# Discraft > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Discraft > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Discraft.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discraft > Source revision: 1339055997 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{short description|Disc golf and ultimate company}} {{Advert|date=February 2020}} {{Notability|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox company | name = Discraft Inc. | type = [Private](/source/Privately_held_company) | industry = Sport | founded = 1979 | founder = {{Unbulleted list|Jim Kenner|Gail McColl}} | hq_location = [Wixom, Michigan](/source/Wixom%2C_Michigan) }} '''Discraft''' is a manufacturing company producing [flying disc](/source/flying_disc)s for the sports of [ultimate](/source/Ultimate_(sport)), [disc golf](/source/Disc_Golf), and [freestyle](/source/Flying_disc_freestyle) founded in 1978 in [London, Ontario](/source/London%2C_Ontario), Canada. In 1979, Jim Kenner and Gail McColl moved to Michigan and started what is now Discraft Inc. The company sells discs to resellers and wholesalers worldwide.{{Cite web|url=http://www.dbusiness.com/December-2008/Jim-Kenner/#.VHqOldjwvIU|title=Jim Kenner|date=13 November 2008}} Discraft's 175-gram Ultra-Star disc is used in various levels of the [USA Ultimate](/source/USA_Ultimate) Championship Series alongside discs manufactured by [Wham-O](/source/Wham-O), [Innova](/source/Innova_Discs), and Daredevil Discs. Discraft also owns and produces discs and other disc golf accessories for the [Disc Golf Association](/source/Disc_Golf_Association).{{cite web|url=http://www.usaultimate.org/resources/disc_standards.aspx|title=Disc Standards - USA Ultimate|accessdate=December 20, 2014}} ==Products== ===Types of discs=== Currently, Discraft produces 48 different models of discs used for disc golf. Their production discs are divided into four categories: 10 putters, nine midranges, 10 fairway drivers, and 19 distance drivers. ===Types of plastic=== Discraft discs are produced in nine different lines of plastic:{{cite web|url=http://discraft.com/dglines.html|title=Disc Golf: Product Lines|accessdate=April 18, 2011}} * Ti * Cryztal FLX Z * ESP FLX * Cryztal Elite Z * ESP * Elite-Z * Z-Lite{{cite web |url=http://www.discraft.com/dgzlite.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141205193038/http://www.discraft.com/dgzlite.html |archive-date=2014-12-05 |title=Z Lite Collection from Discraft}} * Elite-X * Pro-D * Soft Pro-D ===Other products=== Discraft also sells a variety of disc golf accessories. The major accessories that they sell are disc golf bags, baskets, towels, and apparel. And it also sells products pertinent to Disc Ultimate and Freestyle.{{Cn|date=December 2023}} ==Team Discraft== Discraft sponsors a [disc golf](/source/disc_golf) team called Team Discraft. [Missy Gannon](/source/Missy_Gannon) [Chris Dickerson](/source/Chris_Dickerson_(disc_golfer)) [Anthony Barela](/source/Anthony_Barela) [Adam Hammes](/source/Adam_Hammes) [Valerie Mandujano](/source/Valerie_Mandujano) [Ezra Aderhold](/source/Ezra_Aderhold) [Aaron Gossage](/source/Aaron_Gossage) [Holyn Handley](/source/Holyn_Handley) [Andrew Presnell](/source/Andrew_Presnell) [Ezra Robinson](/source/Ezra_Robinson) [Ricky Wysocki](/source/Ricky_Wysocki) [Paul McBeth](/source/Paul_McBeth), a six-time PDGA Mixed Open World Champion,{{Cite web |title=PDGA Professional Disc Golf World Champions |url=https://www.pdga.com/awards/pdga-pro-worlds-champions}} joined Team Discraft beginning in 2019. On February 24, 2021, Discraft extended their contract with McBeth, worth $10 million over 10 years.{{Cite web |date=2021-02-25 |title=Paul McBeth Signs 10-Year, $10 Million Contract Extension with Discraft |url=https://discgolf.ultiworld.com/2021/02/24/paul-mcbeth-signs-10-year-10-million-contract-extension-with-discraft/ |access-date=2021-02-25 |website=Ultiworld Disc Golf}} [Paige Pierce](/source/Paige_Pierce) joined Team Discraft beginning in the 2020 season.{{Cite news |last=Eisenhood |first=Charlie |date=November 22, 2019 |title=Paige Pierce Signs Multiyear Deal With Discraft |url=https://discgolf.ultiworld.com/2019/11/22/paige-pierce-signs-multiyear-deal-discraft/ |work=Ultiworld Disc Golf}} Pierce is a five-time [PDGA](/source/Professional_Disc_Golf_Association) Women's Open World Champion, with titles in 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, and 2019. [Paul Ulibarri](/source/Paul_Ulibarri) is the team captain.{{Needs update|date=December 2023}} On January 17, 2020, Discraft signed YouTube personality and former [American Ultimate Disc League](/source/American_Ultimate_Disc_League) player [Brodie Smith](/source/Brodie_Smith_(ultimate)) as he joined the [Disc Golf Pro Tour](/source/Disc_Golf_Pro_Tour).{{Cite web |date=2020-01-17 |title=Brodie Smith Signs Sponsorship Deal With Discraft |url=https://discgolf.ultiworld.com/2020/01/17/brodie-smith-signs-sponsorship-deal-discraft/ |access-date=2021-02-25 |website=Ultiworld Disc Golf}} Additional team members include [Andrew Fish](/source/Andrew_Fish), Chris Dickerson, and Michael Johansen.{{cite web |title=Team Discraft |url=https://www.team.discraft.com/team-discraft |accessdate=April 18, 2011}} == See also == * [List of disc golf manufacturers](/source/List_of_disc_golf_manufacturers) ==External links== * {{commonscat-inline}} *[https://www.discraft.com/ Discraft] ==References== {{Reflist}} {{Disc golf|state=expanded}} Category:Ultimate (sport) organizations Category:Disc golf equipment manufacturers Category:Sporting goods manufacturers of the United States --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Discraft](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discraft) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discraft?action=history)). 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