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Disc golf gives back during Down Syndrome Awareness Month

by Parked, posted in Community Outreach

By Brian Wells ~

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Brian Wells presents a disc golf donation to ARC Marion, October 2017.

Disc golf is my favorite hobby, and I take every chance I get to play. But like most disc golf dads, family comes first. I have a wonderful wife, a four-year-old daughter, and a two-year-old son.

When our daughter came along, I knew I would have less time for disc golf. With the arrival of our second child, I expected my disc golf time to get even tighter. But when we realized that our son was born with Down syndrome, our world was turned upside down. Continue reading “Disc golf gives back during Down Syndrome Awareness Month” →

Disc Golf’s Silent Majority: A Search for Non-PDGA Disc Golf Events

by Parked, posted in Grow the Sport

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Every kid has at least one completely ridiculous belief that causes embarrassment later in life. Mine was the Smurfs. For a time, I was sure they were real. One day I even went looking for them in a forest near my house.

After spending half the day turning over rocks and kicking tree stumps, I came to three conclusions. One, Smurfs probably do not exist. Two, throwing stones at a hornet’s nest is a bad idea (really, don’t do that). And three, nothing exists until it’s observed. Continue reading “Disc Golf’s Silent Majority: A Search for Non-PDGA Disc Golf Events” →