A Course With a Dream
Join Ben Smith, a professional disc golf course designer, as he explores the scenic Valley of Dreams in Nova Scotia, Canada. Teamed up with a local legendary course designer, they embark on a mission to create a world-class ski mountain and host the World Championships. With an open mind and no expectations, Ben and his partner hike up and down a ski mountain, throwing shots and discovering lines along the way. At the heart of their design is the beautiful property near the Wallace River, where they're working on two disc golf courses. They discuss key topics such as hole strategy, player skill level, and course flow, with a focus on creating an enjoyable experience for players of all abilities. Ben shares his expertise and insights gained from years of designing courses, offering practical advice and techniques to help improve disc golf gameplay.
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Welcome back to the channel. I'm here at Canada's Ocean Playground, Nova Scotia. I'm teamed up with a local legendary course designer. We have one big vision, a ski mountain, and the goal of hosting the World Championships. Welcome to the Valley of Dreams. Oh, that's a dream. What a shot. >> [music] >> All right. So, somehow we ended up in Nova Scotia, Canada. My first time in this part of the world, and all I have is a couple discs, an open mind, and no expectations. [music] The plan is simple. Hiking up and down a ski [music] mountain. Throw some shots, find some lines, and meeting the local disc golf community. This should be fun. Enjoy. This is the area that we're going to bring people into. If you park down here, it's only a 7 minute walk to the first te. It's still a bit uphill, but it's not as bad. >> Good thing we're professional hikers. >> Yes, exactly. My name is Ben Smith. Um, I'm a disc golf course designer. I've been pretty much at this full-time as my only profession for the last six years, but been dabbling in it for close [music] to 20. And we are at the headarters of the Wallace River uh, in Wentworth, Nova Scotia, [music] uh, on a beautiful piece of property not very far from another beautiful piece of property that we're designing two disc golf courses on. This looks like we're in the fairy tale land. Picture perfect dream holes we could be right here. Welcome to hole one. My thoughts are that [snorts] I think as an FPO par4 it works. I think from this teapad getting up to the second tier for mo is like you got to throw a pretty miraculous full send to be in the fairway up on the second tier. >> I totally agree. >> So it almost doesn't seem like worth it to me to even try that. So I I feel like for no everyone would just throw a putter or a mid. So, I'm wondering if it's better to almost make this a par three to the top of the second tier where then everyone's going to attack to at least get a putt at it. >> So, shorten the basket. >> Yeah, that's one option. Or I mean, I kind of like the idea of...
