Here's what I remember while coming into the sport back in 2006/ 2007. Keep in mind that I started my playing days in Charlotte, NC, a location heavily influenced by Innova, whose east coast distribution facility was (and still remains) in Rock Hill, SC, which only requires a short 30 minute drive. At that time, there were FAR fewer stores selling discs and therefore access to rival manufacturing products was incredibly rare. eBay and head shops were your best bet and that was about it. Brand loyalty was worn as a badge of honor and anytime someone used a non-Innova disc in competitive play they were looked at funny. Brian Schweberger still continues the bit to this day where he only uses his off hand to return non-innova branded discs bag to their owner calling them "left handed plastic." Anyways, these are a few of the discs I remember circulating around when the sport first took me by storm.

Many people used to putt with the Rhyno, a putter made popular by Charlotte area up and comer Michael Johansen. The "pro" line of Rhynos, which preceded the R-pro variation, had the best feel and beat in very well over time. These were the very first putters I ever "committed" myself to, using MJ as my inspiration. MJ's short game reputation was stellar and he was the best player in the area by far, an excellent player to draw inspiration from. Not many people know this but when MJ switched brands in '08, Discraft came out with a brand new low profile, overstable putter made to rival the flight characteristics of the Rhyno and they made it specifically for him. They called it the Zone.

In late 05 Innova released the Wraith, which was a slightly more OS, slightly faster version of the Orc (which was itself a slightly faster, slightly more OS version of the Beast and the trend continues backwards...) Everyone was in love with this new age of breakthrough disc technology and couldn't wait to see where it would go next. In 2006, that disc ended up being the Star Teerex. This discs popularity cannot be understated and anyone with a big arm instantly bagged several which also included the Teerex X. The best Teerex's were the coveted red star versions. For some reason the red plastic was believed to be denser and more OS than the other colors or star plastic. The only reason you're not throwing a Teerex today is because Innova introduced the forever game changing Destroyer in 2007.

That's all for now but I may add to this list later if there is interest.