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TheDiscGolfGuyApril 1, 2014

The Disc Golf Guy - Vlog #211 - Guinness World Record Announcement and First Flight A-Tier Finals

The Disc Golf Guy shares an exciting update on his latest vlog, Vlog #211, where he announces a Guinness World Record attempt and gets ready for the First Flight A-Tier Finals. Joe and Gary from the Disc Golf community share their plans to break the current record of 1310 holes played in 24 hours at Nims Park in Rock Falls, Illinois. Their goal is to complete an astonishing 1600 holes within the same timeframe. With extensive research done on current record holder Mike Sale, they're well-prepared for this massive undertaking. The video also touches on the challenges of playing disc golf for such a long period while maintaining awareness and promoting the sport. Joe and Gary express their enthusiasm for the opportunity to make history and raise visibility for disc golf. Will they succeed in breaking the record?

Join me as I announce a record-breaking achievement & compete in my first flight of the A-Tier finals against top players!

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Video Transcript

I'm the disc golf guy and this is my video blog before we get to the action here today for the nine-hole advance playoff at this super Tour event we're going to check in with Joe and Gary and they got some pretty exciting news about a world record attempt that's coming up in just a few weeks uh Joe let's start with you uh what in the world are you going to be doing well we're going to play a 18 hole course it's a pretty short course in rockf Falls Illinois it's called Nims Park and we're going to play as many holes as we can in 24 hours we're going to be on our feet a lot um probably walking 40 50 miles throughout that time so it's ridiculous so it's a 24-hour block that you guys are looking at and the previous record or the current record is 1310 holes 1310 and uh I know the world record will be in anything above 1310 but do you have a personal goal in mind we sure do um 1,600 holes 1,600 holes how many under power is that going to be then oh well 1600 is the right answer, 1600 fair enough um so um a gentleman by the name of Mike sale I believe is one of the current record holders have you had a conversation with him we've talked a little bit online with him um you know it's quite quite a big feat to be on your feet that much play that many disc golf holes so we definitely have kind of done our research um it's going to be hard but hopefully it'll pay off and raise some awareness for the sport now he has the world record so he may or may not truly be pulling for you guys uh but it is a pretty uh warm and inviting Disc Golf Community that we're in what would be considered a success for you guys um honestly the just the fact that we're able to do it in the first place when we have everything organized um the success comes with the awareness I mean of course I'm not going to pretend like you know being able to break the record and get into the record books wouldn't be amazing cuz uh of course it would but Tru to lead the awareness and...

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