Contents
  1. Overview
  2. Flight characteristics
  3. Recommended uses
  4. Plastics & variants
  5. History
  6. Notable throwers
  7. Similar discs

The Innova Shark3 is a 5-speed stable midrange. With published flight numbers of 5 / 4 / 0 / 2, it is most often described as suited for technical shot-shaping midrange drives, accurate stable midrange approaches.

Overview

The Innova Shark3 is — per Innova itself — 'faster and sleeker than the original Shark,' a stable mid-range designed to attack the fairways.[2] With 5/4/0/2 flight numbers, it is the '3 Series' retool of the classic Shark midrange — flatter top, lower aerodynamic drag, and slightly faster than its parent.[3] Per IsaacSam, however, the Shark3 'never caught on' the way the Roc3 and Mako3 did: people don't typically throw Sharks for their stability, the differences between Shark and Shark3 were small, and Innova's wide midrange lineup left little room for both.[1]

Flight characteristics

Flight numbers: manufacturer vs. community
SourceSpeedGlide TurnFade
Innova (mfg) 5 4 0 2 Published spec
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Flight numbers describe the published behavior of the disc when thrown at its design speed. Real-world flight varies with plastic, weight, age, and thrower power. The community-averaged numbers above reflect crowd-sourced observations from real throws — typically slightly more understable than the manufacturer's published values, which is the most consistent pattern across nearly every commercial mold.

Use the Shark3 for technical shot-shaping midrange drives, controlled stable approaches, and long approaches that need to circle the pin.[2] Currently only available in Champion plastic (175-180g), so the Shark3 plays consistently overstable with high durability.[2] Players looking for a similar stable midrange flight from a more popular mold typically reach for the Mako3 (more glide, less fade) or the Roc3 (more fade, more overstable).[1]

Best for:

  • Technical shot-shaping midrange drives
  • Accurate stable midrange approaches
  • Controlled fairway-line midrange shots
  • Long approaches that need to circle the pin

Plastics & variants

The Shark3 is available in the following plastic blends from Innova:[2]

Champion

Plastic blend significantly affects flight character. Premium plastics like Champion, Z, or C-Line generally fly more overstable when fresh and hold their stability over time. Base plastics like DX, Pro, or Active beat in faster and become more understable workhorses with use.

History

The Shark3 was first released in 2013 as part of Innova's '3 Series' of retooled molds, alongside the Roc3 (2012), Mako3 (2013), Teebird3 (2014), Leopard3 (2015), and TL3 (2015).[3] Like the rest of the 3 Series, it was sold for years before being officially PDGA-approved: the Shark3 was PDGA-approved on August 29, 2017, when Innova ran all the 3 Series molds through approval en masse.[1] Innova's own product page lists a misleading 01/01/89 'Date of Approval' which is an internal-database placeholder, not the actual PDGA approval date.[2] Per IsaacSam, the Shark3 'never caught on' the way the Roc3 did — by the time it was officially PDGA-approved, the Shark3 was almost out of production.[1]

Notable throwers

Currently no information

Similar discs

References & further reading

Sources

Content on this page has been cross-checked against the following sources. Numbered citations in the prose above link to the matching entry here.

  1. "Every Single Innova Disc, Part 12 (Manta – AviarX3)" — u/IsaacSam98 on r/discgolf (dedicated Shark3 chapter)
  2. Shark3 — official manufacturer page (Innova Disc Golf)
  3. Innova's '3' Series Golf Disc Molds Explained — Wright Life

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