May 1, 2007 This video is a bit of fun: Alan Adler, inventor of the Aerobie flying disc, throwing his Orbiter boomerang in Aloha Stadium, followed by Frisbee champ John Kirkland hurling an Aerobie ...

When it comes to flying discs ("frisbees" to the vulgar), there are many to choose from. I personally like the Koosh Woosh, but as they don't sell that ...

So I recently ventured to the small suite towards the back of a tiny industrial complex near 101 in Palo Alto, the home of the Aerobie company and its unsung master maker, Alan Adler.

”The average person can throw the Aerobie more than 100 yards,” said Adler, an aerodynamics engineer who lives in Palo Alto, Calif. An average Frisbee toss is 30 yards long, he said.

About a month ago, I found a cheap frisbee disc in my parent's back yard and started tossing it around to my dog. They let me keep the disc, so I would take it to the park about 3 times a week and ...

The flying disc developed by Aerobie set a new Guiness World Record for such thrown objects in 2003, when Scott Zimmerman flung the unaided disc for 1,333 feet at Fort Funston near San Francisco.

Toronto-based toy company Spin Master is buying Aerobie, maker of the eponymous flying disc, for an undisclosed sum. Founded in 1984 in Palo Alto, Calif., by Alan Adler, an engineer and part-time ...

TORONTO — Spin Master Corp. (TSX:TOY) has acquired Aerobie Inc., a maker of outdoor flying discs and other sports toys. Financial terms of the deal, which closed Friday, were not immediately available ...