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Kimberly Giannola

"Arisugawa"

Thank you so much for visiting my little corner of the MVP multiverse. I have traveled to the AxiomVerse, the MVPVerse, and the StreamlineVerse. These are strange and wonderous places, some of them filled with classy black borders, others with a spectrum of borders to delight the senses, and some with no borders at all.

I began hopping these little ‘Verses back in 2016, when I took a chance on Plasma Anode and Plasma Ion at my local disc shop. I still have that Anode, and sometimes when I’m feeling saucy, it makes its way back to my tournament bag.

My biography has typically stated that I’m Saint Louis born, Kansas City raised. Lover of cats, anime, tennis, travel, games, food, movies, music, stories, and of course, disc golf. But that’s pretty dry, so let’s dive into that a bit. While Missouri is my home state, it’s mostly the place I’m familiar with and not necessarily the place I long to be. I have been to many states, many countries, and in my younger days, I was even a wee Rennie traveling from Faire to Faire. An ideal day might have me getting Norwegian chocolate, crepes in Japan (yes, I’m not kidding), and Indian food in Edmonton, Alberta.

I love cats. I love every kind of cat. I just want to hug all them, but I can’t. I can’t hug every cat. Two cats currently live with me, and they are both my comforters and my tormentors. To know my anime love, you only have to look at my first two tour series discs, where John Dorn took my love of Shoujo Kakumei Utena and brought it to glorious life. But I would also sing the praises of Cowboy Bebop, Evangelion, Haibane Renmei, and a few others. As a gamer, I love the Mass Effect, Dragon Age, Fallout, Tomb Raider, and Dance Dance Revolution franchises. Oh, and Portal. PORTAL. I’ll stop short of listing all of my favorite films, but if this list thus far hasn’t already clued you into what a huge nerd I am, you can probably see where that list would go.

So, from a disc golf perspective, I have a few noteworthy accolades: I’ve won three amateur majors and one professional major, all in the age-protected divisions. I’ve won the Glass Blown Open / Dynamic Discs open four times in the age-protected divisions. I didn’t start playing disc golf until I was well-into my forties, and I can from the sport after walking away from tennis. I absolutely love tennis to this day, it’s just harder to find events and competition worth investing the time and money into, and disc golf has that in spades.

I used to be backhand dominant and was working towards becoming proficient on both wings. A hand injury a few years ago made my backhand grip painful, and now I’m forehand dominant and trying hard to recover my backhand form. It’s still a work in progress. 😉

  • First Name Kimberly
  • Last Name Giannola
  • PDGA Number 76910
  • Player Division Female Professional 40+
  • Handedness Right
  • Throwing Styles RHBH, RHFH
  • Year Started in Disc Golf 2015
  • Year Started Throwing GYRO 2015
  • Max Golf Distance (ft) 340
  • Max Field Distance (ft) 380
  • Favorite Course Sunset Hills DGC
  • Favorite Event Emporia Ladies Open
  • Go to distance driver Neutron Wave
  • Go to fairway driver Fission Crave
  • Go to midrange Neutron Uplink
  • Go to approach putter R2 Spin
  • Go to putting putter Electron Spin
MVP Voyager Pro Bag

My current tournament bag, though if the terrain is cart friendly, I have a raspberry Voyager V1 that I fit into a Zuca.

Color Blue

Discs

  • Zenith
    11
    5
    -0.5
    2
    Weight 168g
    Condition New
    Optimal Range 270-350
    Shots Forehand, Flex Line
  • Photon
    11
    5
    -1
    2.5
    Weight 171g
    Condition Seasoned
    Optimal Range 270-360
    Shots Drive, Forehand, Max Distance, Flex Line
  • Wave
    11
    5
    -2
    2
    Weight 170g
    Condition Seasoned
    Optimal Range 270-360
    Shots Drive, Forehand, Max Distance
  • Terra
    8
    5
    0
    3
    Weight 172g
    Condition Seasoned
    Optimal Range 250-310
    Shots Drive, Forehand, Flex Line
  • Resistor
    6.5
    4
    0
    3.5
    Weight 160g
    Condition Seasoned
    Optimal Range 175-250
    Shots Drive, Utility, Thumber, Forehand, Flex Line
  • Tesla
    9
    5
    -1
    2
    Weight 156g
    Condition Seasoned
    Optimal Range 250-310
    Shots Drive, Forehand, Flex Line
  • Tesla
    9
    5
    -1
    2
    Weight 139g
    Condition Seasoned
    Optimal Range 270-330
    Shots Drive
  • Crave
    6.5
    5
    -1
    1
    Weight 172g
    Condition Seasoned
    Optimal Range 220-340
    Shots Drive, Forehand
  • Crave
    6.5
    5
    -1
    1
    Weight 170g
    Condition New
    Optimal Range 220-340
    Shots Drive, Forehand
  • Relay
    6
    5
    -2
    1
    Weight 174g
    Condition Seasoned
    Optimal Range 200-310
    Shots Drive, Approach, Utility, Forehand, Turnover
  • Rhythm
    7
    5
    -2
    1
    Weight 165g
    Condition New
    Optimal Range 200-310
    Shots Drive, Forehand
  • Hex
    5
    5
    -1
    1
    Weight 170g
    Condition Seasoned
    Optimal Range 170-290
    Shots Approach, Forehand, Tunnel Shot
  • Uplink
    5
    5
    -3
    0.5
    Weight 172g
    Condition Seasoned
    Optimal Range 170-270
    Shots Drive, Approach, Tunnel Shot
  • Pyro
    5
    4
    0
    2.5
    Weight 176g
    Condition Seasoned
    Optimal Range 150-275
    Shots Approach, Thumber, Forehand, Flex Line
  • Deflector
    5
    3.5
    0
    4
    Weight 176g
    Condition Seasoned
    Optimal Range 100-225
    Shots Utility, Thumber, Forehand, Flex Line
  • Spin
    2.5
    4
    -2
    0
    Weight 172g
    Condition Seasoned
    Optimal Range 75-200
    Shots Approach, Utility
  • Spin
    2.5
    4
    -2
    0
    Weight 160g
    Condition Seasoned
    Optimal Range 0-100
    Shots Putt, Utility
  • Entropy
    4
    3
    0
    3
    Weight 175g
    Condition Seasoned
    Optimal Range 50-200
    Shots Approach, Utility, Thumber, Outside the circle
  • Glitch
    1
    7
    0
    0
    Weight 145g
    Condition New
    Optimal Range 150-200
    Shots Approach, Utility, Tunnel Shot