The Disc Golf Guy - Vlog #237 - Steve Rico Introduces You to the Legacy Outlaw
Steve Rico from Legacy Disc introduces his highly anticipated high-speed driver, The Outlaw. This eagerly awaited disc has been in development for an extended period, and Steve shares his vision for this overstable, fast-flying disc. Joining forces with Steve is his co-owner of Legacy Disc, as they dive into the process of perfecting this new addition to their lineup. From design stages to testing and refinement, Steve opens up about the challenges they faced in bringing The Outlaw to life. He shares insights on what it takes to create a disc that can "fight the wind" and fly consistently, even in strong headwinds. With input from other testers with big arms, Steve is confident that The Outlaw meets his high standards, and now it's time to share this beast with the world.
Watch Steve Rico introduce the new Legacy Outlaw in this exclusive vlog from TheDiscGolfGuy, with expert tips & product review insights.
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I'm the disc golf guy and this is my video blog I'm joined by our co-owner of Legacy disc in one Steve Rico Steve it's here yeah you ready to talk about this absolutely everybody in the World whether you're a legacy fan or you're about to become one everyone out there has been waiting on the outlaw this high-speed driver tell us a little bit about it well it's uh definitely uh taking some time I did not want to put it out until the disc was absolutely perfect and uh finally we got it to where it flies the way we wanted to it's durable um it's everything that I wanted it to be so now is the time that uh it's going out to get released all right so some of the hard questions such as you said it's taken some time and it's not exactly what you wanted talk a little bit about the process don't give any industry Secrets away of course but talk about that process when you are saying you wanted to be or fly an exact way what does that mean to you um well we wanted it to be overstable fast obviously and I want to be able to fight the wind with it so we designed it um that's what what the design was for but um had went through a couple uh different retooling stages and then uh getting the Plastics right the the weights right and having the disc still be durable and fly the way we wanted to it took some time to to perfect that some people think well you just throw some plastic pellets maybe into a molding machine of some kind and all of a sudden you got a magic disc on the first try it literally was months and I know you guys were frustrated I know there's other manufacturers that get frustrated in this process what was that turning point when you're like okay I think we finally got it where we want it to be um that was maybe about a month and a half ago um we shot some prototypes and went out and tested it I had a few other guys who with big arms test it for me and um once I knew the disc was not going to flip over in some decent headwinds that's when I...
