Is Project Chaingrip legit?
Hey friends,
Today I am writing about the newest plastic from Latitude 64 called Project Chaingrip. In keeping with their desire to produce some of the grippiest plastic on the market, Latitude 64 launched their newest iteration just today. Following their widely successful launch of the Project Grip plastic, which is a grippier version of their premium Opto plastic with a beautiful ring effect, they now offer a baseline variation with added grip. Released just today in retail shops around the globe, were the Pure and Peak in the Project Chaingrip plastic. Below is a little bit of information on each mold as well as my thoughts on this new plastic.
Latitude 64 Pure - Released in 2009, the Pure is one of Latitude 64's OG putters being released within their first 15 molds on the disc golf market. It is a flat-topped beadless putter with the flight numbers 3 | 3 | -1 | 1. Co-designed with one of the most known disc designers in all of disc golf Jesper Lundmark, and backed by 2x FPO World Champion Kristin Latt, this is one of the most trusted putters in the Latitude 64 line-up. Offered in a wide range of plastics from the premium opaque Gold and translucent Opto, baseline Zero (Hard, Medium, & Soft), lightweight Zero Gravity, recycled Eco Zero, and now the new Project Chaingrip plastic, you are sure to find the right Pure for you. Whether for putting or throwing, the Pure is definitely a putter I would recommend you trying out. If you would like to see me throwing the Latitude 64 Pure, check out this video below:
Latitude 64 Peak - Fifteen years after the release of the Pure, in 2024, Latitude 64 released the Peak which is currently still the newest putter release from the brand. Similar to the Pure in it's low-profile, the Peak is a beaded putter that was first marketed as the putting putter of 2x MPO World Champion Isaac Robinson. In a recent video discussing his putting on Isaac Robinson's youtube channel released only two months ago however, Isaac was holding a pair of Crown's from Westside Discs as his putting putters, so it appears that the Peak may have already peaked. From what I understand, Isaac still throws the Peak as a throwing putter, so it is still backed by the champ. As part of the Latitude 64 Royal Line with the flight numbers 3 | 3 | 0 | 1, the Peak has also been released in several different plastics from the premium opaque Grand and obviously translucent Clear plastics, to the baseline Sense, Zero Pro, and the newest Project Chaingrip plastic. If you would like to see me throwing the Peak, check out the below episode of my Throwing EVERY Disc Possible Series:
Project Chaingrip - I apologize, but I am going to start this conversation with a little bit of confusion. If you didn't catch it above, the two putters that were released today in the new Project Chaingrip plastic, are technically in different lines from Latitude 64. The Pure, being one of their oldest putters on the market is obviously among their original lineup of discs, but the Peak was released as part of their Royal Line. A line that combines a smoother edged design they refer to as "NexEdge" and "NexFeel" technology, with an upgraded version of their premium and baseline plastics. I only bring this to your attention because typically in disc golf, brands tend to keep molds within their specific lines and only occasionally release them in another line's plastic for special of limited edition releases. Of course, there are always those special edition runs like the Discmania C-Line Notion (from Evolution Line to Originals Line plastic) or the Latitude 64 Zero Medium Orbit Peak, (from Royal Line to their classic Zero line plastic) but this shift in lines is certainly intriguing to me. Come to think of it, the Peak may be one of the few molds from Lattitude 64 that has experienced this line crossover. This makes me wonder, what the possibility is of this new Project Chaingrip plastic being a crossover blend in itself that will eventually feature molds from both their classic line and their Royal Line. This type of crossover could eventually create cult classics like the MegaSoft Juges and Harps that can, at times, be tough to find.
In addition to this info, I want to give you my personal opinion on the feel on the Project Chaingrip plastic. I myself, have always been a fan of softer and grippier plastic blends. Even when I think back to my early days of disc golf when I used to putt with Soft Magnets, (eww) I have always preferred that extra tack that a nice soft blend gives you. To this day, my favorite putter blends in disc golf are among the softer rubber blends like Gateway's 4S (or older RFF blend), Prodigy Disc's 300 Ultra Soft and my absolute favorite RPM Discs Magma Soft. Not only do I simply prefer the softer hand feel, but I have always thought that these grippier blends create more friction when putted into chains which in theory, should be more likely to be caught by the chains. While Project Chaingrip does not feel similar to any of these in stiffness, all of the grip is indeed there. Latitude 64's description of the Project Chaingrip plastic notes that the core and inner rim is made out of their traditional Zero Hard plastic, where the outer rim is "molded from the tackiest, grippiest plasic blend" they have ever put on a disc. This grippy outer rim is marketed to actively grab chains on impact. I have yet to putt with these and have only felt them in my hand but if I had to guess, this Project Chaingrip is aptly named. The grip on the edge of these is absolutely fantastic and should definitely create just as much friction on the chains as the other blends I mentioned above. Now if I could just hit the basket with my putts,
Before finishing of this blog, I would like to mention a possible bit of disc golf drama that could potentially be linked to this release. To do so, I must take you back nearly a decade in time. Some of you may not know, but Latitude 64 once had an overmold line. Yes, an official two part gyroscopic overmold line much like what you see from MVP Disc Sports. This line was called the 2K Overmold Line and first hit the scene with the Sarek in early 2017. The Sarek would be followed by four other molds, (Bryce, Gobi, Zion, and Fuji) creating an official line of overmolded discs. MVP's first disc, the Ion was released in 2009, but by early 2017, they already had 30 different molds in the disc golf market. Older MVP Disc Sports fans will remember that during this time, all of MVP's discs boasted the tooling "Patent Pending" on the bottom of their discs, which is now some of the most sought after MVP discs. While this patent was filed in mid 2011, the patent was not granted until... can you guess? That's right, 2017. More specifically August 15th, 2017. Now let's play another guessing game. Can you guess when Latitude 64's 2K Overmold Line was discontinued? You are getting too good at this! Pat(ent) yourself on your back. On April 3, 2017, Latitude 64's last three overmold discs were PDGA approved. At this point, you may be asking yourself, why I went into so much detail to mention this. I don't blame you. I am known to rant. If you take a quick look at the stamp on these new Latitude 64 Project Chaingrip discs, you will see that just below the design of the stamp in a very small, almost intentionally hidden text bar that reads non other than the words "Patent Pending." Is this a coincidence, or is this Latitude 64's cheeky way at snapping back at MVP almost a decade later? Maybe I am looking into this way too much and creating the disc golf drama here and now, or maybe it already exists and I was nosy enough to catch the clues. Either way, I need to get a grip on my rambling and finish up this unapologetically informative weblog. (I literally just found out that's where the term "blog" derives from)
In closing, where can you get the Project Chaingrip Pure and Peak? If I were you, I would support local and go to your closest small disc golf business. Hopefully, you have a local shop but if not, I would ask that you consider shopping at the disc golf shop where I work. I am the website designer for Throwmore.com and if you place an order with us, I will be the one packing up and shipping out your order to you. Either way, consider at least taking the time to go to your local shop and feel these putters for yourself. Of course, it is highly unlikely that I will ever switch my RPM Discs Magma Soft Tui's for another putter, but it sure is fun to document a new plastic blend in this way. If you read all of this, thank you.
Love,
Baysinger
P.S. If you want to see me throw some of the Latitude 64 2K Overmold line click here.
Or if you are a gyronaut (MVP fan) and want to see me throwing gyro click here.
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