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Season 6 Episode 2 - He Wears Many Hats with Mike Krupicka

April 4, 2025·1 hr 27 min·5 clips

Hosts joke about using a squirt bottle to enforce disc golf rules before welcoming Illinois State Coordinator Mike Krupicka.

The episode opens with the hosts' chaotic, humorous banter before introducing guest Mike Krupicka. They list his many roles: PDGA Illinois State Coordinator, tournament director for the Illinois Open Series, 2023 Illinois Disc Golf Hall of Fame inductee, and chair of the PDGA Rules and Regulation Advisory Committee. The show begins with the 'Fired Up' segment, where hosts share personal updates, including a listener tip about a discontinued disc and a review of a past guest's band. After a calendar rundown of local events, the main interview segment, 'junk in the trunk,' starts. Krupicka explains his state coordinator duties, primarily scheduling tournaments across Illinois, managing 170+ events yearly. He details the evolution of the Illinois Open Series, which he now runs, and its numbering system. The discussion turns to rule-making, where Krupicka reveals a proposed 'deliver and stay' rule that could have banned jump putts if adopted earlier. He addresses enforcement challenges, like stance violations and the 30-second rule. Krupicka shares a dramatic story of ejecting a player for offering cocaine on a tournament card. The hosts explore tournament growth post-COVID, the impact of flex-start events, and PDGA technology, including Disc Golf Scene integration and new TD training software. Krupicka talks about the Discontinuum Club Challenge, an 8-club team event at Lemon Lake. The episode concludes with trivia and light questions about Krupicka's hat collection and ponytail maintenance, plus a clarification on PDGA hot-stamping rule changes for 2025.

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A rules-heavy disc golf discussion that stays conversational instead of dry.

Unstable Discourse spends this stretch on a disc golf rules debate that is practical more than dramatic. The question is simple enough on paper: what should happen when a jump putt or stance call looks obvious on video but is still hard to police in real time?

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You want the jump-putt fight without the dry clinic.

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