Disc golf: Innova’s 5 ugliest DX stamps

Innova’s DX stamps are awesome. So much so, in fact, I wish more of them were slapped on premium-plastic discs within the Innova lineup – click here to see five of my favorites.

Not all of them are solid, though.

These five are honest-to-goodness eyesores …

Keep a barf-bag handy, if squeamish.

1. The DX Birdie

Three words:

Microsoft. Clip. Art.

Remember using the drag-and-drop images back in the late 90s? I’m no artistic genius, but with these stock graphics floating around, I felt as if I were the second-coming of Rembrandt. As an eight-year-old, the “graphic design” was superb. I’m now 33, and I get it – it was garbáge.

THIS knock-off Tweety Bird feels like THAT.

And I don’t like it.

2. The DX Whale

This is a whale stamp.

But in my mind, it’s moving.

Slowly. Boringly. Continuously.

To quote that blue fish in that movie about that orange fish:

“Whieeeeeyaaaaahooooou.”

Hard pass.

3. The DX RocX3

I’m a low-risk, button-up kind of guy.

In other words …

I’m a square.

I’m also as artistic as a beetroot.

When I see the DX stamp atop the RocX3, I’m thoroughly convinced it’s something I’d easily doodle on the side of my math homework back in middle school. My creative inspiration? A pimple-faced buddy of mine challenging me to attempt to draw something “extreme.”

Also, this once-popular version of the letter “S.”

4. The DX Banshee

Let’s do a two-step experiment:

• Squint your eyes.
• Scroll down slowly.

*** Keep Scrolling ***

What did you see?

It’s a slice of pizza.

You saw a slice of pizza.

5. The DX IT, Teebird and Thunderbird

Heck, toss the DX Firebird into the mix, if you like …

The DX IT:

The DX Teebird:

And the DX Thunderbird:

The stamps are ALL the same.

It’s a creature with a face, body and oversized, intimidating wings. There’s a Gothic vibe about them, too. And though you might not outwardly admit it, inwardly, these things are creepy.

Not for me.

* Honorable Mention: Needles and mosquitos make the DX Skeeter absolutely terrifying.

In the case of artistically offensive DX stamps, silence isn’t violence – feel free to keep to yourself. But you know me: It’s all but impossible I keep my freaking face-hole shut.

The good news?

I don’t bag any of the above.

One less excuse for shoddy play.

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