About Us
XDISC was built around a simple idea: play should be easy to start, impossible to outgrow, and a whole lot of fun. We make flying discs that spark curiosity, get people moving, and bring out the kid in people of every age.
Our Mission
We believe people need more reasons to play together. XDISC is about getting people moving, experimenting, laughing, and sharing those moments with friends and family. Whether someone is four years old or eighty, a complete beginner or a world champion, the goal is the same: put an XDISC in their hands and give them a reason to play.
That first finger spin captures it perfectly. Someone starts out convinced they cannot do it, then suddenly the disc is spinning on their finger and their whole expression changes. That sense of surprise and possibility is exactly what we want XDISC to create.
Our Story
XDISC began with curiosity and a willingness to question what a flying disc was supposed to look like. That experimentation led to the Pyra-Disc, an early design built around a distinctive center pyramid, and eventually to the XDISC we know today.
The goal was never simply to create something different for the sake of being different. The goal was to create a disc people would want to play with in all kinds of ways. XDISC can still be thrown and caught like a flying disc, but its design also invites spinning, balancing, flipping, tricks, games, and whatever else someone can dream up.
Over the years, the design has continued to evolve through testing, experimentation, new materials, and countless hours of play. What has remained constant is the reaction people have when they try it for the first time. They start with, “I can’t do that,” and a few moments later they are smiling and saying, “Look what I can do.” That moment is what XDISC is all about.
Meet the People Behind XDISC
XDISC has grown through a community of inventors, players, freestylers, ambassadors, and people who simply love to play. Some have helped shape the product, some have pushed the limits of what can be done with it, and others have helped introduce XDISC to new people and new places.
What connects all of them is the same curiosity that sits at the heart of the brand: what else can we do with this thing?
SCOTT THOMPSON
CEO/INVENTOR
Scott Thompson is the founder and CEO of Xaipros, Inc. Scott was the inventor of the original models of the design, PYRADISC and STARDISC. XDISC is the latest realization of his original vision.
BOB KALLA
ADVISOR
Bob brings his extensive business development, international business and operations experience to the XDISC team.
DANIEL O’NEILL
SPONSORED ATHLETE
Daniel is our first Official sponsored athlete and world class freestyle discer. In his own words, regarding the partnership,
“I am willing to put my reputation on the line to support XDisc because I truly believe in the product. When I went to the African Beach Games on behalf of the FPA we brought a bunch of XDiscs with us. A lot of the kids had never seen any disc before. The sheer joy when these kids spun an XDisc on their finger was unforgettable. Watching their faces light up was proof enough for me. XDisc is universal. It takes our difficult discipline of freestyle and makes it accessible to everyone.”
PAUL KENNY
AMBASSADOR
A member of the Freestyle Disc Hall of Fame, Paul is a many time World Champion, Tournament Director and President of the Freestyle Players Association (freestyledisc.org). Paul brings his historical sense to the team and is mostly interested in the long-term sustainability and growth of our magnificent sport.
TOBY KÜNZEL
SPONSORED ATHLETE
Toby Kunzel is a coach for the Gorilla Project based in Munich, Germany. Toby visits schools and other venues teaching freestyle sports, as well as environmental and nutritional awareness. Toby says, “Freestyle disc is the ideal universal sport to convey outdoors fun, creativity, team spirit and self discipline”.
ROB MCLEOD
CANADIAN TEAM LEAD
Robert “Frisbee Rob” McLeod ( Frisbeerob.com) is a motivational speaker and frisbee ambassador living in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. He holds 13 Guinness World Records, 14 World Championships and the Canadian Distance Record. He is on the WFDF Overall Committee and is the XDISC webmaster.
YARDEN BORKOW
ISRAEL TEAM LEAD
Yarden Borkow is XDISC’s Israeli team ambassador and educator for all disc sports. He established Israel’s Disc Sports Center, FDS.earth, and holds 8 Israeli championship titles, including leading the Israeli Ultimate National Team to its’ only International title.
ILKA SIMON
EUROPEAN TEAM MEMBER
Ilka Simon, a freestyle frisbee player since 2006 and winner of seven German, five European, and five World Championship titles, says, “I love freestyle frisbee because it doesn’t matter who you are. It’s just about each person being creative and developing their own style, having fun together, and sharing.”
FRISBEE FEVER ROVERETO
EUROPEAN TEAM MEMBERS
Frisbee Fever Rovereto is a Flying Disc Freestyle Team from Italy that participate in workshops and shows in schools, summer camps, sport events and international competitions. “Freestyle Frisbee is a beautiful discipline to express yourself and XDISC is an amazing way to approach this sport. Represented by Andrea Festi, Mattia Colombari, and Edoardo Turri.
JUAN ATEHORTUA
SOUTH AMERICAN TEAM MEMBER
I live in full of appreciation for the good fortune of being touched by the Freestyle Players Association and the Spread The Jam project for more than 7 years. Because of this partnership, I have been able to “spread the jam” and pay it forward to many young people in some of the most at-risk neighborhoods in Medellín, Colombia. This has only been possible with the selfless gifts and resources from companies like XDISC.
Maria Fernanda (‘Mafe’)
SOUTH AMERICAN TEAM MEMBER
Maria Fernanda (‘Mafe’) is a flying disc athlete from Cúcuta, Colombia and has been playing freestyle since 2023. In her first World Championships appearance in Medellín Colombia in 2023, she won the Spirit of the Game Award. At 2024 Worlds in Warsaw Poland she received third place in Mixed Pairs. Mafe is passionate about teaching and is always willing to spread the jam with her students.
Frizbee Mike Galloupe
NORTH AMERICAN TEAM MEMBER
2012 Frisbee mixed pairs world champion. Coach of the first junior XDISC champions.
I started learning disc Freestyle in 2000. I competed in my first tournament in 2002. I then began teaching and performing demos in schools, churches, festivals, and community events. XDISC is one of my favorite tools for teaching Freestyle. I can immediately see the joy on a person‘s face as soon as they feel the disc spinning on their finger and then, hopefully, I can inspire them to try freestyle in some form. It doesn’t matter if they are old, young, big or small. Whether it be with an original XDISC or the new XDISC AIR, I just want to share my passion for freestyle frisbee with everyone I meet.
Awards/Recognition
PYRA-DISC received special attention the year it was introduced to the market and audiences around the US. The PYRA-DISC was inducted with a Honorable Mention at the 2nd Annual Arango International Design Competition, in the Educational Toys category.
Exhibition Dates and Info about the Second ARANGO DESIGN COMPETITION:
- 1979 (March 8 – April 15) Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL
- 1979 ( June 15 – September 9 ) Renwick Gallery of the National Collection of Fine Arts, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C.
Second ARANGO DESIGN FOUNDATION design competition “reflected the international concern for child education and development in keeping with the U.N. designated 1979 as “Year of the Child”.
Xaipros, Inc., is proud to continue the tradition and improve upon the PYRA-DISC legacy with XDISC .