Genesis of a project:
Disc Golf for all
I discovered Disc Golf in 2012 as part of my work as a federal technical advisor. I saw the fun and playful impact on people through the many general public events that I had the opportunity to animate throughout the Occitanie region. And I ended up getting involved by creating in 2015, the 1st Disc Golf Club in Toulouse and also in the region.
The problem of Disc Golf is the lack of permanent infrastructure to play in good conditions. So the idea came to me to research how to create fixed routes for the greatest number in order to democratize the practice of this sport and therefore to promote its development. But I had a problem on the distribution side ...
I met Cédric as part of my elected office in the town of Flourens, where the Disc Golf club worked as part of the PEDT (time-out of school). I found this great sport and the children of the town were delighted with the Disc Golf activity, including my eldest son.
Cédric explained his problem to me and given my professional background, I seriously thought that solutions existed…
It was by exchanging on Disc Golf and its “green” values, that the idea of manufacturing equipment like baskets ourselves, at first, came to us ...
The two of us are outdoor sports enthusiasts and sensitive to environmental issues, so we asked ourselves the following questions:
How could we make the equipment in short circuit?
How to facilitate the use and management of routes for the greatest number?
I said to Raphael, if we were to push the process further by making frisbees, but not conventional polluting plastic?
I then looked for companies specializing in vegetable plastic.
So I discovered several French companies offering bio-degradable and bio-sourced plastics !!
A revelation!!
A concept that really goes towards eco-responsibility and carries great values for everyone…
From there, we thought there was really something to do…,
we participated in a seminar with local authorities, held trade fairs to interact with players in tourism, leisure, etc. to present the concept, and the feedback was very positive, so we submitted a file to enter the 'AD'OCC Sport incubator in the Occitania Region.
We came out winner with 6 other projects in July 2018 ....
Today, the company has existed since January 2019 and the creation of the first French Disc Golf brand will see the light of day in 2020, with organic Frisbees sourced and biodegradable, as well as baskets made in France!