November 22, 2024 • 32 mins
On this episode of the partee podcast Kona chats with DGPT competitor Hannah Huynh. Hannah answers questions about her first year with Discraft, competing on the DGPT, having your significant other caddy for you and confidence in touring. Come partee with us!
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Speaker 1 (00:11):
What's up everyone, and welcome back to the Party Podcast.
I'm Conan Montgomery and I am joined today by Hannah Wynn.
What's up, Hannah. I'm super grateful to have you on
the show this week. And it's finally spooky season. So
are you super stoked that Halloween is tomorrow or what?
Speaker 2 (00:30):
Super stoked? Also very sad that it is that it
has come and gone so quickly. But yeah, I love
Halloween and I love spooky season.
Speaker 1 (00:41):
It's funny. Halloween's probably my favorite holiday. I'm not much
of like a Christmas fan, as weird as that sounds.
I feel like a lot of people love Christmas, but
I don't know. I love the fact that you can
dress up as whatever you want for one night and
do what you want. And also just like the goth vibes. Baby.
So anyways, all right, so you told me you and
(01:01):
Chris aren't really doing anything for Halloween. Your weather is
supposed to be like ours, not that great. But did
you guys do anything for the Halloween celebration? I think
I saw you guys maybe went to a haunted house.
Speaker 2 (01:12):
Yeah. So in Indianapolis there's this place called the Thirteenth
Hour and it's supposed to be number one voted in Indianapolis,
and it had me screaming the whole time.
Speaker 1 (01:24):
It was really yeah, a little baby. I think I'd
be too scared to go one of.
Speaker 2 (01:29):
Those oh my gosh, once you were once you once
you're done, you're like I conquered it and you want
to go.
Speaker 1 (01:34):
Again, and you're adrenaline is just Russian. Totally Other than that,
how has your off season Benson's Throw Pink.
Speaker 2 (01:43):
It's been really good. My dad had moved into a
new house, so we're adjusting to that. We have already
started our workout regimen and diets, so just try and
get the ball rolling. Already flash off season and it
was hard getting the ball rolling. A lot of things
had happened and it made me all depressed. But this
(02:06):
offseason I found a whole new motivation.
Speaker 1 (02:09):
So heck, yeah, well that's good to hear, especially because
it's already it's more only like two weeks into the
off season and you're already kind of getting started, so
that's huge. Where Colton and I, on the other hands,
have been playing like video games and I've been like
painting for like three days straight, just straight too.
Speaker 2 (02:26):
I understand like I haven't picked up a disc at
all since we started the off season. I actually got
a new switch, so I've just been gaming on the
switch for hours.
Speaker 1 (02:37):
Yes, what do you play? If you don't mind me asking?
Speaker 2 (02:40):
Mario Party and Luigi's Haunted Mansion.
Speaker 1 (02:43):
Yes, Luigi's Mansion was awesome. If you haven't played it
with Chris, get him to do it with you. It's
so fun with two people. I'm sure you're not a
Disney person, but Dreamlight Valley is like what I do
twenty four to seven. But anyways, I'm a huge Switch
fan as well. Right, all right, But anyways, for people
who don't know you, Hannah Whin, you just came on
(03:05):
the tour, I want to say like three years ago.
So for people who don't know you, who introduced you
to the sport of disc golf.
Speaker 2 (03:13):
My mom's boyfriend at the time did. I was not
a straight a student. I was a bad seed in
high school. So when they were like, you want to
go out and play, I would go out during lunch
hour and not come back and just be throwing some plastics.
So that's how it started. I still graduated high school.
Speaker 1 (03:35):
That would like I'm still a graduate, folks, can you
remember your first disc?
Speaker 2 (03:42):
I think it was a Star Leopard.
Speaker 1 (03:44):
He mine was not a g Star. They're like D
Line Plastic DX Leopard gotcha.
Speaker 2 (03:53):
Oh that's funny, you know.
Speaker 1 (03:55):
Right Leopards days. Anyways, for those of you who don't know,
who are you sponsored by?
Speaker 2 (04:02):
Yes, I am sponsored by Diskcraft. They are my main
disk sponsor. I'm also sponsored by Darkas, disc Golf, Plug
your Holes, Local Line Apparel, and doctor Christie Dies.
Speaker 1 (04:16):
So going off of that real quick before we get
too deep into your experience with Diskcraft, I know you've
been sponsored by dark Ace for a few years a
few years now and you're also their team captain. So
what do they do for you? How do they support you?
And what cool stuff are they doing in the sport
right now?
Speaker 2 (04:35):
So dark Ace and its whole entirety, it is just amazing.
Like you said, support, We're in a group chat and
we could talk about anything like personal life, and you
know the team will be there to help talk you
through anything. You know, the group chat is always active
and I love that wow for right now. Unfortunately, George,
(05:00):
which our owner of dark Gas, he had lost a
really close friend of his and he was also one
of the very first people to be on the Dark
East team. So as of right now, it's kind of
a hard time for George. He also started a new
job in a new city, so it's I feel like
it's a lot right now for him. But like I said,
(05:23):
our support system rocks, you know, like he could tell
us what he's going through and we're just like, we
support you one hundred percent. You know, like good things
take time, and if you need to take time for yourself,
please do so. I just love Dark Gas for that reason.
It's amazing. The community is great. But one thing that
(05:44):
really drew me the Darkas at first was all the
money he would make from like March in twenty twenty.
Some of those proceeds would go to homeless people in
the city, so he would be feeding the homeless with
the Darkase money that.
Speaker 1 (05:57):
He made my go and he didn't know that.
Speaker 2 (06:00):
Yeah, So that was one of the big polls for me.
And also Metal and disc Off is just like this,
this company has a good thing going and I want
to back that.
Speaker 1 (06:13):
Well. Those are some things that I didn't know about
Dark Days, but also it's incredible to hear that you
guys have a relationship outside of throwing discs to where
you know you have community within disc golf, but then
you know, like you said, if George is going through something,
you have each other's backs, and I think that's kind
of incredible. I don't really hear like I hear. You know,
some companies, you know, sponsors, they have like a group chat,
(06:35):
but it's more like hey, guys, make sure you're posting,
or here there's a new product. It's not like like
a community like that. So it's kind of incredible, right uh.
And then going right out right off of that, what's
your favorite metal band?
Speaker 2 (06:48):
Oh my gosh, So I asked this question a lot,
and I don't have like a favorite metal band, Like
I'll pick like a favorite oldie band that I really like,
Like I'll always love Robs just for the music, and
he makes spectacular horror movies and he just everything about
that I love. But I love songs more than I
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like bands. I feel like I'm one of those people
who will listen to a song and like ah, yes,
and then I'm like on repeat for two or three
weeks until I'm done with it. So I can name
off a bunch of bands, though, Like I was really
into Laura Shore for a long time. They're a really
great band. Fifth for an Autopsy Kubla Khan. I gotta
love some tool I've been really vibe into, like the
(07:34):
corn corn radio, just like old school new metal stuff
and sweet yeah yeah.
Speaker 1 (07:40):
Yeah a few of those. I haven't even heard of, Hannah,
so you'll have to educate me with some there.
Speaker 2 (07:45):
You know. It's funny. During Green Mountain Championship, I was
listening to this really hardcore band called Slaughter to Prevail
and Haiti Lannie was there. I'm like, hey, do you
want to listen to what I'm listening to. She's like sure.
The guy doesn't even start singing yet. She's like, okay, no,
(08:06):
I take it back.
Speaker 1 (08:08):
That's that's so Haiti. She doesn't like loud noises. We
were at MVP and on Whole eight they're like yelling
a lot, and I was playing with her and I'm like, oh,
like do you guys like do you guys like that?
And she's like, no, we do, not like how like
loud and obnoxious? Like it's okay that it's just this
(08:31):
one event, but it's just like, you know, Europeans were
America were crazy. You know, we like our loud stuff.
But I have seen that Discraft has some collapse with
some metal bands or maybe some artists.
Speaker 2 (08:46):
Yeah, why Chapel, Why Chapels huge man, Like I listened
to them in high school and that's still surprising and
great that they're still touring to this day. And they
just came out with the new song and it like
sounds like they're old stuff, Like it's so good, but
it's just so amazing that like disccraft and Bob Julia
like does that kind of stuff. It's just it makes
me so happy.
Speaker 1 (09:07):
As soon as you switched from because Hannah used to
be on Dynamic discs, she switched from Dynamic to Diskcraft
is on west Side first, Oh you're on west Side? Yes,
my bad trilogy trilogy. She was on west Side when
you switched. And I first saw that you were taking
pictures with like a slip not disc or something. I
was like, this is where Hannah belongs, Like this is
(09:30):
your aesthetic, your kind of vibe. And ever since you've switched,
I just feel like it's been where you've needed.
Speaker 2 (09:36):
To be appreciate that. I totally agree.
Speaker 1 (09:40):
Yeah, but I was going to ask you, you know,
how's your first year been with Discraft, it's.
Speaker 2 (09:46):
Been really good. The discs are really good. The only
thing I had an issue with was finding a distance
driver that I really really liked. It took me until
the last month of the season to find what I
really liked, and it was there all along.
Speaker 1 (10:02):
It was ash was it that you were looking for?
Was it like was it like the glide you were
looking for? Were you looking for like a turn? Like
what in the other disc weren't you finding?
Speaker 2 (10:13):
So I started with the drive and I was like,
all right, the drive's a good twelve speed that you
know might handle some torque. It doesn't. I don't think
hpers can throw the crap out of it really good,
but it's not good for my arm speed. So I
figured out the thrasher at thirteenth speed is more of
my arm speed. It does what I would like. Some
are more understable than most, and I like that. So
(10:37):
I've been throwing the Captain thrasher for an overstable disc
and then a thrasher for just like a stable to
understable distance driver.
Speaker 1 (10:44):
And that's one that Missy throws a lot.
Speaker 2 (10:46):
Correct.
Speaker 1 (10:47):
Oh yeah, okay, big money, Missy totally awesome. So we
got a little bit bit of backstory about you. Now,
let's head into your twenty twenty four season. If you
had to rate your twenty twenty four season on a
scale from one to ten, one being very disappointed to
ten being you blew all your expectations out of the water,
what would you rate it?
Speaker 2 (11:09):
I would give it a seven seven because I feel
like the year was more consistent. I got into throw
pink in the finale, which is a huge accomplishment for
me because I really wanted that. And being on the
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road and finding or not finding, but like meeting people,
especially like the dark Eyed people this year. I feel
like I've hung out with them so much this year
and it's just it's grown into like these beautiful friendships.
And I think being on the road and finding that
if it helps a lot for like the mental and
(11:50):
the suns like clearing. But yeah, it's helped me a
lot this season, and it just it I've been having
a great time, So I get of it a seven. Yep,
not too bad, not too good, just kind of coasting
down the middle.
Speaker 1 (12:07):
Yeah. I feel like you answered probably like three of
my questions with that answer, because like a few of them,
it's it's cool because one of them. Was you know,
you got into DGPT finale for your first year. You've
been on the road for three years and this was
your first time doing it, and you did it in
a very crazy and amazing fashion. You know, you did
(12:28):
it in the last round of MVP. So I wanted
to ask you going into MVP, like, were you thinking
about the DGPT standings and like, especially that final round,
did you check and make sure like okay, like I
need to shoot this or were you simply just like,
I'm feeling confident. I'm not going to think about any
of it. I'm going to go out and play my game.
Speaker 2 (12:47):
So that last part you said was exactly my mental
throughout that whole round. Yes, I had a feeling that
I could maybe get it, and so I really had
to give it, you know, my full attention the round,
my full attention, and everything just kind of worked that
day and my mental was very good and calm, and
(13:09):
the only time I really checked my score was when
I was on the fairway of eighteen and I had
to throw my on my third shot onto the green,
and I was like, man, I've parted all three rounds,
just like, let me get it a fourth time. And
shoot a four down and see where that goes. And
to be honest, I almost hit that tree right like
(13:30):
I missed it by this much, man, I was so
it was just like you know, but when it landed
in there, just like a whole sigh of relief just
like fell over me. I was like, ah, I did it.
And so now it came down to what were the
other two people going to do or the other three people,
you know, And so I sat and watched and I
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had someone next to me who knew more about the
points and like what I needed to shoot and what
they needed to do, and so she told me what
needed to happen, and so it was just it was
so crazy.
Speaker 1 (14:03):
Yes, yeah, just stress, but it's so cool. Yeah yeah
did And Chris went to DGPT finale with you obviously,
and did he caddy for you?
Speaker 2 (14:14):
Yes?
Speaker 1 (14:16):
Do you enjoy having your significant other as a caddy
or is it sometimes like one of those things you're like, ah, maybe,
or is it like I like having him on the bag.
He knows my discs.
Speaker 2 (14:25):
I like having him on the bag. I feel like
we are a great team. And the last time he
was on the bag for US Women's we did really
good and I placed like twelve out of one hundred.
So he knows my bag really well and he knows
how to keep me calm and collected when I'm like
sometimes I get a little like jittery and like, but
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he's just like, breathe. It's good and I trust his judgments.
So yep, he tells me what I need to do
and I'll be a robot and I'll do it. But
I feel like at Championships I knew exactly what I
needed to do and he was there for support and
to carry the bag. So it was great.
Speaker 1 (15:03):
That's great. It's great. You guys are a good team
on the course as well. Yeah, I'm talking about the
Championships for your first experience, how did it compare from
a normal d GPT to the Championships? Obviously you got
to feel good. You just qualified for one of the
biggest event, if not the biggest event of the season
money wise, in promotional wise. Yeah, So how was it
(15:26):
compared to everything else you experience? This here?
Speaker 2 (15:29):
It was different because you know half the field's gone,
it's not there, and you know, it feels very exclusive
and being at Nevin and in that community, it feels
very personable and I've met so many people there and
it was just so good. But the difference was, you know,
like Missy has a tenth stroke lead and I have zero,
So you're really winning when you're at the twentieth stage.
(15:50):
I don't think it's feasible, but I do think Nevin
played really well. For my game, I was the twentieth
and I moved up to ninth, and fun fact, if
we all started at zero, I would have played seventh.
So uh that yeah, So ending on that weekend it
just feels so so good.
Speaker 1 (16:13):
I mean, especially on Nevin because Nevin is one of
the hardest courses. Like we asked Colton's brother for example,
and he's like, oh, I've played that course once and
it was insane. So the fact that you felt comfortable
on a course like that, which in Washington, is that
sort of the golf you play? Is that what you
kind of grew up on?
Speaker 2 (16:30):
Totally? It's more like that course is more like of
an Idaho course than I'm thinking of. But yeah, the trees, like,
hiw's your flip and disc like that's what I grew upon.
So yeah, yeah.
Speaker 1 (16:44):
Well, sweet, you had a huge jump going for the championships.
You mentioned you travel with your boyfriend Chris. What are
some of the benefits and troubles that you've experienced living
in a small space while competing while touring across the country.
Speaker 2 (16:58):
Well, we'll start off with the benefits. I get to
tour with my best friend and it's fun. It can
be fun, but it could also be troublesome. But benefits
would be like ban life. We travel like ten plus
hours to get to our next destination, and so if
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we're tired and we need to pull over, we just
pull over and sleep from our van. So easy. Clean
up is pretty easy because everything's kind of like in
our tight spot. Trying to be minimalistic helps a lot.
The troubles so that I can think of is like
if I want to go hiking or shopping or something
with that Chris, like, we only have one vehicle, so
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he has to come, he has to come and enjoy
it with me, or he has to wait in the
van until I'm done so or you know, vice versa.
So that's the only trouble thing, troubling thing I can
think of being on the road other than you know,
like if our transmission breaks now, or you know, other
stuff like, yeah, totally, I.
Speaker 1 (18:05):
Know because you you guys are in your van. You've
been in your van for like three or four years. Now,
are you keeping the van or are you guys looking
to upgrade.
Speaker 2 (18:11):
I'm trying to keep her until she dies on us
and then we'll look into something else.
Speaker 1 (18:17):
Yep, yeah, freak. He's almost paid off, so it's like,
why why spend money on another vehicle?
Speaker 2 (18:23):
Right?
Speaker 1 (18:24):
It's the point m But you guys have traveled all
across the country. Do you know how many states you've
been to?
Speaker 2 (18:31):
No, I feel like a lot, like you've.
Speaker 1 (18:34):
Got to be close to like all of them.
Speaker 2 (18:37):
Yeah, obviously Alaska and Hawaii. We haven't been to you yet,
but we've driven a lot through stakes like states like Wyoming.
We've driven through Montana, We've driven through North and South Dakota.
But we never like stop and hang out there, you
know what I'm saying.
Speaker 1 (18:52):
Do you have a favorite seat.
Speaker 2 (18:54):
Anywhere with mountains?
Speaker 1 (18:57):
Yes?
Speaker 2 (18:57):
I've noticed that. Like when I'm around like the PNW,
I'll post on my Instagram like stories like the nature
or the mountains, like stuff that makes me so happy,
and I find myself just like thriving in those kinds
of kind of environments, so like Colorado, Montana, Oregon, and Washington.
I've never been to Utah, and I would like to
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go to Utah. But something with nature, I'm just I
love being in nature in.
Speaker 1 (19:25):
The same way, and especially like the West Coast Swing.
That's just my favorite part of the season. We get
a little bit of rain, it's so green, it's beautiful.
Oregon is insane. If anyone is looking for a destination
disc golf course, it's going to be somewhere on the
West Coast for like beautiful mountain scenes in my opinion, Yes, yes,
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but you've been to so many states. Do you have
a favorite event of the season?
Speaker 2 (19:51):
Favorite events? I don't know. I feel like a lot
of events I really like, But obviously any state where
I love being in nature is gonna be my favorite.
So Portland, Oregon favorite safe flame I'm excited to play.
I think it's the Cascade Challenge next year in Washington. Yeah,
so I've never been there. You can play that one, so.
Speaker 1 (20:14):
You will love that one. Yeah, Yeah, it's what it
it's like for the women. They're pretty reachable holes. You'll
love that one, especially because it's in Washington. I'm so
surprised you haven't played it.
Speaker 2 (20:27):
Yeah, Oh and the Smuggler's notch that place, that venue
is just the best. You got two corsal favorite. Yeah,
they compliment each other. You got the views we're there
and fall it's just gorgeous.
Speaker 1 (20:43):
So you talk about nature, and obviously competition every weekend
can get super exhausting mentally physically. Do you go on
hikes unwind? Do you just go sit by like the
rivers and unwind?
Speaker 2 (20:55):
Like?
Speaker 1 (20:55):
What do you do to get yourself outside of the
competition mindset?
Speaker 2 (21:01):
So this last season I didn't do much other than
like go back to the van and sulk on like
the round that I had. Sometimes I will go on hikes,
but to be very honest, I am very afraid to
go alone. I don't like hiking alone. So if Chris
isn't going, or if a friend isn't going, I'm not going.
I'm too scared of like bears or like people or
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people you know. Like, yeah, so I wish I could
be I know, I know, but I wish I could
just be like, yeah, I'm just gonna go on a
ten mile hike by myself, up and down. I'd be
right back, like I can't do that, otherwise I would
be doing it all the time. But I feel like
I just like to sit out in the sun if
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I need to, and just soa against some vitamin.
Speaker 1 (21:48):
D sunbathe like a cat.
Speaker 2 (21:50):
Yeah, exactly.
Speaker 1 (21:54):
So is there a part of your game from the
start of the season that has improved a lot? And
I know who you've been working on your forehand because
towards the end of the season, we had like three
or four rounds where we were playing together and I
saw you using that a lot more than yours prior.
Speaker 2 (22:10):
Oh yeah, it's definitely been a weapon that I've been
holding on to. Like at even it's woulded and if
you were off the fairway, you need a forehand. I
mean I was pulling off like these crazy turnover forehands
just like stand still. I don't know, it's just like
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it was. My forehand has just gone a lot better
and it's like gotten me out of like troublesome spots
like that. So I think my scrambl game and my
forehand has gotten a lot better.
Speaker 1 (22:42):
Yeah, Because I would say, like your backhand and your
putt were never your issue. They were always confident. If anything,
it was just like even longer puts like you're seventy footers.
But it was like that was never something that I
counted you out on when it was like your put
or your drive. But it was like whenever it was
like Missy back in twenty eighteen, when I would see
her line up for a forehand, it was like, who know,
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Like what's going to happen where it's like nowadays you
see Missy throw a forehand and it's consistent and she's
getting spin on it. But yeah, it's been cool to
see you whip out your fore hand a lot more
appreciate it. Uh, this is also something you talked about.
You said you've gained a lot of confidence, just like
in meeting new people, but also being on the road
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a lot more. Can you contribute that to anything, whether
like reading mental help books. Is it just being on
the road more and seeing these courses before so you're
not as nervous to play them, Like, is there a
reason why you're more confident this year other than just
like it's just I've done this before.
Speaker 2 (23:47):
It's definitely helped a lot playing the same courses the past,
like three years. Say I'm going to give Jones Borrow
an example the first two years it was tough, like
I didn't know how to play, and then this year
is I knew exactly what I wanted to do on
every single hole. You know, I got the disc for it.
I got the backhand side arm put for it. So
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I feel like the more we play these courses, the
more comfortable you're going to get. And that's how I
felt this year, just more comfortable on the courses that
we had already played. Sometimes I think of it as redemption.
I'm sometimes I like look back the last year and like,
how did I play last year compared to this year,
and see like the progress and you know that definitely helps.
Speaker 1 (24:33):
Do you think also, like you've been on the road
for a few more years, do you think that first
year having people watch you for the first time on
like during tournaments, like compared to the first year to now,
like do you even see those people anymore? Like is
it now you're looking at the shot you just see
a disk instead of like maybe that first year you're like,
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oh gosh, like there's there's a lot of people in
this crowd. I hope I don't miss this pet Or
have you always just been like I'm confident? Just thinking
about the disc off.
Speaker 2 (25:03):
First year, you know, I got you know, there's nerves
playing tournaments, of course, like the first hole when everyone's
like watching and like watching the first drive of the tournament,
you know, and it's so nerve wracking. But oh gosh,
can you say the question over one more time?
Speaker 1 (25:18):
So yeah, compared to like your first year, maybe a
little bit more nervous on the course with people around
where you know, this year you're more confident with your discs,
you have a sponsor, you're super stoked about. You're not
even really thinking about those outside contributors.
Speaker 2 (25:34):
Yeah, so for the first year, definitely more nervous. But
also at the same time, not because I feel like
I have no expectations. I'm just like this new chick
on the tour who's trying your best, you know, like
I can't really be mad at myself or whatever. But
usually it's the first hole and the nerves go away,
and then I get down with my round and be like, oh,
(25:54):
I didn't play very good, very good, Try again next weekend.
But now this year, I I have more confidence, I
have more expectations of me, you know. So the only
time I get really nervous is like hole eighteen, when
I'm like walking up to my final putt and everybody's watching,
and I'm like, all right, either had a good round
or a bad round. If I had a good round,
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I really want to make this putt, you know. And yep,
that's that's where the nerves kind of get going. But
other than that, I'm pretty confident in myself in my game.
And just got to tell yourself that.
Speaker 1 (26:26):
And I've seen you with a caddy almost every single tournament.
Is this something that like you wanted to do this year?
You're like, I want a caddy to keep me calm
or I've noticed they're mostly dark as people and they
just happen to be in the area sort of thing.
Speaker 2 (26:41):
Yeah, So there's a lot at Maple Hill and in
the Carolinas. So at Maple Hill there's like three or
four of them, and I want each of them to
have a chance to caddy for a professional player, whether
that be me or someone else. If if I can
do that for them, you know, it's an experience for
them and it's good for me. It takes a load
off my back. And I'm not like, I don't care
(27:03):
if they're carrying the bag because it doesn't fade me
at all, Like they're there to help me and I'm
there to do my game and so it's really awesome. Uh.
And then I'm in North Carolina more dark cased people,
so like I have, you know, another new person on
the bag every day, and I like that it gives
them an opportunity and it keeps something, keeps it fresh,
(27:26):
keeps it new.
Speaker 1 (27:28):
Well yeah, because some people would say the complete opposite.
They like are like Paul Yuley. They have one caddy,
brad Hammock, and he is his caddie for the whole season.
You know, he doesn't like change. Where I'm similar to you, like,
I like to give people the opportunity to be like hey,
like I would love a caddy one like you said,
take the load off. But two, you're giving them an
(27:48):
experience they've never had before, especially because the DGBT is
only in their area one time per year. So it's
really cool that not only are you giving those people
a chance, but they're also your dark ace fam. So
that's really cool. And that's cool that you can take
a step back and not let it affect you either.
That takes some that takes maturity on and off the course.
(28:10):
Personally because when I first started playing disc golf and
I had like new people caddying for me, and they
were bugging the crap out of me and I couldn't
handle it. Oh I let it. I let it just snowball.
Where nowadays, if it's bugging me like I take or
like I can't focus, I need my bag back, I
just tell them. But it's funny how you develop over
the years. Yeah.
Speaker 2 (28:30):
At first, I definitely was more nervous, like I didn't
want caddies, but you know, over the years to just
build more confidence and you're like, all right, let's try
it out.
Speaker 1 (28:41):
And like you said, giving them an experience. All right.
So we're getting down to the nitty gritty of a
really fun interview with Henna. How long do you see
yourself touring on the Discolf Pro Tour?
Speaker 2 (28:55):
My song is I can Honestly, I love doing this,
I love being outside, I love competing. It's so much fun.
I living on the road. So I'm twenty eight now,
I could go until you know forty and see you
where that Yeah.
Speaker 1 (29:14):
Yeah, So you want to be on the DGPT for
as long as you can, But in twenty twenty, you
had only played ten events, with the majority of them
being in Washington or the surrounding states. So my big
question to you is what gave you the push to
go on the discal Pro Tour full time when you
were only playing ten events, where the discal Pro Tours
twenty some maybe even more than twenty per season.
Speaker 2 (29:37):
Right, So the push mainly was Chris. Him and I
started a relationship and he is committed to the road,
and if I want to be committed to him, I
have to go on the road so to make the
relationship work. And I felt like that was an opportunity
(29:58):
for me. A door had opened, and everything has just
been working out ever since. It's so crazy how I
went from working two jobs, not liking my situation in
my life and stuff like that, and then meeting Chris
and He's willing to bring me along with him. And
(30:20):
I've always wanted to be like a touring professional disc goffer.
So I just felt like this door opened and I
left everything behind and I just went full force. And
this is where hard work kind of takes you too, like.
Speaker 1 (30:36):
You know very much. So, I mean, you've you've earned it,
You've earned your disc Craft sponsorship, You've earned you know,
all of your sponsorships and everything you've done, you've been
working for it. So yeah, And if you had to
give advice to someone who wanted to hit the pro tour,
what advice would you give him?
Speaker 2 (30:55):
I would say, don't give up. There's sometimes where you're
playing a tournament and nothing is going your way and
you just want to freak out. But there's no better
feeling than ending on a good note. So say you're like,
not playing good, you got a bogie bogie, but yes,
(31:16):
seventeen and eighteen trying to end like a par par
or perdie par, like, just end good. So you leave
the course feeling decent at least because if you give up,
you know, like thanks to Google Downhill. But if you
just push yourself to keep moving forward, you don't know
where you'll find yourself.
Speaker 1 (31:36):
Yep, be grateful for every shot, man, I mean, we
get to throw plastic for a living.
Speaker 2 (31:40):
So yeah, well I will thank Chris because he has
been my rock throughout these whole three years, and I
can't wait for another fourth. I want to think my
sponsor is Discraft for giving me a shot. I think
our partnership is going to go so well. Dark ase Apparel,
Local Line, Doctor Krissy dies, Plugger Holes. I just thank
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them for giving me an opportunity and wearing their names
on my back. I am proud, so but yeah, thank
you for having me on here.
Speaker 1 (32:11):
Thank you so much for being on, and thank you
all so much for listening. Stay tuned for the Party
Podcast next episode.
Speaker 2 (32:18):
Bye bye,
What's up everyone, and welcome back to the Party Podcast.
I'm Conan Montgomery and I am joined today by Hannah Wynn.
What's up, Hannah. I'm super grateful to have you on
the show this week. And it's finally spooky season. So
are you super stoked that Halloween is tomorrow or what?
Speaker 2 (00:30):
Super stoked? Also very sad that it is that it
has come and gone so quickly. But yeah, I love
Halloween and I love spooky season.
Speaker 1 (00:41):
It's funny. Halloween's probably my favorite holiday. I'm not much
of like a Christmas fan, as weird as that sounds.
I feel like a lot of people love Christmas, but
I don't know. I love the fact that you can
dress up as whatever you want for one night and
do what you want. And also just like the goth vibes. Baby.
So anyways, all right, so you told me you and
(01:01):
Chris aren't really doing anything for Halloween. Your weather is
supposed to be like ours, not that great. But did
you guys do anything for the Halloween celebration? I think
I saw you guys maybe went to a haunted house.
Speaker 2 (01:12):
Yeah. So in Indianapolis there's this place called the Thirteenth
Hour and it's supposed to be number one voted in Indianapolis,
and it had me screaming the whole time.
Speaker 1 (01:24):
It was really yeah, a little baby. I think I'd
be too scared to go one of.
Speaker 2 (01:29):
Those oh my gosh, once you were once you once
you're done, you're like I conquered it and you want
to go.
Speaker 1 (01:34):
Again, and you're adrenaline is just Russian. Totally Other than that,
how has your off season Benson's Throw Pink.
Speaker 2 (01:43):
It's been really good. My dad had moved into a
new house, so we're adjusting to that. We have already
started our workout regimen and diets, so just try and
get the ball rolling. Already flash off season and it
was hard getting the ball rolling. A lot of things
had happened and it made me all depressed. But this
(02:06):
offseason I found a whole new motivation.
Speaker 1 (02:09):
So heck, yeah, well that's good to hear, especially because
it's already it's more only like two weeks into the
off season and you're already kind of getting started, so
that's huge. Where Colton and I, on the other hands,
have been playing like video games and I've been like
painting for like three days straight, just straight too.
Speaker 2 (02:26):
I understand like I haven't picked up a disc at
all since we started the off season. I actually got
a new switch, so I've just been gaming on the
switch for hours.
Speaker 1 (02:37):
Yes, what do you play? If you don't mind me asking?
Speaker 2 (02:40):
Mario Party and Luigi's Haunted Mansion.
Speaker 1 (02:43):
Yes, Luigi's Mansion was awesome. If you haven't played it
with Chris, get him to do it with you. It's
so fun with two people. I'm sure you're not a
Disney person, but Dreamlight Valley is like what I do
twenty four to seven. But anyways, I'm a huge Switch
fan as well. Right, all right, But anyways, for people
who don't know you, Hannah Whin, you just came on
(03:05):
the tour, I want to say like three years ago.
So for people who don't know you, who introduced you
to the sport of disc golf.
Speaker 2 (03:13):
My mom's boyfriend at the time did. I was not
a straight a student. I was a bad seed in
high school. So when they were like, you want to
go out and play, I would go out during lunch
hour and not come back and just be throwing some plastics.
So that's how it started. I still graduated high school.
Speaker 1 (03:35):
That would like I'm still a graduate, folks, can you
remember your first disc?
Speaker 2 (03:42):
I think it was a Star Leopard.
Speaker 1 (03:44):
He mine was not a g Star. They're like D
Line Plastic DX Leopard gotcha.
Speaker 2 (03:53):
Oh that's funny, you know.
Speaker 1 (03:55):
Right Leopards days. Anyways, for those of you who don't know,
who are you sponsored by?
Speaker 2 (04:02):
Yes, I am sponsored by Diskcraft. They are my main
disk sponsor. I'm also sponsored by Darkas, disc Golf, Plug
your Holes, Local Line Apparel, and doctor Christie Dies.
Speaker 1 (04:16):
So going off of that real quick before we get
too deep into your experience with Diskcraft, I know you've
been sponsored by dark Ace for a few years a
few years now and you're also their team captain. So
what do they do for you? How do they support you?
And what cool stuff are they doing in the sport
right now?
Speaker 2 (04:35):
So dark Ace and its whole entirety, it is just amazing.
Like you said, support, We're in a group chat and
we could talk about anything like personal life, and you
know the team will be there to help talk you
through anything. You know, the group chat is always active
and I love that wow for right now. Unfortunately, George,
(05:00):
which our owner of dark Gas, he had lost a
really close friend of his and he was also one
of the very first people to be on the Dark
East team. So as of right now, it's kind of
a hard time for George. He also started a new
job in a new city, so it's I feel like
it's a lot right now for him. But like I said,
(05:23):
our support system rocks, you know, like he could tell
us what he's going through and we're just like, we
support you one hundred percent. You know, like good things
take time, and if you need to take time for yourself,
please do so. I just love Dark Gas for that reason.
It's amazing. The community is great. But one thing that
(05:44):
really drew me the Darkas at first was all the
money he would make from like March in twenty twenty.
Some of those proceeds would go to homeless people in
the city, so he would be feeding the homeless with
the Darkase money that.
Speaker 1 (05:57):
He made my go and he didn't know that.
Speaker 2 (06:00):
Yeah, So that was one of the big polls for me.
And also Metal and disc Off is just like this,
this company has a good thing going and I want
to back that.
Speaker 1 (06:13):
Well. Those are some things that I didn't know about
Dark Days, but also it's incredible to hear that you
guys have a relationship outside of throwing discs to where
you know you have community within disc golf, but then
you know, like you said, if George is going through something,
you have each other's backs, and I think that's kind
of incredible. I don't really hear like I hear. You know,
some companies, you know, sponsors, they have like a group chat,
(06:35):
but it's more like hey, guys, make sure you're posting,
or here there's a new product. It's not like like
a community like that. So it's kind of incredible, right uh.
And then going right out right off of that, what's
your favorite metal band?
Speaker 2 (06:48):
Oh my gosh, So I asked this question a lot,
and I don't have like a favorite metal band, Like
I'll pick like a favorite oldie band that I really like,
Like I'll always love Robs just for the music, and
he makes spectacular horror movies and he just everything about
that I love. But I love songs more than I
(07:10):
like bands. I feel like I'm one of those people
who will listen to a song and like ah, yes,
and then I'm like on repeat for two or three
weeks until I'm done with it. So I can name
off a bunch of bands, though, Like I was really
into Laura Shore for a long time. They're a really
great band. Fifth for an Autopsy Kubla Khan. I gotta
love some tool I've been really vibe into, like the
(07:34):
corn corn radio, just like old school new metal stuff
and sweet yeah yeah.
Speaker 1 (07:40):
Yeah a few of those. I haven't even heard of, Hannah,
so you'll have to educate me with some there.
Speaker 2 (07:45):
You know. It's funny. During Green Mountain Championship, I was
listening to this really hardcore band called Slaughter to Prevail
and Haiti Lannie was there. I'm like, hey, do you
want to listen to what I'm listening to. She's like sure.
The guy doesn't even start singing yet. She's like, okay, no,
(08:06):
I take it back.
Speaker 1 (08:08):
That's that's so Haiti. She doesn't like loud noises. We
were at MVP and on Whole eight they're like yelling
a lot, and I was playing with her and I'm like, oh,
like do you guys like do you guys like that?
And she's like, no, we do, not like how like
loud and obnoxious? Like it's okay that it's just this
(08:31):
one event, but it's just like, you know, Europeans were
America were crazy. You know, we like our loud stuff.
But I have seen that Discraft has some collapse with
some metal bands or maybe some artists.
Speaker 2 (08:46):
Yeah, why Chapel, Why Chapels huge man, Like I listened
to them in high school and that's still surprising and
great that they're still touring to this day. And they
just came out with the new song and it like
sounds like they're old stuff, Like it's so good, but
it's just so amazing that like disccraft and Bob Julia
like does that kind of stuff. It's just it makes
me so happy.
Speaker 1 (09:07):
As soon as you switched from because Hannah used to
be on Dynamic discs, she switched from Dynamic to Diskcraft
is on west Side first, Oh you're on west Side? Yes,
my bad trilogy trilogy. She was on west Side when
you switched. And I first saw that you were taking
pictures with like a slip not disc or something. I
was like, this is where Hannah belongs, Like this is
(09:30):
your aesthetic, your kind of vibe. And ever since you've switched,
I just feel like it's been where you've needed.
Speaker 2 (09:36):
To be appreciate that. I totally agree.
Speaker 1 (09:40):
Yeah, but I was going to ask you, you know,
how's your first year been with Discraft, it's.
Speaker 2 (09:46):
Been really good. The discs are really good. The only
thing I had an issue with was finding a distance
driver that I really really liked. It took me until
the last month of the season to find what I
really liked, and it was there all along.
Speaker 1 (10:02):
It was ash was it that you were looking for?
Was it like was it like the glide you were
looking for? Were you looking for like a turn? Like
what in the other disc weren't you finding?
Speaker 2 (10:13):
So I started with the drive and I was like,
all right, the drive's a good twelve speed that you
know might handle some torque. It doesn't. I don't think
hpers can throw the crap out of it really good,
but it's not good for my arm speed. So I
figured out the thrasher at thirteenth speed is more of
my arm speed. It does what I would like. Some
are more understable than most, and I like that. So
(10:37):
I've been throwing the Captain thrasher for an overstable disc
and then a thrasher for just like a stable to
understable distance driver.
Speaker 1 (10:44):
And that's one that Missy throws a lot.
Speaker 2 (10:46):
Correct.
Speaker 1 (10:47):
Oh yeah, okay, big money, Missy totally awesome. So we
got a little bit bit of backstory about you. Now,
let's head into your twenty twenty four season. If you
had to rate your twenty twenty four season on a
scale from one to ten, one being very disappointed to
ten being you blew all your expectations out of the water,
what would you rate it?
Speaker 2 (11:09):
I would give it a seven seven because I feel
like the year was more consistent. I got into throw
pink in the finale, which is a huge accomplishment for
me because I really wanted that. And being on the
(11:29):
road and finding or not finding, but like meeting people,
especially like the dark Eyed people this year. I feel
like I've hung out with them so much this year
and it's just it's grown into like these beautiful friendships.
And I think being on the road and finding that
if it helps a lot for like the mental and
(11:50):
the suns like clearing. But yeah, it's helped me a
lot this season, and it just it I've been having
a great time, So I get of it a seven. Yep,
not too bad, not too good, just kind of coasting
down the middle.
Speaker 1 (12:07):
Yeah. I feel like you answered probably like three of
my questions with that answer, because like a few of them,
it's it's cool because one of them. Was you know,
you got into DGPT finale for your first year. You've
been on the road for three years and this was
your first time doing it, and you did it in
a very crazy and amazing fashion. You know, you did
(12:28):
it in the last round of MVP. So I wanted
to ask you going into MVP, like, were you thinking
about the DGPT standings and like, especially that final round,
did you check and make sure like okay, like I
need to shoot this or were you simply just like,
I'm feeling confident. I'm not going to think about any
of it. I'm going to go out and play my game.
Speaker 2 (12:47):
So that last part you said was exactly my mental
throughout that whole round. Yes, I had a feeling that
I could maybe get it, and so I really had
to give it, you know, my full attention the round,
my full attention, and everything just kind of worked that
day and my mental was very good and calm, and
(13:09):
the only time I really checked my score was when
I was on the fairway of eighteen and I had
to throw my on my third shot onto the green,
and I was like, man, I've parted all three rounds,
just like, let me get it a fourth time. And
shoot a four down and see where that goes. And
to be honest, I almost hit that tree right like
(13:30):
I missed it by this much, man, I was so
it was just like you know, but when it landed
in there, just like a whole sigh of relief just
like fell over me. I was like, ah, I did it.
And so now it came down to what were the
other two people going to do or the other three people,
you know, And so I sat and watched and I
(13:53):
had someone next to me who knew more about the
points and like what I needed to shoot and what
they needed to do, and so she told me what
needed to happen, and so it was just it was
so crazy.
Speaker 1 (14:03):
Yes, yeah, just stress, but it's so cool. Yeah yeah
did And Chris went to DGPT finale with you obviously,
and did he caddy for you?
Speaker 2 (14:14):
Yes?
Speaker 1 (14:16):
Do you enjoy having your significant other as a caddy
or is it sometimes like one of those things you're like, ah, maybe,
or is it like I like having him on the bag.
He knows my discs.
Speaker 2 (14:25):
I like having him on the bag. I feel like
we are a great team. And the last time he
was on the bag for US Women's we did really
good and I placed like twelve out of one hundred.
So he knows my bag really well and he knows
how to keep me calm and collected when I'm like
sometimes I get a little like jittery and like, but
(14:46):
he's just like, breathe. It's good and I trust his judgments.
So yep, he tells me what I need to do
and I'll be a robot and I'll do it. But
I feel like at Championships I knew exactly what I
needed to do and he was there for support and
to carry the bag. So it was great.
Speaker 1 (15:03):
That's great. It's great. You guys are a good team
on the course as well. Yeah, I'm talking about the
Championships for your first experience, how did it compare from
a normal d GPT to the Championships? Obviously you got
to feel good. You just qualified for one of the
biggest event, if not the biggest event of the season
money wise, in promotional wise. Yeah, So how was it
(15:26):
compared to everything else you experience? This here?
Speaker 2 (15:29):
It was different because you know half the field's gone,
it's not there, and you know, it feels very exclusive
and being at Nevin and in that community, it feels
very personable and I've met so many people there and
it was just so good. But the difference was, you know,
like Missy has a tenth stroke lead and I have zero,
So you're really winning when you're at the twentieth stage.
(15:50):
I don't think it's feasible, but I do think Nevin
played really well. For my game, I was the twentieth
and I moved up to ninth, and fun fact, if
we all started at zero, I would have played seventh.
So uh that yeah, So ending on that weekend it
just feels so so good.
Speaker 1 (16:13):
I mean, especially on Nevin because Nevin is one of
the hardest courses. Like we asked Colton's brother for example,
and he's like, oh, I've played that course once and
it was insane. So the fact that you felt comfortable
on a course like that, which in Washington, is that
sort of the golf you play? Is that what you
kind of grew up on?
Speaker 2 (16:30):
Totally? It's more like that course is more like of
an Idaho course than I'm thinking of. But yeah, the trees, like,
hiw's your flip and disc like that's what I grew upon.
So yeah, yeah.
Speaker 1 (16:44):
Well, sweet, you had a huge jump going for the championships.
You mentioned you travel with your boyfriend Chris. What are
some of the benefits and troubles that you've experienced living
in a small space while competing while touring across the country.
Speaker 2 (16:58):
Well, we'll start off with the benefits. I get to
tour with my best friend and it's fun. It can
be fun, but it could also be troublesome. But benefits
would be like ban life. We travel like ten plus
hours to get to our next destination, and so if
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we're tired and we need to pull over, we just
pull over and sleep from our van. So easy. Clean
up is pretty easy because everything's kind of like in
our tight spot. Trying to be minimalistic helps a lot.
The troubles so that I can think of is like
if I want to go hiking or shopping or something
with that Chris, like, we only have one vehicle, so
(17:42):
he has to come, he has to come and enjoy
it with me, or he has to wait in the
van until I'm done so or you know, vice versa.
So that's the only trouble thing, troubling thing I can
think of being on the road other than you know,
like if our transmission breaks now, or you know, other
stuff like, yeah, totally, I.
Speaker 1 (18:05):
Know because you you guys are in your van. You've
been in your van for like three or four years. Now,
are you keeping the van or are you guys looking
to upgrade.
Speaker 2 (18:11):
I'm trying to keep her until she dies on us
and then we'll look into something else.
Speaker 1 (18:17):
Yep, yeah, freak. He's almost paid off, so it's like,
why why spend money on another vehicle?
Speaker 2 (18:23):
Right?
Speaker 1 (18:24):
It's the point m But you guys have traveled all
across the country. Do you know how many states you've
been to?
Speaker 2 (18:31):
No, I feel like a lot, like you've.
Speaker 1 (18:34):
Got to be close to like all of them.
Speaker 2 (18:37):
Yeah, obviously Alaska and Hawaii. We haven't been to you yet,
but we've driven a lot through stakes like states like Wyoming.
We've driven through Montana, We've driven through North and South Dakota.
But we never like stop and hang out there, you
know what I'm saying.
Speaker 1 (18:52):
Do you have a favorite seat.
Speaker 2 (18:54):
Anywhere with mountains?
Speaker 1 (18:57):
Yes?
Speaker 2 (18:57):
I've noticed that. Like when I'm around like the PNW,
I'll post on my Instagram like stories like the nature
or the mountains, like stuff that makes me so happy,
and I find myself just like thriving in those kinds
of kind of environments, so like Colorado, Montana, Oregon, and Washington.
I've never been to Utah, and I would like to
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go to Utah. But something with nature, I'm just I
love being in nature in.
Speaker 1 (19:25):
The same way, and especially like the West Coast Swing.
That's just my favorite part of the season. We get
a little bit of rain, it's so green, it's beautiful.
Oregon is insane. If anyone is looking for a destination
disc golf course, it's going to be somewhere on the
West Coast for like beautiful mountain scenes in my opinion, Yes, yes,
(19:45):
but you've been to so many states. Do you have
a favorite event of the season?
Speaker 2 (19:51):
Favorite events? I don't know. I feel like a lot
of events I really like, But obviously any state where
I love being in nature is gonna be my favorite.
So Portland, Oregon favorite safe flame I'm excited to play.
I think it's the Cascade Challenge next year in Washington. Yeah,
so I've never been there. You can play that one, so.
Speaker 1 (20:14):
You will love that one. Yeah, Yeah, it's what it
it's like for the women. They're pretty reachable holes. You'll
love that one, especially because it's in Washington. I'm so
surprised you haven't played it.
Speaker 2 (20:27):
Yeah, Oh and the Smuggler's notch that place, that venue
is just the best. You got two corsal favorite. Yeah,
they compliment each other. You got the views we're there
and fall it's just gorgeous.
Speaker 1 (20:43):
So you talk about nature, and obviously competition every weekend
can get super exhausting mentally physically. Do you go on
hikes unwind? Do you just go sit by like the
rivers and unwind?
Speaker 2 (20:55):
Like?
Speaker 1 (20:55):
What do you do to get yourself outside of the
competition mindset?
Speaker 2 (21:01):
So this last season I didn't do much other than
like go back to the van and sulk on like
the round that I had. Sometimes I will go on hikes,
but to be very honest, I am very afraid to
go alone. I don't like hiking alone. So if Chris
isn't going, or if a friend isn't going, I'm not going.
I'm too scared of like bears or like people or
(21:24):
people you know. Like, yeah, so I wish I could
be I know, I know, but I wish I could
just be like, yeah, I'm just gonna go on a
ten mile hike by myself, up and down. I'd be
right back, like I can't do that, otherwise I would
be doing it all the time. But I feel like
I just like to sit out in the sun if
(21:45):
I need to, and just soa against some vitamin.
Speaker 1 (21:48):
D sunbathe like a cat.
Speaker 2 (21:50):
Yeah, exactly.
Speaker 1 (21:54):
So is there a part of your game from the
start of the season that has improved a lot? And
I know who you've been working on your forehand because
towards the end of the season, we had like three
or four rounds where we were playing together and I
saw you using that a lot more than yours prior.
Speaker 2 (22:10):
Oh yeah, it's definitely been a weapon that I've been
holding on to. Like at even it's woulded and if
you were off the fairway, you need a forehand. I
mean I was pulling off like these crazy turnover forehands
just like stand still. I don't know, it's just like
(22:30):
it was. My forehand has just gone a lot better
and it's like gotten me out of like troublesome spots
like that. So I think my scrambl game and my
forehand has gotten a lot better.
Speaker 1 (22:42):
Yeah, Because I would say, like your backhand and your
putt were never your issue. They were always confident. If anything,
it was just like even longer puts like you're seventy footers.
But it was like that was never something that I
counted you out on when it was like your put
or your drive. But it was like whenever it was
like Missy back in twenty eighteen, when I would see
her line up for a forehand, it was like, who know,
(23:06):
Like what's going to happen where it's like nowadays you
see Missy throw a forehand and it's consistent and she's
getting spin on it. But yeah, it's been cool to
see you whip out your fore hand a lot more
appreciate it. Uh, this is also something you talked about.
You said you've gained a lot of confidence, just like
in meeting new people, but also being on the road
(23:27):
a lot more. Can you contribute that to anything, whether
like reading mental help books. Is it just being on
the road more and seeing these courses before so you're
not as nervous to play them, Like, is there a
reason why you're more confident this year other than just
like it's just I've done this before.
Speaker 2 (23:47):
It's definitely helped a lot playing the same courses the past,
like three years. Say I'm going to give Jones Borrow
an example the first two years it was tough, like
I didn't know how to play, and then this year
is I knew exactly what I wanted to do on
every single hole. You know, I got the disc for it.
I got the backhand side arm put for it. So
(24:11):
I feel like the more we play these courses, the
more comfortable you're going to get. And that's how I
felt this year, just more comfortable on the courses that
we had already played. Sometimes I think of it as redemption.
I'm sometimes I like look back the last year and like,
how did I play last year compared to this year,
and see like the progress and you know that definitely helps.
Speaker 1 (24:33):
Do you think also, like you've been on the road
for a few more years, do you think that first
year having people watch you for the first time on
like during tournaments, like compared to the first year to now,
like do you even see those people anymore? Like is
it now you're looking at the shot you just see
a disk instead of like maybe that first year you're like,
(24:53):
oh gosh, like there's there's a lot of people in
this crowd. I hope I don't miss this pet Or
have you always just been like I'm confident? Just thinking
about the disc off.
Speaker 2 (25:03):
First year, you know, I got you know, there's nerves
playing tournaments, of course, like the first hole when everyone's
like watching and like watching the first drive of the tournament,
you know, and it's so nerve wracking. But oh gosh,
can you say the question over one more time?
Speaker 1 (25:18):
So yeah, compared to like your first year, maybe a
little bit more nervous on the course with people around
where you know, this year you're more confident with your discs,
you have a sponsor, you're super stoked about. You're not
even really thinking about those outside contributors.
Speaker 2 (25:34):
Yeah, so for the first year, definitely more nervous. But
also at the same time, not because I feel like
I have no expectations. I'm just like this new chick
on the tour who's trying your best, you know, like
I can't really be mad at myself or whatever. But
usually it's the first hole and the nerves go away,
and then I get down with my round and be like, oh,
(25:54):
I didn't play very good, very good, Try again next weekend.
But now this year, I I have more confidence, I
have more expectations of me, you know. So the only
time I get really nervous is like hole eighteen, when
I'm like walking up to my final putt and everybody's watching,
and I'm like, all right, either had a good round
or a bad round. If I had a good round,
(26:14):
I really want to make this putt, you know. And yep,
that's that's where the nerves kind of get going. But
other than that, I'm pretty confident in myself in my game.
And just got to tell yourself that.
Speaker 1 (26:26):
And I've seen you with a caddy almost every single tournament.
Is this something that like you wanted to do this year?
You're like, I want a caddy to keep me calm
or I've noticed they're mostly dark as people and they
just happen to be in the area sort of thing.
Speaker 2 (26:41):
Yeah, So there's a lot at Maple Hill and in
the Carolinas. So at Maple Hill there's like three or
four of them, and I want each of them to
have a chance to caddy for a professional player, whether
that be me or someone else. If if I can
do that for them, you know, it's an experience for
them and it's good for me. It takes a load
off my back. And I'm not like, I don't care
(27:03):
if they're carrying the bag because it doesn't fade me
at all, Like they're there to help me and I'm
there to do my game and so it's really awesome. Uh.
And then I'm in North Carolina more dark cased people,
so like I have, you know, another new person on
the bag every day, and I like that it gives
them an opportunity and it keeps something, keeps it fresh,
(27:26):
keeps it new.
Speaker 1 (27:28):
Well yeah, because some people would say the complete opposite.
They like are like Paul Yuley. They have one caddy,
brad Hammock, and he is his caddie for the whole season.
You know, he doesn't like change. Where I'm similar to you, like,
I like to give people the opportunity to be like hey,
like I would love a caddy one like you said,
take the load off. But two, you're giving them an
(27:48):
experience they've never had before, especially because the DGBT is
only in their area one time per year. So it's
really cool that not only are you giving those people
a chance, but they're also your dark ace fam. So
that's really cool. And that's cool that you can take
a step back and not let it affect you either.
That takes some that takes maturity on and off the course.
(28:10):
Personally because when I first started playing disc golf and
I had like new people caddying for me, and they
were bugging the crap out of me and I couldn't
handle it. Oh I let it. I let it just snowball.
Where nowadays, if it's bugging me like I take or
like I can't focus, I need my bag back, I
just tell them. But it's funny how you develop over
the years. Yeah.
Speaker 2 (28:30):
At first, I definitely was more nervous, like I didn't
want caddies, but you know, over the years to just
build more confidence and you're like, all right, let's try
it out.
Speaker 1 (28:41):
And like you said, giving them an experience. All right.
So we're getting down to the nitty gritty of a
really fun interview with Henna. How long do you see
yourself touring on the Discolf Pro Tour?
Speaker 2 (28:55):
My song is I can Honestly, I love doing this,
I love being outside, I love competing. It's so much fun.
I living on the road. So I'm twenty eight now,
I could go until you know forty and see you
where that Yeah.
Speaker 1 (29:14):
Yeah, So you want to be on the DGPT for
as long as you can, But in twenty twenty, you
had only played ten events, with the majority of them
being in Washington or the surrounding states. So my big
question to you is what gave you the push to
go on the discal Pro Tour full time when you
were only playing ten events, where the discal Pro Tours
twenty some maybe even more than twenty per season.
Speaker 2 (29:37):
Right, So the push mainly was Chris. Him and I
started a relationship and he is committed to the road,
and if I want to be committed to him, I
have to go on the road so to make the
relationship work. And I felt like that was an opportunity
(29:58):
for me. A door had opened, and everything has just
been working out ever since. It's so crazy how I
went from working two jobs, not liking my situation in
my life and stuff like that, and then meeting Chris
and He's willing to bring me along with him. And
(30:20):
I've always wanted to be like a touring professional disc goffer.
So I just felt like this door opened and I
left everything behind and I just went full force. And
this is where hard work kind of takes you too, like.
Speaker 1 (30:36):
You know very much. So, I mean, you've you've earned it,
You've earned your disc Craft sponsorship, You've earned you know,
all of your sponsorships and everything you've done, you've been
working for it. So yeah, And if you had to
give advice to someone who wanted to hit the pro tour,
what advice would you give him?
Speaker 2 (30:55):
I would say, don't give up. There's sometimes where you're
playing a tournament and nothing is going your way and
you just want to freak out. But there's no better
feeling than ending on a good note. So say you're like,
not playing good, you got a bogie bogie, but yes,
(31:16):
seventeen and eighteen trying to end like a par par
or perdie par, like, just end good. So you leave
the course feeling decent at least because if you give up,
you know, like thanks to Google Downhill. But if you
just push yourself to keep moving forward, you don't know
where you'll find yourself.
Speaker 1 (31:36):
Yep, be grateful for every shot, man, I mean, we
get to throw plastic for a living.
Speaker 2 (31:40):
So yeah, well I will thank Chris because he has
been my rock throughout these whole three years, and I
can't wait for another fourth. I want to think my
sponsor is Discraft for giving me a shot. I think
our partnership is going to go so well. Dark ase Apparel,
Local Line, Doctor Krissy dies, Plugger Holes. I just thank
(32:01):
them for giving me an opportunity and wearing their names
on my back. I am proud, so but yeah, thank
you for having me on here.
Speaker 1 (32:11):
Thank you so much for being on, and thank you
all so much for listening. Stay tuned for the Party
Podcast next episode.
Speaker 2 (32:18):
Bye bye,
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