Ars Technica

The physics of why that flying beer coaster is nothing like a frisbee

Perhaps I'm doing it wrong, but my experiment attempting to reproduce this never caused the CD to flip, it just curves. And after at least a full second. I didn't read the paper, but it's well known ...
Ars Technica

Physicists show that flying beer coasters will flip 0.45 seconds into flight

Many a pub crawler has engaged in the time-honored tradition of throwing beer mats—those round cardboard coasters that are ubiquitous in bars—as if the mats were frisbees, often competing to see who ...
Gizmodo

Open a Beer With a Frisbee: The Trick You Need to Learn Today

Never under-estimate the ingenuity of a bro who needs to open a beer. How the hell does this even work? The spin from the whirling ‘bee twists it off? Or is the disc acting more like a lever? Alright ...
Outside

This Is Great! Drink a Little Beer, Play a Little Frisbee, and Save the World!

Outside magazine, September 1996 This Is Great! Drink a Little Beer, Play a Little Frisbee, and Save the World! All rise for Adam Werbach, the Sierra Club’s new 23-year-old president By Paul Keegan ...
The Courier-Mail

5 sports that should be included at the Olympics

SHOULD the Sunshine Coast Council et al ever be successful in securing the Olympics for this region, I have a few suggestions. I would like to suggest including a few sports that matter instead of ...