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He just got the PDGA number but Smith holds the influencePictured: Brodie Smith When Brodie Smith announced on social media that he had signed up with the PDGA and was planning to seriously pursue discography, frankly, the world of disc golf had become what it was. foolhardy. , was dominated by news of player sponsorship news – most notably with Paige Pierce joining Discraft, Nikko Locastro signing with Westside Discs and Henna Blomroos signing a deal with Innova. While the signing of Pierce, Locastro and Blomroos is big news in the disc golf community, Smith’s announcement was sent directly to his 969,000 Instagram followers, 930,100 Twitter followers, 554,598 Facebook followers and 2.19 million YouTube subscribers. arguably the most important and popular disc golf machine in the world. And now, he’s sponsored by Discraft. All before he played a single ranked round, mith’s announcement drew a lot of attention from the community of professional touring players, producers, and the media. Smith has posted videos of him hitting the putt and smashing more than 490 kicks, and he appeared on the Smashboxx TV podcast to talk about his decision to get into the sport. In his interview, he said all of the right things: it was golf that ignited his passion for competition, that he saw the sport as a great way for everyone to enjoy. people and players of all types and abilities to be active and fun, that he learned from. throws putters and mids, and he plans to play the Disc Golf Pro Tour’s annual Open Charity Tournament, where he will almost certainly be spinning on a feature card for at least the first round. announcement, both his entry into the game and the sponsorship deal with Discraft, with a healthy mix of joy and skepticism. From a #growthesport perspective, his social reach and savvy is undeniably huge: all told and across all platforms, Smith probably has more reach. disc golfers, companies and personalities add up, and as he said in his Smashboxx interview, he should be able to bring a lot of new eyeballs to the game.Read more: music who is the richest scholar in zambia | Top Q&A Speaking as a disc golf writer for a job, I certainly welcome this. Smith is a charismatic businessman who rose from the last discus star in college (how many other last players can the average person name?) with an internet personality to stardom. reality TV on The Amazing Race. and his efforts, and people will hope that as he gets more involved in disc golf, we will see growing interest from his fans. Be skeptical. It’s important to remember that Smith is a business. He’s worked hard to develop his personal brand, and while he may still love discus and be genuinely interested in taking disc golf seriously, he doesn’t. do unintentional things. If you were Smith and you’ve seen players like McBeth and Pierce get big deals and seen players like Nate Sexton, Jeremy Koling, Simon Lizotte, Eagle McMahon and others, you’ve been able to build a personal brand. As their hero in a sport with such a passionate fan base, it would be completely foolish not to explore the options and opportunities disc golf can offer him in terms of talent. Mainstream and exploit new fan base to develop your personal brand. Smith first “appeared” on disc golf relatively recently. In early 2019, Smith, JomezPro, Paul McBeth, and Simon Lizotte all teased content involving trick shots and Smith played a round of disc golf with McBeth and Lizotte. For context, this is in the winter of McBeth. The video was released in late 2019, after McBeth won the professional world championship for the fifth time. While it’s fun to watch Lizotte and McBeth hit the putt, the draw is watching Smith perform an act like a fish out of water. Prior to the video’s release, the advertisement was clearly tied to the participation of Smith.Brodie Smith Paul McBeth Trick ShotsRead more: who is kellie kyle married to? | Q&A at the top However, in the interval between recording, commercials, and ultimately the video release, there’s been no indication that Smith is interested in pursuing the game further. His participation in the video, and the way he presents himself in the video, suggest that this is a happening thing. So what has changed? Did Smith, like a lot of people, play a few rounds and get hooked? Or is this a more cynical attempt to develop my personal brand? Smith, by his own admission, has tried to infiltrate various spaces and branding efforts. Go back not far in his social media posts and you’ll see a man who seems to be heavily invested in becoming a professional golfer. Go back further and you’ll see a variety of media efforts including a brief foray into Twitch and various YouTube channels, some of which have failed. Now, he has entered the disc golf space with the same brand-faced enthusiasm and passion he had for other endeavors. and Hannah), have shown that disc golf can provide Smith with many opportunities both on and off the course. Smith has long marked his Darkhorse brand on Buzzzes, and one would have to assume his franchise will continue and possibly expand under this new deal with Discraft. successful. Smith’s motives are his own business, and there’s plenty of room to question whether it matters why he’s in the game. It’s also fair to wonder, as a sport geared toward building its own brand in the direction of mainstream acceptance and legitimacy, is Smith the kind of person we want to be a broad public ambassador for? most widely for the game or not. become very good pretty quickly. From what we have seen, despite being curated and broadcast on his social media platforms, he is growing rapidly. This is no surprise. This man has made quite a living from his ability to throw flying saucers for quite a long time. He is the greatest ultimate discus thrower of all time and one of the sport’s best power throwers ever, trickster genius, and all around. is an excellent athlete. As he rightly said on Smashboxx, he is really good at frisbee, it’s hard to put an upper limit on his potential and the chances are high that he can bring in a Strong professional ending numbers later this year. The questions, as Terry Miller and Jon Van Deurzen have noted, will be how he manages golf in the tournament, adversity and stroke development. He could become one of the top players in the game; he may not. He can capitalize on his impressive social media following and push disc golf further into the mainstream; He may not. Hunters won’t instantly transform the landscape of disc golf on or off the course. Regardless of what you think of him or his motives for getting into the game, he has the potential to bring in new fans and inspire some to pick up some plastic, and, like His trick shots are amazing. Biography of Yuris Palmer: Age, plastic surgery, husband, where is she from?