course and compete with his fellow players.
Nikko Locastro shares insights on the Dynamic Discs Open & Worlds, plus his thoughts on the state of disc golf in 2020.
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with kovid the biggest challenge this season has just been the uncertainty about when we're starting up the disc golf tour again and kind of what's going to happen in the future of sports in general but it seems like everything's starting to to go back in order or uh go back to normal i don't believe anything's ever going to be all the way normal again because life changes and everything changes and since covet happened uh everybody's behavior and their way of thinking has also changed but for disc golfers i think everybody's just really happy to be back out here on tour doing what we love what we're passionate about since a lot of the events got cancelled during the two or three month gap period we had just now getting back into signing up for more events but i'm planning a very extensive tour starting during this weekend and now after this tournament i'll be signed up for a lot of tournaments so i'll fill the gaps with a lot of a tiers but i'm planning on playing all the disc golf pro tour events and hopefully they put something together for the world championships i'm really not that happy to hear how they're canceling our world championships i mean i'm 31 years old and you only get so many chances to compete in a world championship everybody's a little bummed out about that particular event of course and the european open and everything but just the world championships like that's just on my mind it was beyond the question but it is something i'm thinking about daily you know i feel like if the players were to come together we could still have an event and call up the world championships and it doesn't even have to be ran by the pdga seriously we could still have a 2020 world championships and i feel that the players deserve to have that i typically look back on all the events that i've been videoed at i i feel like i learn a lot from every thrill i feel like every throw actually has a story behind it and uh i like to look back at old footage and see what i was doing 10 years ago and it's just it's it's an interesting time to to play disc golf and i'm very stoked just to be...
