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

The Latitude 64 Gladiator is a 13-speed very overstable distance driver. With published flight numbers of 13 / 5 / 0 / 3.5, it is most often described as suited for full-power tee shots that need to finish hard, forced hyzers.

Overview

The Latitude 64 Gladiator is a very overstable distance driver rated 13/5/0/3.5.[5] Latitude 64 designer Tomas Ekström developed it with world champion David Feldberg, and retailers have consistently sold it as a Feldberg signature mold.[5] A glide rating of 5 is unusual on a disc with this much fade. PDGA measurements list a 21.1 cm diameter, a 2.3 cm rim, a 1.1 cm rim depth, and a 175.1 g maximum weight.[1]

Flight characteristics

Flight numbers: manufacturer vs. community
SourceSpeedGlide TurnFade
Latitude 64 (mfg) 13 5 0 3.5 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.

The Gladiator is a power thrower's overstable driver: full-power tee shots that need to finish hard, forced hyzers, forehand drives, and holes where a headwind would flip a straighter disc.[5] Infinite Discs rates it for intermediate and advanced players.[3] Beginners will see it fade out early and lose distance. Long skip shots off firm ground and hyzer lines around tall obstacles are its other regular uses.

Best for:

  • Full-power tee shots that need to finish hard
  • Forced hyzers
  • Forehand drives
  • Headwind tee shots
  • Long skip shots off firm ground

Plastics & variants

The Gladiator is available in the following plastic blends from Latitude 64:[2]

Gold, Opto, Opto Moonshine, Recycled

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

Latitude 64 had the Gladiator PDGA approved on December 7, 2016, under certification number 16-77.[1] The mold came out of a collaboration between Latitude 64's Tomas Ekström and David Feldberg, who was riding for the team at the time.[5] It ran in Gold and Opto, in Opto Moonshine glow plastic, and in Latitude 64's Recycled blend.[4] Latitude 64 retired the Gladiator in its 2025 mold retirement announcement, in the same group as the Recoil, Knight, Culverin, Cutlass, Falchion, Gauntlet, Macana, Caltrop, Spark, and the original Sinus.[2] Retired molds leave the wholesale lineup but can return as limited Factory Store runs, and no live Gladiator product page remains on Latitude 64's site.[2]

Notable throwers

David Feldberg

How it compares

How the Gladiator lines up against the discs players most often weigh it against, using each manufacturer's published flight numbers.

DiscSpeed / Glide / Turn / FadeStabilityRim width
Latitude 64 Gladiator13 / 5 / 0 / 3.5Very Overstable2.3 cm
Discraft Nuke OS13 / 4 / 0 / 4Very Overstable2.5 cm
Innova Boss13 / 5 / -1 / 3Overstable2.5 cm
Latitude 64 Havoc13 / 5 / -1 / 3Stable2.3 cm

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. Gladiator from Latitude 64 — PDGA
  2. Mold Retirement Announcement 2025 — Latitude 64
  3. Latitude 64 Gladiator — Infinite Discs
  4. Latitude 64 Gladiator — Disc Golf Dojo
  5. Latitude 64 Gold Line Gladiator — Gotta Go Gotta Throw

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