Rob McLeod

Rob McLeod

A 13x Guinness World Records holder, award-winning motivational speaker, and frisbee ambassador, Rob McLeod – aka Frisbee Rob – is on a mission to inspire resilience, confidence, kindness, and movement. Originally from Woodstock, New Brunswick, Rob has been living in Calgary, Alberta since 2005. Recognized as the 2021 PDGA/EDGE Educator of the Year and a 2020 Calgary Booster Club Honoured Athletic Leader, Rob has visited 650+ schools, empowered over 250,000 students, and champions healthy screen habits and physical literacy through high-energy, interactive talks and workshops. As a global speaker and World Flying Disc Federation board member, he’s helping grow the sport in 100+ countries while using his record-breaking achievements to spark real change in communities worldwide.

Day 4 Update: 2018 US Open – Distance & Rain Delay

Today was supposed to be a big day for me…and it still was, although only half as big as I was hoping. The reason? Rain! So far this week everyday has been humid, then rain, then clear skies. Today was…

Day 2 Update: 2018 US Open – Disc Golf & Discathon

Well Day 2 definitely did not go as planned. My goal was to get up after a good rest (since the previous night I slept only 2 hours in the after arriving at 5am from the airport). Unfortunately, I got…

2018 US Open Overall Flying Disc Championships Preview

Yesterday, I traveled from Calgary to Tallahassee for the 2018 US Open Overall Flying Disc Championships. I will be competing for the next 6 days in 7 events: Disc Golf, Discathon, Accuracy, Double Disc Court (DDC), Distance, Self Caught Flight…

What It Means to Be a Hero

During one of my recent frisbee workshops, I had a grade 4 student tell me that I was her hero. I have never been called a hero before so after looking up the definition and doing a bit of research…