PDGA Europe Talks

On October 3, 2025, as part of the first PDGA Europe Women's Festival, the PDGA Europe Women's Summit was held, bringing together players, organizers, members of women's committees, PDGA and PDGA Europe staff and directors to exchange ideas on how to continue growing women's disc golf in Europe. Table of Contents 0:04 – Opening Remarks & Introductions 1:13 – Participation & Appreciation 2:...

A fascinating talk about the past, present, and future of Disc Golf communication at all levels with selected speakers: o Lauri Alasaukko-oja (Frisbeegolfmedia) o Sam Gades (DGN) o Juha Kytö (DGN Europe) o Jonathan Gomez (JomezPro) o Terry Miller (The Disc Golf Guy) o Kimmo Turunen (Pulsea Disc Golf Academy) o René Mikkelsen (The Danish Disc Golf Guy)

Disc Golf courses as tourism destinations: Resorts, course design and public support.  Thank you very much to the speakers: · UDisc course directory: Matt Krueger (UDisc) · Course design: Dominik Stampfer (Disc Golf Park) + John Houck (Houck Design) · World’s Top 100 courses: Jere Pohjankoski (Kippis) + Vincent Schaffler (Ale) · Public support: Mats Adamczak (Åland Island) + Robert Abel (Cyprus)....

As part of the "PDGA Talks" leading up to the Pro Worlds, six high-level speakers share their ideas for growing women's disc golf around the world: Anniken Steen (Top FPO player)  Holyn Handley (Top FPO player) Caroline Selnes (Nordic Female Open) Ida Uddbäk (Talk Birdie 2 Me female podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/2ySMfz3oRjR4aURqouO7Wo?si=a7bfaa5474494042 ) Sofía Pereira (PDGA Europe Women...

Get to know the candidates that will be vying for three open positions on the PDGA Europe Board of Directors at the upcoming elections during all July! Closed captions are available in different languages. They have diverse backgrounds and a wide range of skillsets, both in their professional lives and within the sport: check out their full Bios at https://www.pdga.com/news/get-know-6-candidates-p...

Get to know the candidates that will be vying for three open positions on the PDGA Europe Board of Directors at the upcoming elections during all July! Closed captions are available in different languages. They have diverse backgrounds and a wide range of skillsets, both in their professional lives and within the sport: check out their full Bios at https://www.pdga.com/news/get-know-6-candidates-p...

Get to know the candidates that will be vying for three open positions on the PDGA Europe Board of Directors at the upcoming elections during all July! They have diverse backgrounds and a wide range of skillsets, both in their professional lives and within the sport: check out their full Bios at https://www.pdga.com/news/get-know-6-candidates-pdga-europe-board-directors With us today: María Fernan...

Get to know the candidates that will be vying for three open positions on the PDGA Europe Board of Directors at the upcoming elections during all July! They have diverse backgrounds and a wide range of skillsets, both in their professional lives and within the sport: check out their full Bios With us today: Bogi Bjarnason , from Iceland.

Get to know the candidates that will be vying for three open positions on the PDGA Europe Board of Directors at the upcoming elections during all July! They have diverse backgrounds and a wide range of skillsets, both in their professional lives and within the sport: check out their full Bios With us today: Antti Taronen , from Finland.

On the occasion of the DGPT Elite - European Disc Golf Festival 2024 in Estonia, we celebrate in the Tallinn Festival Grounds the Open Forum “PDGA Europe Talks” in which speakers from different organizations present topics of interest to the Disc Golf community. In this seventh and last presentation, Yingfeng “Eric” Xu speaks from his dual role as CEO of Chinese manufacturer Yikun Discs and PDGA C...

On the occasion of the DGPT Elite - European Disc Golf Festival 2024 in Estonia, we celebrate in the Tallinn Festival Grounds the Open Forum “PDGA Europe Talks” in which speakers from different organizations present topics of interest to the Disc Golf community. In this sixth presentation, Matthias Vutt - EDGF Staff member but also Kristin Tattar's Manager - presents: - Vision - Sponsors: Position...

On the occasion of the DGPT Elite - European Disc Golf Festival 2024 in Estonia, we celebrate in the Tallinn Festival Grounds the Open Forum “PDGA Europe Talks” in which speakers from different organizations present topics of interest to the Disc Golf community. In this fifth presentation, PDGA International Director, Brian Hoeniger, gives an overview of the disc golf situation in the five contine...

On the occasion of the DGPT Elite - European Disc Golf Festival 2024 in Estonia, we celebrate in the Tallinn Festival Grounds the Open Forum “PDGA Europe Talks” in which speakers from different organizations present topics of interest to the Disc Golf community. In this fourth presentation, European Disc Golf Festival Operations Director, Silver Kütt explains in detail “ EVENTHOS ”, the online eve...

On the occasion of the DGPT Elite - European Disc Golf Festival 2024 in Estonia, we celebrate in the Tallinn Festival Grounds the Open Forum “PDGA Europe Talks” in which speakers from different organizations present topics of interest to the Disc Golf community. In this third presentation, PDGA Europe Staff members Juuso Nieminen (General Manager), Matej Verl (Tour Manager) and Calixto Garcia (Mar...

On the occasion of the DGPT Elite - European Disc Golf Festival 2024 in Estonia, we celebrate in the Tallinn Festival Grounds the Open Forum “PDGA Europe Talks” in which speakers from different organizations present topics of interest to the Disc Golf community. In this second presentation, European Disc Golf Festival Staff members talk about the organization of the event, its evolution from EDGF...

On the occasion of the DGPT Elite - European Disc Golf Festival 2024 in Estonia, we celebrate in the Tallinn Festival Grounds the Open Forum “PDGA Europe Talks” in which speakers from different organizations present topics of interest to the Disc Golf community. In this first presentation, PDGA Europe Staff members talk about: Matej Verl (Tour Manager): Tournament Directors' support and Competitio...

Hristo Neiland, of the Estonian Disc Golf Association EDGL and newly elected member of the PDGA Europe Board of Directors, explains what the Snäp! Program: a magnificent annual program of regional school events topped off with a spectacular final in Tartu. It involved the collaboration of entities at all levels: PDGA Europe - through the Development Grant Fund, EDGL, national and local entities, s...

Two candidates will be vying for two open positions on the PDGA Europe Board of Directors during all July  ( full info: https://www.pdga.com/news/get-informed ). These two self-nominated candidates share a passion for disc golf. They have diverse backgrounds and a wide range of skillsets, both in their professional lives and within the sport. Sofia Pereira #128365 is co-founder of the Portuguese F...

Two candidates will be vying for two open positions on the PDGA Europe Board of Directors during all July  ( full info: https://www.pdga.com/news/get-informed ). These two self-nominated candidates share a passion for disc golf. They have diverse backgrounds and a wide range of skillsets, both in their professional lives and within the sport. Hristo Neiland - #70759 is Secretary General of the Est...

The recently announced PDGA Europe Competition Grant Program is intended to support PDGA sanctioned events that focus on underserved divisions (women, juniors and masters), international tours and to help important national competitions grow. Full info Today, we speak with PDGA Europe Tour Manager, Matej Verl, about some interesting details of the program and advice on how to prepare an applicatio...

The Finnish youth program is a true reference, not only at European level but worldwide. Jouni Kallio, member of the Finnish Disc Golf Association Board of Directors, tells us everything they do to nurture their impressive pool of new players: school programs, gamifying, DiscKids, Erasmus+, youth programs in the Clubs and relationship with the elite programs and Team Finland. Useful links: PDGA Eu...