Hey guys! Nate Sexton here from sunny San Francisco.
Thought I'd bring you guys a little bit of an 'In The Bag' for the 2018 season.
Get you started with the bag itself real quick. I carry the Pound Disc Golf Octothorpe
in the Sexton signature color configuration. So this year we got this royal blue, white, and gray.
Great bag, USA made, super comfortable, definitely would recommend
giving one a try if you're looking for a new bag. I'll start you guys off with my putters.
I carry two types of putters. The majority of my putts I use
the D-Line Discmania P2 175 gram. I have two identical ones, I don't know the
difference between them. And, I use these interchangeably or if I were to be
unlucky and lose one, I always need to have that extra putter. Also just for
warm up putting or whatever, it's nice to have two, so you don't have to go to the
basket every single time after you make your putt.
So Discmania D-Line P2 for the majority of my putts inside 50 feet.
The other putter that I use is the R-Pro Dart. I've got one with my stamp, one with a regular stamp.
This one's a little bit flippier, this one's a little bit more overstable and newer.
I use these for everything from longer putts, like even as
short as 40 feet, if it's uphill or low-ceiling, if I need to go with a spin putt.
But, out to maybe like 125 feet, like about as far as I can putt.
But then I'll also use them for short drives. Even a drive maybe up to 300 if the wind is right,
and the trees are right. Because it flies very, very straight for me.
I could put a little bit of hyzer on it, and just let it stand up and kind of ride
all the way down. And in this R-Pro plastic, it's really good at just sitting
down where it hits. It's a little bit rubbery not going to get a whole lot of
reaction off the ground where you're gonna do be dealing with rollaways or anything.
So I really love the R-Pro Dart even little forehand shots I use it for,
so my main approach disc, my long putt disc, and my short drive disc.
As far as mid-ranges, I've got myself four of them and they're all different.
I have Champion Mako3 with my Sexton Shoout Out stamp on it.
This is 180 gram. I use this for kind of hyzer to flat or flat to flip type of shots
So if I throw it hard it's gonna finish a little bit right.
If I throw it a little bit more smooth it's just going to be super, super straight.
A great disc for just kind of like a woodsy 300 feet,
needs to kind of get flat and maybe take a small skip.
So, I really enjoy throwing this Champion Mako 3.
Next, I have just a straight up DX Roc.
I guess it's a Glow, so Glow Roc a 180 [grams], it's a Rancho mold, so just kind of the quintessential Roc.
I really l ike the grip of the DX especially in cold or wet weather.
So if I really need to crush a Roc I'm gonna go with this one.
Because I just feel like I can really sink my grip into it and really trust that release,
that I can throw it as hard as I'm trying to throw it.
So Glow Roc 180 gram, straight shots with a little bit of fade.
Pretty much backhand only, I'm not going to forehand this disc.
A little bit more overstable than that is the Metal Flake Champion Roc3, also 180 grams.
I'll use this one for overstable backhand mid-range shots,
big hyzers with the mid-range or like a little baby flex if I need to do that.
So this is my most, or not my most overstable mid,
but my most overstable mid that I'm using for any kind of distance.
So Champion Metal Flake Roc3.
Last one I've got is a Frontline X Hyzerbomb Mortar.
So, this is kind of a Gator type disc, overstable utility mid-range.
It's in a very gummy plastic, so I use this one, short forehand, short backhands, big hyzers.
Again it does a pretty good job of sticking to the ground because it's so soft
and I use it mostly for kind of short shots, probably under 200 feet usually.
If I just have a strong wind or I'm worried about a skip so I can't go to my Firebird,
this is gonna be the forehand disc I'm gonna break out
to just kind of try to check up near the basket, be a little bit more gentle.
The other time that I will use it, though it is pretty rare, is like a 20 foot putt into a 30 mph wind.
Super, super headwind, I'll probably putt this before I try my other putters,
just because I know that it's gonna hang on.
It's not gonna try to flip over and ride or float away too much because it is so overstable.
Frontline-X Mortar.
As far as fairway drivers, that one is not a fairway, we've got...
A Metal Flake TeeBird3 with that guy Paul McBeth's stamp on it.
Like to support him when I can, he's out here struggling just like the rest of us.
So I like to try to get him a little bit of love.
It's a good disc. This is his tour series. It's very, very straight, so I can throw this hard
and it will flip up and kind of ride just a bit to the right but it usually has the integrity to come back.
So I'll use this for anything from backhand rollers,
to kind of like low ceiling 300 foot backhands,
to where if I have a little more airspace, I'd be comfortable pushing this out near 400 feet.
If I if I have the room to kind of let it swing and do its full flight.
Metal Flake TeeBird3, also max weight.
Next fairway driver I have is Champion Thunderbird.
I have two of these. This one's a little bit older so it's straighter,
this one newer, more overstable.
so a little bit more overstable, a little bit faster, a little bit more distance.
So I'll use these when I don't quite need a Destroyer or I'm worried about skip
or I'm just worried about the Destroyer getting away from me.
So these are useful to me up to 400 maybe even a little bit more if it's a little downhill
or if there's a lot of room to kind of swing the big anhyzer.
I use these also a ton for rollers, this is probably my favorite roller disc right now,
when I'm on a course like this course, Gleneagles, that has that nice cut ball golf grass.
Then I can throw cut rollers with these and that's probably my favorite disc to use,
along with the Sidewinder, for flip rollers that we'll get to in a little bit.
So I use these primarily backhand, though I will go forehand with them
if I really need a straight finish on a forehand.
Kind of rare but I will do it. Again, these are both 175 [grams], a little flippier, a little more overstable.
Champion Thunderbirds.
Next fairway driver I have is Star Leopard3.
This is my flippiest fairway driver. I use this for shots when
I kind of want that Mako3 flight but I need a little bit more distance.
So this is gonna get out straight but then finish right when thrown hard,
has the potential to probably push up into the high 300s for me,
also is a useful roller disc, a kind of a quick flip roller
and it's just kind of a nice disc to have when you need that little more speed
and glide then the mid-range is gonna give you, so it flies to me very similar to a mid-range,
because it is such a shallow or just a narrow rim driver.
But it just gets you a little bit more so that you're able to kind of get that last bit of distance
or that last bit of turnover and kind of float it all the way to the basket.
So it's kind of a touchy disc, but I like that about it
because I can use it to kind of maximize my distance without working too hard for that distance.
This is a 175 Star Leopard3.
Another fairway driver I use, you may have heard of it, it's called a Sexton Firebird.
I have three of these.
These are all from the 2015 vintage. I use these for every shot possible.
I always think after I throw my drive, I'm thinking to myself,
"Well I think I put it in Firebird range so we should be good for an up and down."
So as long as I get close enough, which is probably 350 or less,
and I have any kind of line this is gonna be the disc I throw.
With a forehand, that's gonna be my, absolutely my best shot that I have in my disc golf game
is Sexton Firebird forehand from inside 350 just to get right near the basket
and hopefully get an easy putt. So this is the newest one,
with the cool black stamp, that you'll never find no matter how hard you look, I got them all
and I'm not selling any of them, so that's too cool for all you guys sorry.
But it's a great disc. That's my most overstable.
This one is next with kind of the transitional foil.
This one is the medium stable one that I'll use most of the time,
especially if there's like a little bit of wind. If there's no wind or the shot
is really long then I go with this one, it's the flippiest.
So this one I can push a little bit farther, easily out to 350 if there's not a headwind.
So if there's a headwind I'm probably not gonna use this one
because I don't want to have it flip over on me.
Or I'm not gonna use this one for a flex shot really either very often.
I'm gonna use those ones if I have to put intentional anhyzer on the disc, where I'm trying to get a flex back.
But anyway, my favorite disc, that's why my name's on it. I love these
and I use them as often as possible.
My distance drivers now. First distance driver, Sidewinder.
I use Champion and Star, right now I happen to
have a Champion one. This is 175. I'll use this for big high turnovers, weird escape
forehand shots, and big sky rollers. So I mentioned that earlier this is gonna be
the disc I use for rollers if I need a lot of air carry before it finally does
hit the ground and start to roll. So I'll use it for that purpose, but also like I
said that tricky little forehand shot where I need it to, woah there she goes!
She wants to fly! Where I need it to come out of the hand on hyzer and kind of
roll up and move a little bit to the left. More so than any of my other discs,
this one has the potential to do that. So yeah it's max weight 175 Champion Sidewinder.
Now I've got the big boys. I got two Star XCalibers.
These are a little bit older. These are the ones I just happen to prefer, I haven't really
tried the brand new ones yet but these ones I really like for mostly, pretty
much exclusively forehands actually. I find that they are a little bit mellower
in their fade than a Destroyer, even though I think it's listed as being a
little more overstable than a Destroyer, I tend to find with these runs anyway it's
a little bit less than a brand new Destroyer for me. When I throw a forehand
with these I can get out to 400 feet. They're going to be over stable for sure,
they're not flipping over, but I feel like they go a little bit straighter
longer and then have a little bit more of a mellow fade, rather than kind of
like a quick twist like a brand new Destroyer would.
So I use these almost exclusively for forehand, anny line, flat line, hyzer line.
Generally big hyzers is my main play with them. This is the main one that I use the most.
This one's a little more overstable just in case it gets windy. I haven't really thrown it
that much, but you always got to have that extra one in case you find the
water or gets stuck up in a tree here in California. That's something that happens a lot.
So Star XCal, max weight, forehand distance driver.
On to the Destroyers. So these are all Star Destroyers. I have five right now.
This is my main distance driver, I'll use them for forehand or backhand but primarily these are gonna
be for backhand. Starting with the flippiest, I've got this blue one.
It's it's not, I wouldn't describe it as super flippy, but it's pretty flippy. If I throw it very hard,
it's gonna finish a little bit to the right. I can still use it for a full
power forehand, though my forehand isn't as powerful as my backhand, so it's not
gonna flip discs over quite as much, so while this is flippy for a backhand, for a
forehand it's pretty perfect. So I'll use this one more interchangeably than any
other disc in my bag as far as it being a forehand and a backhand disc.
I kind of tend to isolate them a little bit because my power is different.
So I want to avoid getting in a situation where I have this overstable XCal or
Destroyer that I really like. I throw it backhand and it flips over.
I throw it forehand and it's overstable and I start to get confused about how overstable
it actually is. So I kind of tend to isolate my discs a little bit, and a
lot of times I won't really use the same disc too much. I'll use it primarily for
one type of throw, and every once in a while in a weird situation then maybe I
use it for the other one. This is one of those discs though that I am comfortable
with both ways. Star Destroyer, a little bit beat up, max weight. This is my flippiest one.
These two are kind of like in a tie right now for how flippy they are.
I'm not really sure which one's more overstable. I use them interchangeably
just depending on what kind of color I'm feeling like throwing. And I also need a
backup obviously. So this is, these are like my main distance crushers where they're going to
get a little bit of turnover and then flex back, so these are like beat in
perfect right now to where they go as far as discs go when I try to throw them.
So that's probably approaching 500 feet on the golf course and these are the
ones that I'm gonna use for that. So both max weight Swirly Star Destroyers, with a
little bit of flip out of the hand on a hyzer release, and then a nice big finish at the end.
So these are going to be my main distance drivers for the summer season I think until I need some new ones.
Next up is this guy. This one's a
little bit more overstable than those last ones. It's also a Swirly
Star Destoyer and I use this one when I need a little bit more hook, so it's very
similar to the other ones but I'm gonna use this more on hyzer line, a little bit
less when I'm looking for that big flip and turn and maximum distance. So this is
a little bit more control disc even though it is still obviously a big
distance disc. Not gonna use it for the big flip s shot more for the flat to hyzer.
This one I just put in my bag today, so
who knows how overstable it is. I'm hoping it's the most overstable
Destroyer I have in my bag. If it's not we'll have to go back to the stash, I put
it in for Paul again, Huntington Beach Christmas Classic. He's throwing this
Firebird that has U of O Ducks on it. I've been bothering him about it. This is
kind of like a peace offering. I'm kind of saying to him, "This is going in my bag.
Maybe you knock that Ducks disc out of your bag and we got you a Beaver stamp
disc. So that's what I'm doing for Paul. He doesn't even know that yet, but I'm
trying to be nice to the guy, so I got this Huntington Beach Christmas Classic
Destroyer that's gonna be flying for me. So hopefully it's overstable, we'll see
in about half hour. I'll probably throw it for this video and see if it's any good.
Moment of truth, okay.
Alright that brings us to the end of the discs in my bag. All I've got I show it
every time I do it in the bag, this is my wedding mini so I gotta, I have that put
that down and can think about needing to make putts for my family and why I'm out
here doing this and helps me focus myself sometimes. So I like having that,
gives me the good vibes when I'm getting ready to putt.
Other than that, I mean that's all my discs. Thanks a lot for tuning in
watching this video and let's get out there and throw these things a little bit so you can see how they fly.
Alright Paul just walked by so let's, let him know.
Hey Paul! I put this in my bag so you take the Ducks one out okay?
It's a peace offering!
Hit a tree. It flies great! It goes too far is the only problem. I put that in my bag so
you get rid of Ducks. We got a deal?
I'll get it for you. I'll get you one. Oh it's flying perfect! Right in the stack. Alright
I think we got a deal out of him, I just need to get him that other Firebird
but I think we're gonna make it happen so good news all around.