Fish Golf Brah-dcast

After a little break from posting, Fish logs on to talk about the difficulties of playing through a slump, how design projects are helping him regain the enthusiasm to play, laboriously slogs through a baseball analogy, and why that means he hasn't posted an FGB episode in nearly two months. In the second block, a description of attributes Fish would like to see from PDGA Board of Directors ca...

Ella Hansen, a fount of guarded pessimism about the Mariners, joins the show to preview the 2025 MLB season. We examine some trends in free agency, laud short kings, don't at all believe in the Yankees (which can only get us in trouble later), and still can't believe after all of their itinerant history that the Athletics are making their worst move (yet). The Fish Golf Brah-dcast is a series of c...

Fish climbs onto the hot seat for the occasional solo Q&A episode. He shares the disaster he'd most like to see on a road trip, how he's practicing DGPT courses during practice days, and how pro players feel about rules calls. Let's hope the planned recordings coming up go well, because this is the worst guest this podcast has ever seen. The Fish Golf Brah-dcast is a series of conv...

Kat Mertsch drops the beat on some old music (she's younger than Jerry Garcia is dead), shares stories of wildly-named animals from her Arkansas childhood, and talks about the vital role of self-belief in her disc golf career. The Fish Golf Brah-dcast is a series of conversations with people in disc golf, who don’t always have to talk about disc golf. When there’s no defined topic, everything is o...

Gregg Hosfeld, the "Miniac" and "Frivolist", 1987 PDGA World Champion, and one of the foremost course designers in Florida, joins the Brah-dcast for a typically (for us) wide-ranging discussion of semantics of language, Hos's design philosophies, his putting style, and some of the early iterations of the "Gran Canyon" course in Brooksville, FL, now rebranded as &q...

Kevin Huver, the Disc Golf Pro Tour's Director of Photography and principal photographer for several years, steps out of the woods wearing camo to describe his artistic influences, multi-day preparation on each course to help prepare a story arc for DGPT and Major tournaments, and part of his long-term vision for how photography is important to the overall coverage. Visit Kevin's website or the DG...

Leonard Muise, designer of Golden Gate Park, the OTB Open & 2025 Champions Cup layouts, and numerous other temporary and permanent courses, takes a break from fiddling with satellite imagery and wind roses to talk about his creative process, taking feedback from players and event organizers, and other topics around disc golf course design. Go find Leonard at Whirlwind Disc Golf for his mobile...

Chris Clemons & Hanna Huynh join the FGB near the tail end of their offseason in Indiana to discuss Hanna's three-year ascent in the FPO field of the DGPT, how they navigate practice rounds and play styles together, Chris's history as a touring player traveling with others, the importance of routine and special experiences, and a music festival disaster story. The Fish Golf Brah-dcast...

Mahmoud Bahrani takes a second lap, in this (direct, no intro fluff) continuation of FGB 75. We continue talking about the philosophy of coaching, some of Mahmoud's personal running accomplishments, books he's reading in an ongoing journey to learning how to be a better coach, and we both reveal some cultural blind spots in arguably the dumbest game with the vaguest rules ever played on FGB. The F...

Simon Lizotte returns to the Fish Golf Brah-dcast in a special format: A live taping of the podcast from the Disc East expo in Boxboro, MA on January 25, 2025! Simon teases his new podcast, Crushed Pepper, then we talk about how disc golf media and players could better address sponsorship changes during the offseason, share some AirBnB horror stories, and talk about how significant life changes ma...

Mahmoud Bahrani, relentlessly efficient at either a sprint or jog because he listened to Coach, joins to talk about his experiences as a competitive high school and college runner, how those are informing his current philosophies and training plans as a high school track and cross country coach, and the difficulties of understanding or communicating timescales of improvement. This is part 1 of 2 w...

Chandler Fry, Ella Hansen, and Raven Klein take time out of their busy schedules of meeting dogs, in a yearlong competition organized by Fish, to talk about many of the dogs they met in 2024 on disc golf courses. That said, much of the first segment consists of concussion stories and a graphic description of Chandler's plight between Idlewild and Worlds. The Fish Golf Brah-dcast is a series of con...

Edgar Kunz , Baltimore-based poet, ultimate player, and disc golfer, joins the show to talk about some similarities between writing and sports. We talk about the process of finding the inspiration to reach peak performance, the seasonality of creativity, the process of writing to balance depth and complexity with economy, and often diverge into various authors, poets, and other artists that we enj...

Caleb Rancourt, the founder of the Pure'd Disc Golf App, wanders along to talk about the original idea for the app, how it differs from other "competitors" in the disc golf tech space, and how the development and advertising had to meet the vision and prospective users. Check out the website at https://www.pureddiscgolf.com/about-pured and look on your phone's app store if you're seeking community...

Brian Schweberger, the current and maybe forever record-holder of most PDGA-sanctioned disc golf wins, takes a break from slinging frisbees and pizzas to talk about caddying, some subtle and blunt changes we'd like to see to competitive disc golf, and especially thumbers! Our special gift to you this holiday season is that Schwebby takes a scam call during the podcast recording. New for 2025, Fish...

Rick Sassaman, who's a veteran of caddying for Fish, playing tournaments, and problem-solving at every job he's ever told me about, joins the show to talk about his week at the 2024 USDGC in Rock Hill, SC. Rick and Fish talk through gameplanning for the course and how what each saw should influence Fish's practice over the winter and in the eventual practice rounds for 2025 USDGC. Take what you wa...

Fish has no guest, but does have questions from the internet on topics of course design, attitude on the course, baseball, and the 2025 DGPT schedule. The Fish Golf Brah-dcast is a series of conversations with people in disc golf, who don’t always have to talk about disc golf. When there’s no defined topic, everything is on-topic, including taunting other players and dogs. Episodes will be release...

Greggy Biscuits, the long-driving disc vendor (and, it would seem, polymath of everything else in the disc golf ecosystem) for the OTB Roadshow, gets diverted into handpies really quickly, describes what makes a good vending setup at a tournament, and how he's said "yes" to folks in disc golf, and those have led to even more opportunities! This episode features both an attack and cameo by Ella Han...

Gannon Buhr pauses before a practice round at Maple Hill to talk about his learning process, adding shot shapes and skills to further optimize his game, and the role of confidence and readiness in throwing individual shots. The Fish Golf Brah-dcast is a series of conversations with people in disc golf, who don’t always have to talk about disc golf. When there’s no defined topic, everything is on-t...

Mike Wagner of Discraft had a pretty open schedule once he didn't have to trim any more Cyclone flashing. He talks about how Discraft has established some partnerships with Disney (Star Wars) and some other celebrities and athletes, the tweaking of molds based on test runs, and some subtle differences between how Discraft and other manufacturers approach molding for other companies and non-dis...

Thomas Gilbert, he of long limbs and long throws, surprisingly mostly agrees with Fish, he of long limbs and short throws, about the Ivy Hill Golf Course used at the 2024 PDGA Pro World Championships. They talk about characteristics of effective holes and courses, each hole on the course, their commonalities, and what worked or didn't about them. This is by far the longest Fish Golf Brah-dcast...

Mike Moser, the Delaware Deucer, joins the Fish Golf Brah-dcast to talk about the importance of community in local and regional tournaments (with the West Virginia Open after a thunderstorm as the backdrop), how his mentality is evolving as a player, recount Fish calling him for a courtesy violation, and younger touring players he enjoys watching. The Fish Golf Brah-dcast is a series of conversati...

Madison Walker joins the show to share how she disassembled some critical components of her truck in search of a stink source, how to make the most of a week off on the road, and how she is a Hot Goose and what it's like to be a Hot Goose. The Fish Golf Brah-dcast is a series of conversations with people in disc golf, who don’t always have to talk about disc golf. When there’s no defined topic...

Chandler Kramer takes a break from looking at holes with exactly one spin in mind to talk about his "choice" of throwing only forehands, how that "limited" shot selection influences his course preparation, and holes from the DGPT and Major schedule that he hates (or should love but hates). The Fish Golf Brah-dcast is a series of conversations with people in disc golf, who don’t...

Alden Harris steps out from behind the camera to talk about his vlog, the seeming regression in tour vehicles, European tournaments, and his Georgia roots. The Fish Golf Brah-dcast is a series of conversations with people in disc golf, who don’t always have to talk about disc golf. When there’s no defined topic, everything is on-topic, including taunting other players and dogs. Episodes will be re...