Meet the man behind friction gloves

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Greatest Bag in tow, getting ready to take on the Spinners

Among the many benefits of wearing Friction Gloves:

• A more consistent grip in every condition with their rubberized palms and fingers
• Better accuracy in your throws 
• Better grip equals more spin and more spin equals better/longer throws
• Less sting from zippy throws
• Catch and sky with more confidence!

The gloves are available in 4 colors

The day we met with Dan Suppnick of the Portland Stags we also met with Chris Hancock.

Not only is Chris a fellow Stag, he's also the man behind Friction Gloves!

Being an established brand in the ultimate community, with pros like Morgan Hibbert and Dylan Freechild using the gloves, our team was excited to talk disc and the Greatest Bag with Chris. We were also eager to pick his brain about the ins and outs of launching an ultimate product, since our Kickstarter campaign is launching on August!

Chris loves the Greatest bag and especially the wealth of features, and took his bag to the Stag's game against the Philly Spinners. (Tough luck, guys..)

The Greatest Bag and Friction Gloves - they just look so good together

Super excited to try these in the winter, when my hands always hurt so much from catching icy cold.

- Celine

Let’s Set the HO-STACK

Don’t you hate digging through your bag, past dirty clothes and cleats, trying to find your energy bar, wallet or earbuds? Well not to worry! With the Greatest Bag’s "Ho-Stack" compartment, you can organize all your accessories in one convenient location.

This side pocket has internal zips and netted compartments to store snacks and other small items like your sunglasses, wallet, pens, battery pack, charging cables, and toiletries. The "Ho-Stack" compartment also features - "Hard-D" - a unique hard case that can protect your cell phone or other valuables from a cracked screen.

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So stop the chaos, and set the stack!

- Dave

Dan the Man

(l-r) Chris Hancock, Celine, and Dan, all smiles on a sunny Portland day

People talk about six degrees of separation, but in the ultimate community it rarely feels like there's more than a couple of friends between you and anyone, even the pros. That was the case a couple of weeks ago, when I was in Portland and had a chance to meet Dan Suppnick of the MLU's Portland Stags.

Between his time with the Stags and his previous team, the AUDL Portland Rhinos, Dan has loads of experiences traveling to ultimate games, and knows what kind of bag he needs to pack his gear. So we were thrilled to hear how well his Greatest Bag lived up to the challenge.

Dan took the Greatest Bag out to the East Coast last weekend for the Stags' game against the Philly Spinners, and you can watch his glowing feedback about the bag in the video below.

In case you're reading this while slacking at work, Dan's favorite features were the airport-friendly duffel/backpack options,  the roomy cleats compartment, and the cooler compartment with ice bag included.

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Stop getting put to sleep by your boring old bag

Thanks, Dan, for meeting up, and keep on enjoying your Greatest Bag!

- Celine

Dan with the scoooberrrrrr

See more Portland Stags and MLU action at their websites:

http://portland.stags.mlultimate.com/

http://mlultimate.com/mlulive/

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Ice Ice, Baby

I always tell my ultimate friends, "It's not a successful tournament if you don't limp home!" If you can relate, you probably also had to wait until you got to your fridge to start icing those injuries.

None of the other bags we've used over the years did anything to handle those post-tournament aches and pains, or to keep us cool between points, so when we designed the Greatest Bag we knew we had to come up with something totally new.

Introducing the Greatest Bag's Ice Bag and Cooler Compartment!

The Cooler Compartment is insulated and water resistant, and designed to hold not only the Ice Bag - included at no extra charge with every Greatest Ultimate Bag! - but also any other cold drinks or snacks that you want to keep chilly.

Because even if you're not as injury prone as we are, you still gotta stay cool and hydrated, right?

Ice Ice, baby too cold...