I loved my Frisbee when I was a kid.
My friends and I would spend ages up at the local park, throwing it about. I seemed to spend most of my time chasing my mate’s dodgy throws. In hindsight, I wonder if I was me with the better throw, or maybe they were pranksters, sending me all over the park, just for fun?
Aerobie is Frisbee come full circle. Its hard plastic core with rubberised edges makes it easy and safe to throw and catch. You can muck about with it all day, without getting sore hands. It’s unique, aerodynamic ring design has it flying, like some fluorescent micro-UFO, silently gliding through the air.
And fly it does. On July 14, 2003, a 13inch Aerobie set the Guinness World Record for the furthest flight by a hand-held object, when Erin Hemmings threw a distance of 406 meters, at the appropriately named Fort Funston (I swear, I’m not making any of this up) in the US. This record broke the previous one of 383 meters, also held by an Aerobie. 406 metres: that’s almost half a kilometre.
The unique aerodynamics of the Aerobie’s broad, flat (just 3mm), ring design reduces drag and gives lift, allowing for the remarkable distance. Thrown flat, the Aerobie will travel in a straight line. Any errant curvature in a flat throw can be easily tuned with a corrective bend, as illustrated on the disc itself. Thrown on an angle out of the hand, the Aerobie will curve, more like a traditional Frisbee.
Available in 13inch and 10inch versions. Both are ideal for the local park or footy field, capable of great distances if thrown hard, and are equally as good at close range if thrown more gently.
Aerobie’s range also extends to boomerang style designs, which will return to the thrower. These are more suitable for a 1 player scenario and are also available at Presents of Mind.
Whether you’re throwing long or short, straight or curved, you’ll love Aerobie. I sure wish they were around when I was a lad, though I am making up for that now with my own kids……
In fact, enough of this, grab the Aerobie kids, let’s get up to the park!