The Disc Golf Guy - Vlog #30 - Japan Open - Jay & Des Reading
The Disc Golf Guy shares his experiences at the Japan Open, catching up with multiple-time world champions Jay and Des Reading. The trio discuses their long history of competing in this event, having returned for a third time. Jay reveals that he has a short list of destination tournaments, including Japan, due to its exceptional courses and treatment as true professionals. The conversation also touches on Edge, the educational disc golf experience founded by Jay and Des. This nonprofit organization aims to grow the sport through schools, youth groups, churches, camps, and more. A custom Innova disc, designed for new players, is a key part of their curriculum. The Disc Golf Guy thanks Hero Disc for providing his trip expenses and invites viewers to learn about Edge and get involved in spreading the love for the game.
Watch The Disc Golf Guy's vlog #30 from the Japan Open, featuring Jay & Des Reading with course insights and strategy tips.
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I'm the disc golf guy and this is my video blog we are in Japan where I've caught up with Jay and Dez reading multiple time world champions how many titles between the two of you oo three and three hundreds something like that plenty of World Championships between the two of them uh this is not your first time I saw you guys here a couple years ago third time here so 0608 and 2010 that's right let everybody know at home why you guys keep coming back to this event cuz it's great and I haven't won it wow all right so it's kind of like a uh like a player competitor bucket list of sorts Jay anything besides that I've got a I've got a short list of uh destination tournaments obviously the destination is Japan but uh you know anytime you can have uh amazing courses on top of being treated like uh true professionals true professionals uh it all makes for a great experience and that's what they have right here in Japan it is it I I can't say enough about her I'm glad I won a free trip so thanks to Hero disc for that so you guys obviously were the founding um entity behind what is Edge the educational disc golf experience tell everybody at home if they don't somehow know what that is tell everyone at home what Edge is and how they can get involved well we're we are part of the founding team uh there were several of us that kind of put this all together and uh uh Edge stands for the educational disc golf experience we're a nonprofit organization and our entire premise is to perpetuate the the growth of the sport of this golf within uh schools youth groups uh Church groups camps uh We've created an entire curriculum for teaching the skills of this golf all revolving around games and activities that make the game a lot of fun uh Innova Champions created as an incredible lightweight 130 g gummy sker so you know all of us start with one disc this is a great way to get the right disc in the age appropriate hands and uh you mean so like like your newbies out there shouldn't be going rushing out to the store to get yourself a champion boss some of your newer...
