There is a rich history of Freestyle Frisbee in Toronto. Ken Westerfield and Jim Kenner honed their amazing pre-delay freestyle and disc golf skills at Queens Park in the early seventies.
They performed many street shows at Younge and Dundas during this time. This exposure caught the interest of Irwin Toys and lead to an across Canada west coast tour to Vancouver.
Ken and Jim created the first Canadian Open overall Frisbee competition in 1972 at the Canadian National Exhibition. The Canadian Open moved to the Iconic Toronto Islands in 1974. The first “Freestyle Event”.
In the 1970″s, 80″s and 90″s the prominent performing players were: Ken Westerfield,James Kenner, (first women of Freestyle Gail MCcoll, Mary Kathron), Brian McElwain, Kevin Sparkman, Patrick Chartrand, Gary Auerbach, Mike Sullivan, Bob Blakely, Ron Leithwood, Stuart Godfrey, Peter Tucaj,
Vancouver Freestylers: James Brown, John Anthony, Bill King, Jack Ognistoff, Glen Whitlock
*1970 Jim Kenner and Ken Westerfield freestyle and object golf at Queens Park Toronto
*1972 First Canadian Open overall competition CNE
*1974 First Freestyle event at Toronto Islands
*1970’s Good Times Pro Frisbee Shows with Mary Kathron and Gail McColl,the first women of Freestyle
*1977 Vancouver Open Frisbee Championships.
*1978 Jim Kenner and Gail McColl create Discraft Sports Discs
*1979 Ken Westerfield creates the Toronto Ultimate Club
*1980’s Canadian Open Frisbee Championships
*1987 PDGA World Championship,Toronto Islands
*1995 Brian McElwain and Gary Auerbach FPAW Champions.
*2022 Benedicte Audet-Edoardo Turi FPAW Champions
*2022-2024 Toronto Summer Jams
*2025 FPAW World Championship Maple Leaf Gardens
