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Discraft

Disc golf and ultimate company

Discraft is a manufacturing company producing flying discs for the sports of ultimate, disc golf, and freestyle founded in 1978 in London, 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. Discraft's 175-gram Ultra-Star disc is used in various levels of the USA Ultimate Championship Series alongside discs manufactured by Wham-O, Innova, and Daredevil Discs.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

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Discraft is a manufacturing company producing flying discs for the sports of ultimate, disc golf, and freestyle founded in 1978 in London, 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.2

Products and brands

  • sports equipment

Listed on Wikidata.1

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:

Ti

Cryztal FLX Z

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ESP FLX

Cryztal Elite Z

ESP

Elite-Z

Z-Lite

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.

From Wikipedia’s article on Discraft, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3

Timeline

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