Discraft – The World Leader in Disc Sports

Located in Wixom, Michigan is Discraft who manufactures Disc Golf and Ultimate Frisbee equipment. It was founded by Jim Kenner and Gail McColl in 1979 and sells large quantity of discs to wholesalers across the world. One big advantage Discraft has is the USA Ultimate Championship Series has only approved the Discraft Ultimate disc to be played in competition.

Discraft currently has (48) different molds as of 4/1/19 and they are divided up into 4 main categories: (10) Putters, (9) Mid Range, (10) Fairway Drivers and (19) Distance Drivers. All these discs have different flight characteristics giving Disc Golf players the necessary equipment to achieve excellent results.

The company currently has a total of (8) different plastics:

• TI – The newest that has the grip of ESP and durability of Z
• Z FLX – Another newer plastic only offered in a select amount of molds, but people are assuming it will replace the ESP FLX
• ESP FLX – Another limited run of disc use this plastic that has ESP durability, but is very flexible
• ESP – High durability and very grippy, but not translucent
• Elite Z – Very high durability and semi-transulcent discs that are stiff. They are normally brighter colors and are close to Innova’s Champion plastic
• Z-Lite – Elite Z plastic, but in lighter weights
• Elite X – A Very Grippy plastic, but does not wear well
• Pro D – Cheapest plastic Discraft offers and also the least durable, but it provides excellent grip

Discraft has always been active in the Disc Golf Tour and played a major part in the Professional division, but in 2019, they made the gigantic leap to acquire the free agent of a lifetime. The Michael Jordan or Lebron James of basketball; The Tom Brady of Football; they acquired Paul McBeth to be a part of the Discraft team.

Not only did Paul McBeth join Discraft, but he has started his own personal line of discs that are being manufactured by Discraft. Currently as of 4/1/2019 there are two discs, the Luna which has been released as the Proto Putter and now is available as the Luna First Run. The 2nd disc is still only in the prototype phase the Discraft Kong, also known as the Proto Driver. It hasn’t been said if there will be additional discs made on Paul McBeth’s line, but the sell through for the first two discs have been through the roof! We can only hope Discraft finds it in their best interest to help Paul McBeth with more success and provide the Disc Golf community with more pure gems.