George Costanza called it ‘frolf’. For most, the activity that involves a casual walk in the park accompanied by throwing a frisbee towards a basket of hanging chains is known as frisbee golf or disc golf. It’s fun, it’s affordable, it’s exercise outdoors, and it can be casual or competitive. And for two Minot residents, it’s the opportunity to get involved with local government and help make Minot better.
Vince Azzarello and Jordon Lakoduk are the guys in charge of Minot’s informally organized disc golf community, and they’ve taken it upon themselves to advocate for improvements to Minot’s existing course at Polaris Park and possibly even a new, more challenging course — it all depends on what everyone tells them Minot needs via an online survey they’ve put together.
Take the survey on Minot’s course here. Here’s a link to the Minot Disc Golf Facebook page.
And here’s the story in their words.
On Creating a Minot Disc Golf Survey...
Vince Azzarello
Jordon and I are just two amateur disc golf fans who started the facebook page after talking with Ryan Hartman, the founder of the North Dakota Disc Golf facebook page. We were playing a round at Polaris Park when we all began pointing out the flaws of the course in it’s current state. Jordon and I hope that the survey will show the Minot Parks Department how many people in our community are desperate for a better disc golf experience.
Jordon Lakoduk
We decided to create the survey to get a sense of how other disc golfers in the area felt about the current course and future of the sport in Minot and surrounding areas.
Image: The #5 basket at Polaris Park sits in a puddle of water after a recent rain. Photo courtesy of Minot Disc Golf.
