HOW FAR CAN WE THROW WORLDS FARTHEST FLYING OBJECT?!?
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- čas přidán 16. 04. 2020
- Aerobie holds the record for the "longest throw of an object without any velocity-aiding feature" at 1,333 feet! Naturally we had to go give it a try and see how far it really goes and if we can out-throw our disc golf disc drives with it! I had to cut most of the talking unfortunately because of unbearable wind noises. It's been super windy here the last few days and it's hard shooting good content outdoors, as you may have noticed..! Hope you still enjoy some of these shots :)
- Sport
I just have to mention this... Alan Adler, the inventor of the Aerobie, also invented one of the world's (IMHO) best coffee makers, the Aeropress. I greatly respect any engineer whose main focus is coffee and frisbee.
Wow I need to buy a new one. Mine was broken
Yeah! You can get more than 700! I believe in you.
because you simply refused to throw it flat
It looked like you were gripping the Aerobie while Simon was holding it like he was giving a presidential speech
The “trick” with Aerobie’s is really getting that wrist snap tuned while releasing them flat. The lip generates lift, so the higher the RPM at release the longer it will glide! I believe in you! 750ft+
@@DerekG That was exactly what I was gonna say. My best throw is about 250 yards. I have no clue how that dude threw it 1,333 ft!
Simon, you inspire me to enjoy life to the fullest and play disc golf. I love your vids. Thank you so much for uploading and entertaining us through these hard times. You are my favorite disc golfer. Keep up the good work.👍
"hard times" beta male you have never experienced anything difficult
So this is how they fly when they don’t sit in your garage for 5 years? Queue Brodie smith
Yea haha. Guess mine wasn’t in the best shape 😢
Yeah its all in the disc :D
*cue
“I don’t really know what we did but we were out here.” Haha
You should play draw a distance out of a hat and a disc out of hat and see if you can hit the distance within UDisc measurements
clnfreak one this a actually really fun sounding
Gavin Phillips you can mix it up to and throw a trash can lid or frying pan in the mix also to make it interesting 😆😆😆
Did you see the Whale Pants video? Eric Oakley did that!
I love the casual style of these vlogs and the shot of the day!
This is my kind of concise intro.
sick shot *"Welcome to the VLOG."* straight to the content
I love Aerobie disc!!! We actually play at the battlefields in Quebec City because soccer fields are not big enough🏆
Hey Simon! I love the content man. I’ve been a huge fan since 2016! I have a younger sister who is also a huge fan, she got diagnosed with leukemia and is unable to play disc golf or anything for a long time so we watch your videos together. I know this is a lot to ask in a time like this but if you could ever sign a disc for her we could ship it to you it would be a huge motivation for her!Thanks man we love you
Simon is the man. He will do it
I hope he sees your comment and gets into contact with you. Best wishes for your sister
James Cook Thanks man we’re praying every day for her and just want to keep her as happy as possible so i thought i’d give it a chance
"You can't just take a disc out of someone else's bag and throw it max distance on the first try"
*"That's exactly what I do"*
Simon moment right there
Casey is such a disc golf lover, great guy, just loving to throw them discs and does it sooo well
yea hes def got that bbc strapped
I used to throw Aerobies a lot in my college days, and the trick is to throw them perfectly flat and perfectly straight. That's it.
like 'the shot of the day' addition to your vids . . .
Still the only way I’m getting through quarantine. These are so entertaining!! I’m gonna miss all these kinds of videos when the tour opens back up. Obviously it’ll be great to get dg back but these are fun
You can always go out and do this stuff on your own!
I’ve had several Aerobies over the years and I’ve lost every single one the first day I had it.
An Aerobie needs to be thrown accurately or you will lose it. The throw needs to be straight and level. The Aerobie should never go higher than eye level and it should fly in a straight line, not curving to one side nor the other. The technique these guys are using in this video is all wrong. It takes some work to develop the correct technique. You need to throw the Aerobie gently, you don't need to use a lot of strength to get long flights. Practice throwing the Aerobie flat and very gently for short flights. Aim for short flights so that you get used to throwing gently. Also every throw needs to stay at eye level, never higher. If your throw goes upward higher than that then the Aerobie will drop off to the left side and that's no good. The Aerobie should fly dead straight the entire flight until it hits the ground. i find it helpful to start with the Aerobie over my shoulder and throw it slightly towards the ground to get a low, level flight. By practicing with short throws you can avoid chasing, and losing, the Aerobie until you learn the proper technique and can get straight, level flights. Once you learn to throw, the Aerobie will fly along the intended flight path and you won't lose it and it won't get caught in trees or on roofs. Remember, EVERY SINGLE THROW should never go higher than eye level. If you can throw like that (not all that easy to learn), you will not lose it. The tendency people have is to try and get those touted world record throws by flinging it with all their might, as shown in the video. That's not how you want to throw the Aerobie, you need to throw it gently. Even when thrown gently, if at eye level and straight, the Aerobie will fly amazingly far. It just flies straight ahead at eye level as if gliding on ice, it does not lose altitude, it does not need height, it will just keep flying dead level at eye level, it's amazing and very fun. But forget about long distance at first and concentrate on short, level flights because that's how you learn to throw gently. Once you get good VERY GRADUALLY start throwing longer flights, gradually because #1 you need to learn to resist the temptation to fling the Aerobie with all your might, which these video guys have not yet learnt, and #2 you need to convince yourself that a gentle, eye level throw is all that is needed to get long flights. If playing catch with someone, EVERY SINGLE THROW needs to go straight and level right at the catcher's eyes and he needs to be able to catch it because it came right to him. If you can"t both throw that well you're going to be chasing the Aerobie for miles all day. Start off ten feet apart, just barely tossing the Aerobie to each other, making good throws every time. Once you get good increase to twenty feet and then start over, learning to throw gently, low, level, and straight. When playing Aerobie no one should ever be chasing the Aerobie. If you have to chase it it's because someone hasn"t yet leanrt to throw. Every single throw should be eye level, never higher, so it should never go over anyone's head. If you make the throw just a little high, and the catcher misses it by an inch (which would be three feet over eye level, a horrible throw), you might as well keep a golf cart handy because you're in for a loooong hike to chase it down. Look at the guys in this video to see how NOT to do it, flinging it with all their might. the Aerobie flying way up in the air, the Aerobie not flying straight but instead dropping off to the left, and their throwing arm whipping around in an exaggerated follow through that is flinging the Aerobie skyward.
@@TheLarryBrown awesome reply. yes, i do remember learning that especially the big aerobie needed to be thrown perfectly level and flat and that small error in release resulted in massive miscalculation as far as where the throw went.
@@TheLarryBrown it did remind me of throwing very glidey, understable kid's pool frisbees where you wanted a quick smooth motion without forcing it.
Love you guys thanks for the content Simon
Would like to see you use an aerobie on a course and compare it to your disc golf discs there! Thanks for all the content!
Keep it up guy, we are bored to tears!
Liked immediately after the ace, that was sick
3:09 wow absolutely juiced
hooked. Amazing fun. wish you would do more Aerobie vids.
I have bought and thrown at least 20 of those frisbees, I found that most of them won't throw straight regardless of how much you bend them but 1 out of 5 will throw perfect and that perfect throw will glide 1000 feet if thrown right. Of course you have to throw the frisbee right, but there is no trick unless you have the right one.
I have a 1980 second generation style Aerobie Pro, the ones that were still only Red/Red Orange. It was my dads and he has clipped my neck with the dang thing because they are harder to spot then a max D flat top driver due to the almost no profile when thrown flat. The old ones are not for catching as they have a metal ring in them, not plastic like modern ones from late 1990's onward.
Nice shot Simon, almost made it halfway to my record!
Thinking about this idea the other day. Simon great minds think alike
That Shot of the Day was sick!
Great video!
miss you on tour. looking forward to seeing you soon
Aerobie and Aeropress. Two super cool toys from same factory.
Dayum that outro !
For the mic on your camera try looking up a dead cat cover, they are about 10-20 bucks and do a great job at cutting out wind noise.
I want to see you do the Garret Gurthie challenge (total distance of 1 driver, 1 mid and 1 putter)
Didn't Simon throw a putter almost 500 feet (over water) in a tournament a couple of years ago? czcams.com/video/SK-26xURTj0/video.html
Jon Spell last year he did. For an eagle.
I had something like that growing up found out the forehand worked really good for throwing far
Everybody just gonna ignore that badass shot of the day? 😀👍
I used to hang glide where the world record throw was made. Its a giant cliff with strong winds that can keep manned aircraft aloft, so I kind of wonder about that "velocity aiding" comment... But yeah, tuning them is an art and very satisfying when you get right. The video looked like ya'll were treating them like golf discs - compensating for inferior aerodynamics by anyhyzer. The aerobie compensation is in the tune. It's fussy for sure. I own about 4 and my biggest complaint are varying degrees of rubber hardness. Take the one that is most straight out of the box and focus on it and it along, even though that means lots of walking!
That shot of the day was DOPE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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I remember throwing an Aerobie on my friend's farm as a kid in the 80s, it may still be somewhere in my dad's barn
Love the vlogs keep it up and stay safe
Nearly Certain all Aerobie Distance Records were done indoors in a aeroplane hanger in De states once apon a Time
The Aceman approves ;)
Yes and yes. 🍀
Go big time overhand with the aerobie! I don't know how far they go but back in high school I could get one to fly over a football field and a baseball field together without any sort of real thinking or technique!
I've been seeing this things at AC moore for like a year now and have always wondered about them. After seeing this video i may just pick one up for S&G
I have a hazy memory of putting a ladder up against a huge tree to unsuccessfully try and retrieve one of those aerobies back in the early 90’s. Man they could fly! Man they could get get stuck in trees for eternity!
I’ve literally been fantasizing and speculating about Simon throwing an Aerobie for years. Check one off the bucket list!
Fantasizing?😟
@@gordongoodwin9551 Hey to each their own lol
630 feet?!! you are a monster Simon! If I hadn't seen you play in real life I'd think you were a computer simulation... maybe still think you are
Tomahawk throws are fun with the aerobe
Lol. Must have seen bridie fail hard... lol
Cant wait to see him take on Garrett's new challenge!🥏💥⛓
* Brodie
You should go for the longest Aerobie throw+catch!
More fun ... less walking! :-)
Hey Simon, whats that song playing on the shot of the day?
Please do some reviews, like the cloud breaker.
Pls do the mile challenge with aerobies
5280ft @ ~700ft aerobie = 7.5 tosses
Please Simon, if you haven't tried a Quarter K II from Discwing and manage to get your hands on one will you review it??
I have trouble getting my forehand shots to stabilize right off the throw. They wobble a bit and bleed energy before they straighten out. Any ideas?
Aerobie = tree magnet
This. I had many Aerobies as a kid, and they either ended up 1.) In a tree, or 2.) In a lake
It didn't help that I grew up with a pond in my backyard, lined by a huge field, which in turn was lined by trees....haha but still those things glide for days until they hit something they can ring themselves around
dude hows about a full power forehand with the aerobie?!?!
That's how I throw them in the go over a thousand feet pretty easily. Forehand is definitely the way to go
I was crushing a couple forehands with them 😂 not on camera though
@@caseywhite4 i vote for a reshoot :D i just want to see how you even can get enough grip to throw a forehand shot
They still weren't bent or "tuned" correctly though
@@caseywhite4 Straight from the Aerobie Instructions card for the Sprint Flying Ring:
"TUNING YOUR DISC FOR OPTIMUM FLIGHT
Greatest accuracy and distance are achieved when a disc is launched with about ten degrees of downward lean (Hyzer angle), then rolls about five degrees beyond level but comes back at the end. The goal is just enough rollover to extend the glide but not too much, which would make the flight end up on its side.
To change the tune to match your personal throwing speed and style, hold the rim of the disc at its narrowest part (grip area) and bend it as shown here (downward to increase rollover, or upward to decrease rollover). Then rotate the disc about forty-five degrees and repeat. Continue around the disc until you are back where you started. The disc will creep back slightly in the first few minutes after bending and then hold its tune very well thereafter.
You can tune discs for different conditions. For example, since all discs roll over more upwind, tune one disc for less rollover and use it for upwind throws."
You're Welcome. (^_^)
Hey you should go climb one of the small mountains in the Leominster Princeton area and just chuck those
When are you going to respond to Ricky W. Accuracy challenge?
Two big keys to throwing the Aerobie. You have already hit on fine tuning the ring. It takes quite a bit of fine tuning to fly true. The second key is spin rate. The spinning Aerobie will create it's own lift (like an airplane wing). Back in the early 1990's a friend of mine threw an Aerobie at least 300 yards.
Spin rate is a non-issue and over thinking it. Any backhand throw will get a good spin rate. The real keys are resisting the tendency to throw forcefully and instead throwing gently, and learning to throw never higher than eye level. Tuning is important but you need to be able to make good, level throws before you can accurately judge what tuning is needed. Hopefully your tune is close enough to begin with to allow you to get good, then you can learn to tune later. If you get a badly tuned Aerobie you might need a good thrower to help tune it.
What are you using to measure the distance with?
Intro shot was heavy!
The really cool thing about those Aerobie pros is how far you can throw then with very little effort.
Once you have the technique down you can make them soar with no effort.
Yes, but not "soar." They should fly straight ahead at eye level, never higher.
That beard at the end!
What is the name of the app you are using to measure the distance on the throws?
Sick video! Name of outro song?
Full power aerobie please : )
630 foot Cloud Breaker. Man you know how to advertise!!!!
You should try the EPIC by the same company. i think its meant to be a thumber disc, but supposedly you can drive the crap out of 'em if done right. it flips and fades depending on the direction you pre-bend em, kind of like the disc in this video. It'd be interesting to see a pro throw one on vid!
Agree 100%!!!!! They're still PDGA approved as well.
Y'all should go play Lake claiborne's White tail course. They got a 1400 foot hole through the woods.
What app is good to measure distance?
What is the app your using to tell the distance of your throw?
You ever plan to try at the distance record again?
Am i the only one who would really appreciate a roller attempt with this glory-for-a-disc thingy?
... or a turbo putt ;)
Think if the modern disc golf discs both the lid style and the Eagle/Aero and Aviar had not been invented somebody might have said instead of Wham-O Frisbee catch discs in various molds lets use flying rings and the putt has to get over a metal 2 inch pole to hole out, with putters being more catch/putter like with a missing center. Discs would have a minimum missing center and max along with a max and minim ring width and width of the ring itself and a uniform ring width. We might be useing Aerobie type rings to play Ring Golf instead of Disc Golf Discs. Courses then would be the size of golf courses due to how far these rings fly just for the average thrower.
since aerobies are so thin and flexible they don't take torque super well. I think the challenge is throwing it with power without making it bend too much, so it stays flat and flies straight. It might be worth experimenting with different grips to see what gives you the cleanest release.
How did I get youtube to link to disc golf. No idea. I guess I'll be watching these videos for the next couple weeks now.
What app is that to measure the distance?
To anyone... what is the app they're using to measure the distance thrown? Thx.
No way, Lizotte tossing a frisbee of my childhood sledding hill. Fort Devens all the way!
What is the distance app they’re using? Anyone know?
Love the Aerobie, best invention ever! For a couple years a friend and I used to go to a huge soccer field 4-5 times a week during the nicer months and let that thing rip between us (about 300+ feet?) and do out best to chase that thing down for the catch. Then he got a girl friend. :-( Good times while it lasted.
No substitute for a brand new one for a long, straight flight. They do not age well, but at about $10 a disk, who cares?
Mine are decades old and still fly fine, even with some abuse and damage.
Can you please do a vlog where you do something crazy with super overstable discs like stegos, MOABs, vipers and whippets. Seems like the FD3 is probably the most overstable discmania...? Can you get one to flip?
I should try disc golf. Covids got me out of shape.
470ish is my PR for FHBH using a Wraith but an Aerobie I can crush 750ft with a good rip.
How to throw disc golf heads down? Do you have a tutorial for it?
I always got the best out of my throws when I threw my aerobie forehand
What’s the app you are counting the distance?
Forehand flick works great with those...
hi! Is there a reason (a rule or something) why you don't throw with the aerobie at dusk golf tournaments?
7:29 I do this shot every time I go out and practice on a windy day.
aerobie should make a driver for disc golf lol
Kalevi!🇫🇮🇫🇮
Hi does anybody know how to make udisk change from metres to feet?
I use to throw those things so far with a smooth forehand.
Next...the Epic!
Forehand is the best way to throw it u get the best distance and the instructions to the perfect bend t on the disk and they actually work
I've always wondered what the flight numbers would be for an Aerobie (or for an Ultrastar for that matter). Any guesses?
10-14-0-0 :-)
Song at the end?