History – The Fling from Year One

2002 - C-tier at Dabney State Park in Troutdale, OR, 2 days

• First year of the Beaver State Fling
• This was a filler event for the Oregon Series that was “thrown together” in 3 weeks.  No non-sense, but a lot of fun.  Cris and Teresa Bellinger get their feet wet as TDs
• Full Sail got behind the Series and the event with generous sponsorship

2003 – B-tier at Dabney State Park in Troutdale, OR, 2 days

• The event produced so much fun the first year, it was back by popular demand, but since there was more planning fund raising time, it made sense to run it as a B-tier in the larger Portland market
• This was the most sponsored event in all of Oregon for 2003
• Part of the player experience included sweet player packs that included a prime rib dinner

2004 – A-tier at Dabney State Park and Milo McIver State Park in Estacada, OR, 2 days

• The PDGA felt the B-tier was such a success that we were offered a spot as a Supertour stop.
• First year running an event at two locations, as inspired by attending Worlds and the Memorial.  We provided lots of pre-event information about the event structure and driving maps, it went off without any major hitches
• First year of a current BSF tradition of providing lunches on Saturday and Sunday
• Starting in 2004, the BSF set and holds the attendance record for PDGA events in the NW

2005 – NT/A-tier (Pro/Am) at Dabney (Ams only) and Milo McIver with 2-18 hole courses, 2 days,

• Next Adventure comes on board as a major sponsor, a relationship that continues to flourish between Next Adventure and disc golf in Portland
• The PDGA recognizes the success of the BSF on the Supertour and invites us to be part of the NT’s “west coast swing.
• We started looking outside the region to try and get more traveling players.  Barry Shultz made the trip out to this “remote” location, reported a great experience and ended up with the win.
• Fifth largest PDGA event by attendance (combined Pro and Am) in the world

2006 & 2007 – NT/A-tier at Milo McIver only, with both 18 hole courses, 3 days, tee times on Saturday and Sunday

• Barry Schultz makes the trip out again to take his second win in a row in 2006.
• Nate Doss makes the trip up in 2007 to take his first ever NT win in his career… after he was already a World Champion.  There was actually a 3 way tie for first with Nate Doss, Avery Jenkens and Dave Feldberg.
• Fifth largest PDGA event by attendance (combined Pro and Am) in the world.

2008 – A-tier with the same format as the NT/A-tier

• We decide to take a break from the National Tour and move the event later in the summer to ensure summer weather.  This doesn’t affect the event popularity or attendance
• Gregg Barsby matched Barry Shultz’s amazing course record of 48 (on a par 60), on Milo west.
• Fourth largest PDGA event by attendance (combined Pro and Am) in the world

2009 – Back as an NT/A-tier, same format as has been proven over the past few years, still using the 2 championship level courses at Milo McIver State Park. 

• The Bellinger’s step aside to take a break from the TD role and hand the event over to Mike Phillips and Jeff Mittl. Stumptown Disc Golf and Portland Rocs also step up to provide more support than ever.
• Apparently word of mouth has gotten around about the BSF experience, because on-line registration filled in 3hours and 32min for the Ams (crashing the on-line registration server), and a little over 32 hours for the Pros (Todd Breiner attest to this).  This isn’t unique for the Series events this year.  The season opener filled in less than 40 hours this year as well.
• First year the sponsors can vendor in the park all weekend, and the player’s party will be at the course.
• Gawain’s mini-golf is now organized as an official tournament over the weekend.
• JD and his K-9 Kings are back again with another awesome dog show.
• Fifth richest PDGA event, with largest percentage of added cash on the National Tour.