What RPM say: The RPM Tara iti has a smooth aerodynamic top and a steeper concave under rim. What this means is this disc will soon become one of your favourite control drivers. The smooth top provides good distance and glide and the concave under rim prevents the disc from flipping at high speed. Don't think that because it is a control driver and not a high speed driver that you will lose distance, the testing has shown that the Tara iti can keep up with other speed 12 and 13 discs and gets there with a far more stable flight. Check out our flight testing video. As the disc gets worn in it will make an ideal anhyzer disc for holding a left to right line and not burning over (RHBH thrower). Once you throw one it will make your bag!

Model #: DGFD3PDGA
Approved: Yes
Diameter: 211mm
Weight: 168-176g
Speed: 10
Glide: 5
Turn: 0
Fade: 2
Plastic types: Strata / Cosmic / Atomic / Glow / Platinum

About the Design:
The hue (gourd) on the back of Ruaumoko symbolizes his dominion over volcanoes and earthquakes. The unborn god, He is the youngest child of Ranginui and Papatuānuku.

When Tawhirimatea rampaged against the infant world that his siblings had birthed after the seperation of their parents, Rūaumoko was kept in the womb by his mother Papatuānuku to protect him frm his brothers wrath. The toi Māori on the right of him speaks to this idea. As he shakes, kicks and stirs in his mothers womb so to does the earth.

Ruaumoko brings earthquakes but he also warms the earth with his heat – magma.He provides fertile soils for crops to grow around his Volcanoes. Like his older brothers and sisters, Ruaumoko is capable of great destruction but also great growth.
– Jaye Pukepuke

Rūaumoko Origin Story
After Rangi and Papa were separated by their sons, Rangi cried, and his tears drenched the land. To stop this, the sons decided to turn Papa face down, so Rangi and Papa could no longer see each other's sorrow. Rūaumoko was at his mother's breast when this happened, so he was carried into the world below. He was given fire for warmth by Tama-kaka, and his movements below the earth cause earthquakes and volcanoes. The earthquakes Rūaumoko causes are in turn responsible for the change of seasons. Depending on the time of year, the earthquakes cause the warmth, or cold, of Papa to come to the surface of the land, resulting in the warming, or cooling of the Earth.
Rūaumoko pulls on the ropes that control the land causing the shimmering effect of hot air, called haka of Tane-rore, and in some versions, earthquakes.

In some traditions, Rūaumoko created the Auckland volcanic field alongside his brother Mataaho, in retribution for a war between two rival tribes of patupaiarehe.