Shortly after I got home last night, we heard someone at the front door, and then the roar of a delivery truck pulling away from our home. While we didn’t hear the doorbell go off, we surmised that someone had delivered something for us.
Sure enough, there was a thin square box at the front
door. It was addressed to me, and when I
opened it, this is what I found in the box!
It was a “Lines of Headrick Memorial Freestyle Disc” with
the inscription, “Herein lie the ashes of “Steady” Ed, founding father of
Frisbee and the sport of Disc Golf. A
giant of a man who was many things to many people. Fly Free and rest in peace.”
It was “Steady” Ed’s wish that once he passed away his ashes
be incorporated into discs so that his soul could fly freely. “Steady” Ed loved
the Disc Golf and Frisbee® community and wished them to have his discs. Tiny
specks of ash can been seen in the disc when you shine a light through it. It is amazing to know that I have one of
these discs.
All proceeds from the sale of “Steady” Ed Memorial Discs go
to the nonprofit “Steady” Ed Memorial Fund, raising money to support “The Ed
Headrick Memorial Museum,” home to the Disc Golf Hall of Fame, showcasing many
historical items from the early days of our sport at the PDGA International
Disc Golf Center at Wildwood Park, Appling Georgia.
I received the disc since I was named a weekly winner of the
Disc Golf Association’s Spirit of the Game Contest. While I didn’t win the final prize, a MACH X
disc golf basket (which would have been awesome) my essay was one of the four
weekly winners, and I was honored to receive this disc.
My first thought was to take it to work where I have a
display of some of my competition discs, and that is where it is at the
moment.
However, since his wish was that he could continue to fly
freely down the disc course, I will have to honor that request and take it for
a spin every once in a while.
Rest in peace, to be sure, Ed!
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