Mike Sale

PDGA#:

46910

Home Course:

Chavez Ridge - Los Angeles, California

Home Town:

Los Angeles, California

Bag:

Dynamic Discs Combat Ranger Backpack

Favorite Course:

Hawk Hollow - Spotsylvania, Virginia

Favorite Disc:

Dynamic Discs Prime Verdict

Beginner Tip

Learn how to control your angles, release point, height, and power. Once you feel comfortable executing those with your swing, see how the fluctuation of these variables affects the flight of the discs that you throw. Ideally this analysis can be done with minimal wind and elevation change and as comfort with your execution grows, begin to include these "course" variables in your strategy. The bottom line is that once you can begin envisioning the flight of the discs before you throw with all variables in mind, measuring your execution and closing the gap between envisioned and actual throw is going to be how to get better most quickly.

From a holistic standpoint - be confident, take in your beautiful surroundings, embrace our eclectic community, and HAVE FUN! We are all out there to express ourselves kinesthetically, enjoy the journey, and take in the moment.

Most Memorable Moment

Shooting a 1066-rated final round at the New Years Classic in Oakland, CA to come back from four strokes down, force a playoff, and take down my first MPO win on camera.

What Separates Team Dynamic Discs?

The people and the commitment to holistically growing disc golf from every aspect - from underserved communities and those that have never heard about disc golf all the way up through top tier professionals, DD caters to everyone on the spectrum.

In the Bag

Drivers

Dynamic Discs Lucid Enforcer

My go-to overstable, fast driver that I can depend on to stable out at the end of the flight.

Dynamic Discs Fuzion Defender

When I am confident in my angles and am looking for more distance/hyzerflip in a max distance throw.

Dynamic Discs Fuzion Raider

The perfect stability for the forehand I've developed coming from a former Ultimate Frisbee background, requiring less stability.

Dynamic Discs Lucid-X Felon

Shorter forehands that require a driver / backhands that need a medium distance between Explorers and 12/13 speed drivers and Lucid-X Felon for a disc that will never flip or requires a spike hyzer.

Latitude 64 Opto Explorer

Opto-X / Metallic / Opto for varying stabilities within shots requiring a fairway driver.

Dynamic Discs Lucid Evader

Loving this proto! Still figuring out where it fits in with my Explorers.

Dynamic Discs Lucid Vandal

Understable/turnover shots that require a driver and more understability than my Explorers.

Latitude 64 Opto Fury

Rollers

Midrange

Dynamic Discs Lucid Justice

Pure utility disc, will only pull it out if I need a RIDICULOUSLY stable short distance throw/extreme headwinds.

Dynamic Discs Lucid-X Verdict

My go-to approach disc for anything that requires a stable finish. Lucid-X for a super reliable stable finish and Prime for straight shots that require stability at the end of flight.

Westside Discs VIP Bard

A midrange that has what I like to think of as torque resistant stability - it'll maintain the angle you put it on, but the angle will not change drastically through its flight, even as it reaches slow speed, in comparison to a Justice/Verdict.

Westside Discs VIP Gatekeeper

Reliable true straight to slightly overstable midrange.

Dynamic Discs Lucid Bounty

Understable midrange shots for backhands.

Putters

Latitude 64 Zero Hard Dagger

Putting putters!

Latitude 64 Opto-X Pure

Go to putter for backhand approaches - Opto-X / Zero Medium based on conditions and desired flight path.