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The challenges associated with a new pet can be overwhelming. Hyperflite understands that you may need a helping hand. Click on link above to learn about Hyperflite’s Disc Dog E-Mentor Program.
Disc Dogs Rock!
Click here to download your free copy of Disc Dogs Rock! a 40-page digital book featuring full-color photos of disc dogs in action and all the training tips you'll need to enjoy the coolest canine sport on planet earth. Now available in English, Dutch, Hungarian, and Japanese!
Headlines & Features
Peace, Love, & Disc Dogs T-Shirt
Introducing the grooviest disc dog T-shirt ever made. You can't help but look "boss" in one of these ultra-hip "Peace, Love, & Disc Dogs" T-Shirts. All shirts sport a red peace sign with white silk screen lettering (front side only) on a "Three Mile Island," Nuclear Green, 100% cotton, Tie-dye Tee. Pull one of these babies over your noggin, and you'll be slammin' even if you've never heard of Woodstock. Available in the following sizes: Small, Medium, Large, X-Large, XX-Large, and XXX-Large. Go here to see a larger image or to place an order.
Hyperflite's Competition Standard Lite Disc
The Competition Standard Lite (CS Lite) is the lightest full-sized canine competition disc on the market. At 95 grams or less, the CS Lite disc is effortless to throw, floats like a butterfly, and is capable of remarkably long flights. The new CS Lite disc has exactly the same physical profile as the Competition Standard disc you know and trust, but it's nearly 10% lighter than the regular Competition Standard disc! Go here for more info.
Registrations for the Hyperflite Skyhoundz Last Chance Open Qualifier & Hyperflite Skyhoundz World Championship are now being accepted.
To register for the Hyperflite Skyhoundz Last Chance Open Qualifier, please go here. (Pre-Registration is REQUIRED.)
To RSVP for the Hyperflite Skyhoundz World Championship, please go here. (To compete in the World Championship, you must have previously qualified.)
<February 9, 2010> Walter Frederick "Fred" Morrison (January 23, 1920 – February 9, 2010)
Walter Frederick Morrison, 90, inventor of the plastic version of the flying disc, passed away on February 9, 2010. He was 90-years old — or 19 in dog years. Every kid who has ever thrown a disc in a park owes a debt of gratitude to Mr. Morrison for his foresight. But many dogs owe him much more. You see, the ubiquitous flying disc — known to many as the Frisbee — is much more than a toy to millions of eager canines. It is, a profound source of joy, an object of desire, and the glue that has cemented the bond between canine and human for decades. Morrison may not have realized, as he hawked his plastic discs on California beaches, that canines would come to revere the plastic flying disc even more than humans. Today, no person of reasonable intelligence would deny this truism.
Morrison led an unusual life that is not well known to most enthusiasts of the flying disc. His interest in flying objects was likely accelerated by his experiences as a pilot during World War II. At one point, Morrison was even shot down and held as a prisoner of war for eight weeks. Although Morrison is often credited with the invention of the flying disc, that credit more properly belongs to students at Yale University who adapted metal pie tins from the Frisbie Pie Company for campus throwing games. Morrison plasticized and popularized the flying disc and initiated the fad that would introduce the world to the plastic flying toy that would soon become know as the “Frisbee.” Morrison's 1957 sale of the rights to his plastic flying disc invention to the Wham-O toy company put the toy in the hands of a company with the means to promote the toy worldwide. Thus, the trademarked name "Frisbee," once applied to Morrison's invention, became primed to enter our lexicon and the hearts and mouths of our canines. Indeed, for decades the canine version of Frisbee sports was known to all of us as "Canine Frisbee" and Mr. Morrison's creation was nothing less than a beloved object of affection for our canines.
Links to other Skyhoundz Feature Articles
Surviving the Big Chill
For Dog's Sake, Don't Use the F-word!
Disc Dogging! America's New National Pastime
Vote for Maty!
Dog Flew Pawdemic Sweeping the Globe
Kathy Miller — In Memory
'09 World Championship DVD
'09 World Championship DVD: The 2009 Hyperflite Skyhoundz World Canine Disc Championship (DVD Intro shown above), held at Chattanooga’s AT&T Field, on September 26-27, featured 123 of the world’s best canine disc athletes competing nose-to-nose for the coveted title of world champion in four divisions: MicroDog, Open, Pairs Freestyle, and Sport.
This entertaining two-DVD set captures thrilling Freestyle routines featuring flips, spins and vaults plus the spectacular aerial catches of Distance/Accuracy. Also included are the unbelievable routines of the world’s best Pairs Freestyle and MicroDog teams. Designed with the current or future competitor in mind, this DVD set is a must-have for all canine disc enthusiasts who enjoy seeing the world’s best teams in action.
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Disc Dogs!
The Complete Guide
by World Champions Peter Bloeme and Jeff Perry
Hyperflite announces Disc Dogs! The Complete Guide, 358 pages/500 color photos. For more than two decades World Champions Bloeme and Perry have taught disc-dog aficionados all over the world how to get started in the fastest growing and most exciting sport on four paws. Disc Dogs! The Complete Guide, gives disc dog enthusiasts a proper foundation in the fundamentals and then shows them how to excel in competition or at the local park. Read the Dog World Magazine review [here].
Find out what people are saying about the Hyperflite Jawz disc here.
Jawz Disc
Hyperflite's Jawz disc is the toughest and best-flying puncture-resistant disc ever made. The Jawz disc stands up to gnashing canine teeth better than any other competition disc. Although the Jawz disc is remarkably tough in normal canine play, it is not intended to be used as a chew toy. Available in Black, Blueberry, Lemon-Lime, Pink Guava, and Tangerine (8.75"/145 grams).
Amazon Customers Are Crazy...
for Hyperflite's Jawz Disc
The accolades continue to roll in for Hyperflite's amazing Jawz disc. The disc that the Los Angeles Times said will last months with aggressive use continues to wow disc dog enthusiasts all over the world.
Amazon customers are flat out crazy for the Jawz and praise the disc as best dog disc ever, the one and only for certain, toughest frisbee (sic) I've owned and the list goes on. See for yourself here.
Here's what Hyperflite customers have told us about the Jawz disc over the years.
You can buy the Jawz here.
Surviving the Big Chill by Jeff Perry
Now is the winter of our discontent — surely Shakespeare must have been a disc dogger. The approach of cold weather is a sad thing indeed for those who desire to bond with their canines via a well-thrown flying disc. You may think that it’s pretty much the same with all disc sports, but disc doggers actually have a more difficult time of it when old-man winter squats on the playing field. Why? Let me paint a picture for you. Imagine that it’s midwinter in Chicago and there’s a breeze blowing off the lake. (story continued here)