Trash Panda Disc Golf

You’re invited!!??? This Friday (Mar 28th) we’re opening up our new HQ to the public for the first time to celebrate the release of our new 100% recycled disc golf disc: the Canyon Where: 2160 S. Platte River Dr. (Denver, 80223) When: Friday, 3/28, between 3-7p What: See where our discs are made, get first access to the Canyon + new merch, and hang out next door at the Table Public House (drinks + food) which we’ve rented out for the occasion! We hope to see you there??? #coloradobusiness #coloradosmallbusiness #colorado #discgolf #bcorp #denver #denversmallbusiness #coloradobcorp #blocal

For every disc we release, we accompany it with a mantra. One that relates to sustainability or the journey it took to create the disc or even just a reminder to have fun out on the course instead of taking it too seriously. For our next disc, the Canyon, we landed on "Shaped by time" for a few reasons: Making ANY disc from 100% recycled plastic takes patience… and a whole lot of trial and error. Time is the one variable we can count on, and we used a lot of it to get this one right ?? But just like any good disc, it shouldn’t stay perfect. It’s meant to be loved, beaten in, and molded to the game of the disc golfer who throws it. After all, Canyons are shaped by time — and this one's no different ??

Most disc golf manufacturers have "signature series" or "tour series" discs that celebrate the players they sponsor. And this year, we knew we wanted to do something similar to support our own team members. So we got to thinking — "what if we had them LITERALLY make their own discs??" ?? Fast forward to today and we just launched our very signature series disc with Erika Stinchcomb! She literally chose the mold, ground up the recycled plastic, and pulled them off the machine with her own 2 hands! She also named the colors after her Montana roots: Huckleberry and Bitterroot (2 of the coolest disc color names of all time in our opinion) ?? They sold out in 5 hours ?? So shout out to Erika, and shout out to everyone who supported her by snagging one!

A tradition we started at our old warehouse now has a home at the new HQ ?? During Patreon weekend last August (when we invited our community members to come spend time with us here in Denver), we took a photo of every person who came and pulled a disc off of the machine. Last week, our Head of Experience Kelle decided upon their forever home and put them up on the first wall you see when you walk into the new HQ. When we eventually open up public tours, we hope to fill this wall up completely with people making sustainable discs. Truly a dream come true ????

?? Introducing the Proto Canyon ?? Our newest disc, an overstable midrange, has been in development for a handful of months and we couldn't be more excited about the injection molded prototype! This disc has already become so special to us because of the approach we decided to take: so often companies do all of the R&D behind the scenes and then the public only gets to see the final product. And honestly.. we don't like that! The typical way means that you don't get to see all of the crazy ups and downs of developing a new product all while we have to do it alone. So from day one, the Canyon has been a journey that we embarked on together ?? The journey isn't quite over and we're making a couple of small improvements to the mold as we speak, but we still wanted to let people wrangle one for themselves ??

To say this was our biggest year yet would be a HUGE understatement! From getting our very own injection machine to recycling more plastic this year than all of our previous years' combined to upgrading warehouses, it's been a year for the books ?? And the craziest part? It was super hard to put this list together because there were so many more things we could have included... All of which was possible because of our incredible community's support! We could not be more stoked to see how next year measures up ?? See you in 2025! #smallbusiness #bcorp #growthesportsustainably

We set out to create the most sustainable set of high-quality discs on the planet. And after 4 years, it's finally here ???? Made in Colorado. 100% recycled plastic. And we couldn't be more stoked ?? After all, the best sport ON the planet should be the best sport FOR the planet ?? #growthesportsustainably

Moving warehouses has been a bit of a whirlwind (as expected—it’s moving, after all), but little surprises like this brighten the chaos. Our first sponsored player, Erika Stinchcomb, sent us this gem, and we couldn’t help but share ?? #coloradosmallbusiness

This week begins the fifth iteration of our favorite event of the year: The Holiday Used Disc Swap ???? What started as an idea that we thought ~30 people would sign up for has turned into a worldwide event that had almost 5,000 participants from 25 different countries last year alone. It makes us so unbelievably happy to see thousands of unused discs find a new home every time the event comes around, because we think creating ways to get used discs back into the world is the perfect way to #growthesportsustainably If you happen to be a disc golfer, we'd love for you to be a part of it ?? https://lnkd.in/gUye99ts

Trash Panda HQ 5.0 ?? After 2 garages, 2 different shared warehouses, and 4.5 years of growing the sport sustainably, we're gearing up for our BIGGEST (and hopefully last) MOVE!! It's a standalone building in Denver right next to a river and a coffee-shop-slash-tap-room. (read: tours will definitely be a thing next year!) Bottom line: to say we're excited would be an understatement ??