Wednesday, January 7, 2009

Getting your Groove on

From Dave Dunipace on the PDGA Discussion Board, about the new disc "Groove": "The Groove is a speed 13 driver with a big groove in the beveled edge to reduce weight. It is something like the Monarch, but more high speed stable and faster. It has a small high speed turn with a smaller overstability than a Boss or Destroyer. We are planning on releasing the first run around February 1. It will be about 4 to 6 thousand depending on how well molding goes. There might be a couple of weeks delay getting to the regular stock after that. The Champion will be a regular run disc when we can get it back in production. We haven't decided on the disposition of the Star yet."

And from another poster on the board: "Ok, I got to examine one of the test Grooves on New Years. It was Champion plastic, very similar feeling to the Monarch and not the glossy/rubbery Champion like the Boss. The Bottom looked like a streched out Monarch wing with the groove being wider and shallower.Kenny was raving about this disc. He described it as a super fast disc with an "old school" flight pattern. He said that it would hold the line it was released on, but get amazing forward penetration. He also said it did not have a ton of LSS a la the Destroyer/Boss. He said it will probably replace his Wraiths (blasphemy it seemed, but he said it). Unfortunately we were not at a course and it was dark, otherwise I would have taken it outside and threw it down the street. Kenny liked the Boss when it came out, but he thinks the Groove will be far more useful to him. Probably to most of us. I love the Boss and Monarch and I can't wait to get my groove on! "


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