I will admit it. I caught the bug late. Not influenza or COVID, but the disc golf bug. It was after the COVID boom and after I left Miami for Greenville, SC.
Then on November 2022 I bought my first few used discs at the local Play It Again Sports on my wife's suggestion that we should try it. As I am writing this blog post today (April 27, 2023), I have a practice basket, full bag, lost more than a handful of discs, have gotten 7 other people into Disc Golf and have played 134 rounds in 178 days. (According to my UDisc stats)
Oh yeah, and I decided to open this online store with my partner and best friend.
Things move fast and the obsession is real. But there is a driving force behind the reason we decided to move forward with this business. The goal is to help introduce this sport to families and especially those with diverse abilities.
As an exercise physiologist for the last 20 years, I have coached special needs individuals. Sports skills, life skills, fitness, nutrition, and mindset strategies. When I left Miami, I left most of those clients behind. (I couldn't get any of my in person clients to move their whole lives up to SC for me. Sheesh)
Since moving, I volunteer with a local non-profit called Adaptive Pickleball helping athletes with physical and cognitive disabilities learn to play and participate in Pickleball.
And then it clicked. The real driving force behind Good Vibes Disc Golf was how we were going to better serve communities who have trouble accessing and participating in Disc Golf.
Anyways, I hope you all will consider supporting our business as we do our best to serve this community around us and bring more good vibes to this sport and the people that support it.
High Fives and Good Vibes my friends.