The Disc Golf Guy - Vlog #149 - Jon Baldwin and DGA's Breaker - Putt & Approach
Join The Disc Golf Guy on his latest vlog as he catches up with 2011 World Masters champion John Baldwin on the west coast of the United States. Sponsored by DGA, a renowned maker of disc golf products, they discuss the exciting new project - the Breaker, a Putt and Approach disc designed to hold straight into the wind and finish left. The Disc Golf Guy shares his experience with this stable-to-overstable disc, which he found ideal for windy approaches. With John Baldwin's expertise, they examine the Breaker's profile, discussing its lower rim design and smaller diameter, making it a fast putter and slow mid-range option. They also take a closer look at two different plastics - the Prol Line and SP Sparkle - highlighting their unique characteristics and playability. The Disc Golf Guy and John Baldwin chat with teammate Christy King about her experience throwing the Breaker, exploring how arm speed affects its flight path.
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I'm the disc golf guy and this is my video blog I am out on the west coast of the United States and that gives me a great opportunity to catch up with our 2011 World Masters champion John Baldwin how you doing today John great good to good good uh we are talking about some exciting new project product here I'm sorry you are sponsored by DGA who's a a fine maker of baskets and discs and now bags and a whole slew of products talk a little bit about their latest disc right now and I believe it's called the breaker the breaker yeah this is our new Putt and approach disc it's a overstable has a little bit of a thumb Groove there that really just fits in the hand nicely um and it's something I had a lot of confidence with this week on sort of windy approaches where I want something that's going to hold straight into the wind and then finish a little left have a good uh finish to it so you're saying that it's stable to overstable yes okay let's get a real good look at the profile here um it's got a lower profile and it's a smaller diameter smaller diameter so considered like a fast putter slow mid-range would that be accurate yeah I think so okay um and then we're looking at a couple different plastic show everyone what the two Plastics are right now this is well this is our prol line this would be kind of the the stock breaker uh first flight you can always tell with that stamp and uh these they didn't even have time to get a stamp on them they just got them approved these are the uh SP Sparkle ones and uh they're really pretty so you can throw them with a little bit of turnover and they come out of it or you could throw it relatively straight and it'll just finish for you and did you find uh we had Christy King one of your teammates did you find that she was getting similar results did it matter on the arm speed so much not really she actually throws with a little bit of turnover and she can get them to go really straight so it's it's kind of a utility disc you can use it forever whatever you...
