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KEEN Ambassador on the Playground: World Champion Disc Golfer Avery Jenkins Bringing Disc Golf to the Masses

Monday, June 20th, 2011

“I am a Touring Professional Disc Golfer from Santa Cruz that travels all over the World playing in Disc Golf Tournaments in the US and abroad. I am the 2009 Disc Golf World Champion and a 3X US Distance Champion. As a Disc Golf Ambassador, I do all that I can to make this one of the best Sports out there. It’s a goal of mine to make Disc Golf a Mainstream Sport in the years to come. It has the potential to be something great in the future; it’s just going to take some time and a lot of hard work.” – Avery Jenkins

PDGA World's, Kansas City - 2009

Playground of Choice: “The world is my playground for playing the sport that I love for the fact that I travel all over the US, Europe and Asia playing Disc Golf Tournaments. My playground is ever changing and always evolving, the outdoors that I experience and its natural surroundings is progressively transforming into something new with every visit.”

What is one thing you can do to preserve your playground? “One way to preserve my playground is by promoting Disc Golf as being a great recreational activity that provides very low environmental impact and by doing my best to pick up litter on the courses that I play.”

Favorite KEEN Shoe: Milo II

Tee Shot at 09 PDGA Worlds

KEEN Ambassador Program: At KEEN we are always looking for people in every community who are stewards of the outdoors and bring a new perspective to the idea of living a Hybrid.Life.  At KEEN we strive to bring you closer to the outdoors by empowering our ambassadors to do the same for us!

Disc Golf in Hoodoo High Lace Boots?

Friday, February 4th, 2011

“A fan trying out disc golf in her new Hoodoo High Lace boots from KEEN! I took it at a snowshoe demo day we were a part of in Ontario.” -Lindsey Elliott, Field Service Representative for KEEN Canada.

KEEN Disc Golf Clinic in Hoofdorp, The Netherlands

Monday, May 10th, 2010

KEEN Europe recently attended the Doe Dagen Bever, a.k.a. the Beaver Information and Action Day for those of us who don’t understand Dutch. Bever Zwerfsport is one of our retailers in the Netherlands.

The event took place April 17th and 18th at the Haarlemmermeersebos in Hoofddorp, the Netherlands. During this outdoor event people checked out various outdoor products and participated in activities for all ages, included the ever popular KEEN Disc Golf Clinic.

Really Cool Feature on MILO Disc Golf Shoe – Professional Disc Golf Association Magazine

Monday, May 3rd, 2010

Really cool feature on the MILO disc golf shoe…

Professional Disc Golf Association Magazine

Bagel Friday at the Office with a Hybrid.Care Twist

Friday, November 13th, 2009

Every Friday we have a bagel breakfast for the entire office.  This Friday we did something a bit different…raising $2,000 for charities near and dear to KEEN employees.

Disc Golf — Field Testing the New MILO & Learning How to Play

Thursday, November 5th, 2009

A handful of folks from our office went out to a local disc golf course (Pier Park) to check out the new MILO disc golf shoes and to learn about how to play the game. Dave Munk, our in-house expert, shows us just how the game is played…

KEEN Ambassador Avery Jenkins Wins 2009 Professional Disc Golf Association World Championships

Wednesday, August 12th, 2009

The 2009 Professional Disc Golf Association World Championships came to a close in Kansas City last
week. The grueling 5 day 5 course tournament brought out 936 competitors from 44 states and 13
countries making it the largest World Championships to date. With 23 divisions hosted at the World
Championships the age range spanned from 7 – 81 years old.

A gallery of nearly 2,000 people watched KEEN ambassador Avery Jenkins take home his first World
Championship title in a sudden death playoff.  Another KEEN ambassador Valerie Jenkins took home her
third consecutive title making it the first family sweep in pro division history.

Avery Jenkins sportin’ his KEEN Wasatch Crest WP during the finals playoff  (photo by PDGA).

DSC_0164 by PDGATour.

You can see more photos and read more about the PDGA World Championships here.

Disc Golf and KEEN?

Tuesday, April 14th, 2009

Yep!  KEEN is excited to be the presenting sponsor of the Beaver State Fling – part of the PDGA’s 2009 National Tour.  The event is being held at Milo McIver State Park in Estacada Oregon.  Touted as one of the best courses in the nation, the Beaver State Fling will attract players from all over the globe and the best of the best will come to compete.

 

If you’re not familiar with Disc Golf, check out the PDGA to get more information on the sport and courses in your local area.  Disc Golf provides communities with a very inexpensive alternative the entire family can enjoy.  Give it try some time and we hope to see you out on the fairway.