Founded in 2011 by Jon Richardson, Upper Park Disc Golf designs disc golf bags and accessories around lightweight comfort, original styling, and how players actually use their gear. The company’s backpack bags carry a lifetime guarantee, and it has shifted its bag production to recycled materials while supporting disc golf access through donations to UPlay Disc Golf.
Elevation Disc Golf LLCFrom its West Virginia base, Elevation Disc Golf designs and produces flexible rubber disc-golf discs engineered to reduce skips, rollaways, and other ground play. Founded in 2020 by former biomedical engineer Austin, the small family business uses recycled rubber where possible, including material reclaimed from medical-manufacturing scrap, and has supported more than 75 charitable projects and nonprofit organizations since its start.
Millennium Golf DiscsFounded in 1995 by disc golf Hall of Famers John Houck and Harold Duvall, Millennium Golf Discs makes premium golf discs built around predictable flights and a “play smart, keep it simple” approach. The Herington, Kansas company was the first disc golf brand to offer an all-premium-plastic line, and it still stamps nearly all its discs with run numbers so players can track subtle differences in feel and performance. Millennium is now owned and operated by the Vahsholtz family alongside Discs Unlimited.CLEVELAND, OH
Regnas LLCFounded by Larry Sanger in 2020, Buffalo-based Regnas LLC grew from his effort to solve the everyday packing problems he experienced with family and friends. The company designs travel backpacks and everyday-carry bags for people who want organized, durable gear that works equally well on journeys and daily commutes. Regnas offers a lifetime warranty on its backpacks.CHEEKTOWAGA, NY
Hilltop Packs LLCHilltop Packs is a hiker-owned Pennsylvania company that began in Ben McMillen’s basement in 2019 and has grown into a small, hands-on crew in Waynesburg. Its unusual signature is custom printing that turns ultralight backpacking gear into something personal, while the team still makes each piece in its own shop and backs its manufactured gear with a five-year warranty.WAYNESBURG, PA