Innova Champion Orc Prototype - Rare - 2004 PDGA Approval Test Disc - Disc Golf

Innova Champion Orc – Very Rare!!! Factory TEST Disc – 2003-2004 PDGA Approval Prototype – 180g & 8.5/10!

As far as disc golf goes, growing up and living in Orange County, California has its perks! Paul McBeth’s home course is in Huntington Beach, which is the scene for SoCal disc sports. La Mirada features 2 courses, and is widely considered the epicenter of the sport on the West Coast, in addition to being the 2nd ever course with permanent baskets. Historic Oak Grove takes the honor for the 1st course in the world. It’s a bit of a trek, but Sky High in Llano is consistently rated one of the Top 5 courses in the state and the prettiest you’ll ever play! And then of course, Innova’s Factory is located in Rancho where picking up your order or sifting through boxes of discs on release day is a reality.

Along with those perks, if you’re plugged into the community long enough, an employee at Innova is bound to become a buddy. It is from one of those friends, a 15+ year standard at the Rancho Factory, that we acquired this exceptionally rare and intriguing piece of early Innova history!

This Orc was a factory “Test” disc manufactured in connection with the PDGA approval process. Less than a dozen were made, and 3 were sent in for submission. So this is 1 of the remaining 9 that were not sent in.

It has “Test” handwritten on the front flight plate (look closely) and “175 - O” penned inside the rim. The underside has the Innova Champion Discs Rancho Cucamonga, California tooling, and the patent #.

The Innova Orc received PDGA approval on January 25, 2004, becoming one of Innova’s early wide-rimmed distance drivers and an important predecessor to subsequent high-speed distance driver designs.

Included in the photos is one of the actual Orcs submitted for approval. It is the same color and look of this one in the listing. Additionally, look at the Starfire, Hydra, & Coyote submissions, as they occurred around the same time and have the same yellow color and presentation (likely made from a similar Champion plastic blend).

This is a sweet piece of Innova’s early development history! This time period of production (late 2003 to 2004) is likely to have a mix of the last CE (Champion Edition) plastic and the then up-and-coming Jolly Launcher style!

Although penned at “175” it actually scales at 180g!!! Whao! Maybe that’s why this one wasn’t submitted!

This is of course PFN Patent # plastic. It’s FingerPrinty and it has aged, but it has been collector kept and stored wonderfully! We’re rating it an 8.5/10 on Sleepy Scale for a minor amount of wear. Other than being tested over 20 years ago, this thing doesn’t look like it was even taken out onto the course!

Shipped bagged, wrapped and boxed to survive a tornado after a hurricane!

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* Please note: the photos of the Starfire, Hydra, Coyote, and PDGA submission form are for reference only. You will receive the (1) Orc Test Disc only. *