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Niloofar Mosavar Rahmani
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Sebastian Brandtberg
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Mark Steddom
Mark's Story:
"I first started playing disc golf at age 48. I wasn’t looking to do much other than find an activity that my girlfriend Julie and I could do together. One of her work friends suggested disc golf so we gave it a try. A short time later Julie’s brother Joe move here and we all really got into disc golf. We played almost every day after work. We were hooked. I won the first tourney I played in. Being my first tourney I entered the rec division in one of Jay and Des Reading’s tourneys up here in Iowa. I continued to do well in tourneys and entered my first Worlds in 2006. I finished 2nd in the Adv GM division. I teamed up with Gary Camp and we won Am GM World Dubs the next year in 2007. I played Worlds again that year and won it and also won the next year as well. After that I moved to Pro GM and finished 15th in 2009. I meet some wonderful pros like Mark Ellis and David Greenwell. Man are those guys good!
My favorite courses are typically ones that are wooded. I love John Houck’s Circle R courses. Des Moines, IA has four great courses that offer a wide variety of different shots. They are Ewing, Pickard, Big Creek, and Walnut Ridge. My local area in the Quad Cites has some great courses as well. Middle Park in Bettendorf is my home course and I love our new course in Milan, IL named Camden2. I throw mainly backhand but I’ve been working very hard on getting a better forehand. My favorite disc in the Omega SS. It’s a great putter and goes dead straight as an approach disc. My main driver is the QOLS. Nice little S shot with great glide. And who can forget the QMS and QJLS. We really have some great discs! Disc golf has been very good to me. Without it I don’t know what I’d be doing. Probably getting fat sitting on the couch. LOL"
"I first started playing disc golf at age 48. I wasn’t looking to do much other than find an activity that my girlfriend Julie and I could do together. One of her work friends suggested disc golf so we gave it a try. A short time later Julie’s brother Joe move here and we all really got into disc golf. We played almost every day after work. We were hooked. I won the first tourney I played in. Being my first tourney I entered the rec division in one of Jay and Des Reading’s tourneys up here in Iowa. I continued to do well in tourneys and entered my first Worlds in 2006. I finished 2nd in the Adv GM division. I teamed up with Gary Camp and we won Am GM World Dubs the next year in 2007. I played Worlds again that year and won it and also won the next year as well. After that I moved to Pro GM and finished 15th in 2009. I meet some wonderful pros like Mark Ellis and David Greenwell. Man are those guys good!
My favorite courses are typically ones that are wooded. I love John Houck’s Circle R courses. Des Moines, IA has four great courses that offer a wide variety of different shots. They are Ewing, Pickard, Big Creek, and Walnut Ridge. My local area in the Quad Cites has some great courses as well. Middle Park in Bettendorf is my home course and I love our new course in Milan, IL named Camden2. I throw mainly backhand but I’ve been working very hard on getting a better forehand. My favorite disc in the Omega SS. It’s a great putter and goes dead straight as an approach disc. My main driver is the QOLS. Nice little S shot with great glide. And who can forget the QMS and QJLS. We really have some great discs! Disc golf has been very good to me. Without it I don’t know what I’d be doing. Probably getting fat sitting on the couch. LOL"
Eric Marx
As well as I can remember my mother bought a Frisbee for me around the time I was 8. That would be circa 1964. I immediately fell in love with it and was a natural. I remember eventually spending large amounts of time throwing all 8 of my Frisbees across the street at a neighbors tree and then back to one of ours - essentially golfing. In the 70's I spent literally hundreds of hours playing catch with a Frisbee at college. I could have earned a couple of PHD's in all the time I spent on Frisbee. It was there, at Illinois State, that I saw a little hand written sign for a Frisbee tournament on campus. I went to the distance and accuracy event and won. That got me to a regional event and lo and behold I won that too. That lead to the final - the first national intercollegiate Frisbee tournament sponsored by Wham-O. Before I really knew what I was doing I won that too, becoming the first national college Frisbee champion in 1977. Part of my prize was a free trip out to California to watch the World Frisbee Championships. That was it, I was hooked. I started competing the next year. For several years we only had the multi-event Frisbee tournaments to attend. Then disc golf took off. Again, this was something I immediately fell in love with and had an aptitude for from the start. I've never kept record of how much I won. I know there are a lot of PDGA wins, lots of course records, state, national and world titles. I learned over the years I didn't really care if I won, just if I played well.
Rudy Martinez
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Justin McLuen
My name is Justin McLuen. I'm affectionately known as Clue by my disc golf brethren. I've been playing disc golf for about 17 years. I've been throwing Millennium off and on for years, but really fell in love with the product a few years ago with the inception of the Orion line of discs. I feel that both the Sirius and Quantum lines are the best options for throwing golf shots. When most players are just hoping to make it a good ways down a tunnel shot, I know I'm going to make it and I know I can shape a drive anyway I need to and land the disc the way I need to. This last year I've added the QLS and the QJLS which have been a huge compliment for midrange shots especially with lower ceilings.
I've had a few wins, several doubles wins, but I'm the most proud of playing in 3 USDGC's and cashing in the Player's Cup in 2010 highlighted by a 1st round upset over Phil Arthur. I've also won several thousand in ace funds at tournaments and leagues and up until last year all were with actual aces and not CTP throws!
My favorite course is Rolling Meadows at Circle R Ranch. I loved the courses at the San Saba ranch, but sadly they are no longer with us. Other favorites are Winthrop Gold, Pickard Park in Indianola, Iowa, Middle Park and Westlake in the Quad Cities, and the Gold course at Lemon Lake in Indiana.
I am currently President of the Des Moines Disc Golf Club, the Iowa State Coordinator, and recently headed the foundation of the Iowa Disc Golf Hall of Fame. Recently I did a segment for a show called Iowa's Simple Pleasures which highlighted a disc golf course in Forest City, IA which you can see here: http://www.iptv.org/simplepleasures/story.cfm?id=2885&type=story&video=video
Anders Haugen
Hi everyone! My name is Anders, and I'm from Bergen, Norway. I started playing discgolf in 2005, and have been working hard to improve my game ever since. I won my first Norwegian Tour tournament in 2010, and have two top 3 finishes so far in 2011. I have represented Norway in the last three European Championships, and I was also the Norwegian national representative at the 2008 USDGC.
I became a Team Millennium player in 2008, and have played exclusively with Millennium discs since then. What makes Millennium unique to me, is the quality in every single one of their discs. They may not have the biggest selection to choose from, but their line of models offers exactly all you need to play solid golf at any course and in any conditions, especially with the additions of the Astra and the Quasar! Also I would like to mention the Sentinel MF, one of my favorite discs. Its high speed, predictable fade and unique capability to keep elevation makes it one-of-a-kind!
We might not have too many courses here in Norway, but we do have some good ones among the 40+ we have. My home course in Bergen is one of my favorites, together with the courses in Arendal, Skien, Bodø, and Tønsberg. Among the courses I've played on abroad, Winthrop Gold, Wagrain (Austria), Blue Ribbon Pines (MN) and Järva (Sweden) stand out.
To play smart and to keep it simple is a good way to describe my game. I love to throw slow discs, and I use my Omegas and QMSs all the time, even off the tee. If more distance is needed, I turn to the Orion LF or the EXP1 1.7. When practicing, I mainly focus on putting, the straight shot, and the short game. To me, these three factors are the key to low scores out on the course.
I became a Team Millennium player in 2008, and have played exclusively with Millennium discs since then. What makes Millennium unique to me, is the quality in every single one of their discs. They may not have the biggest selection to choose from, but their line of models offers exactly all you need to play solid golf at any course and in any conditions, especially with the additions of the Astra and the Quasar! Also I would like to mention the Sentinel MF, one of my favorite discs. Its high speed, predictable fade and unique capability to keep elevation makes it one-of-a-kind!
We might not have too many courses here in Norway, but we do have some good ones among the 40+ we have. My home course in Bergen is one of my favorites, together with the courses in Arendal, Skien, Bodø, and Tønsberg. Among the courses I've played on abroad, Winthrop Gold, Wagrain (Austria), Blue Ribbon Pines (MN) and Järva (Sweden) stand out.
To play smart and to keep it simple is a good way to describe my game. I love to throw slow discs, and I use my Omegas and QMSs all the time, even off the tee. If more distance is needed, I turn to the Orion LF or the EXP1 1.7. When practicing, I mainly focus on putting, the straight shot, and the short game. To me, these three factors are the key to low scores out on the course.
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-Joshua Fritz: Fruita, CO
-Russel Burns: Springfield, MO
-Yuri Zelentsov: Oslo, Norway
-Zachery Jansen: Austin, TX
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-Russel Burns: Springfield, MO
-Yuri Zelentsov: Oslo, Norway
-Zachery Jansen: Austin, TX
-Mikey "Gus" Seibert: Oakhurst, TX
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