The Clash is a stable-to-overstable fairway driver from Axiom, rated 6.5 / 4 / -1 / 2 — the firmer-finishing sibling of the Crave, on the same 16.5 mm rim.
Axiom’s own description is the useful one: skilled players see more turn from the Clash than the Crave but also more fade, which is the “flex flight” it was designed for — a controlled S-curve that turns early and then finishes hard enough to stop. Average arms get something closer to a Crave with extra fade, which is to say a straight fairway driver that reliably comes back left. Two fade on four glide means it does not run far past its landing zone, and that is what makes it a placement disc on tight fairways and around hazards. Infinite’s 27 reviewers average it at 6.9 / 4.5 / -0.9 / 2.5, reading it a touch faster and more overstable than the rating.
In a bag it takes the controlled-fairway slot above the Crave and below the Insanity in speed. Its limit is distance: with four glide it is not a disc for stretching a fairway driver out, and in a headwind it becomes overstable quickly.
The Clash was Axiom’s third fairway driver, PDGA approved on 10 June 2014. Axiom names its moulds for abstract nouns and states of mind and offers no explanation for this one. It is out of production; TryDiscs and Infinite both list it as discontinued.
It shipped in Neutron and Proton, both with MVP’s overmold rim.
How much the Clash turns and fades depends on how hard it is thrown. These three shapes are drawn from the manufacturer’s numbers, not from measured throws.
Measured by the PDGA when the Clash was certified. Each card names discs that share the number, so you can feel it in the hand.
