'09 World Championship DVD: The 2009 Hyperflite Skyhoundz World Canine Disc Championship (DVD Intro shown above), held at Chattanooga’s AT&T Field, on September 26-27, featured 123 of the world’s best canine disc athletes competing nose-to-nose for the coveted title of world champion in four divisions: MicroDog, Open, Pairs Freestyle, and Sport.

'09 World Championship PosterThis entertaining two-DVD set captures thrilling Freestyle routines featuring flips, spins, and vaults plus the spectacular aerial catches of Distance/Accuracy. Also included are the unbelievable routines of the world’s best Pairs Freestyle and MicroDog teams. Designed with the current or future competitor in mind, this DVD set is a must-have for all canine disc enthusiasts who enjoy seeing the world’s best teams in action.

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Disc Dogs! The Complete Guide

 

Disc Dogs!
The Complete Guide
by World Champions Peter Bloeme and Jeff Perry

Hyperflite is pleased to announce its 358 page paperback book, Disc Dogs! The Complete Guide. For more than two decades World Champions Bloeme and Perry have taught disc-dog aficionados all over the world how to get started in the fastest growing and most exciting sport on four paws. Disc Dogs! The Complete Guide, gives disc dog enthusiasts a proper foundation in the fundamentals and then shows them how to excel in competition or at the local park.

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Dog World Magazine (4/4) February 2009
Dog World MagazineComprehensive is a great description of Disc Dogs!...Novice and expert competitors, spectators and pet owners will find Disc Dogs! equally satisfying...The shape and size of the book makes it ideal for a handy reference. The information is well-organized, brief and concise. Wonderful sequential photos demonstrating grips and throwing methods are an added bonus...

Flying Disc Magazine
March 2009
Flying Disc MagazineThe March issue of Flying Disc Magazine (FDM), a new national publication emphasizing a variety of disc sports, contains a thorough review of Disc Dogs! The Complete Guide. The FDM reviewer notes that Disc Dogs! is packed with tips, anecdotes, tons of photographs, as well as website links for further information and concludes that the book is a great read for any disc enthusiast, whether you have a dog or not. View the FDM review on the following pages [ 8 | 9].

Animal Wellness Magazine
April/May 2009
Animal Wellness MagazineAnimal Wellness Magazine, which also has a short review of Disc Dogs! The Complete Guide in the April/May issue, notes that Disc Dogs! is a must have for the active, competitive pet owner. See the Animal Wellness review here.

To view an informational flyer of Disc Dogs! The Complete Guide, click here. To view a press release for Disc Dogs! The Complete Guide, click here.

 

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Disc Dogs Rock!Click here to download your free copy of Disc Dogs Rock! a 40-page digital book featuring full-color photos of disc dogs in action and all the training tips you'll need to enjoy the coolest canine sport on planet earth.

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Registrations for the Hyperflite Skyhoundz Last Chance Open Qualifier & Hyperflite Skyhoundz World Championship are now being accepted.

To register for the Hyperflite Skyhoundz Last Chance Open Qualifier, please go here. (Pre-Registration is REQUIRED.)

To RSVP for the Hyperflite Skyhoundz World Championship, please go here. (To compete in the World Championship, you must have previously qualified.)

Hyperflite's Competition Standard Lite Disc
Hyperflite proudly announces the availability of the lightest full-size canine competition disc ever made. Hyperflite's new Competition Standard Lite disc tips the scales at 95 grams or less. "WOW" will be the first word that pops into your head when you wrap your fingers around one of these bantam-weight babies. Go here for more info.

Disc Dog Deduction

Could your pets earn you a hefty tax deduction? Shrewd disc dog professionals who turn their passion into a side business have known for years that the ordinary and necessary expenses of maintaining and caring for their canine athletes can be tax deductible. But what about the rest of us non-pros? Let's face it, pet ownership isn't cheap and it's not likely to get much cheaper. Not to worry, one forward thinking congressman has your back. Representative Thadeus G. McCotter of the 11th District of Michigan, with the support of 2 co-sponsors, has introduced legislation, known as the "Humanity and Pets Partnered Through the Years (HAPPY) Act" (Oh, and don't worry, it's real, we checked SNOPES). The Happy Act would allow the 63% of families that own pets to take a tax deduction of up to $3,500.00 per year, for care (including veterinary care) for their legally-owned domestic live animals. Presumably, this would also include the lesser animals like, for example...cats.

Before you spend all that money, you should know that the legislation has only the slimmest chance of making it into law. But, isn't it nice to have pet lovers on capital hill? By the way, we at Hyperflite would not be averse to a grass roots campaign to get one of us on the ballot in your home districts. If elected we promise to enact legislation that would guarantee a Jawz disc for every dog...er, that wouldn't be considered a bribe would it? Well, never mind. Here's a link to the proposed legislation (http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c111:H.R.3501:).

[February 9, 2010] Walter Frederick "Fred" Morrison (January 23, 1920 – February 9, 2010)

Walter Frederick Morrison, 90, inventor of the plastic version of the flying disc, passed away on February 9, 2010. He was 90-years old — or 19 in dog years. Every kid who has ever thrown a disc in a park owes a debt of gratitude to Mr. Morrison for his foresight. But many dogs owe him much more. You see, the ubiquitous flying disc — known to many as the Frisbee — is much more than a toy to millions of eager canines. It is a profound source of joy, an object of desire, and the glue that has cemented the bond between canine and human for decades. Morrison may not have realized, as he hawked his plastic discs on California beaches, that canines would come to revere the plastic flying disc even more than humans. In fact, many "disc doggers," in tribute to Morrision's invention, still refer to canine disc play as "canine Frisbee," even though other trademark-neutral terms like "canine disc" and "disc dogging," are preferred by the sport's illuminati.

Morrison led an unusual life that is not well known to most enthusiasts of the flying disc. His interest in flying objects was likely accelerated by his experiences as a pilot during World War II. At one point, Morrison was even shot down and held as a prisoner of war for eight weeks. Although Morrison is often credited with the invention of the flying disc, that credit more properly belongs to students at Yale University who adapted metal pie tins from the Frisbie Pie Company for campus throwing games. Morrison plasticized and popularized the flying disc and initiated the fad that would introduce the world to the plastic flying toy that would soon become know as the “Frisbee.” Morrison's 1957 sale of the rights to his plastic flying disc invention to the Wham-O toy company put the toy in the hands of a company with the means to promote the toy worldwide. Thus, the trademarked term "Frisbee" became primed to enter our lexicon and the hearts and mouths of our canines.

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